Re: run external command and let it go

[Stefan Monnier]

> Can anyone tell me how I can run an external process (like a temrinal
> or a browser) from emacs.  I know shell-command does this, but I
> really don't care about the output of the command, so the Shell output
> and Async output buffers are just annoying when they come up.  I
> really just want to launch a command and then be done with it.  Any
> ideas? Thanks.

`shell-command' is mostly meant for interactive use.  For elisp code, use
`call-process' or `start-process' (which see with C-h f).


        Stefan