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When I open file with

gedit templates/index.html

I see this in terminal and can't use it more: enter image description here

How can I open file in text editor without blocking terminal?

peter ignatiev
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You will enter the & to instruct the shell to launch Gedit in the background:

gedit templates/index.html &

"After the fact", i.e., after you forgot to enter the &, you still can send it to the background.

  • In the terminal, press Ctrl+z to stop the process
  • The prompt is now released. Now type bg to send the stopped process to the background. Otherwise, Gedit will remain "stopped" appear as frozen.
vanadium
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