> > Sometimes I think of a FW window as a kind of index card open next to the > work in progress. Also, a FW window is a basic editor that is live on line > with the underlying node. So even if you have selected some other node in > the tree, if you see something that you want to change (in the FW's host > node), you can just edit it in the FW window and save with CTRL-s as > usual. No need to navigate back to that original node to make the change > and then navigate back. > > Suppose you are working with three or four nodes, and you have cloned them > under an organizing node somewhere, Since they are close together, you can > easily move from one to another. But you can't see more than one at a > time. Or instead of (or in addition to) cloning the nodes, you could open > several of them in FW windows, and arrange those next to Leo's window. Now > you could look from one to another without losing sight of the ones you > navigated away from. This image > <https://11707503125000652521.googlegroups.com/attach/21a129f48b851/freewin_example_4.png?part=0.3&view=1&vt=ANaJVrFYH3xbIuENm-Br3Kz_fkcl-ZzLn0ShHBc-vChmtOVDg8aA0k3U_JlVIJVIrSSNiOgSDmNfDNSDoJcluAm-7pqWekjFBJb74Ca4Iw1-MhGdQW4LCs4> > shows > a comparison between some of the prototype FW code to the final plugin > code. If you can't see them at the same time it's harder to understand the > differences. (BTW, FW windows now do syntax coloring; this wasn't in place > at the time of the screenshot). > > Here is the thread in which I introduced the FW plugin. One of my posts > <https://groups.google.com/g/leo-editor/c/lD-HKydcPCc/m/4fgUsnFwAgAJ> in > the thread has some screenshots where I tried to show ways I used it. >
Thank you for providing a detailed explanation. By the way, I discovered the `add-editor` command, although it is not as versatile as the FW. -- -- Sincerely, HaveF -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/CA%2BUQrQwpHYm%3Dta6ZEY78rq%3D3-iDGr8hG0drsYU8QumSyTfyOCw%40mail.gmail.com.
