On Wed, 8 Nov 2006, Andre Poenitz wrote: > As in "can't run batch converters anymore just because someone views a > lyx file"?
Shouldn't at least this one be easy if single instance v.s. multiple instances is controlled via options on the command line (or have a setting in the preferences). It works for Opera at least, here are some of the command line options: -remote <command> send command to another Opera window -noraise no window raise when receiving remote commands -window <window id> a remote opera window -windowname <window name> a remote opera window with a symbolic name where <command> Remote commands: openURL() open "Go to" dialog box prompting for input openURL(url) open url in active window openURL(url,<destination>) open url in destination <W|P|B> openFile(<destination>) open file selector in destination <W|P> raise() raises the opera window lower() lowers the opera window <destination> Replace W: new-window, P: new-page, B: background-page As far as I know, this works on both Windows and Linux (although I've never gotten the -noraise option to work:-( As a side note, I've been using a diagramming tool called Dia. It runs as multiple instances, so if you double click on a two separate drawing files you will get two separate instances of the program. Now, Dia, just like GIMP, is a multi-window application, with separate windows for the canvas, the tools and the list of layers. The problem is that with two instances open, I also get for instance two tool windows - but I have no clue whatsoever as to what canvas it belongs. At times I've thought the program has gone completely bonkers because selecting a tool and then using it on the canvas does something completely different. What has happened is of course that I selected the tool in the wrong tool window... I absolutely hate this behaviour, and you can imagine how confusing it has been for new persons. Being on Windows, they automatically double-click on all the .dia-files, ending up with lots of Dia instances - and a complete mess. cheers /Christian -- Christian Ridderström, +46-8-768 39 44 http://www.md.kth.se/~chr
