Re: [Usability] GNOME Applications and the Shell Environment

[Mystilleef <mystilleef gmail com>]

I can't really say how many users run it from the terminal or from the
menu. But it seems a few do run it from the terminal. Of course, on UNIX
-like systems it is not uncommon to run applications from the terminal.
And depending on your shell environment "&" does not detach applications
from the shell's process. Apparently, for BASH, there is "disown"
command for that. But I don't believe proficiency in BASH or shell
wizardry should be a requirement for using applications designed for GNOME.


On 6/20/06, Mike Burns <mike mike-burns com> wrote:
> On 2006-06-20 16.03.43 -0400, Mystilleef wrote:
> > Graphic user applications, especially the ones designed for "desktop
> > environments" have virtually no reason to be bound to a shell terminal's
> > process.
>
> How many users who run the program in question run it from the terminal
> instead of the applications menu, panel, Alt+F2, or a hotkey? How many who
> run it from the terminal aren't shell experts who know about stuff like '&'?
>
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