It’s implemented by using “open -n” on macOS and so probably isn’t valid for other apps using that mechanism. That said, other platforms can just launch another executable using the original command. It would seem a compatible implementation could exist for other environments.
Fancy opening a bug? Alex Sent from my iPhone 📱 > On 8 Dec 2020, at 12:02, Noopur Gupta <noopur_gu...@in.ibm.com> wrote: > > > That's right, Gayan. > > "File > Switch Workspace" closes the current workspace and opens another one. > > "File > Open Workspace" will allow you to open another workspace while the > current workspace is still open. See > https://github.com/turesheim/eclipse-launcher for macOS. > > Regards, > Noopur > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Gayan Perera <gayan...@gmail.com> > Sent by: platform-dev-boun...@eclipse.org > To: "Eclipse platform general developers list." <platform-dev@eclipse.org> > Cc: > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [platform-dev] Running multiple instances of eclipse > in MacOS > Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2020 5:14 PM > > I think whats noopur is saying it will give the developer a change to open a > new eclipse instance for the selected workspace. > > Best regards, > Gayan > > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 12:36, Christoph Läubrich <lae...@laeubi-soft.de> wrote: > Whats wrong with File > Switch Workspace? > > Am 08.12.20 um 12:33 schrieb Noopur Gupta: > > It will be nice to integrate this plug-in into the Eclipse IDE. > > An option to "Open Workspace" in the menu will be useful for other > > platforms also. > > Regards, > > Noopur > > > > ----- Original message ----- > > From: Gayan Perera <gayan...@gmail.com> > > Sent by: platform-dev-boun...@eclipse.org > > To: "Eclipse platform general developers list." > > <platform-dev@eclipse.org> > > Cc: > > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [platform-dev] Running multiple instances of > > eclipse in MacOS > > Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2020 11:38 AM > > Thanks everyone. > > I think i will give the plugin a try. If it doesn't work i will try > > the other options . > > Best regards, > > Gayan. > > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 02:20, Mykola Nikishov <m...@mn.com.ua > > <mailto:m...@mn.com.ua>> wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > Gayan Perera <gayan...@gmail.com <mailto:gayan...@gmail.com>> > > writes: > > > > > Do you have any workarounds to get multiple instances on the > > same eclipse > > > installation for different workspaces on MacOS. Or may be a > > plugin that i > > > can use ? > > > > Help - About Eclipse - Installation Details - Configuration, > > search for > > 'osgi.instance', for me it is like: > > > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > > *** System properties: > > -Dosgi.instance.area.default=@user.home/eclipse-workspace > > osgi.instance.area=file:/home/user/eclipse-workspace/ > > osgi.instance.area.default=file:/home/user/eclipse-workspace/ > > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > > > [1] https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini#Overview > > <https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini#Overview> > > [2] > > > > https://help.eclipse.org/2020-09/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html > > > > <https://help.eclipse.org/2020-09/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html> > > > > -- > > Mykola > > > > Libre/Free Java Software Developer > > https://manandbytes.gitlab.io/ <https://manandbytes.gitlab.io/> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > platform-dev mailing list > > platform-dev@eclipse.org <mailto:platform-dev@eclipse.org> > > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > > <https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > platform-dev mailing list > > platform-dev@eclipse.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > > <https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev> > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > platform-dev mailing list > > platform-dev@eclipse.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > _______________________________________________ > platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > > > _______________________________________________ > platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@eclipse.org > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev
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