> switching apps from terminal > > > On Fri, 12 Jul 2002, Bill Davidson wrote: > >> On Fri, 12 Jul 2002 18:15:50 -0400 >> Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> > Is it possible to launch a gui program from a terminal, then have the >> > same terminal available to do other stuff? >> >> Sure. Just put a '&' after the command to send it to the background. You >> have to keep the terminal open though, or your app will close as well. > > Not quite true. The application should launch as a detached process. > Just tried ogle from gnome-terminal and it stayed put when the xterm > closed down. The terminal window will display messages from the > application while it exists - don't know what happens to them after > xterm exit though (xsession-errors?). > -- > Len Lawrence
Not all terms & apps are created equally. Most terms will kill backgrounded apps when they're closed. Some of the better mannered ones will try to warn you first. Others will just mercilessly slay it without warning. It's usually best to try to keep track of the background jobs you have running. Ric
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