I can imagine it being it a GUI preference. maybe there could be a dialog asking you if you really want to open the same patch again with the usual 'yes', 'no' + 'don't ask me again' (saving your selection in the GUI preferences).
OTOH, I kind of agree with the others that I never thought it was a problem that you can open the same patch several times... if it's just for test tone patch, this could be solved in other ways.
Christof
Gesendet: Samstag, 22. September 2018 um 22:53 Uhr Von: oliver oliver@klingt.org An: Pd-list pd-list@mail.iem.at Betreff: Re: [PD] multiple instances of a patch forbidden in 0.49, why?
- ugly workaround, make symlinks to the same patch so it can be opened
(and then managed) via different filenames or directory names)
- I could add a message to pd or perhaps a startup flag, or both, to
switch the behavior on and off.
- (I doubt this is a good idea) I could make it "0.48 compatible" to open
duplicates.
my vote is #2 !
(that is: both a startup flag AND a possible message to PD to dynamically turn it on/off)
now we only have to decide what the default behaviour should be ;-)
(i personally think that multiple patch instances should stay the default.)
best
oliver
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