From adffa60d352249a2f17328d2e8daf9a9f6680d93 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Olaf Wintermann <olaf.wintermann@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2025 20:50:20 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] allow multiple open commands in instance socket connection

---
 application/settings.c | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/application/settings.c b/application/settings.c
index 2ae1e06..8ee4029 100644
--- a/application/settings.c
+++ b/application/settings.c
@@ -348,12 +348,17 @@ int CreateSingleInstanceSocket(Display *dp, Bool *already_running) {
     return 0;
 }
 
+static Boolean clearPlaylist = TRUE;
+
 static Boolean cmd_open(XtPointer data) {
     MainWindow *win = GetMainWindow();
     char *file = data;
     printf("open %s\n", file);
     
-    PlayListClear(win);
+    if(clearPlaylist) {
+        PlayListClear(win);
+        clearPlaylist = FALSE;
+    }
     PlayListAddFile(win, file);
     PlayListPlayTrack(win, win->playlist.tracks->size-1);
     
@@ -402,6 +407,7 @@ void* instance_socket_thread(void *data) {
             break;
         }
         printf("accept instance connection\n");
+        clearPlaylist = TRUE; // the first open command will clear the playlist
         
         msgbuf.pos = 0;
         msgbuf.size = 0;
-- 
2.47.3