On Sun, 25 Mar 2018 13:54:23 -0400 Conrad Knight <iestynap...@gmail.com> said:

found it... it's an efl bug in ecore_ipc. and it's been there i think a
looooong time. ever since efl.net came in. fixed in efl git master.

> Hi,
> 
> I've been having this issue for a while now. If i attempt to run
> terminology from Enlightenment's applications menu, it does not open a
> new terminal. Instead it will simply put the focus on an existing
> terminology window. If i happen to attempt to open a new terminology
> window on another virtual desktop, it also moves me to the desktop
> where that window happens to be. And it doesn't even open a new tab in
> that window. Every once in a while, though, i get the expected
> behaviour of a new terminology window opening. Unfortunately, this
> happens so rarely that i can't figure out under what conditions this
> works.
> 
> The terminology help has the following (and i'm not sure if this appies) :
> 
>   -s, --single            Force single executable if multi-instance is
> enabled.
> 
> But obviously i'm not using command line switches when trying to open
> in from the menu. I've also checked any terminology.desktop files to
> make sure the relevant line (Exec=terminology) does not have the -s
> option. Is this even what this option would do? Also, "if
> multi-instance is enabled" implies there must be some way of enabling
> it, but there don't appear to be any compile-time options that mention
> anything resembling this.
> 
> Further, if i run terminology from the command line (either
> terminology's own, or another terminal such as uxterm) i DO get the
> expected behaviour. A new window opens every time.
> 
> The only other thing i can think of that might be affecting this are
> the existing terminology window's remember options. I have these
> settings:
> 
> Identifiers tab:
> window class: terminology
> 
> Properties tab:
> position, size, border style, virtual desktop are checked
> 
> Options tab:
> match only one window
> start this program on login
> 
> The idea is to open a terminology window on login with the desired properties.
> 
> I'm running terminology 1.1.1 (this may have started when i upgraded
> from a previous version, come to think of it) and Enlightenment
> 0.22.1.
> 
> Does anyone have an idea what might be happening? Any more information
> i can provide?
> 
> Thanks,
> -Conrad.
> 
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