> I've usually used cmd.exe (command prompt) as my shell on Windows, but > I've recently begun using the cygwin bash shell. With cmd.exe, running > gvim from the command line caused gvim to start up and be completely > detached from the cmd shell, meaning I could continue using the cmd > shell while the gvim process was running and even close the cmd shell > without affecting the gvim process. But now with cygwin bash, whenever > I run gvim from the command line, it doesn't detach; it holds up the > shell until it exits at which point the shell returns. I know if I use > an ampersand on the end of the command then the gvim process will run > in the background and I'll be able to use the bash shell, but I still > won't be able to close the bash shell until the gvim process exits, > which I don't like. Why is this, and how can I fix this problem?
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