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  • I don't understand what the question is here. Are you looking for a way to automatically run “applications” through startAndDisown? How would you define “applications”? ps is an application, just like firefox. Commented May 21, 2016 at 21:45
  • Maybe I'm misinformed about this, but AFAIK, sending the application to background continues to work even after you close the terminal. Commented May 22, 2016 at 0:47
  • Did you mean to post the second part of this as an answer? Commented May 22, 2016 at 12:00
  • @djsmiley2k yes I did, but I did not have enough reputation on this board yet. Commented May 22, 2016 at 19:31