On Oct 24, 2006, at 3:12 AM, Jean-Marc Lasgouttes wrote:
"Joost" == Joost Verburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
Joost> Now we have the possibility of multiple windows in a single
Joost> instance, there is no need anymore to have multiple instances.
Joost> Allowing only a single LyX process will make sure that there is
Joost> only one version of the same document in memory (even though
Joost> you can have multiple views of the same document), so you will
Joost> never save the wrong version.
This is already what happens in OSX. How would windows handle that?
Yes.
I thin that, like in firefox, we could have an option telling whether
new/opened documents should be in a new window or in the same
window. We are
not going to get people to agree on that.
I agree. I have found that on Macs, people expect the new window
behavior and are confused when, upon opening a new file, LyX
apparently closes the old file -- without giving them a chance to
save it. (Of course that's false, but it's a natural assumption given
the almost universal behavior of applications opening a new window
for new documents. Only a few programs -- mostly designed for
developers -- use tabs for separate editable documents.)
Bennett
