Hi-
I'm running 4.2pre11 on MacOSX 10.3. I'm trying to set up for a presentation in which I would like to have multiple instances of JE running, each with different files open (Beyond what can be done with the project plugin). To prevent multiple JE instances from being linked (ie forced to have the same files open), I'm trying to use the -noserver option. The first problem I found is that adding the -noserver flag causes this message in the activity log:

[warning] jEdit: You cannot specify both the -background and -noserver switches

This seems like a bug, since the docs state that the -nobackground option is the default, and I don't see that I have the -background option set anywhere. Attempting to work around this, I added the -nobackground option to my startup. This results in no mention in the Activity Log and 'unlinking'. It seems that the -noserver flag is ignored.

Here is the relavant snipet from the Info.plist file (inside JEdit.app - its a way of bundling java apps with all of their commandline options in OSX):

<key>Arguments</key>
<string>-noserver -nobackground</string>

Has anyone gotten the noserver argument to work? Anyone specifically in OSX or 4.2pre11?

Thanks guys-

JEdit is the best tool in my box,
Eric Everman