I would like to open applications in cygwin, e.g. notepad etc, without the shell blocking. Is there a way of doing this?
For example, typing in notepad myfile.txt will open notepad, and the cygwin shell will be unavailable until notepad is closed. I'd like cygwin to remain responsive whilst notepad is open.
If you are using some UNIX shell such as sh, then
notepad &
should work.
Remember: If you're using another shell, then other rules apply. cmd won't block for GUI applications, unless start /wait is used. But on UNIX-likes there is no distinction between console programs and GUI programs. They all run interactively on the console unless detached by starting them with & after the command.
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How to open existing vim file from unix shell (bash) in new terminal (not in same/new tab of existing terminal) on local machine ?
Also is there any way to split file on new terminal (not in same/new tab of existing terminal) from inside vim ?
How to open a new terminal is platform dependent; This doesn't really have a whole lot to do with vim itself.
For example, if you're using GNOME you could do this by running gnome-terminal -e "vim $filename" & disown. Look up the documentation for the terminal emulator you're using to find out how to launch a new terminal and execute commands in it.
Another (IMHO much better) solution is to simply use GVim for situations like these, unless you have a very good reason to run vim in the terminal (if you're running this over ssh this won't work anyway, in that case you're better off using a terminal multiplexer like screen or tmux).
PS: bash isn't a terminal (emulator); bash is a shell. If you just run a new instance of bash it'll run in the same terminal, which is not what you want here.
Try this:
vim [your file]
If this isn't working for you, make sure you have it installed with:
sudo apt-get install vim
If you're already IN vim do
:edit [your file]
does anyone know how to produce a similar result?(essentially tying the windows terminal to the open program)
For example, when you run "emacs" in bash (or another linux terminal) it will produce an output into the open terminal until the program is terminated (or silenced with emacs &)
I want to be able to reproduce this effect on windows, but have no idea how, running start(and similar commands) will only run the program in a new window, with a hidden command line, detached from the cmd line process.
You need the /B flag:
start /B myprogram
(Of course, this will only work with programs that actually use the console. If the program doesn't generate console output, this won't magically make it do so.)
You can do that by first installing Cygwin and then running emacs from Cygwin.
Cygwin is a collection of tools which provide functionality similar to a Linux distribution on Windows.
try typing edit into a windows command shell, it's actually a better program than notepad. there are versions of vi, emacs, for windows and dos, you could try any of them.
ftp://ftp.delorie.com/pub/djgpp/current/v2gnu/
http://www.vim.org/download.php#pc
Basically i'm connecting to a cygwin terminal on another computer and running a program(CodeWarrior) that has TCL support. Running tcl commands inside the program is not a problem.
What i am trying is to redirect output (from puts for example) in tcl to my running cygwin console.
Provided the terminal is the current one, you can do this:
set terminal [open /dev/tty]
puts $terminal "Hi there!"
You might make the terminal handle a global one and never close it (until the program exits).
Other terminals can be written to — provided you have permission — by just opening the correct device. Or you can open a file descriptor if you can find it in /proc, though that's a little bit of a black art in itself.
When I run the emacs text editor the process does not return so I cannot use the terminal which is obviously the default behavior.
I cannot find the switch or command in the man but I know it is something very simple.
How can I run emacs as a separate process so I can continue to use the terminal without opening a second one?
You can start any program in the background by appending an ampersand to the command, emacs &.
There's a whole framework for working with backgrounded processes, see for example man jobs, disown, fg, bg, and try Ctrl-Z on a running process, which will suspend it and give you the terminal, allowing you to resume that process either in the foreground or background at your pleasure. Normally when your shell closes, all those programs will end, disown allows you to tell a program to keep running after you end your session.
The emacs --help command is giving you a tip:
--batch do not do interactive display; implies -q
So run emacs --batch (or maybe emacs --executesomecommand ).
If you have a desktop (or some X11 display) and want emacs to open an X11 windows and give you back a shell prompt, run it in the background (e.g. emacs &) as many commented.
And I find very useful to start programs (or shells) within emacs, e.g. with Emacs commands: M-x shell, or M-x compile (for make etc...), or M-x gdb for a debugger.
You usually start one single emacs at the beginning of a working day. You could use emacsclient (or set your EDITOR environment variable to it) for other editions using the same emacs.
I'd like to add that Windows does have an equivalent to *nix's & for starting programs in a separate process:
start /b emacs Main.hs
I'm working with a tool right now that requires me to putty to a remote host, login, run a series of commands to start an engine, open a new window (and login again) to start a different engine, then open a third window (and again, login) to actually use the tool (leaving the engines running in those first two windows). I'd like to write a shell script to automate the process so that I could just open one window, type "sh whatever.sh" and be off and running, without physically opening the new windows and logging in again. However, I can't find a command to get me from one window to the next. Any thoughts?
You can just background the first processes by adding an ampersand (&) to the command line or pressing Ctrl+Z when it is running (and then enter bg to let the process continue, more information about that with jobs).
If that's not enough, you can create virtual shells with screen or tmux.
If you've redirected X (i.e. you can access GUIs over ssh), you can also just start a new window by executing your favorite (GUI) console program, like xterm, konsole, gnome-terminal, etc.
Are you familiar with jobs on linux?
nohup whatever_1.sh &
nohup whatever_2.sh &
nohup whatever_3.sh &
Or perhaps screen would be of use here:
https://serverfault.com/questions/25301/job-control-and-ssh
See also, nohup:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nohup
The bash command opens a Bourne-again shell (bash) session.
Try typing in "konsole". That should open a new bash window and set the focus to it.
On my Ubuntu 18 I just type the command:
gnome-terminal
and a new shell opens... I don't like the above answers because xterm and konsole most likely not already be installed.
Shell script on target machine cannot be aware of putty windows on client machine.
Consider using Screen : http://www.gnu.org/s/screen/ - it is clean and powerful way.
I think you need command line window then write:
$ xterm
# new window started
If you need python in new window:
$xterm python
#now a window will shown with python shell
Another nice option from Xfce's terminal:
xfce4-terminal