The --use parameter is supposed to force only one window.

That parameter works, but not with my problem description with Firefox. Could be something awry on my system as I customize my desktop like crazy. I'll have to test further in my testing account with a fresh profile, etc.

Darrell


--- On Tue, 1/17/12, Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...> wrote:

> From: Calvin Morrison <mutantturkey@...>
> Subject: Re: [trinity-devel] Configuring Kate
> To: trinity-devel@...
> Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2012, 8:19 PM
> 
> 
> On 17 January 2012
> 21:04, Darrell Anderson <humanreadable@...>
> wrote:
> 
> > When Kate is already open,
> and in
> 
> > Firefox I press Ctrl-U to open the web page in the
> assigned
> 
> > external text editor (Kate), the web content opens in
> a
> 
> > second Kate session.
> 
> >
> 
> > I want to use the current session only. I'm an MDI
> kind of
> 
> > person. :)
> 
> >
> 
> > Editing the Firefox preferences to "kate
> --use" then causes
> 
> > Firefox to open the web page content in the Firefox
> viewer
> 
> > rather than Kate.
> 
> >
> 
> > All of my kate related *.desktop files are set to
> kate
> 
> > --use.
> 
> >
> 
> > Any ideas how to fix this?
> 
> 
> 
> Anybody?
> 
> 
> 
> Darrell
> 
> Seconded.
> 
> In general, Can I force kate to ONLY  use one window?
> 
> we need a way to always to it :-) 
> 
> 
>