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Bug 534534 - Add a --new-instance command line option
Add a --new-instance command line option
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 112908
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.20.x
Other Linux
: Normal enhancement
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
Gedit maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2008-05-23 19:01 UTC by florianskarten
Modified: 2009-01-03 15:34 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.19/2.20


Description florianskarten 2008-05-23 19:01:15 UTC 
If no other gedit instance is running then gedit command returns when the user closes gedit. If, however, a gedit instance if running then the gedit command returns immedately. This is fatal if the editor is called by another program or script which assumes that the user is done when the gedit command returns.

I suggest to add a --new-instance command line option to gedit. 

The version control system git requires such behavior from an editor.
Comment 1 Antonio Arauzo Azofra 2008-10-22 11:53:21 UTC 
This is an important feature many are expecting from an editor.

More details on how it is solved un other editors and the problem with Subversion:
http://www.nabble.com/"svn-commit"-and-EDITOR%3Dgedit-td19797938.html
Comment 2 Paolo Borelli 2009-01-03 15:34:52 UTC 
Thanks for the bug report. This particular bug has already been reported into our bug tracking system, but please feel free to report any further bugs you find.


*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 112908 ***