Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

Whenever I run the particular Linux MATLAB installation I have access
to, it must be run from the command-line. Consequently, I have the
MATLAB gui and an open terminal window (which only gets in the way).
Is there a way to "hide" this terminal window completely? If I close
it, MATLAB closes. I know I can move it to another Workspace, but I'm
hoping there's another way.
I don't mind that the Terminal window opens whenever I run MATLAB, I
would just like to be able to hide it each time.
NOTE: When I say "hide", I mean simply make it not show up on the
screen. I do not mean hide the process or anything of that nature.
TIA,
Daniel
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 15:57:13 -0400, Daniel Underwood wrote:
> Whenever I run the particular Linux MATLAB installation I have access
> to, it must be run from the command-line. Consequently, I have the
> MATLAB gui and an open terminal window (which only gets in the way).
> Is there a way to "hide" this terminal window completely?
> If I close
> it, MATLAB closes.
Of course.
> I know I can move it to another Workspace, but I'm
> hoping there's another way.
This is a function the window manager (i. e. XFCE 4) will have
to do.
Maybe you can do a "trick" to not have a terminal window. How about
running the MATLAB program from a kind of "Start:" dialog. I know it
existed in XFCE 3. Create an icon for it, and as the command line,
enter the MATLAB starting command.
Or does MATLAB explicitlely require to run from out of a terminal
session?
> I don't mind that the Terminal window opens whenever I run MATLAB, I
> would just like to be able to hide it each time.
Check for some kind of "minimize after start" option in XFCE 4.

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On 7/3/09, Daniel Underwood wrote:
> Whenever I run the particular Linux MATLAB installation I have access
> to, it must be run from the command-line. Consequently, I have the
> MATLAB gui and an open terminal window (which only gets in the way).
> Is there a way to "hide" this terminal window completely? If I close
> it, MATLAB closes. I know I can move it to another Workspace, but I'm
> hoping there's another way.
>
> I don't mind that the Terminal window opens whenever I run MATLAB, I
> would just like to be able to hide it each time.
>
> NOTE: When I say "hide", I mean simply make it not show up on the
> screen. I do not mean hide the process or anything of that nature.
>
> TIA,
> Daniel
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Type this into terminal:
Ctrl+Z bg Ctrl+D
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Daniel Underwood wrote:
> Whenever I run the particular Linux MATLAB installation I have access
> to, it must be run from the command-line.
Why? More specifically, can't it be started from the XFCE menu with
"Run Program" or right-click the desktop and "Create Launcher"?
> Consequently, I have the MATLAB gui and an open terminal window (which
> only gets in the way). Is there a way to "hide" this terminal window
> completely? If I close it, MATLAB closes. I know I can move it to
> another Workspace, but I'm hoping there's another way.
Can't see your command line. If it's just a single command, you could
run it as
command &
which will run command in the background and leave it running if you
close the terminal window.
-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA
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> Why? =A0More specifically, can't it be started from the XFCE menu with "R=
un
> Program" or right-click the desktop and "Create Launcher"?
I don't know, honestly. Whenever I try to run it from a Launcher or
via Run Program, it will display the splash screen, but then
terminate. This also happens on all Linux machines I use.
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Daniel Underwood wrote:
>> Why?

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 17:21:58 -0400
Daniel Underwood wrote:
> > Why? =A0More specifically, can't it be started from the XFCE menu with =
"Run
> > Program" or right-click the desktop and "Create Launcher"?
>=20
> I don't know, honestly. Whenever I try to run it from a Launcher or
> via Run Program, it will display the splash screen, but then
> terminate. This also happens on all Linux machines I use.
I'm not familar with MATLAB but you may find ports/sysutils/screen
helpful. See http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ for more
information. I use it for starting some programs in a detached
mode but they can be reattached at any time.
HTH,
Randy
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On Fri, 3 Jul 2009 18:28:29 -0400, Randy Pratt wrote:
> I'm not familar with MATLAB but you may find ports/sysutils/screen
> helpful. See http://www.gnu.org/software/screen/ for more
> information. I use it for starting some programs in a detached
> mode but they can be reattached at any time.
There's a tool called "detach" included in the ports. It allows you
to start a process and then keep it running independent of the
existence of its starting shell or your login shell.
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> Some searching suggests "matlab -desktop" may be what is needed.
Yep, that did it! Thanks!
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