Re: Double-click on application in wmdock does not launch the application if one instance is already running

On 22 Jun 2015, [email protected] wrote:

> Yes but if you select "Shared application icon" check box in the
> window attributes then the double click would start another instance
> of the application. This is how it worked up until and including
> 0.95.3.

Doesn't happen here. I use "Shared application icon" all the time and
double clicking does not launch a new instant.

> My conclusion here is that the docked appicon still acts as an appicon
> which is not intuitive but its probably correct from the windowmaker
> design (look and feel) perspective.

Correct. Traditionally, In a NeXTSTEP environment, one can use the "File
Viewer"'s shelf as a non-appicon based launcher (which GNUStep's
GWorkspace is a clone). For your needs, I suggest the WMDrawer dockapp:

           http://people.easter-eggs.org/~valos/wmdrawer/

> Windowmaker up until and including 0.95.3 would allow subsequent
> double clicks on the docked appicon to start new instances of the
> application which was probably incorrect from the windowmaker design
> (look and feel) perspective but some people learned to use that
> "feature".

I have used "Window Maker" since the beginning and have never seen this.

Charles

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