Open document in tabs doesn't work

[Tobias Hilbricht]

Am Montag, dem 10.11.2025 um 18:15 -0500 schrieb Paul Rubin:
> On 11/10/25 12:37, Richard Kimberly Heck wrote:
>  
> > > > LyX opens all documents in new windows instead of tabs, despite
> > > > my preference setting indicating documents should open in tabs.
> > > > I am using LyX Version 2.4.0~RC3 on Linux Mint 22.2 Cinnamon.
> > > > Thank you.
> > > >  
> > >  Yifan,
> > >  
> > >  I'm using 2.4.0-RC3 on Mint 22.2 (MATE) 
> >  
> > That is an incredibly old version of LyX. Does Mint not ship
> > anything more recent?
> >  
>  Nope. Mint uses the Ubuntu repos, and I'm pretty sure that's the
> latest version in the Ubuntu (Canonical) repos.

Current version in Ubuntu 25.10 is LyX 2.4.4. The current LTS release
Ubuntu 24.04 has LyX 2.4.0~RC3 indeed, but you can update to 2.4.3
using this instructions:

https://wiki.lyx.org/LyX/LyXOnUbuntu Point 1.3 Debian binaries

This should work on an Ubuntu derivative such as Mint, too.

Tobias