On Thu, 30 Jan 2020 16:48:27 -0800 (PST) andyjim <andyji...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Really dumb question, I know. MacOS system. I'd like to launch Leo > from the launch bar instead of from terminal (which is the only way I > know to launch it). But it ties up the terminal so I can't use it for > anything else while Leo is running (not that I use terminal much, but > occasionally), plus it would be easier/quicker to launch from icon. > I don't find a launchLeo or a runLeo file on my system. > Andy > I'd suggest investigating dmenu at https://tools.suckless.org/dmenu/ . It works on Linux, and it's pure X so I don't see a reason it wouldn't work on a modern Mac. If you can get it working on your Mac, see setup details here: http://troubleshooters.com/linux/dmenu/bestpractices.htm (The preceding link will be back up 2/6/2020) If you can't get dmenu to work, the following Python script enables you to run any GUI program with a doublefork, freeing the terminal it's run from: ===================================================== #!/usr/bin/python3 import sys import os if os.fork(): sys.exit(0) if os.fork(): sys.exit(0) os.setsid() ### New to 1.9.3, guarantees complete fork sys.argv.pop(0) executable = sys.argv[0] os.execvp(executable, sys.argv) ===================================================== To run Gnumeric without consuming the terminal, just do the following: ./ufork.py gnumeric SteveT Steve Litt January 2020 featured book: Troubleshooting: Just the Facts http://www.troubleshooters.com/tjust -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "leo-editor" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to leo-editor+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/leo-editor/20200201145134.79914331%40mydesk.domain.cxm.
