Running multiple instances

[doftorul]

Hi Eugen and many thanks for your keen and fast help !

If i were to run 2 instances for 2 different accounts, other than running it from source, how can i install a 2nd instance on the same machine ?

[eugeneglova]

good question :-) I will add support for this

[doftorul]

Electron is not very versatile for multi-instance of the same installed program with separate folders for the actual program and where the data is stored.

[doftorul]

If you would commit the latest source that is in the binary, i can run multiple instances from source

[eugeneglova]

the reason it doesn't work as both uses one config file so if you save api keys in one instance it will modify it for other, as config file stored in one place per program name in system folders. I use electron-store npm package for configuration, so I will add configurable cwd or name for config path or filename not sure how to allow to modify it for now, but I will find out :)
https://github.com/sindresorhus/electron-store#cwd

[doftorul]

I remember i did something similar a while back with a Quasar/Vue app packaged with electron and in that one i just allowed the selection of which config/params file the user should use.

Maybe in the API keys tab you can add a button to select the config file ?

[eugeneglova]

the problem I need to know that info before loading config. I thought to add command line argument like --cwd=app2 but it's not good UX for GUI users

[eugeneglova]

I added partial multi account support, partial because telegram command will use only default account
https://gumroad.com/l/WWLFh 1.2.7
you should be able to get updated version by this link