on 17/12/04 3:27 pm, Frank D. Engel, Jr. wrote >> On MacOS X I'm not sure; I know that an application writing to itself, >> possible on Mac Classic but not on Windows (which corresponds to their >> respective positions as to whether the running app uniquely owns the file it >> sprang from) is not possible on X; however, it doesn't appear that an X app >> can be open twice. Someone who knows what they're talking about may be able >> to give more detail here. > > An OS X program can have multiple running instances. Additionally, > Fast User Switching in OS X 10.3 allows several users to be logged in > simultaneously on the same computer. Having one user running a > particular program does not prevent other users from running it at the > same time. It's partially due to the UNIX clone sitting under OS X. > > Note that in general, trying to start a second instance of the same > program within a single user login session from the GUI doesn't work: > the behavior is the same as for OS 9. But you can start a new instance > from a terminal window just fine.
Ah! That makes sense. Presumably Apple decided to place the same limitation on (the GUI in) X that they had in Classic, to avoid scaring the horses (and app developers who might have counted on the previous behaviour). Thanks for clearing that up, Frank. Ben Rubinstein | Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cognitive Applications Ltd | Phone: +44 (0)1273-821600 http://www.cogapp.com | Fax : +44 (0)1273-728866 _______________________________________________ use-revolution mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-revolution
