Some console editors can open multiple files at ones – for example
nano file1 file2
will launch nano with two "tabs".
But .desktop
launcher with
Terminal=true
Exec=nano %F
will open two console windows with two instances of nano, each with one single file opened.
How to make .desktop
pass multiple files to single-instance console application as parameters? Preferably as one-liner which can be used in Exec=...
field of .desktop
file.
Update:
This behaviour tends to be gnome-specific, in KDE it "just works" with:
Exec=nano %F
Best Answer
This is a bug. Opening a bunch of files with "open with another app" works totally different then opening them in default app. (can't accept my own answer for a while)