On Sun, Dec 25, 2016 at 10:40:20AM +0100, Ulli Horlacher wrote: > Can I start a program without giving it the focus? > > For example, I run "xmessage hello &" but I want to keep the focus in the > current xterm. > Yes, in Settings -> Window Manager you need to unset "Automatically give focus to newly created windows". -- Chris Green