From 604a2c13539869e63d77bc5bb951949605ca659d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Thorsten Ball Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2023 21:45:22 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] README: add notice about gtk single instance application Just as discussed on Discord: this adds a note to the README that can potentially save minutes _and_ hairs. --- README.md | 6 ++++++ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+) diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 3aaad3de0..517e914bb 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -323,6 +323,12 @@ 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