When you launch Inkscape, and, right away, use the "file->open" dialogue to open an existing SVG file, Inkscape opens another instance of itself and shows this file in there. This makes the first instance useless, you can't use it to open a file in it (you can use it to start drawing a new one).

I agree. I was going to fix this for a long time, but just never got a round tuit. Please file a RFE (not bug) on this.

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