Helix to open multiple buffers for the same file if it's passed in multiple times

[nik-rev]

Currently, you can add :line_number at the end of a file name to open it at a specific line

hx LICENSE:4

The above opens LICENSE file at line 4. LICENSE:6:3 would open it at line 6, column 3.

What if I want to open LICENSE file at line 4 and line 6 column 3, two buffers for the same file?

hx LICENSE:4 LICENSE:6:3

It won't work, Helix will just open one buffer for one of the inputs. What would be nice, if it instead opened a separate buffer for each. So the above command will open two buffers, one with the cursor at line 4 of LICENSE and the other with the cursor at line 6 of LICENSE.

This is going to be very useful in a lot of situations. For example, consider a tool like cspell which outputs in the following format:

README.md:170:229 - Unknown word (turles)
README.md:172:50 - Unknown word (inacurate)
README.md:173:25 - Unknown word (advsed)
README.md:182:51 - Unknown word (patricular)
README.md:190:81 - Unknown word (sofwtare)
README.md:193:291 - Unknown word (neihter)
README.md:201:289 - Unknown word (auhtor)

If only I could run a command like this, which I could compute from the above output:

hx README.md:170:229 README.md:172:50 README.md:173:25 README.md:182:51 README.md:190:81 README.md:193:291 README.md:201:289

Which would open 7 buffers, with cursor exactly at each line and column. Then I could do gn and gp to cycle between the spelling errors and fix them. Thoughts?

[oxcrow]

I want a similar feature but for a different reason.

Files can become large. I want to open the same file in multiple tabs (but in same buffer), so I can work on different sections of the code in different tabs.

For example, In one tab I can write unit tests, in another I can edit the function I am testing.

[nik-rev]

I want a similar feature but for a different reason.

Files can become large. I want to open the same file in multiple tabs (but in same buffer), so I can work on different sections of the code in different tabs.

For example, In one tab I can write unit tests, in another I can edit the function I am testing.

Feel free to create a 2nd discussion. This one can be closed because it was implemented in #12192