Opening Multiple Instances

[scottie-uk]

My Ubuntu Linux computer has three screens. I really like the idea of running multiple instances of cool-retro-term one for each screen so it could become my daily driver. Is there a menu option or short cut in cool-retro-term to open another instance? Is multiple instances even supported?

The favorites bar on Ubuntu allows me to right click the CRT icon and select a new window. A new window is created, but then quickly destroyed I resume this is intentional?

[allisonober]

Hey, I came up with a limited, but very simple way for multiple terminal windows. In MacOS, I copied the application and renamed it to make it a separate app. Now I have two windows to use, which act like separate applications.

The downsides are configs won't be shared (you'll have to export in one and import in the other to update your profiles), and you'll need to repeat this depending on how many extra windows you want.

The up side is this is a very easy technique that can likely work on any OS. And a bonus, you can now cmd+tab between the terminals, which I actually prefer.

[sgnls]

I am opening multiple instances absolutely fine via a keyboard shortcut... each trigger fires a new instance.

That aside, contending with the issue you're noting about importing the profile, you should look to use the flag to specify this for each instance;

$ cool-retro-term -p Futuristic
$ cool-retro-term -p Default

Unless I'm missing something, if you were to create a shortcut (keyboard or old-school), that should suffice without having to duplicate the application. If you open one, you can open another too;

$ cool-retro-term &