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Bug 114013 - clicking the gedit icon should open a new gedit window and not move an existing one from another workspace.
clicking the gedit icon should open a new gedit window and not move an existi...
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 104011
Product: gedit
Classification: Applications
Component: general
2.3.x
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Gedit maintainers
gedit QA volunteers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2003-05-30 01:31 UTC by Rodd Clarkson
Modified: 2004-12-22 21:47 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.3/2.4


Description Rodd Clarkson 2003-05-30 01:31:52 UTC 
Just filed similar bug against epiphany (see: bug #114012) and it relates
to gedit too:

Clicking on the gedit icon when a gedit window already exists should open a
new window and not move the current window from another workspace.

There's a number of issues with this behaviour.

It makes opening a second window on another workspace very awkward. 
Effectively, I have to open a new window, drag it to the new workspace and
then move to the new workspace.  This is unintuitive.  If I move to another
workspace, I expect a new instance, not move a window from another
workspace.  The analogy of the workspace is important in this.  I do one
thing in one workspace, and other things in others.  In this same way, I
want a text editor window for each individual task, and don't expect a text
editor from another task to invade the new tasks space and create confusion
over what work is being done where.

Clicking on a launcher should launch a new instance, and not move another
instance.
Comment 1 Alex Duggan 2003-05-30 02:13:42 UTC 
I thought the same thing.  See bug 102894.
Comment 2 Rodd Clarkson 2003-05-30 02:23:45 UTC 
Aldug, I'm with you.  This is a bug.  If I want to use the same window
on another workspace I can drag the window to the new workspace.

i shouldn't however (and especially considering the connatations of
the workspace paradigm) have to use work arounds to create a new
window in a separate work space.
Comment 3 Rodd Clarkson 2003-06-01 23:24:31 UTC 
It's probably worth mentioning that the ephiphany guys see this as bad
behaviour and have fixed it.
Comment 4 Paolo Maggi 2003-06-02 07:48:49 UTC 
Could you try to change your gedit.dekstop file so that it runs "gedit
--new-window" and lemme know if the new behavior satisfies you?
Comment 5 Rodd Clarkson 2003-06-02 23:25:23 UTC 
I've made the change and given it a quick try and it seems to do what
I would expect.
Comment 6 Paolo Maggi 2003-06-03 13:30:24 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 104011 ***