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diff --git a/docs/configuration/mimetype.toml.md b/docs/configuration/mimetype.toml.md index 825edf6..e69f089 100644 --- a/docs/configuration/mimetype.toml.md +++ b/docs/configuration/mimetype.toml.md @@ -16,6 +16,21 @@ there is a section for users to specify "classes" called `[class]`. Here, users can specify a list of commands to open a file and inherit these for a specific file format. +## Silent and Fork + +The `silent` option will redirect any stdout and stderr output to `/dev/null`. +This is ideal for launching GUI applications because many output debug messages to +the terminal, disrupting Joshuto's interface. + +The `fork` option will launch the application in a new thread, allowing users to +continue using Joshuto. + +As a rule of thumb: +- TUI applications should almost always run without `silent` or `fork` +- GUI applications should almost always run with the `silent` flag enabled + - If the user wishes to continue using joshuto while the + GUI application is running, enable the `fork` flag + ## Example ```toml |