Running a GUI program haults the calling program (linux)

[Cameron Simpson]

On 25Sep2017 20:59, Michael Torrie <torriem at gmail.com> wrote:
>On 09/25/2017 06:38 PM, Kryptxy via Python-list wrote:
>> Is there any way that the GUI program is opened, and immediately the
>> control returns to calling program, instead of keeping the terminal
>> busy?
>
>Yes. This is a classic situation where you want to first fork() the
>process, then exec() the new app.  There are a few steps to do this
>properly, so google for "python fork exec".

No, subprocess does this stuff for you.

I think the OP's missed some important stuff out.
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