Re: How can I find out if a program is already running

From: Florian Boor <florian boor kernelconcepts de>
To: Zoltan Boszormenyi <zboszor freemail hu>
Cc: gtk-list <gtk-list gnome org>
Subject: Re: How can I find out if a program is already running
Date: Mon, 12 Dec 2005 11:52:04 +0100

Hi,

Zoltan Boszormenyi wrote:
> I need to find out whether an instance of a program is already running
> and possibly unminimize it or bring it above any other windows, so
> I can prevent an application started again.
> Is is possible using GTK-1.2, or GTK-2.x, and how?

as long as you are using X11 you can use libstartup-notification.

Greetings

Florian

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