tiles: several documents open at once

`L` or Shift-Enter on a row opens it in a tile of its own; Enter and `l`
still open it in the focused tile. Right of the list the tiles share the
space as hyprland's dwindle does: two side by side, a third splits the
newer one, and so on. Each keeps its own scroll position and its own
editor, and the keys act on the focused one. A document already open in a
tile is focused there rather than opened twice, so two drafts of it can
never overwrite each other.

Alt-h/j/k/l moves the focus to the tile that way, out of the editor too,
and Alt-h past the leftmost tile focuses the list as before. With Shift
the tile itself moves, swapping places with its neighbour. `gt` / `gT` and
`:bn` / `:bp` cycle the tiles, `:ls` lists them, `:b <n or name>` focuses
one, `:close` (Alt-q) closes one, asking first when its draft could not be
written, and `:only` closes the rest. `:b` was the board's alias; `:board`
is spelled out now. `:next` / `:prev` still walk the list. `q` on a
document closes its tile when there are several. `f` fullscreens the
focused tile.

Each space remembers its tiles, as it remembered its one document. A
card's notes open in a tile beside whatever was being read, and `q` there
takes the tile away again on the way back to the board. Under 768px only
the focused tile is shown. The status line says which tile has focus.

README.md

@@ -72,8 +72,12 @@ it; in the document pane it is that document. In the browse pane:
 | `Shift-1` … `9` | send the marked nodes, or the selected one, to that space |
 | `Tab`, `Shift-Tab` | next / previous space |
 | `w` | overview of every space; `hjkl` then `Enter` |
-| `f` | fullscreen the focused pane |
+| `f` | fullscreen the focused pane, or the focused tile |
-| `Alt-h` / `Alt-l` | focus the list / the document, from the editor too |
+| `Alt-h/j/k/l` | focus the tile in that direction, from the editor too; `Alt-h` past the leftmost tile focuses the list |
+| `Alt-Shift-h/j/k/l` | move the focused tile that way |
+| `L`, `Shift-Enter` | open the highlighted row in a new tile instead of the focused one |
+| `gt` / `gT` | next / previous tile, in the editor too |
+| `Alt-q` | close the focused tile (`:close`); asks first if its draft could not be written |
 | `j` / `k` | move down / up, or scroll the document when it has focus |
 | `gg` / `G` | first / last entry, or top / bottom of the document; a first `g`, `d`, `]` or `[` shows in the status line for a second while it waits for the second key |
 | `Ctrl-D` / `Ctrl-U` | half a page down / up the open document |
@@ -92,7 +96,7 @@ it; in the document pane it is that document. In the browse pane:
 | `t` | the agenda: what is late, due this week, or in hand, on every board |
 | `T` | today's diary entry, started if there is none |
 | `c` | capture a card into this space's inbox without leaving where you are |
-| `Esc`, `q` | close the document |
+| `Esc`, `q` | close the document, and its tile when there are several |
 | `h` | up one level in the tree |
 | `/` | full-text search in this space (`:noh` clears it); `Tab` or `Ctrl-N`/`Ctrl-P` walk the results without leaving the line, `Enter` opens the one lit |
 | `Ctrl-P` | full-text search across every space; `Enter` goes to the match |
@@ -112,7 +116,7 @@ there goes back down into the text. In the text, `]]`, `[[` and `gO` walk the
 headings as they do in the reader. `gf` follows the link under the cursor, saving
 first, and `gx` opens it in a new tab. The rest: `:today` opens today's entry, `:edit [id]` (or `:12`)
 opens a node by id, `:next`, `:prev`, `:first`, `:last` and `:random` walk the
-list, `:delete [id]` deletes, `:copy` puts the whole document on the clipboard,
+list (`:bn` and `:bp` walk the tiles), `:delete [id]` deletes, `:copy` puts the whole document on the clipboard,
 `:clear` drops the search, `:reload` re-reads the folder, `:stats` counts words
 and lines, `:search!` searches every space, `:set clipboard` / `:set
 noclipboard` mirrors vim yanks to the system clipboard, `:logout` ends the
@@ -136,6 +140,24 @@ has today's entry, an upload into the folder, a search across every space,
 and on the board the card moves, renames and deletes; the agenda has a done
 button per card.
 
