Detached file editing while still being able to use nnn for other files/quit nnn

[vorboyvo]

Hi! I was trying to get detached file editing set up.

I tried using the open detached trick but ran into an issue: I want to be able to open text files in a detached terminal window using my terminal editor (kakoune) the same way I would open any other file that has a GUI program associated with it. So the same way I can open a PDF in evince and continue opening files through nnn, I want to be able to open a text file in kakoune in alacritty and continue using it.

Instead, I get something like this:

where it suspends the file manager while I edit the text file, until I close the subprocess.

Here is the content of my script:

#!/usr/bin/env sh

if [ -n "$TMUX" ] ; then
    # tmux session running
    tmux split-window -h "$EDITOR \"$*\""
else
    # Remove option --tab for new window
    alacritty -e $EDITOR $* &
fi

How can I have nnn keep running and launch a completely new process for the text file ?

[vorboyvo]

Figured it out! I change the else condition of the script as follows:

#!/usr/bin/env sh

if [ -n "$TMUX" ] ; then
    # tmux session running
    tmux split-window -h "$EDITOR \"$*\""
else
    # Remove option --tab for new window
    ( alacritty -e $EDITOR $* & )
fi

so that it spawns the terminal as a separate process and not as a child.