Trigger loading a list of files from Dolphin using "open with"

[Tobias Leupold]

Maybe it depends on if the respective file type is associated with the program 
or set by default to be opened with it?

When I select three jpg files and choose "open with Gwenview", I get one 
Gwenview instance showing all three files.

If I do the same with "open with Gimp", I get three Gimp instances.

Same for KGeoTag: Three files selected --> three instances.

I'm on Gentoo btw.

Am Freitag, 15. Juli 2022, 23:44:27 CEST schrieb David Hurka:
> On Friday, July 15, 2022 11:35:11 PM CEST Tobias Leupold wrote:
> > What happens when I select multiple files in Dolphin and do "open with" is
> > that not a list of the selected files is passed to the called program, but
> > one instance of the program is opened for each file.
> > 
> > This does not only happen for what I try to implement in KGeoTag, but also
> > e.g. for the Gimp (instead of opening a tab for each file, one Gimp
> > instance is opened for each file).
> 
> I did not notice this behavior yet.
> I frequently select a couple of source files in Dolphin, and do Enter to
> open all of them in Kate.
> It always opens only one Kate instance.
> 
> But if I select only one, do Enter, then select another one, do Enter,
> before any Kate instance has launched, I get multiple Kates.
> So I think either your Dolphin works different than mine, or you have
> another mistake.
> 
> BTW here it works the same whether I do Enter or right-click -> Open with...