Multiple Interlinear Windows

Question

Is it possible to open multiple copies of an interlinearizer window, so that you can look at different passages side-by-side?

This is possible for most projects--you just put the windows in different scroll gorups--but I can't find any way to open a 2nd copy of the interlinearizer.

Answer 1

In Paratext 9.5 I opened three copies of the project. For each copy I was able to click on the menu and open an instance of the Interlinearizer. I don't know if this might have any bad impacts on the data, but I was able to open multiple copies.

Comments

I'm also on 9.5. I just opened 2 copies of the project and set them to different scroll groups. When I opened the interlinearizer from the first copy, it opened. But when I opened the interlinearizer from the 2nd copy, it just brought the pane I had just opened into focus.

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Yes, it appears that Paratext only allows one instance of the Interlinearizer using the same settings. Another option - if this is important to do - would be to make a copy of the project so that you have two identical projects. You should then be able to open the Interlinearizer for each one.

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Thank you. That's helpful to confirm.

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Curious. Is this a backward step in 9.5? I'm still on 9.4.101.23 and I am able open a project twice - simultaneously  - each with an interlinear and have them (i.e. the two instances of the project + interlinear) scroll separately. Makes me reluctant to move to 9.5 if I will lose this functionality.

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To the best of my knowledge nothing has changed from 9.4 to 9.5.

You can certainly open two copies of a project. That's not a problem at all.

You can open two different interlinearizers _if they have different gloss languages_.
You CANNOT open to copies of the same interlinearizer _if they have the SAME gloss language_.

That last statement was my question. I've just tested, and it was true in 9.4.

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Yet, that's precisely what I do have on the screen in front of me now - unless I'm badly misunderstanding the issue. (If I knew how to I'd insert a screenshot so you could tell if we're taling about the same thing or not.)