gedit --help shows --new-window. I don't see what issue is.... Dwight On Fri, Dec 4, 2009 at 5:07 PM, Heiko Baums <lists@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Am Fri, 4 Dec 2009 23:38:02 +0100 > schrieb fons@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx: > >> THAT is completely irrelevant. I never claimed >> to be forced to use it. > > THAT is completely relevant. You don't want a text editor which uses > IPC so don't use one. > >> The point is that you can allow a user to have multiple >> tabs by providing an interface to request a new tab. >> This still leaves the user the choice not to have new >> tab by starting a new instance instead of using the >> new tab option. Providing this does not require IPC. > > And what? The gedit devs want to use IPC and they likely have reasons > for this. If you don't like this don't use gedit or file a bug report > to gedit upstream. > >> Instead of this, you prefer to limit the user's choice >> by creating a new tab even if the user starts a new >> instance. This removes a valuable choice. > > This is indeed a valuable choice, choosing between opening a new > instance which requires more resources than opening a new tab which > requires less resources. I bet you can configure if a text file should > be opened in a new instance or in a new tab. Otherwise don't click on > the new tab but start a new instance. > > Other option: Use mousepad. It can only handle one file at a time. > Every file is opened in a separate instance. > > Or use nano, also no multi-file editor. And there's still echo. > > Which choice is removed by gedit? > > Heiko >
