Re: Bug#860375: wmaker: Cannot start multiple terminal instances

Control: retitle -1 FAQ out of date
Control: forwarded -1 [email protected]

On 04/15/2017 06:50 AM, Hendrik Weimer wrote:
> After updating the wmaker package from 0.95.2-1, I can no longer start
> multiple xterms from the same appicon on the dock. I'm using the
> configuration described in the Window Maker FAQ at
> <https://windowmaker.org/FAQ.php#104>. Other terminal emulators have the
> same issue. As a workaround, I can select "Launch" from the title bar of
> the xterm window to start another terminal instance.

Thanks for your report!

You've encountered the new application relaunching behavior which first 
appeared in Window Maker 0.95.3.  From the NEWS file:

> There are now several ways to launch a new instance of an application with the
> same command line that was originally used to start it.
>
> 1. By selecting Launch from the application's window menu.
> 2. By using the "Launch new instance of application" keyboard shortcut.
> 3. By clicking the application's appicon with the middle button.
> 4. By double-clicking the application's appicon while holding Control.

You definitely found a bug in the upstream FAQ, as it is clearly 
out-of-date.  I'm retitling this bug accordingly and forwarding upstream.

Doug


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