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LoadWB (V1.3, 2.X, 3.X in C:)
NAME
LoadWb -- To start the the WorkBench.
SYNOPSIS
1.x:
LoadWB DELAY -DEBUG
2.x/3.X:
LoadWB DELAY -DEBUG CLEANUP NEWPATH
DESCRIPTION
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.
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.
KEYWORDS
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.
-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.
1.x ONLY: DELAY or -DEBUG may be used, but not at the
same time.
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.
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.
EXAMPLES
1. Load the Workbench and close the CLI:
LOADWB DELAY
ENDCLI >NIL:
2. Load the Workbench with the DEBUG menu activated:
LOADWB -DEBUG
3. Add the SYS:File directory to the path that the
Workbench assigns to new Shell windows opened from icon:
PATH SYS:File ADD
LOADWB NEWPATH