To get around the duplicate name errors and to keep track of things, you
could:
1. Open the panel file, edit the LE pane name, save it as a new file name.
2. Edit the LE pane name again, to another new name, save panel with a
different new name.
3. Exit JMRI.
4. Start JMRI and load original panel file.
5. Load the first new named file.
6. Load the second new named file.
7. Check that you have three LE panes with different names.
8. Save this panel file to a new name.
9. Start cutting out all the parts from the second two LE panes of the parts
they don't need.
10. Save this to another new name.
11. Exit JMRI and reload with the newest file name.
See how this works out. Key is keeping the names different for the panes.
For the sake of JMRI I try to make sure I only cut out parts in the two
secondary panes. While I've done this using an XML editor, this is the
better way than copying part of the file and editing the names in the
layoutpanel parts. All the extra in between files are to make it easy to
step back one step if something goes wrong. I've had work sessions where
I've created over 20 copies to track my changes. Yes a lot of save, exit,
restart cycles. But it gives the least amount of lost work.
-Ken Cameron, Member JMRI Dev Team
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Ken Cameron