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mousepad package

mousepad text editor single instance mode

Asked by Ray Whatman

hello everyone how are you? I would like to know if there is a way to get mousepad to run in single instance mode? so if mousepad is open and I open another file mousepad opens the second file in a new tad instead of a new window. Gedit opens a file in a new tab if it is already open with a file and I open a second file.

example...
I have file1.txt open in mousepad, I then open file2.txt from thunar, mousepad would open file2.txt in a new tab instead of a new window.

Thanks
Ray

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#1

What is the output of:

lsb_release -a; apt-cache policy mousepad

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Ray Whatman (roo79x) said : 		#2

roo79x@xubox:~$ lsb_release -a; apt-cache policy mousepad
No LSB modules are available.
Distributor ID: Ubuntu
Description: Ubuntu 14.04.1 LTS
Release: 14.04
Codename: trusty
mousepad:
  Installed: 0.3.0-2
  Candidate: 0.3.0-2
  Version table:
 *** 0.3.0-2 0
        500 http://au.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu/ trusty/universe amd64 Packages
        100 /var/lib/dpkg/status

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Ray Whatman (roo79x) said : 		#3

I'm running Xubuntu 14.04.1

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actionparsnip (andrew-woodhead666) said : 		#4

http://forum.xfce.org/viewtopic.php?id=8608

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