It’s implemented by using “open -n” on macOS and so probably isn’t valid for other apps using that mechanism. That said, other platforms can just launch another executable using the original command. It would seem a compatible implementation could exist for other environments.
Fancy opening a bug?
Alex Sent from my iPhone 📱 On 8 Dec 2020, at 12:02, Noopur Gupta <noopur_gupta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
That's right, Gayan.
"File > Switch Workspace" closes the current workspace and opens another one.
Regards,
Noopur
----- Original message ----- From: Gayan Perera <gayanper@xxxxxxxxx> Sent by: platform-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx To: "Eclipse platform general developers list." <platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [platform-dev] Running multiple instances of eclipse in MacOS Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2020 5:14 PM
I think whats noopur is saying it will give the developer a change to open a new eclipse instance for the selected workspace.
Best regards,
Gayan
Whats wrong with File > Switch Workspace?
Am 08.12.20 um 12:33 schrieb Noopur Gupta: > It will be nice to integrate this plug-in into the Eclipse IDE. > An option to "Open Workspace" in the menu will be useful for other > platforms also. > Regards, > Noopur > > ----- Original message ----- > From: Gayan Perera <gayanper@xxxxxxxxx> > Sent by: platform-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx > To: "Eclipse platform general developers list." > <platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: > Subject: [EXTERNAL] Re: [platform-dev] Running multiple instances of > eclipse in MacOS > Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2020 11:38 AM > Thanks everyone. > I think i will give the plugin a try. If it doesn't work i will try > the other options . > Best regards, > Gayan. > On Tue, 8 Dec 2020 at 02:20, Mykola Nikishov <mn@xxxxxxxxx > <mailto:mn@xxxxxxxxx>> wrote: > > Hi, > > Gayan Perera <gayanper@xxxxxxxxx <mailto:gayanper@xxxxxxxxx>> > writes: > > > Do you have any workarounds to get multiple instances on the > same eclipse > > installation for different workspaces on MacOS. Or may be a > plugin that i > > can use ? > > Help - About Eclipse - Installation Details - Configuration, > search for > 'osgi.instance', for me it is like: > > --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8--- > *** System properties: > -Dosgi.instance.area.default=@user.home/eclipse-workspace > osgi.instance.area=file:/home/user/eclipse-workspace/ > osgi.instance.area.default=file:/home/user/eclipse-workspace/ > --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8--- > > [1] https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini#Overview > <https://wiki.eclipse.org/Eclipse.ini#Overview> > [2] > https://help.eclipse.org/2020-09/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html > <https://help.eclipse.org/2020-09/index.jsp?topic=/org.eclipse.platform.doc.isv/reference/misc/runtime-options.html> > > -- > Mykola > > Libre/Free Java Software Developer > https://manandbytes.gitlab.io/ <https://manandbytes.gitlab.io/> > > _______________________________________________ > platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx> > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > <https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev> > > _______________________________________________ > platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this list, visit > https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > <https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev> > > > > _______________________________________________ > platform-dev mailing list > platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe from this list, visit https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev > _______________________________________________ platform-dev mailing list platform-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this list, visit https://www.eclipse.org/mailman/listinfo/platform-dev
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