Re: New file patch (was: Re: Just a Matter of Style (was: LaTeX file handling))

[Arnd Hanses]

On Fri, 03 Sep 1999 10:29:01 +0200, Stephan Witt wrote:

>I don't think it's a real problem with "zombie-like" running xdvi's.

Only minor annoyance.

>1. You can see them.
>   You can regularily quit them.
>   You can decide yourself when to do so.

Except they decide themselves (they crash with reload and view->dvi on
my box).

>2. If I quit LyX, then Xdvi is left running too and I'm sure there're
>   users who wants to leave this behaviour untouched.
>
>A possible solution may be
>1. to document the current behaviour and/or

Yes

>2. kill (with asking the user?) the running "defunct" xdvi and start a new one
>   when the user selects "View->dvi" or "Update->dvi" from menu

I agree!

Greets,

        Arnd