+## Tiles
+
+Several documents can be open at once. `L` (or `Shift-Enter`) on a row opens
+it in a tile of its own; `Enter` and `l` still open it in the focused tile.
+Right of the list the tiles share the space the way hyprland's dwindle layout
+does: two side by side, a third splits the newer one, and so on. Each keeps
+its own scroll position and its own editor, and the keys always act on the
+focused one. Opening a document that is already in a tile focuses that tile
+rather than opening it twice.
+
+`Alt-h/j/k/l` moves the focus between tiles and `Alt-Shift-h/j/k/l` moves the
+tile itself; `gt` / `gT` and `:bn` / `:bp` cycle through them, `:ls` lists
+them, `:b <n or name>` focuses one, `:close` (`Alt-q`) closes one and `:only`
+every other. `:next` and `:prev` still walk the list. Each space remembers its
+tiles, so switching away and back finds them as they were. A card's notes
+open in a tile beside what was being read, and `q` there goes back to the
+board. Under 768px wide only the focused tile is shown.
+
 ## The SFTP mount
 
 The workspace can be mounted as a filesystem over SFTP, so an editor or a file

web/src/App.svelte

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 <script lang="ts">
-  import { followLink, hooks, runCommand } from './lib/commands'
+  import { cycleTile, focusTile, followLink, hooks, runCommand } from './lib/commands'
   import { embedSnippet } from './lib/markdown'
   import Agenda from './lib/Agenda.svelte'
   import Bar from './lib/Bar.svelte'
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
   import Sidebar from './lib/Sidebar.svelte'
   import StatusBar from './lib/StatusBar.svelte'
   import { workspace } from './lib/store.svelte'
+  import { dwindle, neighbour, type Direction } from './lib/util'
 
   /*
    * A share link is /s/<token>#<key>. The fragment never leaves the browser, so
@@ -51,6 +52,15 @@
 
   if (!shareToken) void workspace.boot()
 
+  /* Where each tile sits, in the order of `workspace.tiles`. */
+  const layout = $derived(dwindle(workspace.tiles.length))
+  /*
+   * The tiles are drawn in the order they were made, whatever order they are
+   * in now, so moving one never moves its element — which would cost it its
+   * scroll position, and a PDF its page.
+   */
+  const drawn = $derived([...workspace.tiles].sort((a, b) => a.id - b.id))
+
   $effect(() => {
     folderInput?.setAttribute('webkitdirectory', '')
   })
@@ -202,7 +212,7 @@
   const offers: [string[], string][] = [
     [['o'], 'write a new document'],
     [['⇧ O'], 'make a folder'],
-    [['j', 'k'], 'browse, l opens'],
+    [['j', 'k'], 'browse, l opens, L opens beside'],
     [['1…9'], 'switch space, Tab cycles'],
     [['w'], 'overview of every space'],
     [['b'], "this space's board"],
@@ -379,6 +389,28 @@
     followLink(file.url, true)
   }
 
+  /*
+   * Alt + h/j/k/l: the focus goes to the tile that way, out of the editor
+   * too; left of the leftmost tile is the list. With Shift the focused tile
+   * goes that way instead, swapping places with the one it lands on.
+   */
+  function tileKey(direction: Direction, shift: boolean) {
+    if (workspace.pane === 'list' || !workspace.open) {
+      if (direction === 'l' && !shift) focusPane('document')
+      return
+    }
+    const next = neighbour(layout, workspace.focused, direction)
+    if (next < 0) {
+      if (direction === 'h' && !shift) focusPane('list')
+      return
+    }
+    if (!shift) return void focusTile(next)
+    const tiles = [...workspace.tiles]
+    ;[tiles[workspace.focused], tiles[next]] = [tiles[next], tiles[workspace.focused]]
+    workspace.tiles = tiles
+    workspace.focused = next
+  }
+
   /** Alt+h / Alt+l: focus moves between the panes, out of the editor too. */
   function focusPane(pane: 'list' | 'document') {
     if (pane === 'document' && !workspace.open) return
@@ -480,9 +512,17 @@
       return
     }
 
-    if (event.altKey && !event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey && (event.key === 'h' || event.key === 'l')) {
+    // `event.code`, so Alt-Shift-h is the same key on every layout, and on a
+    // Mac, where Alt turns h into ˙.
+    const alt = event.altKey && !event.ctrlKey && !event.metaKey ? /^Key([HJKLQ])$/.exec(event.code)?.[1].toLowerCase() : undefined
+    if (alt === 'q' && !event.shiftKey) {
       event.preventDefault()
-      focusPane(event.key === 'h' ? 'list' : 'document')
+      void runCommand('close')
+      return
+    }
+    if (alt && alt !== 'q') {
+      event.preventDefault()
+      tileKey(alt as Direction, event.shiftKey)
       return
     }
 
