Multiple instances?

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richmond62
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Multiple instances?

Post by richmond62 » Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:10 pm

Suppose I wish to open multiple instances of LiveCode on MacOS like this:

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open -n -a LiveCode
1. How can I send that command to the Mac Terminal app?

2. Is it possible for several instances of LiveCode to communicate with one another?

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Re: Multiple instances?

Post by Klaus » Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:28 pm

Hi Richmond,

1. from within LC?

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## Maybe you need to supply the full path to your LC installation
put "open -n -a LiveCode" into tShell
get shell(tShell)
2. No idea.

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Re: Multiple instances?

Post by richmond62 » Fri Jul 11, 2025 7:32 pm

Indeed: Thanks Klaus: I did supply the full path to the app.

That is NOT the real problem: I just wonder if I can initiate multiple instances and communicate between them as a way of effecting multithreading.

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