Public bug reported: I have already started another TexMaker instance (in another virtual desktop).
Now I wanted to start a new instance. I.e. I started: texmaker file.tex Nothing happened at all. It immediately quit without any message. Also the other running TexMaker instance did not open the file. Just nothing. What would I have expected: - A new instance would start. - At least some message like "another instance is already running". - Maybe the other instance would open the file. Or maybe not. (I think it is fine, because almost always, I don't want to change the opened file in the other instance - almost always, I would want to open a new instance.) Because nothing happened at all, I thought this would be a bug. Only some strace debugging indicated that it is probably behaving correctly. The main bug report though: I wondered how I could start a new instance. So I ran: texmaker -h texmaker --help Again just nothing at all. No message. Then I checked the man page. The man page doesn't tell anything about it. In some forum post (https://tex.stackexchange.com/questions/126412 /multiple-texmaker-windows), I read about the undocumented option `-n`. With that option, it works as intended: texmaker -n file.tex To summarize, that could be already like three individual bug reports: - Man page should tell about `-n`. - `texmaker -h` should always output something, even if another instance is running. - `texmaker file.tex` should print some message if another instance is running. ProblemType: Bug DistroRelease: Ubuntu 20.04 Package: texmaker 5.0.3-1build5 ProcVersionSignature: Ubuntu 5.4.0-60.67-generic 5.4.78 Uname: Linux 5.4.0-60-generic x86_64 NonfreeKernelModules: zfs zunicode zavl icp zcommon znvpair nvidia_modeset nvidia ApportVersion: 2.20.11-0ubuntu27.14 Architecture: amd64 CasperMD5CheckResult: skip CurrentDesktop: KDE Date: Fri Jan 29 10:46:59 2021 InstallationDate: Installed on 2020-05-01 (272 days ago) InstallationMedia: Kubuntu 20.04 LTS "Focal Fossa" - Release amd64 (20200423) SourcePackage: texmaker UpgradeStatus: No upgrade log present (probably fresh install) ** Affects: texmaker (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New ** Tags: amd64 apport-bug focal -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1913717 Title: texmaker - start new instance, documentation and logging missing To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/texmaker/+bug/1913717/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