@@ -574,6 +614,13 @@
       event.preventDefault()
       return
     }
+    // `gt` / `gT` walk the tiles, as they walk vim's tab pages — before `t`
+    // and `T` on their own are taken for the agenda and today's entry.
+    if (previous === 'g' && (key === 't' || key === 'T') && workspace.view !== 'board') {
+      event.preventDefault()
+      void cycleTile(key === 't' ? 1 : -1)
+      return
+    }
     if (key === 'f') {
       event.preventDefault()
       workspace.fullscreen = !workspace.fullscreen
@@ -647,6 +694,7 @@
       openInTab()
       return
     }
+
     if (previous === 'd' && key === 'd') {
       event.preventDefault()
       void runCommand('d')
@@ -683,12 +731,23 @@
         break
       case 'Enter':
       case 'l':
-      case 'ArrowRight':
+      case 'ArrowRight': {
         event.preventDefault()
         if (key === 'Enter' && reading && hooks.fileAction()) break
-        if (workspace.open && workspace.selected?.id === workspace.open.id) focusPane('document')
+        // Shift-Enter, like `L`: beside what is open, in a tile of its own.
+        if (key === 'Enter' && event.shiftKey && !reading) {
+          void workspace.guard(() => workspace.openBeside())
+          break
+        }
+        const shown = workspace.tiles.findIndex((tile) => tile.open && tile.open.id === workspace.selected?.id)
+        if (shown >= 0) void focusTile(shown)
         else void workspace.guard(() => workspace.openSelected())
         break
+      }
+      case 'L':
+        event.preventDefault()
+        if (!reading) void workspace.guard(() => workspace.openBeside())
+        break
       case 'F': {
         // `f` already fills the screen, so the hints vimium puts on `f` live
         // on its other key.
@@ -833,7 +892,7 @@
       {:else}
         <div
           class="panes switch"
-          class:reading={!!workspace.open}
+          class:reading={workspace.tiles.some((tile) => tile.open)}
           class:full={workspace.fullscreen}
           class:focus-doc={!!workspace.open && workspace.pane === 'document'}
           style="--dir: {workspace.switchDirection}"
@@ -844,31 +903,40 @@
             class:focused={!workspace.open || workspace.pane === 'list'}
             onpointerdown={() => (workspace.pane = 'list')}
           ><Sidebar /></div>
-          <!-- svelte-ignore a11y_no_static_element_interactions -->
+          <div class="tiles" class:only={workspace.tiles.length === 1}>
-          <div
+            {#each drawn as tile (tile.id)}
-            class="window entry"
+              {@const index = workspace.tiles.indexOf(tile)}
-            class:focused={!!workspace.open && workspace.pane === 'document'}
+              {@const rect = layout[index]}
-            onpointerdown={() => workspace.open && (workspace.pane = 'document')}
+              <!-- svelte-ignore a11y_no_static_element_interactions -->
-          >
+              <div
-            {#if workspace.open?.kind === 'file'}
+                class="window entry"
-              <FilePane tile={workspace.tile} />
+                class:current={index === workspace.focused}
-            {:else if workspace.open}
+                class:focused={!!tile.open && index === workspace.focused && workspace.pane === 'document'}
-              <DocumentPane tile={workspace.tile} />
+                style="--x: {rect.x}; --y: {rect.y}; --w: {rect.w}; --h: {rect.h}"
-            {:else}
+                onpointerdown={() => tile.open && workspace.focusTile(index)}
-              <div class="placeholder">
+                onfocusin={() => tile.open && index !== workspace.focused && workspace.focusTile(index)}
-                <div class="standby resolve">
+              >
-                  <h2 class="label rule">nothing open</h2>
+                {#if tile.open?.kind === 'file'}
-                  <dl>
+                  <FilePane {tile} />
-                    {#each offers as [keys, what] (what)}
+                {:else if tile.open}
-                      <dt>{#each keys as key (key)}<span class="kbd">{key}</span>{/each}</dt>
+                  <DocumentPane {tile} />
-                      <dd>{what}</dd>
+                {:else}
-                    {/each}
+                  <div class="placeholder">
-                    <dt>status</dt>
+                    <div class="standby resolve">
-                    <dd class="light">standing by<span class="cursor">_</span></dd>
+                      <h2 class="label rule">nothing open</h2>
-                  </dl>
+                      <dl>
-                </div>
+                        {#each offers as [keys, what] (what)}
+                          <dt>{#each keys as key (key)}<span class="kbd">{key}</span>{/each}</dt>
+                          <dd>{what}</dd>
+                        {/each}
+                        <dt>status</dt>
+                        <dd class="light">standing by<span class="cursor">_</span></dd>
+                      </dl>
+                    </div>
+                  </div>
+                {/if}
               </div>
-            {/if}
+            {/each}
           </div>
         </div>
       {/if}
@@ -924,10 +992,26 @@
   }
   .panes:not(.reading) .window.entry { border-color: transparent; background: transparent; }
 
