Open document in tabs doesn't work

[Paul Rubin]

On 11/11/25 07:39, Tobias Hilbricht wrote:
> 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
Lately I've been installing from source, but I just tried the Debian 
binaries and can confirm that they work on Mint.

Paul