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One of the good point with emacs is that you can have split screen so you get two or more views of the same file which allows you to browse around and have a clearer overview of the file. I wonder if there are some plugins or if the same functionality already is built in in notepad++.

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It is built into Notepad++. All you have to do is right-click the tab of the file and say "clone to other view" and it will split the workspace into two scrollable views of the file, similar to how emacs does multiple windows. You can also open up two different files in the different views.

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can I make so it only scrolls when I scroll one of the side? As of now they will scroll at the same time when I do so. – starcorn Sep 5 '11 at 19:13
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Under the View menu, you can check/uncheck "Synchronize vertical scrolling" and "Synchronize horizontal scrolling" and that should get it doing the behavior you want. – Ben Richards Sep 5 '11 at 19:30
Currently NP++ seems limited to two windows. In previous versions of there was the possibility to have a real tile-oriented GUI, but it disappeared. – Druvision May 2 at 6:43
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If you right-click on the current tab, or go to View > Move/Clone Current Document, then click "Clone to Other View", it will clone it to the other half of the screen.

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