On 6 April 2010 13:18, Aaron Spike <aaron@...749...> wrote:
Krzysztof Kosiński wrote:
2010/4/6 Jon Cruz <jon@...18...>:
That is, we need to make it easy to work with multiple views ("desktops") on a single document with everything consistent. Allowing for rotation is a view-specific twist that I think can help with considering where and how to separate coords.
I think being able to create multiple desktops for the same document is a huge misfeature. It introduces considerable additional complexity for little benefit.
Just as "Other software does this" isn't the best argument in favor of a feature, neither is "Other software doesn't do this" always the best argument against a feature. For some reason comparative arguments tend to detract from the main point: the affect on the user. Whether or not other software allows it, providing multiple views of a document can make a user more efficient.
Also, other software does do this. For example in gvim you can split your window vertically and horizontally, or add a new tab and have 2 copies of the same file with different views, and any changes made in one window are seen in the other.
Tom