=== added file 'TextFlow/core/DbusInterface.py'
--- TextFlow/core/DbusInterface.py	1970-01-01 00:00:00 +0000
+++ TextFlow/core/DbusInterface.py	2008-06-20 18:53:40 +0000
@@ -0,0 +1,43 @@
+# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
+
+#######################################################################
+# Copyright © 2007-2008 Waldecir Santos.
+#
+# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
+# it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published
+# the Free Software Foundation; version 2 only.
+#
+# This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+# but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+# MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+# GNU General Public License for more details.
+#######################################################################
+
+import dbus
+import dbus.service
+import dbus.glib
+import gtk
+dbus.glib.threads_init()
+
+
+class DaemonDBus(dbus.service.Object):
+    def __init__(self, bus_name, TextFlow_instance):
+        self.TextFlow = TextFlow_instance
+        object_path = '/DBusInterface'
+        super(DaemonDBus, self).__init__(bus_name, object_path)
+
+    @dbus.service.method('org.gnome.TextFlow.DBusInterface')
+    def open_file_tab(self, path):
+        self.TextFlow.document_manager.open_file_tab(path)
+        self.TextFlow.main_window.deiconify()
+
+def TextFlow_dbus_init(TextFlow_instance):
+    try:
+        session_bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+        name = dbus.service.BusName('org.gnome.TextFlow.DBus', bus=session_bus)
+        return DaemonDBus(name, TextFlow_instance)
+    except dbus.DBusException:
+        import sys
+        sys.stderr.write(_('Could not connect to dbus session bus.'
+            ' dbus will be unavailable.\n'))
+        return None

=== modified file 'TextFlow/core/constants.py'
--- TextFlow/core/constants.py	2008-06-17 22:17:35 +0000
+++ TextFlow/core/constants.py	2008-06-20 19:25:14 +0000
@@ -100,6 +100,7 @@
 MESSAGE_0026 = _("Tab Size:")
 MESSAGE_0027 = _("Filter:")
 MESSAGE_0028 = _("Goto line:")
+MESSAGE_0029 = _('Could not connect to dbus session bus. dbus will be unavailable.')
 
 # Application info
 APPNAME = _("TextFlow")

=== modified file 'textflow'
--- textflow	2008-06-14 21:00:59 +0000
+++ textflow	2008-06-20 18:53:40 +0000
@@ -6,8 +6,10 @@
 import os
 import gnomevfs
 import shutil
+import dbus
 from TextFlow.ui.MainWindow import MainWindow
 from TextFlow.core import constants
+from TextFlow.core.DbusInterface import TextFlow_dbus_init
 
 def get_paths(uris):
     paths = []
@@ -38,19 +40,34 @@
 #gtk.glade.textdomain(APP)
 #End of internationalization stuff
 
-# Verify snippets file
-if not os.path.exists(constants.LANGUAGES_USER_DIR):
-	shutil.copytree(constants.LANGUAGES_DIR, constants.HOME + '/.textflow/languages')
-
-args = sys.argv
-
-if len(args) > 1:
-    paths = get_paths(args[1:])
-    print paths
-    main_window = MainWindow(paths)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    # Verify snippets file
+    if not os.path.exists(constants.LANGUAGES_USER_DIR):
+	    shutil.copytree(constants.LANGUAGES_DIR, constants.HOME + '/.textflow/languages')
+
+    args = sys.argv
+
+    if len(args) > 1:
         
-else:
-    main_window = MainWindow()
-
-gtk.main()
+        bus = dbus.SessionBus()
+
+        try:
+            remote_TextFlow = bus.get_object('org.gnome.TextFlow.DBus', '/DBusInterface')
+            print remote_TextFlow
+            paths = get_paths(args[1:])
+            for path in paths:
+                remote_TextFlow.open_file_tab(path)
+            sys.exit(0)
+        except dbus.DBusException:
+            paths = get_paths(args[1:])
+            main_window = MainWindow(paths)
+            TextFlow_dbus_init(main_window)
+
+            
+    else:
+        main_window = MainWindow()
+        TextFlow_dbus_init(main_window)
+
+    gtk.main()