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- LoadWB (V1.3, 2.X, 3.X in C:)
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- NAME
- LoadWb -- To start the the WorkBench.
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- SYNOPSIS
- 1.x:
- LoadWB DELAY -DEBUG
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- 2.x/3.X:
- LoadWB DELAY -DEBUG CLEANUP NEWPATH
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- DESCRIPTION
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- Normally it is found in your statup-sequence so that
- your Workbench will be loaded when you start your Amiga.
- The Workbench will set and keep track of all search paths
- in effect as well as set the paths for each CLI or Shell
- started from a Workbench icon.
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- Under 1.x the Workbench will reinitialize whenever
- you issue the LoadWB command. Under 2.x/3.x the Workbench
- is reinit- ialized after selecting 'Update All' from the
- Workbench menu. If you run LoadWB after it was already
- loaded under 2.x/3.x then you will get an error message
- saying that the Workbench is already loaded.
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- KEYWORDS
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- DELAY
- This makes a three second pause before the program is
- loaded. This lets all the disk activity to stop before
- going onto the next program in your startup-sequence to
- start. If there is not a pause, then both commands will
- try to access the floppy disk, this causes your floppy
- drive to make a thrashing noise and slows down you disk
- access tremendously.
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- -DEBUG
- This adds a brand new menu item to your Workbench bar
- which is not normally displayed. There are two items on
- this menu. Debug (called ROMWack on 2.x/3.x) and
- Flushlibs. Debug (ROMWack) loads the ROMWACK debugger.
- This is a developer's tool which communicates to your
- Amiga via a 9600-baud terminal connection to the serial
- port. If this terminal is not connected, your Amiga will
- appear to lock up, since nothing will work until the
- remote terminal sends commands. Flushlibs lets the
- Workbench flush out all the libraries from memory that
- are not in use. This frees up a good deal of resources.
- This is useful for the programmer to check if his program
- exited cleanly and freed all memory that they allocated.
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- 1.x ONLY: DELAY or -DEBUG may be used, but not at the
- same time.
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- CLEANUP
- 2.x/3.x Only: This performs a 'CleanUp' of the
- Workbench window, making all your icons all neat and
- orderly. This may also be done via the Window/CleanUp
- while having the Workbench screen activated.
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- NEWPATH
- 2.x/3.x Only: This lets you change the path that the
- Workbench uses. The Workbench usually remembers the CLI
- or Shell path that issued the LoadWB command. This path
- is automatically assigned to any Shell or CLI started
- from an icon. This path can be changed by using the
- NEWPATH keyword. The Workbench will then use the path
- associated with the Shell window from which the command
- was issued.
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- EXAMPLES
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- 1. Load the Workbench and close the CLI:
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- LOADWB DELAY
- ENDCLI >NIL:
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- 2. Load the Workbench with the DEBUG menu activated:
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- LOADWB -DEBUG
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- 3. Add the SYS:File directory to the path that the
- Workbench assigns to new Shell windows opened from icon:
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- PATH SYS:File ADD
- LOADWB NEWPATH
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