#PopCli/Shell
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Does anyone know if there is or will be a version of PopCli which will
open a shell instead of cli under WB1.3. PopCli is a great utility, but that
would definitely improve it.
— Ethan
Ah ! I wondered much the same thing myself. A kludgey but easy answer is to
have the CLI-Startup file in you SYS:s directory perform the e desired
ASSIGNments and then RUN NewShell. Voila ! The ,major drawback is that this
does take longer than the usual POPCli, but it works !!! Hope this is of help.
If you get any better answers, please E-Mail them to me. Take care… K
I found that qmouse using left amgia escape can have its command line set to
use the shell, if that helps you any.
Ron
You can set PopCLI to use the shell instead of the CLI. I did this from
DMouse, but DMouse uses POPCLI to do that job. With DMouse, I only had to add
the command -CNewShell. Sorry – I don't know exactly how it is done with
PopCli. Perhaps someone here can tell you in more detail. Or maybe you'd like
to get DMouse from the libraries.
Betty
Betty, I did something unheard of, I read the manual. It says that the
syntax for PopCli is as follows. PopCli <delay> <scan code> <command> command
refers to what command is executed when the hot key is pressed. Scan code is
optional. So I just typed PopCli 300 NewShell >NIL: See what a little ingenuity
will get ya!
— Ethan P.S. What is DMouse?
Have you tried MachII? I gave up PopCLI and the other 'TSRs' (yuck – a 'blue'
word) as soon as I saw MachII. It does everything.
What's MachII?
— Ethan
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