[racket] DrRacket tabs tip: open files in tabs, not windows

On Mon, Mar 19, 2012 at 14:14, Neil Van Dyke <neil at neilvandyke.org> wrote:

> If you like to use tabs instead of windows in DrRacket 5.2.1, this is a
> very useful preference:
>
> "Preferences -> General -> Open files in separate tabs (not separate
> windows)"
>

It seems to me that this has been around long before 5.2.1, hasn't it?


> Then you can open additional files in tabs by selecting from the pulldown
> filename widget on the left end of the toolbar.  In my experience, this is
> faster than going to "File -> Open...", since that file chooser defaults to
> the directory from which DrRacket started.
>

I think this should be the default behavior. Do some people prefer to use
windows only?


> (Perhaps "File -> Open..." should be changed so that, *if there is an open
> file in the current tab*, the file chooser starts in the directory of that
> file, rather than in the current working directory of the process from
> which DrRacket was invoked?  But, *if there is no file*, then file chooser
> starts in the process cwd.)
>

+1

Laurent
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