Re: The path of least blame

[Holger Berndt <berndth gmx de>]

On Do, 04.08.2011 23:23, Milan Bouchet-Valat wrote:

>I think that terminals are only the best example of this situation.
>While most apps best behave as single-instance, a few of them are
>multiple-instance, and we still expect a click to open a new window:
>terminal, file manager (to open several folders separately), word
>processor. Maybe special-casing them wouldn't be too disturbing, indeed.

Instead of special-casing selected applications, it may make sense to
define a .desktop-file key that specifys: "I am a multi-mainwindow
application".

Holger