terminal questions...
 

hi

i have a few questions...

Q1: How do i make rxvt transparent?

Q2: How can run programs by typing their name in a terminal and close the terminal
without closing the program running?

Q3: How can i start a terminal with specific details like the color and font of the terminal?

thanks guys

man rxvt
and look through the manual to find the arguments used to answer questions 1 and 3
nohup programname
and then close the terminal ;-)

thanks you

but ive read in the man file for rxvt and it says in the begining that it can be transparent but i cant find where it shows you how lol i tried

rxvt -transparent but that didnt work...

rxvt -tr
should do it

thanks drozz

hrm.... the nohup thing doesnt work

is their like some command like -standalone or something so the program doesnt depend on the terminal it ran from?
thanks

programname &

I believe this is what you are looking for. Putting the ampersand (sp?) at the end of a command causes it to run in the background. Then you can close the shell or run other commands from the shell.

thanks patpawlowski

thanks worked :]