On Tue, Jun 29, 2021 at 4:06 AM L A Walsh <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 2021/06/16 03:45, [email protected] wrote: > > > > Campbell has a very straightforward approach of accomplishing the > > same end result by saving the contents of the current buffer, and then > > starting a new instance of gvim with that buffer. (I don't use gvim, > > so I hope I got that right. I did get it work to my satisfaction with > > MacVim). > > > > Is there a reason Campbell's solution does not work for you? > > Ultimately, isn't the end result the most important part? > ---- > Because starting a separate copy of Vim isn't what I asked for. I > want separate, > windows onto the same file -- one vim, but with splits I can > undock/detach and > move around as separate windows (but still on the same buffer in the > same copy > of vim). > > I.e. if I split gvim into 4 panels, on the same file, and focus > at the same area, I can type in 1 window and see results in the other > panels. > Now I just want to detach one or more of those panels -- they will still > be on > the same file using the same copy of vim -- just that they can be moved > around > separately from each other. > > Does that explain why/how Campbell's solution isn't solving the same > problem?
Well, one copy of Vim means one panel and that's that, so the answer is: you can't. Best regards, Tony. -- -- You received this message from the "vim_use" maillist. Do not top-post! Type your reply below the text you are replying to. For more information, visit http://www.vim.org/maillist.php --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "vim_use" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/vim_use/CAJkCKXu2pbJ%2BLuAvrLu%2BUrEPFcPJEUO5XZj1vsVzuQMt9MnNpg%40mail.gmail.com.
