News for hackers. Stuff that matters.
Re:Emacs: The Editor for the Next Forty Years [video] by jonnycomputer on Tuesday November 26, 2019 @12:22PM (#21640377)
Don't know about the second, but displaying two copies of the same file side by side is pretty common in my experience, e.g.:

PyCharm: Yes

VS Code: Yes

Eclipse: Yes

Re:Emacs: The Editor for the Next Forty Years [video] by olejorgenb on Wednesday November 27, 2019 @12:50PM (#21650151)
Vs code can't open two windows properly though..
Re:Emacs: The Editor for the Next Forty Years [video] by jonnycomputer on Friday November 29, 2019 @11:11AM (#21665142)
I'm curious what you mean, as I've not had any issues thus far. I'm only an occasional VS Code user however.
Re:Emacs: The Editor for the Next Forty Years [video] by olejorgenb on Saturday November 30, 2019 @08:12AM (#21669809)
Only one os-level window per workspace is supported AFICT. It's possible to tile editors within this window, bit you can't detach an editor.