When I go to launch a new Mousepad, it gets stuffed in a currently running Mousepad window rather than a new image.
Moving said window into the current workspace from where I had it. grumble.
Where is the behavior controlled? I tend to have a dozen Mousepads open with some work I am doing noted (like openSSL work). F38 Xfce did it right. F41 is not and I don't see where this is controlled.
I tried launching a new Firefox instance and than created a new window rather than a new tab in the then current window. So some apps get this as I want....
thanks
On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, at 7:00 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
When I go to launch a new Mousepad, it gets stuffed in a currently running Mousepad window rather than a new image.
Moving said window into the current workspace from where I had it. grumble.
Where is the behavior controlled? I tend to have a dozen Mousepads open with some work I am doing noted (like openSSL work). F38 Xfce did it right. F41 is not and I don't see where this is controlled.
I tried launching a new Firefox instance and than created a new window rather than a new tab in the then current window. So some apps get this as I want....
How you figure this out...
man mousepad
No manual entry for mousepad
mousepad --help
Usage: mousepad [OPTION…] [FILES...]
Help Options: -h, --help Show help options --help-all Show all help options --help-gapplication Show GApplication options --help-gtk Show GTK+ Options
Application Options: -o, --opening-mode=MODE File opening mode: "tab", "window" or "mixed" (open tabs in a new window) -e, --encoding=ENCODING Encoding to be used to open files (leave empty to open files in the encoding dialog) --list-encodings Display a list of possible encodings to open files -l, --line=LINE Line number the cursor to position to (LINE > 0 from top, LINE < 0 from bottom) -c, --column=COLUMN Column number the cursor to position to (COLUMN >= 0 from start, COLUMN < 0 from end) --preferences Open the preferences dialog --disable-server Do not register with the D-BUS session message bus -q, --quit Quit a running Mousepad primary instance -v, --version Print version information and exit --display=DISPLAY X display to use
7:40-doug@wombat-~>mousepad -o window
So you will now you have to edit the laucher or command line used.
On 2/27/25 10:43 AM, Doug Herr wrote:
On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, at 7:00 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
When I go to launch a new Mousepad, it gets stuffed in a currently running Mousepad window rather than a new image.
Moving said window into the current workspace from where I had it. grumble.
Where is the behavior controlled? I tend to have a dozen Mousepads open with some work I am doing noted (like openSSL work). F38 Xfce did it right. F41 is not and I don't see where this is controlled.
I tried launching a new Firefox instance and than created a new window rather than a new tab in the then current window. So some apps get this as I want....
How you figure this out...
man mousepad
No manual entry for mousepad
mousepad --help
Usage: mousepad [OPTION…] [FILES...]
Help Options: -h, --help Show help options --help-all Show all help options --help-gapplication Show GApplication options --help-gtk Show GTK+ Options
Application Options: -o, --opening-mode=MODE File opening mode: "tab", "window" or "mixed" (open tabs in a new window) -e, --encoding=ENCODING Encoding to be used to open files (leave empty to open files in the encoding dialog) --list-encodings Display a list of possible encodings to open files -l, --line=LINE Line number the cursor to position to (LINE > 0 from top, LINE < 0 from bottom) -c, --column=COLUMN Column number the cursor to position to (COLUMN >= 0 from start, COLUMN < 0 from end) --preferences Open the preferences dialog --disable-server Do not register with the D-BUS session message bus -q, --quit Quit a running Mousepad primary instance -v, --version Print version information and exit --display=DISPLAY X display to use
7:40-doug@wombat-~>mousepad -o window
So you will now you have to edit the laucher or command line used.
So now just to find the admin app that controls launching apps.
Grumble. Just spent 10min and it is not "jumping out at me"...
On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, at 7:56 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
On 2/27/25 10:43 AM, Doug Herr wrote:
7:40-doug@wombat-~>mousepad -o window
So you will now you have to edit the laucher or command line used.
So now just to find the admin app that controls launching apps.
Grumble. Just spent 10min and it is not "jumping out at me"...
My notes... (toward the end)
Xfce4 menu editing (also applies to some other desktops): /home/doug/.config/menus < edit the user copy of xfce-applications.menu This is copied from /etc/xdg/menus/xfce-applications.menu You can add top level catagories here. /home/doug/.local/share/desktop-directories < edit local copies of .directory files You pull originals from /usr/share/desktop-directories Or you edit new creations that you entered in xfce-applications.menu /home/doug/.local/share/applications < edit local copies of .desktop files You pull these from /usr/share/applications You can also create them for apps that don't come with desktop files. /home/doug/.config/xfce4/panel This is where the panel launcher files live.
Right there starring at me:
Mousepad Preferences -> Window -> Open files: In new windows.
ARGH!!!!
:)
On 2/27/25 10:43 AM, Doug Herr wrote:
On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, at 7:00 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
When I go to launch a new Mousepad, it gets stuffed in a currently running Mousepad window rather than a new image.
Moving said window into the current workspace from where I had it. grumble.
Where is the behavior controlled? I tend to have a dozen Mousepads open with some work I am doing noted (like openSSL work). F38 Xfce did it right. F41 is not and I don't see where this is controlled.
I tried launching a new Firefox instance and than created a new window rather than a new tab in the then current window. So some apps get this as I want....
How you figure this out...
man mousepad
No manual entry for mousepad
mousepad --help
Usage: mousepad [OPTION…] [FILES...]
Help Options: -h, --help Show help options --help-all Show all help options --help-gapplication Show GApplication options --help-gtk Show GTK+ Options
Application Options: -o, --opening-mode=MODE File opening mode: "tab", "window" or "mixed" (open tabs in a new window) -e, --encoding=ENCODING Encoding to be used to open files (leave empty to open files in the encoding dialog) --list-encodings Display a list of possible encodings to open files -l, --line=LINE Line number the cursor to position to (LINE > 0 from top, LINE < 0 from bottom) -c, --column=COLUMN Column number the cursor to position to (COLUMN >= 0 from start, COLUMN < 0 from end) --preferences Open the preferences dialog --disable-server Do not register with the D-BUS session message bus -q, --quit Quit a running Mousepad primary instance -v, --version Print version information and exit --display=DISPLAY X display to use
7:40-doug@wombat-~>mousepad -o window
So you will now you have to edit the laucher or command line used.
On Thu, Feb 27, 2025, at 8:16 AM, Robert Moskowitz wrote:
Right there starring at me:
Mousepad Preferences -> Window -> Open files: In new windows.
ARGH!!!!
:)
Ah yes. I missed the most simple solution. I had the menu bar turned off and don't actually use Mousepad much. Yup, I changed the setting for mine also.
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