[TUHS] foreground/background vs. Windowing

[Chet Ramey via TUHS]

On 7/19/25 7:03 PM, Noel Hunt wrote:
> 
>> I still like to use ^Z to suspend a running program, even when I use
>> X11.
> 
> Since it would appear that that is totally unnecessary in a
> window system, as Doug pointed out, one has to ask why?

Because it's often quicker, easier, preserves session context, and is
integrated into personal workflows.


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Chet Ramey, UTech, CWRU    chet at case.edu    http://tiswww.cwru.edu/~chet/
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