-  /* `f`: the focused pane fills the porthole. */
+  /*
+   * The tiles share the column right of the list, each placed by the dwindle
+   * layout. Half a gap is taken off each side of a tile, and the column
+   * reaches half a gap out to make up for it at the edges.
+   */
+  .tiles { position: relative; min-width: 0; min-height: 0; margin: calc(var(--gap) / -2); }
+  .tiles > .window {
+    position: absolute;
+    left: calc(var(--x) * 100% + var(--gap) / 2);
+    top: calc(var(--y) * 100% + var(--gap) / 2);
+    width: calc(var(--w) * 100% - var(--gap));
+    height: calc(var(--h) * 100% - var(--gap));
+  }
+
+  /* `f`: the focused pane fills the porthole — the list, or one tile. */
   .panes.full { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
-  .panes.full .window:not(.focused) { display: none; }
+  .panes.full.focus-doc .window.list,
-  .panes.full:not(.reading) .window.entry { display: none; }
+  .panes.full:not(.focus-doc) .tiles,
+  .panes.full .tiles > .window:not(.current) { display: none; }
+  .panes.full .tiles > .window.current { inset: calc(var(--gap) / 2); width: auto; height: auto; }
 
   .placeholder { display: grid; place-items: center; height: 100%; padding: 24px; }
   .standby { width: min(100%, 44ch); }
@@ -960,11 +1044,14 @@
 
   .hidden { display: none; }
 
+  /* A phone shows one window: the list, or the focused tile. */
   @media (max-width: 767px) {
     .panes { grid-template-columns: 1fr; }
-    .panes .entry { display: none; }
+    .panes .tiles { display: none; }
     .panes.reading .list { display: none; }
-    .panes.reading .entry { display: block; }
+    .panes.reading .tiles { display: block; }
+    .tiles > .window:not(.current) { display: none; }
+    .tiles > .window.current { inset: calc(var(--gap) / 2); width: auto; height: auto; }
     .overlay { padding: 12px; }
   }
 </style>

web/src/lib/Editor.svelte

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 <script lang="ts" module>
   import { EditorView } from '@codemirror/view'
   import { Vim, getCM, vim } from '@replit/codemirror-vim'
-  import { commands, followLink, runCommand } from './commands'
+  import { commands, cycleTile, followLink, runCommand } from './commands'
   import { linkAt, sourceHeadings } from './util'
   import { workspace as ws } from './store.svelte'
 
@@ -112,6 +112,14 @@
     Vim.mapCommand('gx', 'action', 'workspaceOpenLink', {}, { context: 'normal' })
   }
 
+  /* `gt` / `gT` walk the tiles from inside one, as they walk vim's tab pages. */
+  function bindTileKeys() {
+    Vim.defineAction('workspaceNextTile', () => void cycleTile(1))
+    Vim.defineAction('workspacePrevTile', () => void cycleTile(-1))
+    Vim.mapCommand('gt', 'action', 'workspaceNextTile', {}, { context: 'normal' })
+    Vim.mapCommand('gT', 'action', 'workspacePrevTile', {}, { context: 'normal' })
+  }
+
   function bindVim() {
     if (vimBound) return
     vimBound = true
@@ -119,6 +127,7 @@
     bindHelpKey()
     bindHeadingKeys()
     bindLinkKeys()
+    bindTileKeys()
     mirrorUnnamedRegisterToClipboard()
   }
 </script>

web/src/lib/Help.svelte

@@ -7,8 +7,12 @@
     ['Shift 1 … 9', 'send the marked nodes, or the selected one, to that space'],
     ['Tab · Shift-Tab', 'next / previous space'],
     ['w', 'overview of every space — hjkl, then Enter'],
-    ['f', 'fullscreen the focused pane; again or Esc to leave'],
+    ['f', 'fullscreen the focused pane or tile; again or Esc to leave'],
-    ['Alt-h / Alt-l', 'focus the list / the document, from the editor too'],
+    ['Alt-h/j/k/l', 'focus the tile that way, from the editor too — left of the leftmost is the list'],
+    ['Alt-Shift-h/j/k/l', 'move the focused tile that way'],
+    ['L · Shift-Enter', 'open the row in a new tile beside the others'],
+    ['gt / gT', 'next / previous tile — in the editor too'],
+    ['Alt-q', 'close the focused tile — :close; :only closes the others'],
     ['j / k · ↓ ↑', 'move down / up the list — scroll the document when it has focus'],
     ['gg / G', 'first / last row, or top / bottom of the document — a first g, d, ] or [ waits a second in the status line'],
     ['Ctrl-D / Ctrl-U', 'half a page down / up the open document'],
@@ -31,7 +35,7 @@
     ['Ctrl-P', 'find anything, in every space — Enter goes to the result lit'],
     ['b', "open this space's board"],
     ['c', "capture a card into this space's inbox, without leaving here"],
-    ['Esc · q', 'close the document'],
+    ['Esc · q', 'close the document, and its tile when there are several'],
     ['/', 'full-text search, inside the current space — Tab or Ctrl-N/P walk the results, Enter opens one'],
     ['n / N', 'next / previous search result, opened beside the results — :noh clears the search'],
     ['s', 'toggle sharing for the document — asks before taking it back'],
@@ -74,6 +78,7 @@
     tree: 'spaces & folders',
     board: 'boards',
     documents: 'documents',
+    tiles: 'tiles',
     editing: 'writing',
     sharing: 'sharing & export',
     vault: 'vault',

