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--- howto:several_signal_desktop_instances [2022/02/24 23:39] – angelegt doobry
+++ howto:several_signal_desktop_instances [2022/02/28 20:54] – doobry
@@ Zeile 1: / Zeile 1: @@
 ====== Run Signal Desktop instances in parallel ======
-In order to run several Signal desktop instances in parallel, you can pass a `--user-data-dir` commandline option to signal-desktop.
+In order to run several Signal desktop instances in parallel, you can pass a ''--user-data-dir=<path>'' commandline option to signal-desktop.
 ===== With Signal Desktop flatpak =====
@@ Zeile 8: / Zeile 8: @@
 When Signal Desktop is installed via flatpak, do the following:
-''
+<code>
-$ cp /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.signal.Signal/current/stable/active/files/share/applications/org.signal.Signal.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/Signal2.desktop
+$ cp /var/lib/flatpak/app/org.signal.Signal/current/active/files/share/applications/org.signal.Signal.desktop ~/.local/share/applications/Signal2.desktop
-''
+</code>
-Then edit ''~/.local/share/applications/Signal2.desktop'' and change the following lines:
+Then edit ''~/.local/share/applications/Signal2.desktop'' and change lines 2-3 as follows (replace ''<user>'' with your username):
-''
+<code>
 Name=Signal 2
 Exec=flatpak run org.signal.Signal --user-data-dir=/home/<user>/.var/app/org.signal.Signal/config/Signal2 %U
-''
+</code>
 Afterwards, you should find the second instance of Signal Desktop as "Signal 2" in your application launcher.