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Bug 752601 - opening multiple instances of one document is impossible
opening multiple instances of one document is impossible
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 688636
Product: evince
Classification: Core
Component: general
unspecified
Other Linux
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: Evince Maintainers
Evince Maintainers
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2015-07-19 21:15 UTC by Kilian Zott
Modified: 2015-07-20 16:00 UTC
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Description Kilian Zott 2015-07-19 21:15:47 UTC 
I want to open a single document multiple times, e.g. in order to display several pages of the document at the same time on different monitors or split screen.
Evince always focuses the already existing window.
This is probably a good default behaviour.
I would like to see a command-line option like "--new-window" for users who really want to open up a document several times.
Comment 1 Germán Poo-Caamaño 2015-07-20 02:38:44 UTC 
In the UI, you can open multiple instances of the same document: either pressing Ctrl+N or through the menu: "Open a copy".

In the command line there is no option, however there is already a bug filed.

I am assuming the later, hence I am marking this report as duplicated of Bug 688636

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 688636 ***
Comment 2 Kilian Zott 2015-07-20 16:00:43 UTC 
Thank you.
I think I'm blind *facepalm*