UWTOOL

Section: User Commands (1)
Updated: 14 September 1986
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NAME

uwtool - command-in-window utility for UW  

SYNOPSIS

uwtool [ -wtype ] [ -ttitle ] [ -v ] [ command [ arg1 arg2 ... ] ]  

DESCRIPTION

Uwtool is a utility program for use with the uw multiple-window interface to UNIX. If no arguments are given, it creates a new `terminal' running the shell named in the environment variable `SHELL'. If a process is named, it will create a new window with that process running in it, and when that process is terminated the window will disappear. (i.e. `uwtool vi foo' will create a new window with vi, editing the file foo, but the window will go away when vi is exited) Any arguments after the process name are passed as arguments to that process. Uwtool exits as soon as the window is created.

Normally, the terminal type of the new window is inherited from the window in which uwtool is run. It is possible to override this with the `-w' option (`w' stands for `window emulation type'). The following values are recognized:

adm31
Lear Siegler ADM-31
adm3a
Lear Siegler ADM-3a (uses ADM-31)
tek4010
Tektronix 4010
tek
Tektronix 4010
vt52
Digital Equipment Corporation VT-52
ansi
ANSI-compatible terminal
aaa-24
24-line Ann Arbor Ambassador (uses ANSI emulation)

If an unknown type is specified, the ADM-31 emulation will be used.

The title of the newly-created window may be specified with the `-t' option. If this option is omitted, the window title will be the command name.

The `-v' flag causes uwtool to print the 32-bit window identifier on the standard output. This value can be used as an argument to a subsequent command, for example uwtitle.  

LIMITATIONS

Uwtool is of no use on unix unless the server is running and uw is being run on the Macintosh.
If there is a stream of output in one window there will be lag in recognizing characters typed in another.  

SEE ALSO

uw(L), uwtitle(L), uwterm(L)
uw Macintosh documentation (`UW --- A Multiple-Window Interface to UNIX')
`The UW Programmer's Library'  

AUTHOR

Program written by John Bruner, Lawrence Livermore Laboratories 7/85,11/85,9/86
This document is based upon a document created by by Chris Borton, UC San Diego 11/13/85, edited 9/86 by John Bruner.


 

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NAME
SYNOPSIS
DESCRIPTION
LIMITATIONS
SEE ALSO
AUTHOR

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