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-rw-r--r--gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc9
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
index ecdb549fd6..71901437c2 100644
--- a/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
+++ b/gtk2_ardour/ardour_ui.cc
@@ -803,13 +803,16 @@ ARDOUR_UI::starting ()
if ((nsm_url = g_getenv ("NSM_URL")) != 0) {
nsm = new NSM_Client;
if (!nsm->init (nsm_url)) {
- /* TODO this needs fixing!
+ /* the ardour executable may have different names:
+ *
* waf's obj.target for distro versions: eg ardour4, ardourvst4
* Ardour4, Mixbus3 for bundled versions + full path on OSX & windows
* argv[0] does not apply since we need the wrapper-script (not the binary itself)
- * No idea how to address all these.
+ *
+ * The wrapper startup script should set the environment variable 'ARDOUR_SELF'
*/
- nsm->announce (PROGRAM_NAME, ":dirty:", "ardour4");
+ const char *process_name = g_getenv ("ARDOUR_SELF");
+ nsm->announce (PROGRAM_NAME, ":dirty:", process_name ? process_name : "ardour4");
unsigned int i = 0;
// wait for announce reply from nsm server