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In-Reply-To: <m3elwt10e2.fsf@coe.uga.edu> from Ed L Cashin at "Feb 20, 1 04:59:33 pm"
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> The command below will run an xterm in the background; in the xterm
> the shell will launch texexec and then launch "read", which waits for
> you to hit enter so that the xterm doesn't immediately vanish:
> 
>     xterm -e sh -c 'texexec --help; read input' &
> 
> You could create a simple Bourne shell script as a wrapper:
> 
>     #! /bin/sh
>     # x-texexec
>     
>     xterm -e sh -c "texexec $*; read input" &
> 
> ... where "read input" makes the window stay open until you hit
> enter. 

thanks, Ed. This is very helpful.

Thanh