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Bug 588969 - Integrate libunique library in GTK+
Integrate libunique library in GTK+
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Product: gtk+
Classification: Platform
Component: .General
unspecified
Other All
: Normal normal
: 3.0
Assigned To: gtk-bugs
gtk-bugs
Depends on: 127958 579571 623289
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2009-07-18 17:33 UTC by Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon)
Modified: 2010-10-23 22:24 UTC
See Also:
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Description Javier Jardón (IRC: jjardon) 2009-07-18 17:33:21 UTC 
Unique is a library for writing single instance application. If you launch a single instance application twice, the second instance will either just quit or will send a message to the running instance.

Unique makes it easy to write this kind of applications, by providing a base class, taking care of all the IPC machinery needed to send messages to a running instance, and also handling the startup notification side. 

Unique aims to replace the BaconMessageConnection code that has been copied by many projects and the code using Bonobo and D-Bus.

See http://live.gnome.org/LibUnique for more info
Comment 1 André Klapper 2010-08-07 20:30:13 UTC 
Isn't this obsolete now by GtkApplication?
Comment 2 Emmanuele Bassi (:ebassi) 2010-08-08 00:15:06 UTC 
technically, yes. needs a porting guide from libunique to GtkApplication - especially the message passing; also, GtkApplication needs a couple more details propagated to the running instance (screen and workspace, mostly). this last bit is tracked by bug 623289 - and I have a patch almost ready for that.
Comment 3 Matthias Clasen 2010-10-23 22:24:16 UTC 
I've just added a small porting guide, more to come.