Launching graphical programs from a terminal window

[Andre Truter]

On 2/3/06, thephotoman <rantman_2000 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I remember that there was a way to launch graphical programs in the
> terminal that allowed the terminal window to be closed without also
> closing the program.  However, I cannot remember what it is.  Could
> someone refresh my memory?
>

just add and ampersand after the command.  For example:

xterm &

The ampersand tells the terminal to detatch the process from the
terminal and push it to the background.

HTH

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