Writing-window handling: In the usual Windows MDI text
editors (and even word processors), you dont have much by way
of window-handling tools. There is generally a pick list on the
Window menu. This gives filenames only, not path\filenames.
Nine are listed. If you have more windows open, you must click More
and then select a window from the box that opens. This becomes
window 9 on the pick list. Then, there is, on a writing
windows system menu, a Next (^F6) and a hidden Prev(ious)
(Shift+^F6). Next and Prev behave strangely. They do not keep track
of window numbers and files in them. Next peels off the top window
and puts it on the bottom of the stack. Prev brings the bottom
window to the top. If you have only two windows open, you can use
either to flip back and forth. I can think of no other use for this.
You will see in the list below what system/Next does in eWriter.
- Clicking anywhere on the status bar will get the
next window by window number. You can rotate through windows
very rapidly.
- The Standard Windows Pick List on the Window menu
is there because for nine windows it is one click. But
immediately above it, as a menu item, is a full path list in a
pick-list box, useful if you have files with the same name but
different locations.
- For fast access to the first nine windows by keys, use
Alt+TopNumber 1 to 9. Alt+0 (zero) gets the pathname box.
- System/Next (^F6) is set to allow you to keep switching between
the top two windows. If you go to another in the stack or open
a new one, Prev (Shift+^F6) will bring up the remembered top two,
in the order set by the last ^F6, so you can return to
switching between them.
- The Standard Windows Tile (on the Window menu),
like System/Next, is useful if you have two windows open. EWriter
has an extra menu item: Tile Top Two of N Windows. Clicking
this will close all but the top two windows, tile those and check
the menu item. At any time later, clicking the checked item opens
the closed files.
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To work with the same group of windows in the same order in a future
session, use Window/Save Desktop and Window/Restore Desktop.