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Using Several Editors at Once

Several editors can be used simultaneously, even on the same contig. In the latter case, it is useful to understand the difference between the data and the view of the data.

Each operating Contig Editor is a view of the data for a particular contig. With two editors viewing the same contig, making changes in either will modify the data that both are viewing, hence the change will be visible in both editors. Similarly, using Undo in either will undo the changes to both.

Interaction between Contig Editors and Join Editors is more complicated and generally isn't advised. However such interactions work consistently with the notion of views of contigs. For example, suppose there are two Contig Editors open on two separate contigs, and in addition to these a Join Editor displaying both contigs. Making the join in the Join Editor will update the two stand-alone Contig Editors so that they are each viewing the correct positions in the new contig, even though they're both now viewing the same contig.


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