[kde] [Bug 358939] New: Problem with programs not understanding how many instances were running - eg. repeat backups

[Octavia Soleil via KDE Bugzilla]

https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=358939

            Bug ID: 358939
           Summary: Problem with programs not understanding how many
                    instances were running - eg. repeat backups
           Product: kde
           Version: unspecified
          Platform: Mint (Ubuntu based)
                OS: Linux
            Status: UNCONFIRMED
          Severity: minor
          Priority: NOR
         Component: general
          Assignee: unassigned-bugs at kde.org
          Reporter: kdebugacct at neutralitysign.net

This is not specifically the fault of KDE designers, but I have a suggestion
for a remedy.

- There's something that happens with yellow sticky note widget when you put
one on the screen and reboot the computer... you sometimes get several blank
ones up....

- Also there's something that happens with Libre Office Writer, where it does
this thing when there are open documents and the computer reboots... multiple
extra blank and repeat backed up documents pop up upon restarting Libre office.

This is my suggestion... and it requires a lot of work - so who knows if
someone will think it's worthwhile: 

Both these things seem to be a result of the program being in the dark about
how many instances it had open at any given time. From my hobbyist programmer
experience, I know how difficult it might be to discern this fact, given users
can call up instances both from the program's "New" button, and also from the
operating system itself, through a shortcut link, or a command in the terminal.

I'm not even sure that KDE has something like Windows' "Win32Api..." but if it
does... it'd be great to include a module that would allow programs to call up
information about the history of instances that have been called by the OS...
and the number of instances that are in memory at the present time.

Reproducible: Always

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