I've been asked:
> 
> Is there any way to check to see of tuxpaint is already running
> before launching it again?  Maybe prompt 'Tux Paint is already
> running, do you really want to run it again?'  My kids get so
> excited about getting into it, they just keep clicking!  Sometimes
> it is running six times on one ancient desktop before they realize
> what they've done.  It doesn't take too many of these hang ups for
> most kids to get the idea, but some just don't figure out that
> clicking will not make it load faster (special needs kids.)

I'm imagining ways this could be done with a shell script, "ps" and
kdialog or xmessage under Linux/Unix, but that's not exactly portable.

Should we add some 'lockfile' code to the app itself?

-bill!
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