Pavel Sanda wrote:
This is not really a bug as each window is independent (see
http://wiki.lyx.org/LyX.NewInLyX16#toc1) but if you think the new window
should automatically create a new view of current buffer (the one in window
1), this feature is indeed missing.
can you enlighten me what are multiple areas then? i dont see whats the
difference
between running two instances of lyx and one instance with two work areas.
the only (useful though) purpose i see is that you can edit one file in more
views
simultaneously. what have i overlooked?
Well, of course mutiple view (i.e. work area) of a same file is one
advantage. Note that the two views right must not necessarily resides in
two different windows, they could theoretically resides in the same
window using two different workareas (accessible through the tab).
As for the advantage over two instances, perhaps you prefer to run two
instances in order to have two windows... I don't. One instance means
less memory, common cut&paste stack, cross-reference access, biblio
access, etc. I cannot think of a single reason why two instances should
be preferable. Except perhaps that on instance is immune from crash of
the other instance. But we strive for stability right?
Abdel.
