"launch document" synchronous on Linux only?

[Warren Samples]

On 01/19/2013 12:47 AM, Warren Samples wrote:
>> I've somehow never noticed that on Linux the "launch document" command
>> behaves synchronously, while it's not synchronous on Mac or IIRC on
>> Windows.
>>
>> This winds up being especially bad for RunRev:  you can't use the IDE
>> after choosing Help->User Guide.
>>
>> I've filed a bug report for the IDE issue:
>> <http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=10649>
>
> Richard, this is not happening here running LC 5.5.3 under openSUSE
> 12.1, KDE. Neither launching the User Guide nor using "launch document"
> to open some other file in an application interfere with the IDE - it's
> not blocking.


Also does not happen in Mint 9, Gnome or openSUSE 12.2, KDE, both 
running LC 5.5.2.

Warren