[gnu.emacs.bug] Multicolumn windows

macrakis@marat.osf.fr (11/17/89)

GNU Emacs 18.55.1 of Tue Oct 31 1989 on marat (hpux)

Is there any way to map a buffer onto multiple vertical windows?  This
is often useful on very large screens.  This is different from opening
two vertical windows on the same buffer, because in that case you have
window-specific info such as point.