[Geany] Per-workspace instance of Geany

[Lex Trotman]

On 26 January 2011 05:24, Dimitar Zhekov <dimitar.zhekov at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 25 Jan 2011 10:12:05 +1100
> Lex Trotman <elextr at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> > To answer both a and b, nobody wins. For the preferences and project
>> > files, the single instance sm works like hybernate-and-restore: each
>> > instance preserves it's own configuration, and neither geany.conf nor
>> > the project files are saved.
>>
>> Oh ok, its unchanged wins :-), ie thats what is left in the
>> prefs/project files for use by any new instance started up.  Or
>> another way to look at it is the most recently closed Geany wins,
>> assuming a user eventually closes one or more of the instances.
>
> I'm not sure what "unchanged wins" means, but as you know, the projects
> and settings in Geany are saved either when you edit them via the
> respective dialog and confirm, or when you close an instance. The
> single instance sm does not change that in any way - it's a session
> saver/restorer that adheres to Geany logic, not a solver for any for
> any multiply instance problems.

Sorry, should have been clearer, you have described it correctly and
my point, as you say, is that it doesn't solve multiple instance
issues (and is not expected to)

>
>> > (For the document files it asks if to save, of course. XSMP suggests
>> > that a modified file may be saved into a temporary file, and then
>> > reloaded and remarked as modified, but I have yet to see a progam
>> > impementing THAT idea.)
>>
>> For saving files, and to some extent projects, the problem is not the
>> software, its the liveware behind the keyboard, an example scenario:
>> I have f.txt open and modified in two instances (perhaps on different
>> workspaces and I've forgotten about having two). At logout the session
>> management makes Geany instance one pop-up a "save modified file
>> f.txt?" box, I say yes/no, then instance two does the same [...]
>
> KDE will switch you to the respective workspace if needed and raise
> the instance that requests interaction, IIRC.
>
> GNOME will display the popup messages at once (again IIRC), you'll see
> the messages for the current workspace, and any other workspaces that
> need interaction will be "flashed" in the pager.
>
> Xfce 4.6 does not work properly with 2+ programs that request
> interaction. You'll receive a popup for one of the instances, answer it,
> and then the logout will stop. When you manually close the 2nd and
> subsequent instances (Save and close, or Close and answer the
> save prompt), the logout will continue. Haven't checked Xfce 4.8.

Wow, don't you like consistency, pity there isn't any :-D

>
> (IMHO, if you modify a file in 2+ instances and close them one by one,
> you will get confused anyway. And that's a border case.)

Yes, I'm not saying that you will do it deliberately (although some
will try) but if its possible to accidently do it someone (me?) will.

>
>> BTW how does that dialog box identify the instance?
>
> If you expect identification like "Geany-<number>" or something, it
> won't be really helpful.

Yeah thats why I asked.

The right thing is to raise the top-level
> window of the application requesting XSMP iteraction. Normally that
> should be done by the window manager.
>

Sounds more useful

>> Might be a nice idea to post the required patch(s) again so
>> Nick/Enrico don't have to search the archives
>
> I still have no response for the "save find settions" patch from 3 days
> ago, so that seems pointless. The list really feels unresponsive. :(

As discussed elsewhere, there are only 2-3 people who maintain Geany
and I suspect that they are having a break after releasing 0.20 and
0,20 plugins.  I notice that no one has replied to the email where I
suggested that more volunteers would be welcome if they have the time
and discipline to assist.

Remember it takes at least half an hour per patch to get a clean
trunk, apply the patch, test it, (assuming it works) check the
formatting, write the changelog and commit so you need that sort of
time.

Cheers
Lex

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