I would like to open a new terminal, type a command and expect the application to be run within the same window. However, a new window is opened, and I have to take care not to kill the parent, or I need to disown the process. How do I achieve this? Thanks in advance!
I’d love this feature, too. Do you have any suggestion on how to implement it? It’s non-trivial unfortunately, at least with i3 v4.5.1. Possibly, the future layout saving can be used for this. I suggest to re-visit this feature request in a year or so.
exec fullfills my needs, e.g. exec gvim. Works with bash and zsh. In stead of forking a new process from the shell, the current shell is replaced by the new process. See man bash | less +'/^ +exec '.
As a side effect, the X-window gets killed, and i3 happens to do The Right Thing automatically: the new window takes place of the old one.
Asked: 2013-04-29 10:17:38 +0000
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Last updated: Apr 30 '13
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