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Is it possible to disconnect a GUI program launched within vifm from vifm?
One can launch GUI programs, for example, gv or xpdf from vifm in background in vifm's command line:
:!gv %f &
However, if gv is launched by pressing Enter on a file like aPSfile.ps in vifm, ...
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What are the virtues of multitasking with traditional job control vs Tmux/Screen?
tmux and screen let you run different processes (e.g. vim, a bash script, mysql, psql, etc) in different virtual windows. But traditional Unix job control (using CTRL-z, fg, bg, and jobs) seem to give ...
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How can I disown a running process and associate it to a new screen shell?
I have a running program on a SSH shell. I want to pause it and be able to unpause its execution when I come back.
One way I thought of doing that was to transfer its ownership to a screen shell, ...
