On Sat, Feb 24, 2018, at 7:26 PM, Peter Davis wrote:

On Sat, Feb 24, 2018, at 7:18 PM, Peter Neilson wrote:
> On Sat, 24 Feb 2018 19:01:25 -0500, Peter Davis <pfd@pfdstudio.com> wrote:
>
> > Is there a way to edit with two columns displayed so I’m only editing
> > and exporting the right hand column?
> > I’m writing a parody of a poem, and I’d like to have the original in the
> > left column for reference, to make sure the rhyme scheme, meters, etc.
> > match, but then I just want to export the right column to html.
> > Thanks,
> > -pd
> >
>
> Have you tried ^X3 ? That's split-window-right . It'll go to one column 
> while it queries you during export, but exports only your current window.
>

I haven’t tried it, but it sounds perfect. Thanks!

Works beautifully! I don’t know how I overlooked this. I used this all the time to look at multiple files (usually with 4 windows open) when I was writing code. In fact, I could really keep the reference in a separate file for simplicity.

Thanks!

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