[scribus] Multiple instances of Scribus

[John Beardmore]

John Brown wrote:
> Gregory Pittman wrote:
>> John Brown wrote:

>>> 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.
>>>   
>> Well, yes this is a Linux feature. Prior to Linux, the standard desktop 
>> computer behavior was to not allow one to start up a program already 
>> running. If Windows or Macs or whatever behave this way now, it's an 
>> adoption of this Linux behavior, not something they invented.
> 
> If you say so, but I would regularly open two instances of Notepad or Write
> so that I could copy and paste between 2 files, starting with Windows 3.1 in 1993.
> I remember also being slightly annoyed whenever I ran a program that only 
> allowed one instance at a time (I can't think of any right now, they were very rare).

InDesign 1.5 and Pagemaker 6.52 for a start !


>>> 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.
>>>   
>> I note that emacs also does this, but it's not universal. Kedit doesn't 
>> complain at all. Which is "right"?
>>
> 
> The "right" one is the one that takes a small step to avoid what could be a 
> big problem. It's just a word to the wise. Nobody is trying to prevent you from
> editing the same file twice if that is what you really want to do.

Agreed.


>> And why/how would someone have two versions of Scribus running with the 
>> same file? Presumably they would know why they were doing that, and take 
>> responsibility for various things that might happen.
> 
> Anyone can make a mistake.

I can anyway !


Cheers, J/.
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