[texworks] 2 instances of texworks at the same time

[Paul A Norman]

Thanks for that,
I think first we need to follow Joseph's advice about a clean install of
TeXWorks.

Paul

2009/10/20 Martin Friedrich <mafrieger at gmx.de>

> Hi Paul
>
> no the one where everything works great is XP and the other one where I can
> only start one window is vista (32bit). Maybe thats the problem....
>
> yes I'm using the virtual dektop (virtual monitor) dexpot for several
> years, for me its better than an additional monitor.
>
> And the other virtual thing i'm using is a Virtualbox (virtual machine)
> with windows XP in it - for testing prupose: web developing with unpatched
> old browsers e.g. Internet Explorer 6...
>
>
> Martin
>
>
>
>
> -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > Datum: Tue, 20 Oct 2009 19:14:15 +1300
> > Von: Paul A Norman <paul.a.norman at gmail.com>
> > An: "Discuss the TeXworks front end." <texworks at tug.org>
> > Betreff: Re: [texworks] 2 instances of texworks at the same time
>
> > Hi Martin,
> > Were both machines running Vista?
> >
> > And are you actually using a virtual desktop under WIndows, as you
> thought
> > you might try (mentioned in an earlier post  - dexpot)?
> >
> > Paul
> >
> > 2009/10/19 Martin Friedrich <mafrieger at gmx.de>
> >
> > >
> > > -------- Original-Nachricht --------
> > > > Datum: Sun, 18 Oct 2009 18:38:26 +0100
> > > > Von: Joseph Wright <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk>
> > > > An: "Discuss the TeXworks front end." <texworks at tug.org>
> > > > Betreff: Re: [texworks] 2 instances of texworks at the same time
> > >
> > > > Martin Friedrich wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Shouldn't it be possible to start 2 instances for independent
> > documents
> > > > > (in different folders)?
> > > >
> > > > TeXworks is deliberately one-instance, but you can happily open lots
> > of
> > > > different files in different windows. I'm not sure I see the problem:
> > if
> > > > I open two files, I get two TeX windows plus (perhaps) two PDF
> > windows.
> > > > --
> > > > Joseph Wright
> > >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Thank you very much for your answer. Thats the way I expected it but it
> > > doesn't work. The files always open in the same window and not in a new
> > one.
> > > After reading your mail, I tried it again -this time at my office
> > computer:
> > > what should I say? every thinks works like a charm :-))
> > >
> > > Any idea why there are problems using my other computer ??
> > >
> > > Best regards
> > >
> > > Martin Friedrich
> > >
>
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