web/src/lib/Sidebar.svelte

@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@
             actions(index)
           }}
           class:active={index === workspace.cursor}
-          class:open={workspace.open?.id === node.id}
+          class:open={workspace.tiles.some((tile) => tile.open?.id === node.id)}
           class:marked={workspace.isMarked(node.id)}
           data-index={index}
           onclick={(event) => click(event, index, node)}

web/src/lib/StatusBar.svelte

@@ -32,6 +32,7 @@
   <span class="msg" class:alarm={workspace.flash?.kind === 'error'}>{workspace.flash?.text ?? ''}</span>
 
   {#if pending}<span class="pending" aria-live="polite">{pending}</span>{/if}
+  {#if workspace.tiles.length > 1}<span class="flag" title=":ls lists the tiles">tile {workspace.focused + 1}/{workspace.tiles.length}</span>{/if}
   {#if workspace.fullscreen}<span class="flag">full</span>{/if}
   {#if workspace.vault?.unlocked}<span class="flag vault" title="the vault is open — :lock closes it">vault open</span>{/if}
   {#if lines !== null}<span class="readout">{lines}<span class="unit">L</span></span>{/if}

web/src/lib/commands.ts

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+import { tick } from 'svelte'
 import { api, ApiError, isContainer, type BackupLogin, type BackupStatus } from './api'
 import { workspace } from './store.svelte'
 import { formatDay, parseDay, parseDue, relative, sealedNote, type Heading, type ScrollAmount } from './util'
@@ -41,7 +42,7 @@ export const hooks = {
 }
 
 /** Help groups the command list under these headings, in this order. */
-export const groups = ['tree', 'board', 'documents', 'editing', 'sharing', 'vault', 'view'] as const
+export const groups = ['tree', 'board', 'documents', 'tiles', 'editing', 'sharing', 'vault', 'view'] as const
 export type Group = (typeof groups)[number]
 
 export interface CommandSpec {
@@ -57,6 +58,12 @@ export interface CommandSpec {
   bang?: { help: string; run: (arg: string) => void | Promise<void> }
 }
 
+/** Close the focused tile; the index of the one that has the focus after. */
+const closeFocused = () => {
+  workspace.closeTile()
+  return workspace.focused
+}
+
 const requireOpen = () => {
   if (!workspace.open) {
     workspace.say('no document open', 'error')
@@ -79,6 +86,33 @@ export function followLink(href: string, tab = false) {
   window.open(new URL(href, location.href).href, '_blank', 'noopener,noreferrer')
 }
 
