Xclock and background

Shell Programming and Scripting
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Hi everyone,
could you explain why am I not able to bring up xclock, or for that matter any Xtools (xcalc etc...), in the background?
When I execute:

xclock &

This brings up the clock in the foreground, my focus is on the clock, not back in my command window.

Any suggestion?

Thanks.

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in the unix shell, "background" means running while not attached to the current terminal. In XWindows, it refers to any window that is either (1) obstructed by another window OR (2) a window not having the "focus".

Here's a HOWTO that will help you understand what options you can provide to just about any X program: X and the Command Line

And here's a reference of such options: X(7) manual page

I suggest "-iconic", but if that doesn't do what you want, you'll need to tell the window manager to assign focus to the command window.

Finally, the wmctl command might help you: man wmctrl - interact with a EWMH/NetWM compatible X Window Manager. / Commandes destin�es aux utilisateurs

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Hello,
I tried -iconic, that did place the clock invoked by xclock, for instance, in icon mode, yet the focus did not return to the command Xxwindow.
Can you help me get the focus back to the command Xwindow?
I tried executing wmctrl, and it does not seem to be on my Unix (AIX) box.
Thanks!