Re: Proposing GtkUnique 1.0 as a blessed external dependency

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>]

Hi;

On Wed, 2006-11-15 at 00:10 -0300, Germ�Po�ama�rote:
> > > Even if it implemented tabs, it's likely that the apps run on different
> > > workspaces, and it's nice to have the help browser right next to the app
> > > for which you seek help.
> > 
> > GtkUnique would only be used so that there is only one yelp executable
> > running, so that you do not have several geckos running and so on.
> > That's orthogonal to the location and number of the yelp windows.
> 
> I'm not sure if yelp is a good candidate for GtkUnique.
> 
> It's quite annoying when you work in a dual-head station and only able
> to run the application in only one display.

GtkUnique should support multi-head environment; I say "should" because
I cannot test it - so if any has one should download the library and
launch one of the tests and see if it works.

> That is the case of Firefox nowadays.  It complains there is another
> instance running.  So, you can't follow links in the another one.

Yelp doesn't have to just complain: it can open a new window and move it
to the right screen/workspace.  That's the point of having a single
instance.

ciao,
 Emmanuele.

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