From: Richard Kimberly Heck <rikiheck@lyx.org>
Date: Sat, 18 Apr 2020 18:41:26 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: Tell the user that LyX is already running when we do not start
X-Git-Url: https://git.lyx.org/gitweb/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=e572daf28631b64dab008b52e239f78d4089587a;p=features.git

Tell the user that LyX is already running when we do not start
because of 'use single instance'.
---

diff --git a/src/Server.cpp b/src/Server.cpp
index ab1b6361eb..5fb089d758 100644
--- a/src/Server.cpp
+++ b/src/Server.cpp
@@ -1002,9 +1002,11 @@ struct Sleep : QThread
 
 bool LyXComm::loadFilesInOtherInstance()
 {
-	if (theFilesToLoad().empty())
+	if (theFilesToLoad().empty()) {
+		LYXERR0("LyX is already running in another instance\n"
+			"and 'use single instance' is active.");
 		return true;
-
+	}
 	int pipefd;
 	int loaded_files = 0;
 	FileName const pipe(inPipeName());