Well, IMHO I guess making pd only open one instance at a time would be default behaviour. If a user wished to open more abstractions then they could use the &#39;many&#39; library. It seems like both ways would be handled then.<div>

<br></div><div>I still don&#39;t know why multiple instances of a patch would be useful, or how it would differ to having multiple abstractions within a patch. Abstractions seem to be handled better when it comes to editing, saving an edited abstraction closes all other duplicate windows and re-instantiates them. Whereas sometimes I&#39;ve run in problems editing a duplicate of a patch by accident and lost work because of problems with saving both patches etc...</div>

<div><br></div><div>Cheers,</div><div>Joe</div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">On 24 November 2010 18:01, Hans-Christoph Steiner <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a href="mailto:hans@at.or.at">hans@at.or.at</a>&gt;</span> wrote:<br>

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Its often useful in Pd to open multiple instances of a patch.  For example, I just release the &#39;many&#39; lib which lets you run many instances of a patch.  But yes, it is a bit weird when you are used to most apps where it only lets you have one instance of a file running.<br>


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Any suggestions on how to handle it both ways?<br>
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.hc<div><div></div><div class="h5"><br>
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On Nov 24, 2010, at 11:01 AM, Joe White wrote:<br>
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Hi,<br>
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 I&#39;m just wondering if there is reason behind PD opening another instance of an already running patch instead of just pointing to it (on OSX anyway).<br>
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To me there are a few undesirable consequences such as problems when editing, duplicates of global sends/tables and sometimes not knowing you have two open.<br>
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Maybe I&#39;m missing something?<br>
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Cheers,<br>
Joe<br></div></div>
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