moving program out of terminal?

[alphaamanitin]

Hey Guys,

Is it possible, and if so what is the easiest way, to open a program and move it from the terminal so that when I close the terminal the program stays open?

For instance, I don't like to open thundar with gksu and navigate to my file and open it. I would prefer to open it in the command line, but I don't want to have to keep the command line open. So basically, what would I add to this command to allow me to close the terminal after opening:

gksu leafpad /root/whatever.file

Thanks

AlphaA

[Cheesehead]

Use the 'screen' or 'byobu' applications to keep a terminal session alive between logins.

[Gotti]

Have you tried hitting ctrl+z to suspend it then typing "bg" to put it in the background? Then you should be able to close the terminal by typing "exit" (Sometiems hitting the x on the box will still close the backghround application.)

[srekcahrai]

gksu leafpad /root/whatever.file &

Now you can press Ctrl + C and close the terminal.

[stinkeye]

-

gksu leafpad /root/whatever.file & disown

Allows you to just close the terminal.

[Habitual]

I don't want to have to keep the command line open. So basically, what would I add to this command to allow me to close the terminal after opening:

gksu leafpad /root/whatever.file

gksu leafpad /root/whatever.file ; exit

?