On Thu, 2003-10-23 at 12:08, Maynard Kuona wrote: > I ma talking about a GUI program, like if I launch synaptic from the > terminal, but want to detach it. screen is useful if i want something to > run in the background. how about `ooffice &` is this what you mean by 'detach'? HTH, -- Iain Buchanan <iain@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> He looked at me as if I were a side dish he hadn't ordered. -- Ring Lardner -- Shrike-list mailing list Shrike-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/shrike-list