Multiple Desktops and Firefox
NoOp
glgxg at sbcglobal.net
Tue Oct 6 00:27:07 UTC 2009
On 10/05/2009 04:51 PM, Smoot Carl-Mitchell wrote:
> On Mon, 2009-10-05 at 17:32 -0400, Keith Clark wrote:
>> > >
>> Actually, I just opened an instance of Firefox on Workspace 1 with
>> Applications>Internet>Firefox Web Browser and then opened a second one
>> on Workspace 2 using the same method. I can close either one
>> independently of the other.
>>
>> However, I cannot File>Quit one independently. Quitting causes all tabs
>> and windows to close. Closing just affects the window that you are
>> closing.
>
> I believe there is just one instance of FF running at any given time.
> The startup script wrapper for FF checks to see if FF is already
> running. As you have discovered, the Close menu items closes the
> current window. The Quit exits FF proper.
Correct *unless* you use '-noremote'.
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