Re: What is galeon --server ?

Topher <[email protected]> Sat, 26 Jan 2008 12:40:39 -0500 (EST)
Newsgroups gmane.comp.web.galeon.user
Message-ID <alpine.DEB.0.82.0801261239340.6906@localhost>
> In then manual I've just found:
>
> -s, --server
>              Don't open any windows; instead act as a server for
>              quick startup of new Galeon instances
>
>
> What "instances" means here? Is it just "new windows" or really
> instances - a single user will gave several independent galeon
> processes running, with separate ~/.galeon/.session_crashed_instance_ID, and
> shared bookmark, etc?

To my knowledge it's just windows etc.  It's similar to the way Windows 
starts IE in the background on boot, so that then you ask for it, it 
(supposedly) pops up instantly.

In general it slows your machine slightly, but practically it makes galeon 
appear a lot more quickly when you ask for it.

Topher

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