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Multiple instances #533
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if you use the portable version from https://desktop.telegram.org/ you can easily launch multiple instances. |
Ahh! Good to know. I'll try that right away :) Update: Trying to run a second instance just brings the first into focus. I can however make multiple folders and run multiple copies that way. Which while workable is pretty clunky. Still, thanks, it'll do for now :) |
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It does not work on Ubuntu. Trying to run a second instance just brings the first into focus. |
Every chat window should have a "pop out" button. I'm confident that it will as the desktop app begins to compete with pidgin and the like more :) |
Multiple accounts would be nice too, but sure multiple instances looks easier to implement and do the same enough |
Are there any news about this multiple instances thing? :) |
I guess it's low priority. /shrugs |
This has an easy workaround (using several copies of the portable version). There's no workaround for using several instances in mobile, though (other than using several android accounts, but you don't get notifications of the other accounts that way). |
When using, let say, Mozilla Firefox, you can pass
May be tdesktop can use some parameter like those, and give the user choice to select profile/data dir
Thank you all for the great work! |
Any update? |
You can start multiple instances with the following command:
I think it should be the same for linux. |
Starting multiple instances is not a solution and closing the ticket is certainly not the way to make this go away. |
This issue was about multiple instances and it's fixed. |
It doesn't work under Linux as I expected. I created this launcher but unfortunately it fails: telegram-sim2.desktop
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Worked perfectly in Ubuntu 15.04 (elementary 0.3.2 distro):
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@mbnoimi |
It seems my patience will only be punished when petulant devs are at play. Seriously, why even bother having an issues page if you're going to find excuses to ignore them all? It seems this app will NEVER have spell checking, multiple windows, log export, or user specific backgrounds. Because reasons? Party like it's 1999. Oh wait, even in '99 chat apps had multiple windows, logs, and spell checking. Pathetic that in 2016 I find myself looking back at the likes of ICQ and Aim and seeing them as objectively more advanced. We truly are a decadent culture. I wonder how long till we start tearing down our monuments because we've forgotten how to quarry fresh stone. In any case I'll just encourage my few contacts to migrate to a better app with a maintainer or two that gives a damn for something other than snarking and receiving compliments. I pity everyone else afflicted by vendor lock in. Now I know why I'm not permitted to export my chat log. To sustain the aforementioned vendor lock in. Enjoy the snide last word devs or devknights. This thread is now being ignored by me as well. (Right wing profit motive excuses in 3... 2... 1...) |
@Innomen Wow, that was touching.. :'( |
@Innomen What's the license of your comment? Can I use it? |
@cryptoneep yup, it doesn't work on macOS sadly :( |
I've been itching for this feature, and I'm on OS X. I'll look through the code and see if I can do it, and if I can I'll make a pull request. |
works perfect on fedora 27 |
works on win7. but needs to create before workdir so this could be realized by means of the telegram itself, inho |
Great, would love this on OSX as well! |
Well, It's a canon functionality on the mobile app now... |
how to apply for Telgram portable version of Linux that workdir? Command line doesnt know Telgram even cause of portable |
+1 on that feature. |
@Rocco83 you can use |
@d0tfile thanks for the workaround. |
Could someone explain me how to use this command with portable Telegram on Windows?
What I'd like to achieve is to use Telegram with one account on two Windows profiles (I had two: personal and for work), which I often switch (not log out) between and Telegram can work only on one of them. I thought that is something normal for this app when you have web and mobile version working at the same time without any issues. |
@Draghmar There can't be two apps instances at the same time with one tdata folder. You can, however, just log in with two separate instances, or close TDesktop in one profile before opening it in other one. |
@stek29 Ok, so what's this command actually do? Because I thought it was for that purpose. |
@Draghmar I think you forgot the : |
@auchri Oh man...How stupid of me. I didn't noticed that missing colon. Thanks! |
on mac, just use I'll try to create the script for launcher and share it here. |
How to run Telegram Desktop as portable app and multiple instances on macOSOn Linux, On macOS, How to create TDesktop launcher app with Apple Script Editor:1. Open Script Editor on /Applications/Utilities. 2. Copy following script:
3. Save as Application, let’s called “launcher”. Close Script Editor. 4. Put the launcher in the same folder with Telegram.app of TDesktop stable/alpha. 5. Done. Run the launcher. You can clone and create alias/shortcut for your launcher, also you can use it as portable app for removable USB disk. App data are stored in “cache” workdir, same folder with the laucher & app. If you want to use different name, edit the launcher with Script Editor. Security Settings:
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@lgg The following launcher works fine under Linux Mint 19.2 XFCE Telegram-SIM2.desktop
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@mbnoimi tray icons are different, but app windows are in one icon on gnome dock |
Unfortunately I never used Ubuntu desktop. |
@adnanhaddad I don't think you need the You should post the log btw |
@RememberTheAir Thanks for replying. Without the -many flag the command would open the same instance it's already open. I would like to have multiple instances (one on each Desktop I have open). There were no logs to show. I took a screenshot and posted it as is. |
This issue has been automatically locked since there has not been any recent activity after it was closed. Please open a new issue for related bugs. |
It's cumbersome to have a conversation with two or more people at once since I can't have multiple windows.
I assume this isn't possible, I've tried and tried, and I can't find any other matching requests either.
Sorry if I missed something.
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