[texworks] [EXT] Re: How to open multiple tex files in a signle texworks window?

[Joseph Wright]

On 02/03/2020 09:25, 许优华 wrote:
> Hi, Philip and Joseph,
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> Thanks for your reply. "Open multiple files in separate tabs of a single window" is exactly what I'm asking for. I think it would be perfect for TexWorks to supprot this feature.
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> Best,
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> Youhua
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> -----原始邮件-----
> 发件人:"Philip Taylor" <P.Taylor at Rhul.Ac.Uk>
> 发送时间:2020-03-02 16:36:44 (星期一)
> 收件人: "Joseph Wright" <joseph.wright at morningstar2.co.uk>, yhxu at bao.ac.cn
> 抄送: "TeXworks (TeX front end) discussion." <texworks at tug.org>
> 主题: Re: [EXT] Re: [texworks] How to open multiple tex files in a signle texworks window?
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> Joseph Wright wrote:
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> Each TeXworks window is quite deliberately one file.  You can point ot a master file using
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>      % !TeX root = <name-of-file>
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> I think that what Xǔ Yōuhuá is asking for, Joseph, is the ability to open multiple files in separate tabs of a single window.  And while
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> % !TeX root = <name-of-file>
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> does go some way towards supporting the concept of a master file, I seem to recall that WinEDT's "Set main file" functionality was superior in some respects, although it is now so long since I last used WinEDT that I no longer remember the details.  Nonetheless,   I would support Xǔ Yōuhuá in requesting that consideration be given to the idea of adding these features at some point in the future.
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> Philip Taylor
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> Youhua Xu
> National Astronomical Observatories, Chinese Academy of Sciences,
> Beijing, China,
> 100012
> 

Hello,

I suspected you were after tabs, but I wasn't sure if you also knew 
about the root directive. On tabs, one of the original design aims of 
TeXworks was a very simple interface, maximising screen space for the 
document. Tabs eat into that, and much the same effect is available 
using multiple windows. It's of course down to Steffan et al. if they 
want to add tabs, but if they do, I hope it's optional so one can have 
the current behaviour if preferred.

Joseph