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Re: hacky way of running multiple komodo instances

ToddW — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 16:46:01 -0700

You can do this, similar to the way you can setup and run separate firefox profiles.

How? By using the KOMODO_USERDATADIR environment variable. If you set a different value to this variable for every subsequent komodo session you want to run, then you'll have multiple komodo sessions running. Example of my setup to run two different Komodo sessions on Linux:

# export KOMODO_USERDATADIR=/home/toddw/.komodoide_session1
# komodo
# export KOMODO_USERDATADIR=/home/toddw/.komodoide_session2
# komodo

Now, the problem with this is that there is no shared information between the two sessions. Your toolbox changes, session state, preferences, code intelligence, etc... will only ever be seen by the same/one Komodo instance, similar to how the Firefox bookmarks, session and preferences are separated between Firefox profiles.

Cheers,
Todd

Re: Opening multiple Komodo windows

trwww — Thu, 09 Aug 2007 15:55:25 -0700

> davida | Wed, 2006-11-01 15:44
>
> 1) Unfortunately you can't have two instances of Komodo running at once.
> I agree it's an annoying limitation.

Is this a mozilla thing? I know it has (kludgy) ways of running the same program under different "profiles", as they call them.

If I persue trying to do something similar with komodo is there a possibility of success?

I just ordered a Dell Ubuntu laptop and I am really looking forward to using workspaces.

Regards,

trwww

Unfortunately, not yet

davida — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 18:45:40 -0800

That would be a good feature request, though!

--david

Multiple Splits?

TroyMN — Sun, 11 Feb 2007 12:30:27 -0800

Is it possible to split the window more than once? For instance I would like to have three vertical tab groups on my wide-screen. I might might then want to split one of the vertical groups horizontally.

Thanks

dbotham — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:06:56 -0800

David,

Just the thing I was looking for...

Thanks again,

Dave...

Two answers

davida — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:44:39 -0800

1) Unfortunately you can't have two instances of Komodo running at once. I agree it's an annoying limitation. Dave's suggestion of using the secondary tab group is the best workaround currently.

2) Dave, two make the split switch from horizontal to vertical you can either double-click on the splitter between the two groups or select Window/Rotate Tab Groups.

Hope that helps!

--david

Move To Other Tab Group

dbotham — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 11:32:26 -0800

Matt,

I am not sure if this is helpful, but, if you right click a window's tab you can "Move To Other Tab Group" which will create a top and bottom split so you can see both files you are editing at the same time. You can also Split View to see the same file in 2 different panes. I have not figured out how to make these views/splits go "vertical" though...

hth,

Dave...

Opening multiple Komodo windows

mattdrew — Wed, 01 Nov 2006 09:46:41 -0800

I can't seem to get Komodo to launch a new copy of itself if one is already running. Having multiple copies of Komodo running, so I can put one on each of my monitors for easy context-checking, would be very helpful. Is there a trick I'm missing, or can this be added to a future version please?

Thanks,
Matt