Date: Sun, 23 Aug 1998 20:02:20 +1000 (EST) From: "Michael Henry" <mhenry@white.ug.cs.usyd.edu.au> To: malartre@aei.ca (Malartre) Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Tip #1 of the day :-) Message-ID: <199808231138.EAA01798@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <35DE300F.FB2B4901@aei.ca> from "Malartre" at Aug 21, 98 10:42:24 pm
next in thread | previous in thread | raw e-mail | index | archive | help
> > If you want than your command start in the background, add a " &" at the > end. Exemple: > You want to start Xfree86 but dont want it to use one of your precious > terminal. > --- > startx & > --- What's the point? Once you have X started you can have as many terminals as you want. (xterms, that is). > Then, you find than there is only 2 xterm and a login in your Xwindow. > So, if you type "xterm" alone in one of the xterm, it will start another > xterm, but the previous one will not be useable! > The solution is to start the xterm in background in xwindow: > --- > xterm & > --- Netscape is a good example of a program you'd want to start in the background. > -- > [Malartre][malartre@aei.ca][http://www.aei.ca/~malartre/] > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
Want to link to this message? Use this URL: <https://mail-archive.FreeBSD.org/cgi/mid.cgi?199808231138.EAA01798>