On 26 January 2012 14:31, Timothy Pearson <kb9vqf@...> wrote: >>> I've been looking for a way to do this, and Darrell also >>> mentioned >>> that he was looking for a was to use the Multiple Document >>> Interface >>> with firefox. >>> >>> I have written a patch that will enable you to only use a >>> single kate >>> window. It is controlled by a kate kconfig option and can be >>> changed >>> under kate's general settings tab. >> >> Looks like the new option is placed in $TDEHOME/share/config/katerc >> [General] UseInstance=0/1? >> >> I see the check box in your patch, but I haven't yet tried to build. > > Something else that might be interesting to add is an override flag that, > if passed to Kate, launches in the desired instance mode. For example > --sdi or --mdi. > > Tim That is a very good point. I will add a --sdi flag then. what happens when a user does -u with this patch? nothing at all. there is an if statement that states something like this: if MDI enabled or -U option then open in the current instance. I would like someone to test it as well, but I will make modifications and add it to the bug tracker