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NewShell (V1.3 Alias created during Shell-startup)
(2.x/3.x internal)
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]
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.
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:
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.
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
KEYWORDS
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:
AUTO: The CLI opens immediatly only when the program
that started it requres it.
CLOSE: This is on by default. This lets you add the
Close gadget in the top left corner of the CLI.
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.
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.
NODRAG: The window will not let you drag it. The
position will remain in the same place always.
NOSIZE: The zoom, close, and size gadgets will
disappear when the CLI is started. There will only be a
depth gadget.
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.
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.
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.
EXAMPLES
1. To create a 150x150 SHELL in the upper left corner
of your screen named 'Debox':
NEWSHELL NEWCON://150/150/Debox
2. To create the default CLI (that is, with the upper
left corner of a 200x100 window titled 'My Shell':
NEWSHELL "NEWCON:////My Shell"