Re: [Pan-users] VDQ : can I double Pan?

[Darren]

Charles Kerr wrote:
> Beartooth wrote:
> 
>> I'd like to do that with Pan : have a "weather" instance, open
>> routinely, for going through lists like this one and those for Pine, for
>> my browsers, and for Fedora; and another on another workspace, with
>> things
>> like topo map stuff, GPS stuff, printing stuff, and the like that I want
>> to keep handy for use at need but don't follow nearly so closely.
> 
> Assuming you don't want any overlap at all, it's pretty simple:
> Just set PAN_HOME to different directories for the different instances,
> i.e.:
> 
>   % echo $SHELL
>   /bin/bash
>   % PAN_HOME=$HOME/.pan2-real ./pan
>   % PAN_HOME=$HOME/.pan2-weather ./pan
> 
> Having two copies with overlap is trickier, but /may/ be possible
> with selective symlinks.  I wouldn't advise it though.
> 

Very cool information, if I get some free time I might try and compile
all these useful tidbits into a FAQ.