Merge pull request #398 from mitchellh/mrn/gtk-readme-notice

README: add notice about gtk single instance application
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Mitchell Hashimoto
2023-09-03 12:47:10 -07:00
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@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ You can verify you have a release version by checking the filesize of the
built binary (`zig-out/bin/ghostty`). The release version should be less
than 5 MB on all platforms. The debug version is around 70MB.
**Note: when using the GTK runtime (`-Dapp-runtime=gtk`) a release build will
use a [single-instance application](https://developer.gnome.org/documentation/tutorials/application.html).
If you're developing Ghostty from _inside_ a release build and build & launch a
new one that will not reflect the changes you made, but instead launch a new
window for the existing instance.**
### Mac `.app`
To build the official, fully featured macOS application, you must