new_window_on_connect: Don't always spawn a new window about ghosttext HOT 9 CLOSED

I like the idea about reusing "closed" views in existing windows rather than creating a new one, but don't expect a quick implementation because my current focus lies on: Cacodaimon/GhostText-for-Chrome#26 .

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That's fine. Take all the time you need. Thanks for the response!

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From what I remember GT already reuses inactive GT-Sublime tabs if that option is disabled. Try just disabling it and moving a GT-Sublime tab to its own window to have a behavior similar to what you want.

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No currently when new_windows_on_connect is enabled a new windows gets created on each request , regardless if there is already a window with an disconnected view.

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I took the time to make some thoughts about this issue.

The main problem is that ST has no method to focus (bring to top) a window, therefore we had to build https://github.com/Cacodaimon/GhostText-for-SublimeText/blob/master/FocusSublimeWindow.py which uses some OS tools like nircmd on Microsoft Windows to bring a window to the top. This works but it focuses a random ST window.

The idea behind new_window_on_connect was to create a new window, which gets focused by ST, on each connect. By reusing "empty" ST windows we are not able to focus the particular window.

Reusing an "empty" window would be possible but we are currently not able to ensure that the right window gets focused, so I'm thinking that this issue is currently not feasible although I like your idea.

Maybe we can reopen this issue when ST extends it's API.

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I understand your decision. Thanks for the comment!

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Maybe this feature come very close to your needs: #39

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Thanks for the heads-up! I will give it a try over the next few days.

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@Cacodaimon close_view_on_disconnect is working great for me so far. Kudos and thanks for the continued effort you guys put into this plugin! Can't imagine writing lengthy comments without GhostText any more :)!

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