I'm using Mate 1.2.0 in Linux Mint 13. The two text editors i use are Gedit and Geany (v0.25): i use Geany for all my coding as i prefer the syntax highlighting and some other interface features.
One thing that bugs me though is this behaviour:
- open a file in Geany in workspace 1
- go to workspace 2
- double click a file to open it (in Geany)
- the desktop switches to workspace 1 again and opens the file in Geany.
When i do this in Gedit, it opens a new instance of Gedit in that workspace, which suits my style of working perfectly, where i have different projects open in each workspace.
I can start another instance of Geany from the programs menu, and move one into the other workspace, but it doesn't change the behaviour: I then see this:
- open a file in Geany in workspace 1
- go to workspace 2
- start a new instance of Geany from the program menu (so i now have one per workspace)
- double click a file to open it (in Geany)
- the desktop switches to workspace 1 again and opens the file in the first instance of Geany.
So it's like it always opens a file in the "primary" Geany, and switches to whatever workspace that happens to be in.
Is there a way i can change this behaviour? I'd like it to be like so:
- On opening a file: is there a Geany running in this workspace?
- yes: open the file in that Geany
- no: open a new Geany in this workspace and open the file in that.
I can't see an option relating to this in the settings. Any advice appreciated! thanks
Best Answer
Use this batch to open Geany. This will open a separate socket specific to each workspace.
For example, in Thunar, use 'open with other application' and point to this batch file.