+/**
+ * Focus a tile and hand it the keys: its editor while it is being written,
+ * otherwise the shell, whose keys then act on that tile.
+ */
+export async function focusTile(index: number) {
+  if (!workspace.tiles[index]) return
+  workspace.focusTile(index)
+  // The tile's editor fills the hooks once it has seen it has the focus.
+  await tick()
+  if (workspace.editing && workspace.pane === 'document') hooks.focusEditor()
+  else hooks.focusList()
+}
+
+/** `gt` / `gT`, `:bn` / `:bp`: the next or previous tile, round and round. */
+export function cycleTile(delta: 1 | -1) {
+  const count = workspace.tiles.length
+  if (count < 2) return workspace.say('only one tile — L on a row opens another', 'error')
+  return focusTile((workspace.focused + delta + count) % count)
+}
+
+/** `:ls`'s line for one tile: number, `%` for the focused one, `[+]` unsaved. */
+const describeTile = (index: number) => {
+  const tile = workspace.tiles[index]
+  const name = tile.open ? tile.open.name.trim() || tile.open.slug : '(empty)'
+  return `${index + 1}${index === workspace.focused ? '%' : ''} ${name}${tile.dirty ? ' [+]' : ''}`
+}
+
 /** Move the cursor and follow it, so `:next` reads as well as `j` then `Enter`. */
 const jumpTo = async (index: number) => {
   if (workspace.nodes.length === 0) return workspace.say('nothing here', 'error')
@@ -272,10 +306,8 @@ export const commands: CommandSpec[] = [
       }
       if (workspace.editing) workspace.editing = false
       else if (workspace.returnTo === 'board') return void workspace.guard(() => workspace.returnToBoard())
-      else {
+      else if (workspace.tiles.length > 1) return focusTile(closeFocused())
-        workspace.open = null
+      else workspace.closeTile()
-        workspace.pane = 'list'
-      }
       hooks.focusList()
     },
     bang: {
@@ -361,7 +393,6 @@ export const commands: CommandSpec[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'board',
-    aliases: ['b'],
     group: 'board',
     help: "show this space's board, or go back to the tree",
     run: () => workspace.guard(() => workspace.toggleBoardView()),
@@ -563,18 +594,78 @@ export const commands: CommandSpec[] = [
   },
   {
     name: 'next',
-    aliases: ['bn'],
     group: 'documents',
     help: 'open the next node down the list',
     run: () => jumpTo(workspace.cursor + 1),
   },
   {
     name: 'prev',
-    aliases: ['bp'],
     group: 'documents',
     help: 'open the previous node',
     run: () => jumpTo(workspace.cursor - 1),
   },
+  {
+    name: 'close',
+    aliases: ['clo'],
+    group: 'tiles',
+    help: 'close the focused tile — Alt-q; asks when its draft could not be written',
+    run: () =>
+      workspace.guard(async () => {
+        await workspace.flushTile()
+        if (workspace.dirty) {
+          const name = workspace.open?.slug ?? 'the draft'
+          if (!(await workspace.ask(`${name} could not be written — close anyway? the draft stays in this browser`))) return
+        }
+        await focusTile(closeFocused())
+      }),
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'only',
+    aliases: ['on'],
+    group: 'tiles',
+    help: 'close every tile but the focused one',
+    run: () => workspace.guard(() => workspace.onlyTile()),
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'ls',
+    aliases: ['buffers', 'files'],
+    group: 'tiles',
+    help: 'list the open tiles, % on the focused one',
+    run: () => workspace.say(workspace.tiles.map((_, index) => describeTile(index)).join(' · ')),
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'buffer',
+    aliases: ['b'],
+    args: '<n|name>',
+    group: 'tiles',
+    help: 'focus a tile by its number in :ls, or by the start of its name',
+    complete: () => workspace.tiles.flatMap((tile) => (tile.open ? [tile.open.slug] : [])),
+    run: (arg) => {
+      const wanted = arg.trim().toLowerCase()
+      if (!wanted) return workspace.say(describeTile(workspace.focused))
+      const index = /^\d+$/.test(wanted)
+        ? Number(wanted) - 1
+        : workspace.tiles.findIndex(
+            (tile) => tile.open && (tile.open.slug.startsWith(wanted) || tile.open.name.toLowerCase().startsWith(wanted)),
+          )
+      if (!workspace.tiles[index]) return workspace.say(`E86: no tile ${arg.trim()} — :ls lists them`, 'error')
+      return focusTile(index)
+    },
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'bnext',
+    aliases: ['bn'],
+    group: 'tiles',
+    help: 'the next tile — gt',
+    run: () => cycleTile(1),
+  },
+  {
+    name: 'bprevious',
+    aliases: ['bp', 'bN'],
+    group: 'tiles',
+    help: 'the previous tile — gT',
+    run: () => cycleTile(-1),
+  },
   {
     name: 'first',
     group: 'documents',

web/src/lib/store.svelte.ts

@@ -21,8 +21,18 @@ export type Pane = 'list' | 'document'
 export type View = 'tree' | 'board'
 export type Flash = { text: string; kind: 'info' | 'error' } | null
 
-/** Where a space was left: the folder, the open document, the row, the pane. */
+/**
-type Spot = { parentId: number; openId: number | null; cursor: number; pane: Pane }
+ * Where a space was left: the folder, the open documents, the row, the pane.
+ * `openId` is the focused tile's, all a spot held before there were tiles.
+ */
+type Spot = {
+  parentId: number
+  openId: number | null
+  cursor: number
+  pane: Pane
+  open?: number[]
+  focused?: number
+}
 
