Automatically open default parallel text in search tab?

[Andrew Perriman]

Is there a way to link texts so that when, eg., LXX1 is opened in a new search tab, NETS automatically opens in a parallel pane by default? As far as I can see, this has to be done manually for every new search tab by selecting from the "add parallel" button?

[Joe Weaks]

Andrew,

 

Yes, you can. You do so by opening a workspace or session that you've saved, instead of manually opening the LXX1 module.

 

A great gift you can give yourself is to set up a workspace how you want it for doing a certain kind of work, and then save that as a favorite workspace for quick access. Then, you train yourself to "open the LXX1' when you want to use the LXX1, so that the workspace puts everything how you want it.

[Andrew Perriman]

OK, thanks. That works up to a point. The main limitation is this...

 

I set up a workspace that opens LXX1 on the left and NETS on the right—two panes in one tab. I add it to favourites, which is very helpful.

 

A right-click search on a word in LXX1 will then open a new search tab with both texts in parallel panes.

 

A right-click search on a word in NETS will only display NETS in the new search pad.

 

And of course, a right-click search in any other text will not open parallel panes.

 

It would be much simpler if every time LXX1 is opened in a search tab NETS is opened alongside it in a second pane. Or every time ESV is opened in a search tab NA28 is opened alongside it. I invariably work with parallel texts in this way and it would be nice not to have to open the second text manually. But I'll see how I get on with the workspace method for now.

[Joe Weaks]

I'm not sure my intended suggestion is clear. When you save a workspace to My Workspaces, you can amplify to it and get what you want.

 

"A right-click search on a word in LXX1 will then open a new search tab with both texts in parallel panes."

 

To clarify, this is exactly the behavior you are wanting, right? You Amplify to /My Workspaces/LXXNETSspace/ and it opens a new one with the search conducted.

 

"A right-click search on a word in NETS will only display NETS in the new search pad."

I am not getting this behavior. When I select a word in the second pane, which is not the search text of course, since LXX is, and then amplify to /My Workspaces/LXXNETSspace/, then I get a new workspace with no search conducted, since the word I'm amplifying is not a matching language. I don't know if there's a modifier key you can hold that tells it to search for the key number in this instance.

 

I think you can get what you're wanting, you just need to create a Saved Workspace for each one you want. A LXX/NETS space where LXX is the search text, and also a LXX/NETS space where NETS is the search text.

Then the same for NA28/ESV, one for each language as the search text.