[texworks] Tabs in the future?

[Paul A Norman]

 |f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|

Would be especially a problem when a master document needs all of its
sub document open for some reason.

Paul

On 5 August 2010 13:19, Reinhard Kotucha <reinhard.kotucha at web.de> wrote:
> On 4 August 2010 Arno Trautmann wrote:
>
>  > TeXWorld wrote:
>  > > Le 03/08/2010 17:38, Christopher Desjardins a écrit :
>  > >> I think that tabs might be a nice feature as well. However, the
>  > >> thing that I like about TeXworks more than other LaTeX editors
>  > >> is that it is lightweight. It runs fast, loads fast, and the
>  > >> previewer is fast. I prefer speed and the lightweight nature
>  > >> over additional features, if there's a tie, especially since
>  > >> they are so many other LaTeX editors with tons of features
>  > >> including tabs.
>  > >
>  > > I don't think that tabs will automatically make TeXworks heavier
>  > > to run.
>  >
>  > If you are running linux, you can use a window manager that does
>  > tabbing for you, e.g. fluxbox. That way you can tab every
>  > application (also different applications, whatever you want) into
>  > one window, therefore no need to force tabs in an application :) I
>  > don’t know wether something similar exists for Windows/Mac.
>
> I don't think that TW should depend on a particular window manager.
> Nobody will use a particular window manager only because it provides
> tabs while others provide a lot of other features.
>
> I'm not convinced that providing tabs is a good idea at all.  Suppose
> that there are two files, "file1.tex" and "file2.tex".  Then you get
> tabs like
>
>  |file1.tex|file2.tex|
>
> But when there are many files, you get tabs like
>
>  |f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|f...|
>
> Isn't Windows' task bar deterrent enough?
>
> Since we write horizontically, it's better to arrange filenames
> vertically
>
>   |file1.tex|
>   |file2.tex|
>   |file3.tex|
>
> and there is no need to cripple them.  A pop-up menu would be much
> better than tabs.  Especially because tabs waste space on screen.
>
> Regards,
>  Reinhard
>
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