 export type Draft = { name: string; body: string; created_at: number }
 
@@ -157,6 +167,78 @@ class Workspace {
     return this.tiles.filter((tile) => tile.open?.id === id)
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Focus a tile, and follow it in the list and the address bar, as opening
+   * its document did.
+   */
+  focusTile(index: number) {
+    const tile = this.tiles[index]
+    if (!tile) return
+    this.focused = index
+    if (!tile.open) return
+    this.pane = 'document'
+    const row = this.nodes.findIndex((n) => n.id === tile.open?.id)
+    if (row >= 0) this.cursor = row
+    this.#syncUrl(tile.open.path)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * Tiles with nothing in them go, as long as one is left: a closed document
+   * closes its tile, as `:q` closes a window in vim.
+   */
+  prune() {
+    const current = this.tile
+    if (this.tiles.length > 1) {
+      const kept = this.tiles.filter((tile) => tile.open)
+      this.tiles = kept.length > 0 ? kept : [current]
+      const at = this.tiles.indexOf(current)
+      this.focused = at >= 0 ? at : Math.min(this.focused, this.tiles.length - 1)
+    }
+    if (!this.open) this.pane = 'list'
+  }
+
+  /** `:close`: the focused tile goes, or with only one, its document. */
+  closeTile() {
+    this.tile.clear()
+    this.prune()
+    if (this.open) this.focusTile(this.focused)
+  }
+
+  /**
+   * `L` / Shift-Enter: the row under the cursor in a tile of its own, next to
+   * what is open, rather than in its place.
+   */
+  async openBeside() {
+    const selected = this.selected
+    if (!selected) return
+    if (isContainer(selected)) return this.say(`${selected.slug} is a ${selected.kind} — l goes into it`, 'error')
+    const shown = this.tiles.findIndex((tile) => tile.open?.id === selected.id)
+    if (shown >= 0) return this.focusTile(shown)
+    if (this.open) {
+      this.tiles.push(new Tile())
+      this.focused = this.tiles.length - 1
+    }
+    try {
+      await this.openSelected()
+    } finally {
+      this.prune()
+    }
+  }
+
+  /** `:only`: every other tile goes, after their drafts are written. */
+  async onlyTile() {
+    const others = this.tiles.filter((tile) => tile !== this.tile)
+    for (const tile of others) await this.flushTile(tile)
+    const unsaved = others.filter((tile) => tile.dirty)
+    if (unsaved.length > 0) {
+      const names = unsaved.map((tile) => tile.open?.slug).join(', ')
+      if (!(await this.ask(`${names} could not be written — close anyway? the drafts stay in this browser`))) return
+    }
+    for (const tile of others) tile.stopAutosave()
+    this.tiles = [this.tile]
+    this.focused = 0
+  }
+
   /** The board of the current space, loaded only while it is being looked at. */
   view = $state<View>('tree')
   /** The board as the server sent it. */
@@ -517,7 +599,7 @@ class Workspace {
     if (tile.draft.name.trim() || tile.draft.body.trim()) return false
     tile.clear()
     this.dropStash(open.id)
-    if (tile === this.tile) this.pane = 'list'
+    this.prune()
     try {
       await api.deleteNode(open.id)
     } catch {
@@ -580,6 +662,7 @@ class Workspace {
     this.spaces = []
     this.nodes = []
     for (const tile of this.tiles) tile.clear()
+    this.prune()
   }
 
   /*
@@ -633,11 +716,14 @@ class Workspace {
 
   #rememberSpot() {
     if (this.spaceId === null || this.parentId === null) return
+    const open = this.tiles.flatMap((tile) => (tile.open ? [tile.open.id] : []))
     this.#spots[this.spaceId] = {
       parentId: this.parentId,
       openId: this.open?.id ?? null,
       cursor: this.cursor,
       pane: this.pane,
+      open,
+      focused: Math.max(open.indexOf(this.open?.id ?? -1), 0),
     }
     localStorage.setItem('diary:spots', JSON.stringify(this.#spots))
   }
@@ -650,8 +736,10 @@ class Workspace {
       const from = this.spaces.findIndex((s) => s.id === this.spaceId)
       const to = this.spaces.findIndex((s) => s.id === id)
       this.switchDirection = to >= from ? 1 : -1
-      this.tile.clear()
+      // Each space has tiles of its own; these come back with this one.
-      this.returnTo = null
+      for (const tile of this.tiles) tile.stopAutosave()
+      this.tiles = [new Tile()]
+      this.focused = 0
       this.pane = 'list'
     }
     this.spaceId = id
@@ -668,9 +756,24 @@ class Workspace {
       await this.goTo(id)
     }
     if (spot && this.parentId === spot.parentId) {
-      if (spot.openId !== null && this.nodes.some((n) => n.id === spot.openId)) {
+      const ids = spot.open ?? (spot.openId !== null && this.nodes.some((n) => n.id === spot.openId) ? [spot.openId] : [])
-        // Reopened under the board, if that is what is on screen.
+      let opened = 0
-        await this.openNode(spot.openId, false, true)
+      for (const open of ids) {
+        if (opened > 0) {
+          this.tiles.push(new Tile())
+          this.focused = this.tiles.length - 1
+        }
+        try {
+          // Reopened under the board, if that is what is on screen.
+          await this.openNode(open, false, true)
+          opened++
+        } catch {
+          /* deleted or moved away since: one tile fewer */
+        }
+      }
+      this.prune()
+      if (opened > 0) {
+        this.focusTile(Math.min(spot.focused ?? 0, this.tiles.length - 1))
         this.pane = spot.pane
       } else {
         this.cursor = Math.min(spot.cursor, Math.max(this.nodes.length - 1, 0))
@@ -772,6 +875,14 @@ class Workspace {
       await this.goTo(node.id)
       return
     }
+    // A document already open in another tile is gone to, not opened twice:
+    // two drafts of one document would only overwrite each other.
+    const shown = this.tiles.findIndex((tile) => tile !== this.tile && tile.open?.id === id)
+    if (shown >= 0) {
+      this.focusTile(shown)
+      if (edit && node.kind === 'document') this.editing = true
+      return
+    }
 
