Bug 412288 - Kate ignores already running instance and opens document in a new window
Summary: Kate ignores already running instance and opens document in a new window
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 410742
Alias: None
Product: kate
Classification: Applications
Component: application (show other bugs)
Version: 19.04.3
Platform: Ubuntu Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: KWrite Developers
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Reported: 2019-09-24 17:33 UTC by Valdas
Modified: 2019-09-25 06:28 UTC (History)
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Latest Commit: https://cgit.kde.org/kate.git/commit/?h=Applications/19.08&id=636af882e3c936411f56069585940901b39628d1
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Description Valdas 2019-09-24 17:33:07 UTC 
SUMMARY

 Previously: you click on file in file manager (f.e. in Dolphin), if Kate window exists in same virtual desktop as file manager then that file was opened in new tab of existing Kate window.
 Now: file is opened in a new Kate window.

STEPS TO REPRODUCE

1. Open a file manager.
2. Click on file to open for editing.
3. Click on another file to open for editing.

OBSERVED RESULT

Result: two windows rather than one window with two tabs.

EXPECTED RESULT

Another file should be opened in a new tab.


SOFTWARE/OS VERSIONS

Operating System: Kubuntu 19.04
KDE Plasma Version: 5.16.90
KDE Frameworks Version: 5.62.0
Qt Version: 5.12.2
Kernel Version: 5.0.0-29-generic
OS Type: 64-bit
Processors: 16 × AMD Ryzen 7 1700X Eight-Core Processor
Memory: 15,7 GiB
Comment 1 Dominik Haumann 2019-09-25 06:27:55 UTC 
Following the discussion in https://www.reddit.com/r/kde/comments/d8fhdo/kate_from_the_command_line_no_longer_opens_in/ this should be fixed in some 19.08.x release.
Comment 2 Dominik Haumann 2019-09-25 06:28:47 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 410742 ***