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- .SH NAME
- w_task \- taskwindow commands.
- .SH SYNOPSIS
- \fBw_task \fI name option \fR?\fIarg arg ...\fR?
- .BE
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- .SH DESCRIPTION
- .PP
- .TP
- \fBw_task \fIidentifier\fR \fBcreate \fR?\fB-receive \fIscript\fR?
- .TP
- ?\fB-quit \fIscript\fR? ?\fB-command \fIstring\fR? ?\fB-slot \fInumber\fR?
- Starts up a taskwindow task. The \fB-receive \fIscript\fR gives a script to
- be called when the task returns data. %o is set to the data and %n to the task
- identifier.
- The \fB-quit \fIscript\fR gives a script to be called when the task closes
- down. %n is set to the task identifier.
- The \fB-command \fIstring\fR gives a string to pass to the RiscOS command
- line interpreter. It is truncated to 140 characters.
- The \fB-slot \fInumber\fR sets the task's initial wimpslot in kilobytes.
- It defaults to 128K.
- .TP
- \fBw_task \fIidentifier\fR \fBsend\fI string\fR
- This sends \fI string\fR to the task.
- .TP
- \fBw_task \fIidentifier\fR \fBkill\fR
- Kills the task.
- .TP
- \fBw_task \fIidentifier\fR \fBsuspend\fR
- Suspends the task.
- .TP
- \fBw_task \fIidentifier\fR \fBresume\fR
- Resumes after suspension.
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