Opening a new tab in a running instance is the default behaviour,
there is something going wrong if it doesn't work.  Look in
`help->debug messages` after it opens a new instance.

Otherwise need more information.

Cheers
Lex

On Tue, 7 Jun 2022 at 11:22, Dave Parker <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi, I often open bash files from a script to edit by either doing this:
>
>      geany "some file.sh"
>
> or this
>
>      xdg-open "some file.sh"
>
> Every time I do that I get a separate instance of geany with the file.  Is 
> there a way to force it to *not* do a new instance but rather open a new pane 
> or tab or whatever its called in an existing window?
>
> Thanks!
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