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From: Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com>
To: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Editing in two columns
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2018 08:27:35 -0500	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <1519565255.2364597.1282623552.2217CB50@webmail.messagingengine.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1519518395.1250351.1282286456.4DF1A802@webmail.messagingengine.com>

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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!

--
  Peter Davis
  www.techcurmudgeon.com


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      reply	other threads:[~2018-02-25 13:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2018-02-25  0:01 Editing in two columns Peter Davis
2018-02-25  0:18 ` Peter Neilson
2018-02-25  0:26   ` Peter Davis
2018-02-25 13:27     ` Peter Davis [this message]

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