Bug 89368 - Multiple instances of kdiskfree should not be allowed
Summary: Multiple instances of kdiskfree should not be allowed
Status: REPORTED
Alias: None
Product: kdf
Classification: Applications
Component: general (show other bugs)
Version: unspecified
Platform: Debian testing Linux
: NOR wishlist
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Unassigned bugs mailing-list
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Reported: 2004-09-12 20:01 UTC by Maurizio Colucci
Modified: 2009-01-30 00:57 UTC (History)
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Description Maurizio Colucci 2004-09-12 20:01:10 UTC
Version:            (using KDE KDE 3.3.0)
Installed from:    Debian testing/unstable Packages

Multiple instances of kdiskfree should not be allowed. 

In general, KUniqueApplication should be used for apps for which having two open instances does not make sense.

Reason:

Suppose I need to use kdf.

Suppose I keep a lot of open apps, so it is expensive to search the taskbar (or the window list) for kdiskfree.

Also suppose I remember having used kdf one minute ago, but I don't remember if I have closed it.

So I am sure I will find kdf in the k-menu (recently used apps) but I am not sure whether I will find it in the taskbar.

I would like to directly click kdf from the k-menu -> recently used apps, but I can't because if kdf is already open, I get two open instances. So I am forced to scan two lists each time: the windows list in the taskbar, and then, if I don't find kdf there, the recent apps list in the k-menu.
Comment 1 Shriramana Sharma 2007-03-18 18:20:09 UTC
This should be a general policy matter applying not only to KDF but to all applications which do not provide additional utility through multiple instances. (KWrite is an example of an app which *does* provide such additional utility -- as a counter-example.) Please reword this bug. 

I am also giving it some votes.