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- NewShell (V1.3 Alias created during Shell-startup)
- (2.x/3.x internal)
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- NAME
- NewShell - Invoke a shell or CLI utilizing a NEWICON:
- console window.
-
- SYNOPSIS
- 1.3:
- NewShell [AUX: or NEWCON:hpos/vpos/width/height/windowtitle]
- [From filename]
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- 2.x/3.x:
- NewShell [AUX: or NEWCON:hpos/vpos/width/height/windowtitle]
- [From filename]
-
-
- DESCRIPTION
-
- This opens an advanced CLI (called a SHELL) which
- includes aliases, resident commands, and has the current
- directory listed at the prompt instead of in the
- titlebar.
-
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- NEWCON: also must be mounted before for NEWSHELL to
- work. This should also be in your startup-sequence. If
- NEWCON: is not mounted, then the CON: device will be used
- instead.The command used to mount it is:
-
- MOUNT NEWCON:
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- 2.x/3.x ONLY:
-
- The enhanced CLI is now internal in your operating
- system, and using either NEWCLI or NEWSHELL to open a new
- Shell window.
-
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- 1.x ONLY:
- Shell-Seg must be resident in order for this to work
- under pre-2.x version of AmigaDos. If it was not made
- resident, then a CLI will be opened instead of a SHELL.
- It should have been made resident in your
- startup-sequence with this command:
-
- RESIDENT CLI L:Shell-Seg SYSTEM pure
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- KEYWORDS
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- AUX: or NEWCON:hpos/vpos/width/height/windowtitle/options
-
- This lets you pick the position, size, title, and
- options for the new Shell window. The options keywords
- will work only under 2.x/3.x. The options are listed
- here:
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- AUTO: The CLI opens immediatly only when the program
- that started it requres it.
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- CLOSE: This is on by default. This lets you add the
- Close gadget in the top left corner of the CLI.
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- BACKDROP: This lets forces the CLI to open up behind
- all other windows and cannot be moved, resized, or
- changed in any way except through using the zoom gadget.
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- NOBORDER: There are no visible lines surrounding the
- window. The zoom and size gadgets will still be there,
- but if you zoom the window to full size, the CLI will
- dominate your environment and the only way to make it
- smaller is by closing it.
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- NODRAG: The window will not let you drag it. The
- position will remain in the same place always.
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- NOSIZE: The zoom, close, and size gadgets will
- disappear when the CLI is started. There will only be a
- depth gadget.
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- SCREENname: The CLI will open on a screen with the
- name you give it. For instance, if you use the
- 'SCREENveronica' option, the CLI will open up on the
- public screen named 'veronica'. If 'veronica' does not
- exist, then this option won't work.
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- SIMPLE: Allows the text to fill up the CLI window
- when expanded. This lets you see more information than
- before. The default is on.
-
- SMART: When the CLI widow is expanded, this option
- does not allow the old information to be seen. It is the
- opposite of SIMPLE.
-
- WAIT: The CLI won't close when the program that
- created it is closed. To close the CLI using this
- option, you must select the close gadget or use the
- Ctrl-\ key combination.
-
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- FROM filename
- Lets you specify a script to be run when the Shell
- opens. If you don't put this script in your s: directory
- then the 'filename' keyword is used to tell NewSHELL to
- find it. The default startup file is the s:Shell-Startup.
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- EXAMPLES
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- 1. To create a 150x150 SHELL in the upper left corner
- of your screen named 'Debox':
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- NEWSHELL NEWCON://150/150/Debox
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- 2. To create the default CLI (that is, with the upper
- left corner of a 200x100 window titled 'My Shell':
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- NEWSHELL "NEWCON:////My Shell"
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