     this.open = node
     this.draft = { name: node.name, body: node.body, created_at: node.created_at }
@@ -889,7 +1000,7 @@ class Workspace {
     const node = showing[0]?.open ?? this.nodes.find((n) => n.id === id)
     const { removed } = await api.deleteNode(id)
     for (const tile of showing) tile.clear()
-    if (showing.includes(this.tile)) this.pane = 'list'
+    this.prune()
     this.marked = this.marked.filter((n) => n.id !== id)
     await this.refresh()
     const name = node ? `"${node.name.trim() || node.slug}"` : `#${id}`
@@ -928,6 +1039,7 @@ class Workspace {
   async deleteSpace(id: number) {
     const { removed } = await api.deleteNode(id)
     for (const tile of this.tiles) tile.clear()
+    this.prune()
     this.rawBoard = null
     this.view = 'tree'
     this.spaces = await api.listSpaces()
@@ -966,7 +1078,7 @@ class Workspace {
       await this.flushTile(tile)
       tile.clear()
     }
-    if (leaving.includes(this.tile)) this.pane = 'list'
+    this.prune()
     const { moved, unchanged } = await api.moveNodes(
       nodes.map((n) => n.id),
       parent,
@@ -1310,15 +1422,22 @@ class Workspace {
     this.view = 'tree'
     if (this.parentId !== space) await this.goTo(space)
     else await this.refresh()
+    // The notes open beside whatever was being read, and `q` takes their
+    // tile away again on the way back to the board.
+    if (this.open && this.open.id !== nodeId) {
+      this.tiles.push(new Tile())
+      this.focused = this.tiles.length - 1
+    }
     await this.openNode(nodeId, card.node_id === null)
+    this.prune()
     if (card.node_id === null) this.enterInsert = true
     this.returnTo = 'board'
   }
 
   /** Back to the board a card's document was opened from. */
   async returnToBoard() {
-    this.tile.clear()
     this.returnTo = null
+    this.closeTile()
     this.pane = 'list'
     await this.reloadBoard()
     this.view = 'board'

web/src/lib/util.ts

@@ -233,3 +233,62 @@ export function linkAt(line: string, column: number): string | null {
 /** What a share link's reader will miss: a share never serves a sealed file. */
 export const sealedNote = (sealed: number) =>
   sealed > 0 ? ` — ${sealed} sealed file${sealed === 1 ? '' : 's'} in it stay hidden from readers` : ''
+
+/** Where a tile sits, as fractions of the space the tiles share. */
+export type Rect = { x: number; y: number; w: number; h: number }
+export type Direction = 'h' | 'j' | 'k' | 'l'
+
+/**
+ * Hyprland's dwindle: the first tile takes half, and each one after it takes
+ * half of what is left, side by side and then one over the other in turn.
+ */
+export function dwindle(count: number): Rect[] {
+  const rects: Rect[] = []
+  let rest: Rect = { x: 0, y: 0, w: 1, h: 1 }
+  for (let i = 0; i < count; i++) {
+    if (i === count - 1) {
+      rects.push(rest)
+    } else if (i % 2 === 0) {
+      rects.push({ ...rest, w: rest.w / 2 })
+      rest = { ...rest, x: rest.x + rest.w / 2, w: rest.w / 2 }
+    } else {
+      rects.push({ ...rest, h: rest.h / 2 })
+      rest = { ...rest, y: rest.y + rest.h / 2, h: rest.h / 2 }
+    }
+  }
+  return rects
+}
+
+/**
+ * The tile next to `from` in a direction: one that touches its side and
+ * shares some of its length, the nearest and then the most overlapping.
+ * -1 when it is at the edge.
+ */
+export function neighbour(rects: Rect[], from: number, direction: Direction): number {
+  const a = rects[from]
+  if (!a) return -1
+  const near = 1e-6
+  let best = -1
+  let bestGap = Infinity
+  let bestOverlap = 0
+  rects.forEach((b, index) => {
+    if (index === from) return
+    const across = direction === 'h' || direction === 'l'
+    const overlap = across
+      ? Math.min(a.y + a.h, b.y + b.h) - Math.max(a.y, b.y)
+      : Math.min(a.x + a.w, b.x + b.w) - Math.max(a.x, b.x)
+    if (overlap <= near) return
+    const gap =
+      direction === 'l' ? b.x - (a.x + a.w)
+      : direction === 'h' ? a.x - (b.x + b.w)
+      : direction === 'j' ? b.y - (a.y + a.h)
+      : a.y - (b.y + b.h)
+    if (gap < -near) return
+    if (gap < bestGap - near || (Math.abs(gap - bestGap) <= near && overlap > bestOverlap)) {
+      best = index
+      bestGap = gap
+      bestOverlap = overlap
+    }
+  })
+  return best
+}