Re: [Gretl-devel] gretl instances
Em 5 de abril de 2013, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti escreveu:
On Fri, 5 Apr 2013, Henrique Andrade wrote:
Dear Gretl Team,
>
> Some observations and thoughts about the new "instances"
> feature:
>
> (1) Let's suppose a situation where we have two opened Gretl
> "instances" and we try to open a new data file by double-clicking.
> How could we determine which of the (already opened) instance
> will handle this new .gdt file? Now, I think Gretl uses the "older"
> instances to handle this files (am I correct?).
>
I thought about that too, but I don't think there's an easy way out
of this. Besides, if you want to open a script in a given instance,
you always have (a) File>Open (b) drag-n-drop.
(2) In Brazilian Portuguese the name "instance" is not intuitive
> enough. Is it intuitive in other languages? I mean, I'm concerned
> that the term is clear for Programmers, but not for average users.
>
Same in Italian, I guess. On the other hand, what "instance" means
in this context should be clear from the context, no?
(3) I really do not know how difficult, in terms of coding, is to
> implement the name of the new instances, but I think the PID
> solution is not good from my aesthetical point of view.
>
The name? Like what, "Gretl the third"? Benedict XVI? Please explain.
:-)
I'm talking about the window titles of the instances. Let me explain using
examples: "Gretl", "Gretl (5516)", "Gretl (4376)".
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Henrique Andrade*
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