On Mon, 2005-01-10 at 04:13 +0000, Phillip Phirrip wrote: > > Hello All, > > Is there a way to limit the number of instances of a gtk application > to one only. If an instance of this application is already running > then can I bring it to focus. > I tried to read from the process table and find if the application is > running, this works but the app has to wait till zombies are cleared. > I was exploring if there is an API that would tell me if an instance > of app is already running. > > Thanks > Phillip, The proper mechanism for this in X are "manager selections", about which you can read in the ICCCM: http://tronche.com/gui/x/icccm/sec-2.html#s-2.8 There is no convenient GTK+ api for these, though. Matthias _______________________________________________ gtk-list@xxxxxxxxx http://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/gtk-list
