How can I see two tex-files in TeXstudio simultaneously?

Question

I would like to open two .tex files in TeXstudio side by side. I can image two possible answers, but I did not figure out how to exactly do it:

Find a split screen button in TeXstudio (like in kate for example).
Open a second instance of TeXstudio . When I do this in Linux, the old TeXstudio window gets focused but no new Window appears.

What can I do?

Sort of same as http://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/123660/start-texstudio-portable-in-multiple-instances — Torbjørn T., Jun 26 '14 at 14:34
There's a couple of open feature requests about split screen functionality: http://sourceforge.net/p/texstudio/feature-requests/631/ http://sourceforge.net/p/texstudio/feature-requests/69/ — Torbjørn T., Jun 26 '14 at 14:37

score 19 · Answer 1 · edited Jun 11 '17 at 18:22

On windows I managed to have two TeXstudio sessions in two different processes by modifying the program shortcut (I keep mine on the taskbar) with what Tim Hoffmann said: you have to right click on the shortcut, go to properties and then on the shortcut tab you have to add --start-always in the Target field.

The shortcut's Target field should look like this:

"C:\Program Files (x86)\TeXstudio\texstudio.exe" --start-always

Note that there is a space between the " and --! That is important!

Now all you have to do is start the program twice and work on two different files. I suspect that working on the same file twice will create problems with the auxiliary files so one should be a bit careful. I work on two different TeX files in the same directory but they have different names so there is no overlap.

I have no idea how to do this in Linux but I suspect something similar should be possible!

been looking for this for ages. Thank you so much. – FluidMechanics Potential Flows Jun 08 '22 at 08:29 — FluidMechanics Potential Flows, Jun 08 '22 at 08:29

score 13 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 12 '17 at 16:09

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Split screen is supported in TeXstudio since update hg 5927 (0ce664cc1a7e) in 2016-03.

You can split the screen by right clicking on the file tabs and selecting the appropriate options.

Editing multiple files with split screen view

answered Apr 12 '17 at 16:09

asheeshr

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How did you make it to display the same file side-by-side? – Christoph90 Jan 01 '18 at 16:18
@Christoph90 I am interested too in knowing the method. – Philippe Gaucher Jul 09 '18 at 06:56
i use: TeXstudio 2.11.2 and i cannot unsplit it, but have to reopen editor. horror – droid192 Mar 29 '19 at 14:34

Tim Hoffmann · Answer 3 · 2017-04-13T19:06:01.817

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Split screen is now supported since 2.11.0. Use the options from the context menu of the tab.

~~Split screen is currently not supported.~~

You can use the option --start-always to open multiple instances of TXS. See the manual. Note: all instances save their settings to the same location when exiting, so the settings of the last close instance will persist.

edited Apr 13 '17 at 19:06

answered Jun 27 '14 at 06:13

Tim Hoffmann

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A bit late, but I will give it a try. Can you please tell where exactly do I have to add this command? – user2536125 Jul 02 '15 at 06:51
@user2536125 I've added an answer that tells how to do it since no one is willing to share it. – Mayou36 Jun 14 '19 at 11:10

score 7 · Answer 4 · answered Jun 14 '19 at 11:05

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None of the answer actually tell what to do:

View a file in parallel:
right click on tab -> "move to other view"

Change the split style:
right click on tab -> "split horizontally/vertically"

answered Jun 14 '19 at 11:05

Mayou36

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Yes, you're right, I've misread that. Thanks for the correction, I've removed the comments. – Mayou36 Jun 14 '19 at 11:32
In my version 4.4.2 there is only split horizontally! How can I split vertically – nino_user183677 Jun 04 '23 at 07:38

ppq · Answer 5 · 2023-04-16T10:41:45.827

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In Linux:

cp /usr/share/applications/texstudio.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/
nano ~/.local/share/applications/texstudio.desktop

change Exec=texstudio %F to Exec=texstudio --start-always %F, save with CTRL+o, exit with CTRL+x.

Background: By using a user-level copy of the system-wide .desktop file, we make sure our change is not overwritten on updates. The one in /usr does not need to be deleted because user-level .desktop files have a higher priority.

edited Apr 16 '23 at 10:41

answered Jan 04 '16 at 16:41

ppq

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I know this is two years old, but thanks so much! This was exactly the fix I was looking for. Except I use Exec=texstudio --start-always %F. This variant gives me better behavior when opening files with spaces in the name. Using Kubuntu 18.04. – Kaya Arro May 06 '18 at 20:53
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@KyleFerendo Then you may want to check this out: https://sourceforge.net/p/texstudio/feature-requests/964/ – ppq May 08 '18 at 06:48
@KyleFerendo s version worked for me, while the original answer didn't. – MaxD Apr 09 '22 at 08:55
Great suggestion. Works flawlessly and needs no administrator privileges. – gpr1 Apr 15 '23 at 07:12

score 3 · Answer 6 · answered Apr 28 '18 at 16:10

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In Linux: Open a terminal and type: texstudio --start-always

answered Apr 28 '18 at 16:10

Sirjoy

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