Re: Detach Icedove from xterm itself called from terminal.

[Chris Davies <chris-usenet@roaima.co.uk>]

Paul Isambert <zappathustra@free.fr> wrote:
> But Icedove still stays attached to the first terminal...

Just to check, you want to be able to start icedove from the command
line in (say) an xterm, but have it continue to run even when that xterm
is closed? And you're not really interested in stdout/stderr.

I use thunderbird rather than icedove but this "just works" here:

    [xterm window]
    $ thunderbird &

    [wait for thunderbird to start]
    $ ^D # or "exit"

    [thunderbird continues to run]


I have a script that I use to start GUI applications
from the command line, which I've made available at
http://www.roaima.co.uk/stuff/2011/12/01/x.sh

You would save it as "x" somewhere in your PATH ($HOME/bin, perhaps),
and make it executable (chmod a+x /your/path/to/x) and then use it
something like this:

    x icedove

Chris