[Opera-users] Joining 9 Pages in Opera

[Douglas Hinds]

Hello James & others on opera-users following this thread,

Tuesday, January 09, 2001,  you stated regarding :

>>a way to unite 9 separate windows

JC> If this is something you will do repeatedly you might open the nine files 
JC> consecutively in the same window, then save the window (using Window > Save 
JC> Windows). This also saves the window's history, so when you reload it you can 
JC> still cycle through your pages using ALT-LEFT and ALT-RIGHT (or "z" and "x" 
JC> which only require one one keystoke).

Window > Save Windows does not seem to be an option w/ v.3.60

(what I've been doing is either loaded the pages and shutting down
Opera to save the windows or saving / crtl+s to Opera / webpages. In
this case I downloaded all 9 htm sites w/ an ftp app (reget) to a
special folder and then found they all link to each other via an
index page hat for some reason shows the whole disk partition,
without having to build the page you describe below.

JC> Another option would be to build a page that contains just the links to the 
JC> nine files (unless the original page is fairly compact), then open that page 
JC> in a small linked window next to your main one. This is actually much simpler 
JC> than it sounds, thanks to Opera's unique features. Here is the process, step-
JC> by-step:

JC> 1. Open the original page which contains the links to the nine chapters.

JC> 2. Press CTRL-J, which will open a "Links in frame" dialog that lists all the 
JC>    links on that page. Select Copy all > Copy as HTML.

JC> 3. Now the hard part: open your favorite text editor and paste in the links 
JC>    that Opera placed on the Windows clipboard. Edit anything you don't like, 
JC>    or just save the file as-is. Save it to a convenient place as a plain text 
JC>    file with an HTM or HTML extension.

That's a neat trick.

JC> 4. Open your new file in Opera.

JC> 5. Select Window >> Create Linked Window from the menu.

The Window menu does not contain the Create Linked Window in v.
3.60. You may be giving me a reason to upgrade. (Evidently the
upgrades weren't done in order to provide more and more spectacular
crashes). I have had few problems w/ Opera.

JC> 5. Select Window >> This will open a new blank window that is
JC> linked to your first one. When you open a link from the first
JC> window, it will automatically open in this new blank window.

JC> 6. Zoom, resize and position the two windows to make them suit
JC> the way you work.

JC> Then to see a particular chapter you select a link in the small
JC> original window and it will open in your new main working
JC> window. This isn't exactly what you had in mind, but it may be
JC> more useful than editing all those files -- especially if the
JC> original page is compact enough to use as your master page so
JC> you don't have to edit ANY file.

Correct. What I finally did was to ctrl+a & ctrl+c to paste the text
from each into a single word processor document, so I could center,
underline, make bold and change fonts more easily. The linked 9 stay
as a reference.

JC> By the way, a combination of turning off graphics (the "g" key),
JC> switching to user mode (press CTRL-g), and zoom ("+" and"-" on
JC> the numeric keypad) may make your original page compact enough
JC> to work this way.

I have been using ctrl+g regularly recently. And there are no
graphics on these pages-

JC> If it were me I'd probably just open the nine files in nine
JC> separate windows, press "5" to maximize the first window, then
JC> use the "1" and "2" keys (or the window bar if I'm using a large
JC> monitor) to cycle between the open windows.

JC> Well there's three ideas, and none of them exactly match what
JC> you were hoping for. Perhaps one of them will be a workable
JC> substitute.

They were all good ideas, and I appreciate it.

How do you think those 9 linked all by their lonesome?

Douglas