Comments by "" (@dingokidneys) on "Force Your Terminal To Swallow" video.

  1. Do people still know about ^Z and 'bg'? If you launch a program from a terminal, such as mpv, and your terminal is locked, just type ^Z (Ctrl-Z) in the terminal followed by 'bg<enter>'. You have both a usable program and a usable terminal. Much less fuss to my mind than a special script and aliases to just hide (but not release) a terminal. Or better still, when you type the command into the terminal just follow it up with a '&' to automatically background it. Simple.
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