Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

2009-07-03 Thread Daniel Underwood
Whenever I run the particular Linux MATLAB installation I have access to, it must be run from the command-line. Consequently, I have the MATLAB gui and an open terminal window (which only gets in the way). Is there a way to hide this terminal window completely? If I close it, MATLAB closes. I

Re: Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

2009-07-03 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:57:13 -0400, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com wrote: Whenever I run the particular Linux MATLAB installation I have access to, it must be run from the command-line. Consequently, I have the MATLAB gui and an open terminal window (which only gets in the way). Is

Re: Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

2009-07-03 Thread Paul B. Mahol
On 7/3/09, Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com wrote: Whenever I run the particular Linux MATLAB installation I have access to, it must be run from the command-line. Consequently, I have the MATLAB gui and an open terminal window (which only gets in the way). Is there a way to hide this

Re: Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

2009-07-03 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Daniel Underwood wrote: Whenever I run the particular Linux MATLAB installation I have access to, it must be run from the command-line. Why? More specifically, can't it be started from the XFCE menu with Run Program or right-click the desktop and Create Launcher?

Re: Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

2009-07-03 Thread Daniel Underwood
Why?  More specifically, can't it be started from the XFCE menu with Run Program or right-click the desktop and Create Launcher? I don't know, honestly. Whenever I try to run it from a Launcher or via Run Program, it will display the splash screen, but then terminate. This also happens on all

Re: Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

2009-07-03 Thread Warren Block
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Daniel Underwood wrote: Why?  More specifically, can't it be started from the XFCE menu with Run Program or right-click the desktop and Create Launcher? I don't know, honestly. Whenever I try to run it from a Launcher or via Run Program, it will display the splash screen,

Re: Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

2009-07-03 Thread Randy Pratt
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:21:58 -0400 Daniel Underwood djuatde...@gmail.com wrote: Why?  More specifically, can't it be started from the XFCE menu with Run Program or right-click the desktop and Create Launcher? I don't know, honestly. Whenever I try to run it from a Launcher or via Run

Re: Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

2009-07-03 Thread Polytropon
On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:28:29 -0400, Randy Pratt bsd-u...@embarqmail.com wrote: I'm not familar with MATLAB but you may find ports/sysutils/screen helpful. See http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ for more information. I use it for starting some programs in a detached mode but they can be

Re: Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

2009-07-03 Thread Daniel Underwood
Some searching suggests matlab -desktop may be what is needed. Yep, that did it! Thanks! ___ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to