Not sure what <E> signifies but add a '&' to the line to fork it into the
background.
feh -x -g 400x400 image.jpg; kwrite textfile.txt <E> *&*

On Tue, Oct 2, 2012 at 11:02 AM, <joe@actionline.com> wrote:

>
> How can I use a shell script to execute 'feh' so that the image that it
> puts on the screen will remain there (until I close it) while the shell
> script continues with another operation (like kwrite?
>
> For example, I'd like to be able to use something like this:
>
> feh -x -g 400x400 image.jpg; kwrite textfile.txt <E>
>
> And have the image remain on the screen while kwrite opens the text file
> for editing.
>
>
>
>
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