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Limit a gui program in Linux to only one instance
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Mar 15, 20264989 viewsConfidence Score0%
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There are some gui programs where if you select them from the menu, if it is already open, instead of opening a new instance, that window will become foremost. However, there are some programs that will open multiple instances of themselves. There is a certain program that exhibits the latter behav…
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I would recommend replacing the link to the program with a link to a shell script that checks if the program is running, and if it is, it uses the window manager's function to bring the program foremost, and if it isn't, starts it.
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