PopCli/Shell
Ethan,
It's very easy to get PopCLI to invoke a Shell, rather than a CLI. Assuming
that you are starting PopCLI from your startup-sequence, edit that particular
line to read something like this:
C:PopCLI 600 Newshell NEWCON:0/10/640/190/PopShell
Specifying where PopCLI is located (in this case its C:, for me it's in
DH0:C/) will speed up your startup. The 600 is the time, in seconds, after
which (if there is no keyboard or mouse activity) your screen will be blanked.
"Newshell" tells PopCLI to invoke this command, instead of NewCLI, which means
your Shell-Startup file will be executed instead of CLI-Startup. Finally,
"NEWCON:0/10/640/190/PopShell" tells PopCLI to use the NEWCON: handler (the
Shell's handler), and to open a window that covers the entire screen, except
for the top ten lines, leaving your screen's title bar visible.
The amount of time waited before screen-blanking occurs (in this case 600
seconds, or 10 minutes) is totally up to you. I think there's an upper limit of
something like 99999, which means the screen will never blank (unless you leave
it untouched for a VERY long time.) I usually have it set for ten minutes.
The size of t]K\dow you open is also up to you, just don't spece a size
larger than your screen. And you can name your window anything you like, bt if
it has spaces in it, you'll have to put the whole string inside quotes, i.e. –
"NEWCON:0/0/640/200/My Own Shell". Mine is something like this, and it works
very well.
Good luck,
MIKE