From: Michael D. Lowis <mike.lowis@gentex.com>
Date: Wed, 19 Jul 2017 17:01:48 +0000 (-0400)
Subject: launch commands in the background instead of foreground with tide-fetch
X-Git-Url: https://git.mdlowis.com/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=0f0bd3eb61c2bce9ac0745c57bde80f70c6f9cdb;p=projs%2Ftide.git

launch commands in the background instead of foreground with tide-fetch
---

diff --git a/tide-fetch.rb b/tide-fetch.rb
index a92ea66..add4271 100755
--- a/tide-fetch.rb
+++ b/tide-fetch.rb
@@ -27,14 +27,19 @@ def match(regex)
   end
 end
 
+def spawn(cmd)
+  job = fork { exec cmd }
+  Process.detach(job)
+end
+
 def open_file
-  system("xdg-open #{$item}")
+  spawn("xdg-open #{$item}")
 end
 
 def open_with(app)
   app = Apps[app] || ENV[app.to_s.upcase]
   raise RuleError.new() if not app
-  system("#{app} #{$item}")
+  spawn("#{app} #{$item}")
 end
 
 def find_files(file)