[issue21612] IDLE should not open multiple instances of one file

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Notepad++, for instance (which I use), has one version installed, multiple panes, and only allows one instance to run. It matches Idle in only allowing a file to be opened in one process, which happens to be the only process. Idle, by contrast, can have multip

[issue21612] IDLE should not open multiple instances of one file

irdb added the comment: Yes, I am right-clicking the file through Windows Explorer as in some situations it seems much faster. (Opening through IDLE's file menu in a particular process works fine) If this is supposed to be so please close the issue. Although I don't understand why one would w

[issue21612] IDLE should not open multiple instances of one file

Terry J. Reedy added the comment: Your report is a bit vague. Idle is supposed to only open a file once in a particular Idle process. If you have seen otherwise (but see below first), please complete the report: OS, exact Python version (x.y.z), exactly what you did. If you right-clicked in a

[issue21612] IDLE should not open multiple instances of one file

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