Comment 4 for bug 1502197

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AlainKnaff (kubuntu-misc) wrote :

A couple of remarks:
- it's not just "long running processes" that are affected, but even interactive ones, such as editors. Actually interactive processes tend to get roughed up more than heavy calculations, as usually fg will not restore their terminal settings (noecho, raw, ...) correctly. Use case: browsing a shopping list in v.i. while in the shop, occasionally putting the phone into the pocket (and locking it) in order to have a free hand to pick up items.
- actually there already *is* a "special command that would run a command in the background" (... or rather that would _prevent_ it from being automatically backgrounded), namely exec ssh localhost but you have to actually think about using it before absent-mindedly locking your phone and putting it into your pocket...