Feature Request: aSPICE multiple instances

[sim4dim]

It is critical to have multiple instances of aSPICE running on the same Mac in order to connect to different hosts at the same time. Perhaps to have aSPICE launcher window and drag and drop .vv files there to spawn new windows.

[iiordanov]

Just to mention a couple of additional requests that were discussed - a way to turn off the extra keys (maybe the menu item can be a toggle rather than just turning the buttons on), and better contrast for them.

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[iiordanov]

Installing the MacOS version of the app, and using a terminal, we can open multiple instances like this at the moment:

open -n -a aSPICE.app ~/Downloads/Hr2kxHtV.vv 
open -n -a aSPICE.app ~/Downloads/e4mCPfYW.vv 

[iiordanov]

Ideally, the app should support multiple windows and be able to launch new connections in new windows via something like:

https://developer.apple.com/documentation/uikit/uiscenedelegate/supporting_multiple_windows_on_ipad

But that would require major surgery to the VNC, SPICE, and RDP backends to ensure they can all run multiple sessions simultaneously without overwriting each other's session data.