[OS X TeX] Staggered vs stacked: TeXShop feature request?

[Alain Schremmer]

On Oct 2, 2009, at 1:15 PM, Herbert Schulz wrote:

>
> On Oct 2, 2009, at 12:00 PM, Maxwell, Adam R wrote:
>
>> On 10/02/09 09:30, "Alain Schremmer" <schremmer.alain at gmail.com>  
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Or it could be a clear case of featuritis.
>>>
>>> What does the people think? (While of course anybody can do whatever
>>> they want, this is how *I* decide whether or not to add.)
>>
>> That's not featuritis...it's the way windows are supposed to be  
>> displayed,
>> and it's referred to as "cascading" in Apple's documentation.
>>
>
> Howdy,
>
> Don't really know what happens when you turn off `All windows start  
> at fixed position' in  TeXShop->Preferences->Source->Source Window  
> Position.

Stacked.

> Cascading windows don't look so nice when you want to have both the  
> Source and Preview windows in side by side view.

Which is why, rather than buying a brand new iMac, I am staying with  
my antique PC G4: a Cinema and a cheap Hanns-G.

On the other hand, that would seem to speak in favor of a menu option  
or, at least, a preference setting.

But then I have no idea what kind of programming this would require.

Regards
--schremmer