I like to have multiple Geany instances opened on different virtual desktops.
So when opening a file I like to choose in which instance to open it.
I wrote this little bash script. It also keeps the shell clean for further
usage.
```bash
#!/bin/bash
instance="${1}"
shift
sock_basepath="${HOME}/.config/geany/geany_socket_$(hostname)__"
if [ "${instance}" == 'GUI' ]; then
instance_names=()
old_ifs="${IFS}"
IFS=$'\n'
for sock_path in $(ls -1 "${sock_basepath}"* 2>/dev/null); do
inst_name="${sock_path:${#sock_basepath}}"
instance_names+=("${inst_name}")
done
echo "${instance_names[@]}"
IFS="${old_ifs}"
instance_names=("${instance_names[@]}" 0)
if [ ${#instance_names[@]} -eq 2 ]; then
instance_names=("${instance_names[@]}" 0)
fi
instance="$(zenity --width=300 --entry --title 'Geany Instance Manager'
'--entry-text' "${instance_names[@]}" --text 'Select a Geany instance')"
if [ $? -ne 0 ]; then
exit 1
fi
elif [ "${instance}" == '' ]; then
instance='0'
fi
geany --socket-file="${sock_basepath}${instance}" "${@}" 1>/dev/null
2>/dev/null & disown
```
Maybe someone likes to come up with something more mature.
Ideally there would be a way to open multiple Geany windows from one instance.
So they share things like a common recent files history.
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