[eclipse-dev] Re: What's happening after 2.1?

["Lars Sonchocky-Helldorf" <Lars.Sonchocky-Helldorf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Another Idea comes to my mind: the ability to split the editor window horizontally:

look at this using a monospaced font:

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|1 |                                                   |^|
|2 |                                                   |-|
|3 |                                                   |X| <-- scroll position one
|4 |                                                   |-|
|5 |                                                   | |
|6 |                                                   | |
|7 |                                                   | |
|8 |                                                   | |
|9 |                                                   | |
|10|                                                   | |
|11|                                                   | |
|12|                                                   | |
|13|                                                   |-|
|14|                                                   |v|
 -------------------------------------------------------=  <-- you can move this up
|57|                                                   |^|     and down with the mouse
|58|                                                   |-|
|59|                                                   | |
|60|                                                   | |
|61|                                                   | |
|62|                                                   | |
|63|                                                   | |
|64|                                                   | |
|65|                                                   |-|
|66|                                                   |X| <-- scroll position two
|67|                                                   |-|
|68|                                                   |-|
|69|                                                   |v|
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this comes in handy if you compare different parts of the same document or copy and paste
between different places. See also BBedit (Mac) or UltraEdit (Win) for this Feature.

Further I'd like to see the line numbering in a column on the left side. So you can quickly 
get an Idea where you currently are in the document. BBedit (Mac) or UltraEdit (Win) has 
this Feature too.

greetings, Lars