Re: Ubuntu - Run single instance listener

Posted by dscho on Apr 12, 2011; 8:45am
URL: http://imagej.273.s1.nabble.com/Ubuntu-Run-single-instance-listener-tp3685035p3685038.html

Hi Ghislain,

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On Mon, 11 Apr 2011, Ghislain Bugnicourt wrote:

> Thank you Wayne, I should have looked at the "ImageJ news" page before asking.
> The instance listener works when ImageJ is already open. Nevertheless,
> multiple instances of ImageJ are still launched when i try to open several
> images at the same time (while ImageJ isn't open yet).
> Normal or strange behavior ?

Expected. Java needs to start up, then ImageJ, and only then can the
single-instance listener start up. Before that, the other ImageJ instances
have no chance to realize that there is another instance running.

Work-around: start one instance of ImageJ early.

Hth,
Johannes