non-login shell

[Sean Sieger]

Yannick Le Saint (kyncani) <y.lesaint at gmail.com> writes:

   On Sun, 04 Dec 2005 14:17:07 -0500
   Sean Sieger <sean.sieger at gmail.com> wrote:
   > emacs&
   > 
   > in a gnome-terminal, why would the process not be
   > detached? Thank you.

   The shell is still emacs's parent.
   I think you're looking for ( emacs & )

Thank you, Yannick.