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| author |   mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2016-01-30 21:50:01 -0500 |
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| committer | mitchell <70453897+667e-11@users.noreply.github.com> | 2016-01-30 21:50:01 -0500 |
| commit | aad5a9aeab1390d4c8fb07e6d790425f6d84b9c1 (patch) | |
| tree | c893b8e18d7d119706f395ad940752f10de6f193 /doc/manual.md | |
| parent | 231e03da8493b27b337d59a9ed80ff66f798c622 (diff) | |
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Added single-instance functionality for Win32 and require GLib 2.28+.
Thanks to Carl Sturtivant for the Win32 proof-of-concept code.
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diff --git a/doc/manual.md b/doc/manual.md index d40acc8f..0cb2fd71 100644 --- a/doc/manual.md +++ b/doc/manual.md @@ -117,10 +117,9 @@ Most Linux and BSD systems already have GTK+ installed. If not, your package manager probably makes it available. Otherwise, compile and install GTK+from the [GTK+ website][]. -The Linux binaries for the GUI versions of Textadept require GLib version 2.28 -or later to support [single-instance](#Single.Instance) functionality. However, -Textadept compiles with versions of GLib as early as 2.22. For reference, Ubuntu -11.04, Debian Wheezy, Fedora 15, and openSUSE 11.4 support GLib 2.28 or later. +The GUI versions of Textadept require GLib version 2.28 or later to support +[single-instance](#Single.Instance) functionality. For reference, Ubuntu 11.04, +Debian Wheezy, Fedora 15, and openSUSE 11.4 support GLib 2.28 or later. Most Linux and BSD systems already have a curses implementation like ncurses installed. If not, look for one in your package manager, or compile and install @@ -265,16 +264,17 @@ The manual gives more information on this folder later. ## Single Instance -Textadept is a single-instance application on Linux, BSD, and Mac OSX. This -means that after starting Textadept, running `textadept file.ext` (`ta file.ext` -on Mac OSX) from the command line or opening a file with Textadept from a file -manager opens *file.ext* in the original Textadept instance. Passing a `-f` or -`--force` switch to Textadept overrides this behavior and opens the file in a -new instance: `textadept -f file.ext` (`ta -f file.ext`). Without the force -switch, the original Textadept instance opens files, regardless of the number of -instances open. - -The Windows and terminal versions of Textadept do not support single instance. +Textadept is a single-instance application. This means that after starting +Textadept, running `textadept file.ext` on Linux or BSD (`ta file.ext` on Mac +OSX) from the command line or opening a file with Textadept from a file manager +(e.g. Windows) opens *file.ext* in the original Textadept instance. Passing a +`-f` or `--force` switch to Textadept overrides this behavior and opens the file +in a new instance: `textadept -f file.ext` (`ta -f file.ext`); on Windows, you +can create a separate shortcut to *textadept.exe* that passes the switch. +Without the force switch, the original Textadept instance opens files, +regardless of the number of instances open. + +The terminal versions of Textadept do not support single instance. <span style="display: block; text-align: right; margin-left: -10em;">  |