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> > 1) Has anyone done a layout file for unixman.sty? Google didn't turn
> > one up, nor did google turn up an archive of LyX layout files.
> I have not come across it. Do you strictly need that specific style? It is
> usually easy to manipulate existing ones to suit your requirements.
Well, it does the things I want. I'm still learning what will be
required to get this working, and may wind up doing what you suggest
in this case. I was hoping somene had already done it.
> > 2) I know this has to have been discussed to death - probably
> > repeatedly - but I couldn't seem to find the right query to tickle
> > google or the list archives into kicking it up. Could someone
> > provide a pointer to a rational for going with a single window
> > instead of the far more common multiple window approach? Or even tabs?
> I think I am following your point here. It is just slightly hard-to-follow,
> which must be the reason no (constructive) replies have yet been sent.
Sorry about that.
What I mean is that most applications let you open multiple windows
for "editing" puproses, with each window usually restricted to a
specific file. So when you open multiple documents, you get a window
per document, and a menu of windows. With LyX, you get one window, and
a menu of Documents. You change between documents in that window. This
drove me batty while working through the documentation - I wanted one
window on the documentation I was reading, and another on a document I
was using as a sandbox. I eventually solved that one by exporting the
documentation as PDF, and reading *that*. I still get bit every once
and a while. I'll ask "How do I do X", hit the Help menu, find what I
want, then proceed to "do X" to the documentation. I think mostly it's
a matter of "what I'm used to", and was wondering why it was done this
way.
Angus Leeming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> provided an answer to my question:
dealing with mutliple views into the same document requires major
restructuring of the code. This is planned for 1.5 (or later). I'd be
happy if each document was restricted to a single window, but what
the hey - if I really want it, I have the source code.
Thanks,
<mike
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