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[Mike Sheldon <mike@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sun, 2015-07-19 at 10:48 +0000, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> El día Sunday, July 19, 2015 a las 03:26:18AM -0700, Nathan Haines escribió:
> 
> > On 07/19/2015 02:20 AM, Matthias Apitz wrote:
> > >Why are processes stopped when the terminal app is slided away or
> > >looses focus, for example on incoming call? And, can this be changed?
> > 
> > This is by design.  Only the foreground application runs, and only when the
> > screen is on.  Background applications are sent the suspend signal,
> > including the foreground application when the screen turns off, so the phone
> > can sleep.
> > 
> 
> I fully understand and the conept is correct. But, I think it must be
> possible to make intentional exeptions.

If you don't mind installing an unconfined application from outside of
the official store you can install TweakGeek from the open store
https://open.uappexplorer.com/ Then inside TweakGeek select the
"Applications" section, choose the Terminal app and toggle the "Prevent
suspending" switch.

Cheers,
 Mike.