Re: [gedit-list] Multiple instances of gedit

[Paolo Maggi <paolo maggi polito it>]

Hi,
	sorry for the late reply.

> I can run multiple instances of gedit (release 0.9.4) on my Linux box that
> came from the factory with Redhat 7.1 installed.  It works just fine.
> 
> Using Linux installed from Redhat 8, however, installed by the sysadmin on
> another box (not my own), only one instance of gedit will run, and its
> much more difficult to keep my work organized.  I don't recall which gedit
> release is installed there, but it's the default from the Redhat 8
> installation disks.
> 
> Is this a problem with gedit itself, or is there something system-wide
> that doesn't allow multiple instances of gedit to run?  How can we change
> this?
> 

In gedit 2.x you can have only one instance running.
You can have multiple gedit windows.
Run gedit with the --new-window parameter to open a new window.

Regards,
Paolo

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