Dictionary says:

   2!:1 y       Spawn. (Unix only.) Like 2!:0, but yields '' without waiting 
for the host to finish. Any output is ignored. For example, 2!:1 can be used to 
invoke a text-editor.

But I tested on Linux and Mac, 2!:1 on both still waits for the process to 
finish.
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