Re: Release notes question

[Kenneth Nielsen <k nielsen81 gmail com>]

2011/4/4 Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gmail com>:
> On 2011-04-04 at 16:41, Kenneth Nielsen wrote:
>> #: C/rndevelopers.xml:73(para)
>> msgid ""
>> "The new <classname>GtkApplication</classname> class automatically takes care "
>> "of many application integration talks, including keeping track of open "
>> "windows, ensuring uniqueness and exporting actions. It means that creating a "
>> "GNOME application is more convenient and requires less code. This facility "
>> "will be further expanded during the 3.x cycle."
>>
>> It is supposed to actually say "talks" or should it have been "tasks"?
>
> it's tasks.
>
>> Second what is the meaning of "ensuring uniqueness". Does it mean that
>> i makes sure the application is unique, and if so, what does that
>> mean?
>
> in this context, "uniqueness" means that each application maps to a
> single process, regardless of the number of invocations from the
> application launcher or the terminal; this has nothing to do with the
> number of windows an application has or controls. to provide a GNOME
> example: gedit and gnome-terminal are "unique" applications; for a
> non-GNOME example: Firefox or Chrome are "unique" applications.

Ok, thanks

>
> ciao,
>  Emmanuele.
>
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