Hide Terminal window (using xfce4. and 7.2-RELEASE)?

[Warren Block]

On Fri, 3 Jul 2009, Daniel Underwood wrote:

>> Why?  More specifically, can't it be started from the XFCE menu with "Run
>> Program" or right-click the desktop and "Create Launcher"?
>
> I don't know, honestly.  Whenever I try to run it from a Launcher or
> via Run Program, it will display the splash screen, but then
> terminate.  This also happens on all Linux machines I use.

Some searching suggests "matlab -desktop" may be what is needed.

-Warren Block * Rapid City, South Dakota USA