[scribus] Multiple instances of Scribus

[John Brown]

Gregory Pittman wrote:
>
> John Beardmore wrote:
>> I not that it's possible to open multiple instances of Scribus.
>>
>> This is brilliant -  certainly one up on the old copies of Pagemaker and 
>> InDesign that I used to use.
>>
>> One possible issue / feature / bug though, is that it's possible to open 
>> the same file more than once without changing its name.
>>
>> I don't know if this should be classed as a bug or not, but I'd have 
>> though it might merit a warning from the application as bad things might 
>> happen !
>>   
> I think it remains to be seen whether this is a problem (and what kind 
> it is). If someone has bad experiences, I think it's up to them to make 
> their case as to how it should work.
> 
> This business of being able to run multiple instances of a program is an 
> age-old Linux feature, 

It's not really a "Linux feature". On Windows, at any rate, you can run any
number of instances of an app at the same time. If the developer wants to
prevent multiple instances, he must take special measures.

> and in general a good thing - for one thing, I 
> can have 1.3.3.12svn and 1.3.5svn running at the same time, and will do 
> this trying to troubleshoot something or compare behavior. 

Of course, the key is that one must be careful about saving, especially in
your example. If you accidentally or otherwise overwrite a file in a later
version's format ... A much better practice would be to make a copy first.

> Theoretically, there could be locks on files to prevent overwriting when 
> another instance has it open, but realistically, one could have Scribus 
> working on a file and a text editor also working on the same file. If 
> the user can't keep track of these kinds of things, he shouldn't be 
> doing it, and needs to learn that, rather than expecting the program to 
> take care of this.
> 
> Greg

I don't think that it is too much to ask that you at least get a warning that
the file is already open. Vi gives such a warning.
 

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