[vlc] Only one VLC instance

[Dotan Cohen]

On 15/10/2007, Rémi Denis-Courmont <rdenis at simphalempin.com> wrote:
> Le Monday 15 October 2007 22:24:02 Dotan Cohen, vous avez écrit:
> > > For now, I suppose you could use --extraintf rc --rc-unix /tmp/vlc_socket
> > > and check for the existence of the socket, then adding the file through
> > > the socket before exiting if it exists.
> >
> > Well, she clicks think in Konqueror, she doesn't even know what the
> > CLI is. I need a wrapper script for /usr/bin/vlc that will kill
> > whatever vlc instance is running, and then open a new one with the
> > parameters sent to it.
>
> I think Raphaël meant that you would write a lightweight wrapper for your
> beloved stepmother, not that you would introduce her to the CLI ;-)
>
> Of course, you can try the development release, but you'd need to first
> validate that it won't crash in your stepmother's face first, because well,
> it is a development version afterall, and I guess she is not to much into
> debugging...

Actually, she's great at nitpicking, maybe I should open a bugzilla
account for her :)

Dotan Cohen

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