Any reason why the split view is non editable?

[themipper]

I have seen that the split view is available but the split window is non editable.
Any reason why?

[Maran23]

This decision was made because it involves a significant amount of effort to implement a save function for a script or file that isn't actually open in the script editor at the moment (only as a snapshot in split view).

Enabling edit is easy, but the changes also need to be saved (Leading to questions like: When? How? Should this happen when the user saves, but only when the split script has focus?).

The philosophy behind the plugin is that we want to avoid making major changes to the editor. As a result, the plugin has been extremely stable for years and typically works right away with every new version.

If we can find a simple, non-invasive solution for this, we can certainly allow it!

[themipper]

Thanks for the explanation. Makes sense.

Before reading your answer I made a pull request with a synced implementation.

The way I implemented it is basically letting the original CodeEdit do all the decisions. The changes are synced back to the original. If you save that the changes are saved.

Do you think that is too invasive?

[Maran23]

From a first look, this seems reasonable.
Will test and review later this week due to other work!