On Tue, May 26, 2009 at 9:10 PM, Adam Treverrow <ada...@postoffice.utas.edu.au> 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
