Re: [Gretl-devel] gretl instances

On Tue, 9 Apr 2013, Riccardo (Jack) Lucchetti wrote: On Tue, 9 Apr 2013, Henrique Andrade wrote: > > > (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)". >> > > My question was: what do you propose instead of "Gretl (pid number)"? You > can write anything you want, provided you know what you want!!! > I agree that showing the PID in the title is not very elegant. However, it is the only way I can think of (within reasonable bounds of complexity) to ensure that when multiple instances of gretl are running, each one has a unique window title.

As I mentioned before, the seemingly "nicer" option of displaying a simple sequence number is not robust: the user can easily break it by (e.g.) closing the first gretl window while leaving the second one open, then starting another instance. Bear in mind that running multiple instances of gretl is not something we'd expect users to do very often. On the Mac you have to make a deliberate choice to do this, and now on Linux and Windows (where previously it was possible to open multiple instances inadvertently) you're asked if this is really what you want.