A Second Google-Chat Run.

[Atlaimond]

System: Linux Mint 20.3 Xfce (up to dated)
Additional PPA: libreoffice-still
Additional repositories: Protonvpn / Stable

Hello. 👋️
I would like to be able to launch or run a second [Google-Chat] application of yours. My goal is to be able to be logged-in both my real-life account and my casual-account in the same time.
I know I can easily swap accounts, but the other account goes "Away", as I do this.

If it is already possible to achieve this in [Linux Mint 20.2 Xfce], please point me to a "programmer non-expert" level of guide.

PS. I've already found a temporary workaround, I log-in, with my casual account. via [Firefox] web-browser, while I log-in, my real-life account, via your [Google-Chat] application! 🤓️💡️
Thank you for whatever reply you'll give me. 🙇‍♂️️

[ankurk91]

Sorry, 2 instances of the application won't work, it was never designed in that way.

[Atlaimond]

Aww. 🙁️ Okay, thanks. It was worth to try. 🤷‍♂️️

[ankurk91]

If you are a developer, you can try to remove this limitation.

google-chat-electron/src/main/index.ts

Line 5 in 234777a

import {enforceSingleInstance, restoreFirstInstance} from './features/singleInstance';

I don't know the side effects, best of luck.

Electron doesn't force this limitation, I have manually added this limit.