Ask HN: Software to edit code in many vertical strips?

1 points by danielvf 4y ago ↗ HN

I have a large monitor. I want to see a ton of code at the same time - instead of a single vertical scroll of code, I want lots and lots of narrow vertical columns of the same file shown side by side.

A big use for this is code reviews, so even a non-editable view of text/PDF would be okay. Editable would be even better.

I used to have some software back in the early 2000's, when Mac OS X was new that did a read only view in this way, but I can't remember the name.

Any suggestions for me?

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theandrewbailey 4y ago ↗

It almost sounds like you want a diff tool for code reviews, but I can't tell if you want an IDE instead (you mentioned edit code, after all).

dschuessler 4y ago ↗

Diff tools display different versions of the same file side by side. I believe OP is looking for something that displays different parts of the same file side by side. Something like a vertical text wrap as in columnar text layout: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Column_(typography)

jimsmart 4y ago ↗

Slightly different but similar thing: SublimeText and a few other modern editors allow one to open multiple side by side views, which may allow you to achieve similar. Most of them can do this with distinct source files, but I know Sublime at least can do multiple views into the same file.