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How to Launch Multiple Processes from the dash?

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Is there a way to configure the Ubuntu 12.04 menu/dash to launch multiple instances (processes) of an application?

With Vim, I sometimes like to launch several versions of it. With Vim configured on the toolbar, I am able to launch Vim once or quit Vim. If I click on the Vim icon with one Vim session running, I can only go back to the one Vim session.

Does such a configuration setting exist?

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answered 3 Years ago howesale · Accepted Answer

The configuration way you may be looking for is creating a Quicklist for the Launcher to enable a second application instance from a mouse right click context menu. How this can be done is easily seen in the default gnome-terminal.desktop file below. Watch out for the last entries in [Desktop Action New]:

[Desktop Entry]

Name=Terminal

Comment=Use the command line

TryExec=gnome-terminal

Exec=gnome-terminal

Icon=utilities-terminal

Type=Application

X-GNOME-DocPath=gnome-terminal/index.html

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Bugzilla=GNOME

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Product=gnome-terminal

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Component=BugBuddyBugs

X-GNOME-Bugzilla-Version=3.4.1.1

Categories=GNOME;GTK;Utility;TerminalEmulator;

StartupNotify=true

OnlyShowIn=GNOME;Unity;

Keywords=Run;

Actions=New

X-Ubuntu-Gettext-Domain=gnome-terminal



[Desktop Action New]

Name=New Terminal

Exec=gnome-terminal

OnlyShowIn=Unity

There also still is the mouse (wheel) middle click option to run a new application instance as shown here:

How do I start a second instance of a program from Unity's launcher?