Data loss by running multiple instances about rednotebook

[jendrikseipp]

Original comment by jendrikseipp (2011-04-29T14:12:57Z):

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Thanks for reporting this. I have already begun working on this. You can find the work in the linked branch.

[jendrikseipp]

Original comment by jendrikseipp (2011-04-29T14:16:02Z):

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Try running the new implementation. What do you think about the warning method?

[jendrikseipp]

Original comment by botanicus (2011-09-22T13:10:21Z):

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Dear Jendrik,

I'd really like to test it, but need a deb-Package (or a repository to add) to do so. (I'm running debian, but I'm not a developer. On debian, we still get v. 1.0.0-2 in stable and 1.1.8-1 in testing, nothing appeared in unstable or experimental yet. So I leave a sign of live here at least...)

[jendrikseipp]

Original comment by jendrikseipp (2011-09-22T17:35:46Z):

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Unfortunately I don't have a deb for you. But testing is very easy. Open
a terminal and enter the following:

bzr branch lp:~jendrikseipp/rednotebook/next rednotebook
cd rednotebook
./run.sh

Does it work?

[jendrikseipp]

Original comment by jendrikseipp (2011-10-10T17:51:40Z):

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Fixed in version 1.2

[jendrikseipp]

Original comment by dolgener (2014-06-23T08:32:36Z):

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Dear Jendrik,

meanwhile we have version 1.4 running, and is has still no limitation to one running instance. Regularly data is lost every few days, because unwittingly two (or more) instances of RedNotebook are running on the same "dataDir" (~/.rednotebook/data). The last closing instance then overwrites everything. It's a great pity, this bid data trap contradicts to all the qualities of that otherwise perfect notebook.

And I don't find not even an option to prevent that optionally in ~/.rednotebook/configuration.cfg (even though IMHO multiple editing should be prevented by default).

To check this, just put
bash -c "rednotebook &" ; bash -c "rednotebook &" ; rednotebook &
on a commandline. You'll get three running instances without any warning.

[Arnold438]

Dear Jendrik,
I wholeheartedly support the request to refuse multiple instances of RedNotebook.