Re: Should LyX (on Windows) open a new window when clicking on a second .lyx-file?
Christian Ridderström wrote: Hi, I've got a question about the behaviour of LyX which I'm using on Windows (Uwe's installer), here's the use case: * I've got a LyX file open in a LyX window. * I click on a LyX file in my browser (Opera), and a second LyX window is opened. Actually, I assume that I've started a new instance of LyX. Is this behaviour what we want? (I've gotten used to other applications opening the new document in a separate tab). A new tab or a new window - a presentation issue if it is the same session. New session advantages: * If one session crash, you won't loose changes in the other document. Of course, LyX should never crash, but there will likely always be bugs. * If one session is tied up in a 5-minute latex run (big book with many external insets - or slow computer) then other sessions will still be responsive. The busy session won't respond until latex finishes. Same session advantages: * Slightly less memory used. * Faster loading as the running instance doesn't need to start up. * perfect copy/paste of formatted data (including mouse middle click pasting) between documents in the same session. This at least used to be a problem with separate sessions. * You can make cross references between the two documents, when they are in the same session. Helge Hafting
Re: Should LyX (on Windows) open a new window when clicking on a second .lyx-file?
Christian Ridderström writes: > I've got a question about the behaviour of LyX which I'm using on > Windows (Uwe's installer), here's the use case: > > * I've got a LyX file open in a LyX window. > > * I click on a LyX file in my browser (Opera), and a second LyX window is > opened. Actually, I assume that I've started a new instance of LyX. We had this discussion already, and the answer was that we should let this be configurable or at least overrideable. I posted some references to implementation of SingleInstanceAlpplication for Qt, so all we need is somebody motivated enough to actually do it. JMarc PS: this behaviour is the system default on OS X.
Should LyX (on Windows) open a new window when clicking on a second .lyx-file?
Hi, I've got a question about the behaviour of LyX which I'm using on Windows (Uwe's installer), here's the use case: * I've got a LyX file open in a LyX window. * I click on a LyX file in my browser (Opera), and a second LyX window is opened. Actually, I assume that I've started a new instance of LyX. Is this behaviour what we want? (I've gotten used to other applications opening the new document in a separate tab). /Christian -- Christian Ridderström Mobile: +46-8 768 39 44
