yes is the program not in your menu system though?
On Tue, 09 May 2006 13:23:12 +1200 Bernard wrote: > Can you make icons for programmes so for the technically challenged and for > kids of course! You can click on the icon to open the prog rather than going > via a terminal window? > > > > Bernard > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: David Kirk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2006 9:47 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Opening programmes with a terminal window > > > > Bernard, > > Is it a normal action that when you open a programme in a terminal window, > that closing the terminal window also closes the programme? > > > If you type in a command in your terminal screen then that program is > reliant on that terminal screen being there (it is running in the > foreground). > > If you put a space and a '&' after your command then it will run in the > background and not be reliant on that terminal. You will be able to run > other commands from that terminal or close it. > > $ gtk-gnutella & > > If you have run a program in the foreground and want to send it to the > background, hit Ctrl-z which will suspend the job. Then you can type bg to > resume it in the background. Type jobs to see what's running in the > background. You can type fg to bring it back to the foreground if you want. > > > -- > Later > > David Kirk > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/334 - Release Date: 5/8/2006 > > > -- > No virus found in this outgoing message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.1.392 / Virus Database: 268.5.5/334 - Release Date: 5/8/2006 > -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
