[ nedit-Bugs-1899031 ] 'nc -do "new()"' opens rarly on the current desktop

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Bugs item #1899031, was opened at 2008-02-21 19:56
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Category: Program
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Status: Open
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Priority: 5
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Submitted By: Bert Wesarg (lebert)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: 'nc -do "new()"' opens rarly on the current desktop

Initial Comment:
two scenarios:

1st:
 * start nedit on desktop 1
  => new Untitled
 * switch to desktop 2
 * execute 'nc -do "new()"'
  => new Untitled_1 in window from desktop 1

2nd:
 * start nedit on desktop 1
  => new Untitled
 * switch to desktop 2
 * execute 'nc'
  => new Untitled_1 in window from desktop 2
 * switch to desktop 1
 * modify Untitled
 * execute 'nc'
  => new Untitled_2 in window from desktop 1
 * switch to desktop 2
 * execute 'nc -do "new()"'
  => new Untitled_3 in window from desktop 1

Note: it doesn't matter, if you focus the window on the current window (if any), the -do macro is always executed from the last created document (I assume)

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Comment By: Tony Balinski (ajbj)
Date: 2008-02-22 06:26

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I wouldn't add a new option to the command line. The principle of least
surprise would open a new window on the current workspace: that is what
should occur IMO. You type something in, you expect to see a result
directly. If the command concerns a window in another workspace (you're not
calling "new()"), that window should probably be brought into the current
workspace too (especially with a raise_window() macro call) - though I can
see more likelihood of this not being what you want...

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Comment By: Bert Wesarg (lebert)
Date: 2008-02-21 20:00

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here is one idea to solve this:

add a -desktop option to nedit/nc, and try to do all things on this
desktop with the commands from the command line. nc can scan the command
line and cann add a -desktop option with the current desktop if the option
is missing


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