Re: multiple windows in gnumeric?

[Dave Feustel <dfeustel verizon net>]

On Thursday 09 June 2005 12:53 pm, David Stanaway wrote:
> On Thu, 2005-06-09 at 12:33 -0500, Dave Feustel wrote:
> > Gnumeric is growing on me :-)
> >
> > Is there a way to have two separate gnumeric windows
> > of the same or different spreadsheets simultaneously
> > in unix-based systems?
>
> You can certainly have different spreadsheets open at the same time.
> (There are some issues with Modality of dialogs which might cause some
> irritation thought).
>
> Are you thinking of having something like the functionality in emacs
> where you can be accessing the same buffer in two different frames (Even
> on 2 different X displays)?

No. I want to work with two different spreadsheets at the same time.
I now understand how to do this.

> This would be pretty neat. Currently you 
> need to use split view to freeze one section while you are scrolling
> around other parts of the sheet. I am not sure how much I would use
> multiple windows for one sheet, but I am sure it would be very useful to
> some people. EG: Manipulating a multi sheet workbook on a dual head
> display. You could have one sheet selected on one display head, and be
> referring to it while entering a formula on a different sheet in the
> same workbook on a different window on the other display head.
>
> Is this worth an enhancement request bug on bugzilla?

Not to me right now since I am not trying to do that.
(I have a 21" monitor so I have lots of screen space)
 Maybe later.