Could it be possible to open more than one epub in the same Sigil instance?

[slowsmile]

I agree with KevinH and DiapDealer. I really see no difference at all between having separate app instances on my desktop and having tabbed instances of multiple epubs within Sigil. IMHO if tabbed instances were implemented in Sigil then, apart from the coding difficulty, this would also unnecessarily complicate Sigil's relatively simple interface design. Separate app instances of Sigil on my desktop works just fine for me.

[RbnJrg]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I suspect Rubén would like to open a second epub in a second instance from within Sigil itself, not via the taskbar or file manager.

BR

Indeed. I'd like to open many epubs in Sigil as I open many .docx in the same instance of Word or as to have many pages web in the same windows of my browser. But it seems that people here doesn't prefer that aproach

[Notjohn]

It's not that I don't prefer it; it's just that I'd prefer to see the developers' energies going to create stuff I can't even imagine, just as I'd never imagined Preview Panel.

[RbnJrg]

Originally Posted by Notjohn

It's not that I don't prefer it; it's just that I'd prefer to see the developers' energies going to create stuff I can't even imagine, just as I'd never imagined Preview Panel.

If you like to have all epubs in a same Sigil's instance then say it , because it's a trivial thing to have that according to Kevin's words. Not as an option to users but as a definitive behaviour of Sigil (to open all epubs as you open all your web pages in the same windows of your browser). The developers are not going to waste enought energies to change that feature of Sigil (again, according to Kevin's words).

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by RbnJrg

If you like to have all epubs in a same Sigil's instance then say it , because it's a trivial thing to have that according to Kevin's words. Not as an option to users but as a definitive behaviour of Sigil (to open all epubs as you open all your web pages in the same windows of your browser). The developers are not going to waste enought energies to change that feature of Sigil (again, according to Kevin's words).

For me, when I have multiple epubs open in Sigil, I have two instances open, one on each of my dual monitors. I find my use of Sigil is not like web browsing when I often use multiple tabs and windows and am switching between them constantly, instead I am concentrating on one or at the most two instances which I want visible at the same time.

[AlanHK]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I suspect Rubén would like to open a second epub in a second instance from within Sigil itself, not via the taskbar or file manager.

That would be useful.

I would not want more than one book open in each instance.
Unlike say Word where you normally have only one view of each file, Sigil can have dozens of files in each epub open at once, it would be even more confusing to have more tabs visible.

One thing I would like: I can transfer text between instances using the clipboard. But to transfer a file (e.g. an image) I have to save it out and then import it into the other instance.
I would like to have a "copy" and "paste" option in the browser pane that allows me to do that between instances. It would save time and me making a lot of temporary files that I can forget to delete

[Turtle91]

Originally Posted by AlanHK

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One thing I would like: I can transfer text between instances using the clipboard. But to transfer a file (e.g. an image) I have to save it out and then import it into the other instance.
I would like to have a "copy" and "paste" option in the browser pane that allows me to do that between instances. It would save time and me making a lot of temporary files that I can forget to delete

^^^^ +1

Copy/pasting files between "books" would be Yuge!