Launching several applications via shell...

[Glen Bojsza]

I am trying to have a simple application launcher (on Linux) where the user
can launch different applications but a clicking the associated button.

The problem is that once the user has launched one application none of the
others will launch until they close the application they just opened.

I would like to allow all applications to remain open even if the Livecode
application closes... is this possible.

So far all I am using is the shell command in each button for an individual
application.

button "Traffic Generator"

on mouseUp
get shell("trafficgen")
end mouseUp


button "pEditor"

on mouseUp
get shell("editor")
end mouseUp

etc

Q: is there something that should be added to the shell syntax or another
way of doing this?

thanks,

Glen