Am Fr., 15. Juli 2022 um 17:56 Uhr schrieb Tobias Leupold <t...@stonemx.de>: > > Maybe it depends on if the respective file type is associated with the program > or set by default to be opened with it?
Judging by the code I mentioned in my previous reply, it's strictly based on whether or not the argument specifier for multiple URLs is in the desktop file. > When I select three jpg files and choose "open with Gwenview", I get one > Gwenview instance showing all three files. > > If I do the same with "open with Gimp", I get three Gimp instances. > > Same for KGeoTag: Three files selected --> three instances. > > I'm on Gentoo btw. > > Am Freitag, 15. Juli 2022, 23:44:27 CEST schrieb David Hurka: > > On Friday, July 15, 2022 11:35:11 PM CEST Tobias Leupold wrote: > > > What happens when I select multiple files in Dolphin and do "open with" is > > > that not a list of the selected files is passed to the called program, but > > > one instance of the program is opened for each file. > > > > > > This does not only happen for what I try to implement in KGeoTag, but also > > > e.g. for the Gimp (instead of opening a tab for each file, one Gimp > > > instance is opened for each file). > > > > I did not notice this behavior yet. > > I frequently select a couple of source files in Dolphin, and do Enter to > > open all of them in Kate. > > It always opens only one Kate instance. > > > > But if I select only one, do Enter, then select another one, do Enter, > > before any Kate instance has launched, I get multiple Kates. > > So I think either your Dolphin works different than mine, or you have > > another mistake. > > > > BTW here it works the same whether I do Enter or right-click -> Open with... > > >
