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Make --remote default or a global option
Setup (please complete the following information):
- Distribution: Gentoo
- Geeqie version [geeqie --version]: 2.5
Describe the bug I remember geeqie was working in single-instance mode all the years. Some configuration or update changed that. I still can have the single-instance behaviour by using --remote. There should be a global option for that behaviour as well, I can't find it. Please add such an option, so I don't need to change .desktop files adding --remote (which would be a workaround).
Unfortunately the way to start Geeqie has changed again. In October 2024 Geeqie was changed to be a GtkApplication. This was unavoidable - it was part of the Gtk4 upgrade process.
Some parameters now need to be passed via environment variables.
The --remote option is no longer necessary.
https://www.geeqie.org/help/GuideReferenceCommandLine.html
That manpage (generated for Geeqie 2.5+git20250101-2ec35a8e) has dropped --remote, while still being mentioned in my installed Geeqie 2.5 GTK3 manpage.
Currently without --remote every new opened file openes a new geeqie instance. Usually I have a file manager beside geeqie to open next files.
You mean --remote will soon be the default without using that option?
You mean --remote will soon be the default without using that option?
That is correct. There will be a Geeqie version 2.6 created in a few weeks or so.
Is there some way to enable the previous behavior? I am on 2.6.1 and tried --new-window but that only kind of works (First instance opens previous picture as well and seems to have some problems reading the config file).
geeqie --help gives some information in the final paragraphs. To run a new instance it is necessary to use environment variables:
GQ_NEW_INSTANCE=yes geeqie
There is also information there about how to use XDG variables to use multiple config. files.
What are the problems shown with reading the config.file?
opens previous picture as well
That bug occurs elsewhere - but no one has logged a fault (so far)....