Thanks for the speedy response BH - problem solved. I knew the answer
was staring me in the face!
AT
On 27/05/2009, at 11:23 AM, BH wrote:
On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Adam Treverrow
<[email protected]> wrote:
Hello all,
I've been using LyX (1.3.7) happily for many years now . I've recently
received a newer computer and took the opportunity to upgrade to Tex
Live
2008 and LyX 1.6.2 on OS X 10.4.11. The new version is quite a change
from
what I'm used to, with plenty of great features. Thanks to all the
developers!
My problem is that when I open a new or existing file in 1.6.2 I seem
to get
a new instance of LyX for each file, instead of multiple tabs in the
one
window, as one might expect.
Expectations are different on different platforms. For Mac, the
expectation is normally one document per window, so we follow that
expectation with LyX/Mac. (And no, it's not a new instance of LyX for
each document.)
How can I -
1. Force new files to open as tabs within a single instance of LyX?
LyX > Preferences > Look & Feel > User interface: check the "Open
documents in tabs" option.
2. Toggle the default behaviour between opening files in a new or
existing
LyX window (if it's possible)?
Not possible automatically when opening a file, AFAIK. But you can
select File > New Window before opening a document, and it should open
in that new window instead of as a tab of an existing window.
(Alternatively, if you have documents automatically opening in new
windows, you can open the document first, then select the window of
which you want it to be a tab, and select View > [document name]; at
this point, you can close the old window containing the document.
BH
