| Walt Mankowski on 12 Mar 2009 13:33:59 -0700 |
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On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:39:44AM -0400, Roman Stanchak wrote: > On Thu, Mar 12, 2009 at 10:07 AM, George Langford > <george@georgesbasement.com> wrote: > > Now to the point of this posting: How to I open two documents at once, > > side by side, > > so I can compare, edit, etc. between the two ? I know I can do it by > > resizing the open > > windows manually, but is there a more elegant way, analogous to using > > twin monitors ? > > Is this along the lines of what you're looking for? > http://lifehacker.com/5157631/maxto-divides-and-conquers-your-screen-real-estate > > The tool in the article is windows only, but the comments might > provide some useful links. > > Also, you don't mention which window manager you're using, but kwin in > kde4 lets you specify rules about window placement > (position,size,desktop,etc) in System Settings > Window Behavior > > Window-Specific Well, on Linux there's the ratpoison window manager, which lets you do stuff like this: http://www.nongnu.org/ratpoison/shot2.png But I have to confess I don't really see the problem. What's so tough about putting two documents side-by-side manually on your big monitor? Walt Attachment:
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