Before this extends into a flame war: It all depends on Your X
configuration. The _basic_ behavior is that child processes are killed
when their parent dies, so it is sensible to assume it is so when
developing for a broad client base. If You do it for Yourself at home,
it might not be that important. The nohup based option should be
portable, whereas the no-nohup based option will most certainly break.
H.
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