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Adequat
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Open new instance always
In 7.0, the option "Open new instance always" is always active, even if the option is unchecked in the preferences.
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Re: Open new instance always
Funny: there was indeed a bug here, but the opposite one! "Open new instance always" was never active. Fixed that one.Adequat wrote:In 7.0, the option "Open new instance always" is always active, even if the option is unchecked in the preferences.
What you think is a bug is actually a misunderstanding: XYplorer only reuses any previous instance if it is called with command line parameters, and if "Open new instance always" is off.
A simple run of a second instance will always open a second instance.
I admit that "Open new instance always" is misleadingly termed. I open for ideas...
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jacky
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Re: Open new instance always
Never use old instances ?admin wrote:I admit that "Open new instance always" is misleadingly termed. I open for ideas...
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I just saw that I wisely had added a tooltip to the checkbox, which is already a bit better than the checkbox caption.j_c_hallgren wrote:"Reuse session on command line invocation"?
The crucial condition is: if the commandline contains a startpath then any previous instance is reused if "Open new instance always" is OFF.
So I would change the tooltip to:
"Uncheck to re-use an already running previous instance if the new instance is called with a startpath in the commandline."
Okay?
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Hmm, I don't think this ever worked in the past. XYplorer/TrackerV3 has always been multi-instance. Only some years ago I added the option to reuse the current instance when XY was started with a startpath in the command line.Adequat wrote:Several instances of XYplorer can be running in parallel. I wish, when launching XYplorer and an instance is already running, to have this version activated rather than creating a new instance. This used to work in the past.
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