Saturday, February 2, 2013

Re: vim split window editing => separate window editing?

Excerpts from Linda W's message of Sat Feb 02 20:11:33 +0100 2013:
> If vim can split a window and edit the same file in multiple places,
> shouldn't
> it be possible to have those windows be "disconnected" and really be
> separate windows -- and still edit the same file?
Always talk about why you're missing it.

a) making a copy is cheap
:enew then copy paste buf contents

b) opening a second vim instance is cheap, too.

So why bother about such complex confusing setup you're talking about?

Marc Weber

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