I've tried a lot of things and can't seem to find a way to execute apps in such a way that they detach from e2. I wrote a simple little script: e2_exec which contains: ===================== #!/bin/sh eval exec "$@"& ===================== This works for $[command-xterm]. That is, if I set: command-xterm=e2_exec rxvt then, when I launch $[command-xterm], e2 does not see rxvt as a "child" and will quit without complaining of child processes still running. Try as I might though, I cannot get it to work for applications associated with filetypes when double clicking a file. For instance, for video files, I would like to call something like: "e2_exec mplayer %f" and have mplayer run detached... so that it's not a child of e2, and I can quit e2 normally without the "nag dialog" while mplayer is still running. :) I've tried it with the "&" operator, and ">exec e2_exec blah blah&" and so on and so forth, but nothing seems to work. Is there something simple I've overlooked? Thanks, Jonathan -- Jonathan A. Irwin jnthn_gmane@xxxxxxxxx -- Users can unsubscribe from the list by sending email to emelfm2-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field or by logging into the web interface.