On 11/01/2009 10:16 AM, fons@email-addr-hidden wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 31, 2009 at 11:04:12PM +0000, Rui Nuno Capela wrote:
>
>
>> my bad. that particular qjackctl -X command line option was in fact
>> suggested by me but, well, just didn't make through implementation ;).
>>
> The option in the setup dialog creates a chicken/egg situation.
> If the 'single instance' restriction is active you don't even
> get a chance to change it. Unless you are so extremely clever
> to realise that in order to enable a qjackctl instance on a
> remote machine you first have to modify the configuration of
> the local one. It makes sense, yes, lots of.
>
> Just like some other things in qjackctl's setup.
> If I want to change where qjackctl's main window will
> appear on the desktop, I have to
>
> - Move it to the required place.
> - Open the setup dialog.
> - Make some unwanted change.
> - Undo that unwanted change.
> - Click 'Save', which without the two previous actions
> remains disabled. Why is it disabled ?
>
> And still I've not seen any rationale for ever enforcing
> a single qjackctl on any X server.
>
>
I guess it's because currently the change state is held in memory
whereas allowing multiple instances will not provide a way to update the
change state without a significant modification to the existing code?
Patrick Shirkey
Boost Hardware Ltd
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