start program without focus?

[Ulli Horlacher]

On Sun 2016-12-25 (19:16), Chris Green wrote:
> 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".

No, I want it just for one program, I do not want to change the default!


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