Run Command on Fluxbox

[raDeon-gamer]

Can I run a command (like alt+f2 on gnome) without using a terminal? I don't like having terminals open while i run programs because I always close them :(

[Jo.Mo.]

well, i think if you modify the fluxbox menu to include "fbrun", that'll do what you want, but if you want to be able to close the terminal after you open a program, use & after the name, like "program &" and your good.

[raDeon-gamer]

The & thing doesn't seem to be working. I tried it on gkrellm. The teriminal goes to a command prompt and i can execute further commands but if I close that terminal, gkrellm closes as well.

[terribleRobbo]

Yup. The & won't work. As soon as you close the shell, the child processes go with it (including gkrellm).

I'd probably code up something in C, but I'm mentally deficient in that department. :D

SOMETHING has to have been made before... Right...? :confused:

[Jo.Mo.]

did you close the shell with "exit", or just X out?

[raDeon-gamer]

i clicked X. I made a fbrun thing on my menu and that works great thanks!

[terribleRobbo]

Erm... Could someone post up the 'fbrun' binary? I've got openbox, and a limited connection, so I only want the one file, not the entire tarball. :D

[sharth]

(nohup xmms > /dev/null) &

[SuperNu]

There is a way to use keys in fluxbox to open a run command window, but I don't know off the top of my head which file you have to edit in order to add this functionality to fluxbox. Luckily, there is fluxconf (http://devaux.fabien.free.fr/flux/) which is a gui interface to edit fluxbox's configuration files. You can use fluxconf to setup keyboard shortcuts like alt+f2 to run a command.

--SN