Floating Windows for Editing

Hi, I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number of other text editors). Can I do this? Also, I

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: Hi, I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text that I'm editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX window. This is for editing only, not for the output. I've

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

rgheck rgh...@... writes: On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text that I'm editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX window. This is

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

Rob wrote: report, article, and letter. Yes, resizing the whole window is one option, but I thought it would be possible to resize a floating window of an open document that is *within* the Lyx display. why within? pavel

Floating Windows for Editing

Hi, I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number of other text editors). Can I do this? Also, I

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: Hi, I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text that I'm editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX window. This is for editing only, not for the output. I've

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

rgheck rgh...@... writes: On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text that I'm editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX window. This is

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

Rob wrote: report, article, and letter. Yes, resizing the whole window is one option, but I thought it would be possible to resize a floating window of an open document that is *within* the Lyx display. why within? pavel

Floating Windows for Editing

Hi, I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number of other text editors). Can I do this? Also, I

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: Hi, I want to be able to view the open files that I'm editing as floating windows. This would be like having multiple files open for editing and being able to drag them around for optimal viewing (like in Excel, UltraEdit, WinEdit and a number

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text that I'm editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX window. This is for editing only, not for the output. I've

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

rgheck writes: > > On 09/08/2009 11:31 AM, James C. Sutherland wrote: > > > > On Sep 8, 2009, at 9:14 AM, Rob wrote: > >> > >> Also, I want to be able to make something like margins in the text > >> that I'm > >> editing so that the text lines don't flow to the width of the LyX >

Re: Floating Windows for Editing

Rob wrote: > report, article, and letter. Yes, resizing the whole window is one option, > but > I thought it would be possible to resize a floating window of an open document > that is *within* the Lyx display. why within? pavel