From kde-devel  Thu Jul 29 17:46:47 1999
From: Paul Campbell <paul () taniwha ! com>
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 1999 17:46:47 +0000
To: kde-devel
Subject: Re: Single instance only applications
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On Thu, 29 Jul 1999, Carlo Robazza wrote:
> Hi there,
> 
> I have been given the task of ensuring that kcontrol and its associated
> modules can not be run in multiple instances. I am planning on using
> lock files but there are a few problems with that method and would like
> to get your opinions. 

I did a thing called KUniqueApplication a while back - reception was lukewarm
with some people suggesting that I abstract out the Unique part and I
never followed through - it's still at:

	http://www.taniwha.com:80/~paul/kde/kuapp.html

Do people think I should pull out the unique part and somehow add it to 
the 2.0 libraries?

	Paul