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#Running 2 TPMs

    18-Jul-93 11:30:55
Sb: #Running 2 TPMs
Fm: Bill Monk 72511,301
To: Kevin Irlen 76666,2005
Kevin, Sometimes it's convenient to look at two projects side by side. Previously, you could just duplicate Think C and run them both. In 6.0, launching a second copy from the same folder gives the message "file 'Symantec C++' (or Think C) is already open." Fine, but is it really necessary to disable the entire Search menu, and disallow opening all project files with a double-click? How about dimming just the menu items that depend on the already-opened translator. For that matter, why can't more than one TPM read from the translators? Surely they're not being written to? A lot of use were hoping 6.0 would allow having several project windows open at once. I'm not real concerned the feature didn't make it (though it "seems" simple to add). But I'm kinda bugged that the side-by-side workaround we did have is gone for no good reason (that I see…). Other workarounds…I can also duplicate a translator and put the duplicated files in a new folder. That'll work, except on my PB 140. It has 450K free, but not 750K. Wah. There's the Switch to Project menu. A useful thing, but not helpful for side-by-side stuff. So, I'd like to see this marked as a buglet, and fixed to allow opening and seaching even if the translators are already open. (I'd really prefer to see multiple project windows instead, but I'm not asking for that right now.) Thanks, Bill