Option to use Popen for pre and post-command

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
1. Set snes9x to launch fullscreen.
2. Configure the RCB to launch SNES games by snes9x-gtk (same problem occurs 
when using znes).
3. Launch a rom

What is the expected output?
snes9x launches in fullscreen and plays the rom. Control by defined keys is 
possible.

What do you see instead?
snes9x launches the rom in fullscreen. But the keyboard control is still in 
XBMC. I can also hear the XBMC sound when pressing keys. There is no way to 
exit snes9x because it's not possible to send commands to it.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
XBMC from here: http://packages.pulse-eight.net/UbuntuInstall. RCB addon has 
been downloaded from the official plugin repository. The operating system is 
ubuntu 12.04 (64 bit).

Please provide any additional information below.
XBMC is running in ubuntu with a dedicated X session (selecting XBMC session on 
login screen). Applications started by Advanced Launcher do work.

Original issue reported on code.google.com by mweiman...@gmail.com on 3 Jul 2012 at 6:50

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Also doesn't work with testing version 1.0.5 and Popen option enabled.

Original comment by mweiman...@gmail.com on 3 Jul 2012 at 7:49

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Hmmm, that it works with Advanced Launcher is strange. We are nearly using the 
same mechansim to launch the games.

Usually in this case you should use a simple script that does "lirc -stop" 
before and "lirc -start" after launching the game. Another option would be to 
use solo mode.

Original comment by maloep on 4 Jul 2012 at 5:18

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I managed snes9x-gtk to run in fullscreen mode with keyboard control using 
openbox now. But it seems that pre and post execute commands are not working 
properly. Using a script like this:
#!/bin/sh
openbox &
snes9x-gtk $1
killall -9 openbox
does work.

Original comment by mweiman...@gmail.com on 7 Jul 2012 at 11:07

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The pre and post commands don't use popen atm. So I guess it is the problem 
that RCB is waiting for the pre command to quit before it launches the 
emulator. I still have to change this logic in RCB.

Original comment by maloep on 9 Jul 2012 at 6:29

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Original comment by maloep on 22 Oct 2012 at 2:37

• Changed state: Accepted

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Original comment by maloep on 22 Dec 2012 at 12:38

• Changed title: Option to use Popen for pre and post-command
• Added labels: Type-Enhancement
• Removed labels: Type-Defect

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Original comment by maloep on 14 Jun 2014 at 5:34

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