Editing in two columns

Editing in two columns

[Peter Davis]

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Is there a way to edit with two columns displayed so I’m only editing
and exporting the right hand column?
I’m writing a parody of a poem, and I’d like to have the original in the
left column for reference, to make sure the rhyme scheme, meters, etc.
match, but then I just want to export the right column to html.
Thanks,
-pd


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Re: Editing in two columns

[Peter Neilson]

On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:01:25 -0500, Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote:

> Is there a way to edit with two columns displayed so I’m only editing
> and exporting the right hand column?
> I’m writing a parody of a poem, and I’d like to have the original in the
> left column for reference, to make sure the rhyme scheme, meters, etc.
> match, but then I just want to export the right column to html.
> Thanks,
> -pd
>
>
> --
>   Peter Davis
>   www.techcurmudgeon.com

Have you tried ^X3 ? That's split-window-right . It'll go to one column  
while it queries you during export, but exports only your current window.

Re: Editing in two columns

[Peter Davis]

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On Sat, Feb 24, 2018, at 7:18 PM, Peter Neilson wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:01:25 -0500, Peter Davis
> <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote:>
> > Is there a way to edit with two columns displayed so I’m only
> > editing> > and exporting the right hand column?
> > I’m writing a parody of a poem, and I’d like to have the original
> > in the> > left column for reference, to make sure the rhyme scheme,
> > meters, etc.> > match, but then I just want to export the right column to html.
> > Thanks,
> > -pd
> >
>
> Have you tried ^X3 ? That's split-window-right . It'll go to
> one column> while it queries you during export, but exports only your
> current window.>

I haven’t tried it, but it sounds perfect. Thanks!

-pd

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  Peter Davis
  www.techcurmudgeon.com


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Re: Editing in two columns

[Peter Davis]

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On Sat, Feb 24, 2018, at 7:26 PM, Peter Davis wrote:
> 
> On Sat, Feb 24, 2018, at 7:18 PM, Peter Neilson wrote:
> > On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:01:25 -0500, Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>
> > wrote:> >
> > > Is there a way to edit with two columns displayed so I’m only
> > > editing> > > and exporting the right hand column?
> > > I’m writing a parody of a poem, and I’d like to have the original
> > > in the> > > left column for reference, to make sure the rhyme scheme, meters,
> > > etc.> > > match, but then I just want to export the right column to html.
> > > Thanks,
> > > -pd
> > >
> >
> > Have you tried ^X3 ? That's split-window-right . It'll go to one
> > column> > while it queries you during export, but exports only your current
> > window.> >
> 
> I haven’t tried it, but it sounds perfect. Thanks!

Works beautifully! I don’t know how I overlooked this. I used this all
the time to look at multiple files (usually with 4 windows open) when I
was writing code. In fact, I could really keep the reference in a
separate file for simplicity.
Thanks!

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  Peter Davis
  www.techcurmudgeon.com


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