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What happens if you open two buffers to view two parts of the same document (easy in Emacs, not possible in lots of editors)? If you switch focus or close one,
by chimprich 4y ago
What happens if you open two buffers to view two parts of the same document (easy in Emacs, not possible in lots of editors)? If you switch focus or close one, what are you manipulating? Not the document.
You could choose a different name (view?) but it's a different abstraction compared to a "document".
- trelane 4y agoDid you mean two windows in the same buffer? Or did you mean opening the same file in two buffers, each attached to its own window?