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Multiple views of same buffer in ST2

#1

How does one get multiple views of the same buffer in ST2? The menu item and clone command are gone, and I have not succeeded through the UI.

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#2

You can use File/Clone File for this

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#3

Doh! :blush:

My eye kept seeing “Clone File” as “Close File”. “Clone” is actually not the best terminology – when I see that I think that the file itself is going to be copied somehow. Might I suggest changing it to “Open In New Tab”?

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#4

Didn’t it used to be called “new view into buffer” or something? I liked that phrasing… but then again I guess some people might not know what “views” and “buffers” are. Hm.

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#5

For those of you looking for a similar answer, this functionality is now in:
**File **> “New View into File

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