Standard output window

[Rixa]

When selecting from icon information that a program is to be started from 'Shell' as opposed to 'Workbench', it can open a small output window for itself. This feature may be newer than Workbench 3.0, because I don't remember it from before.

Is there a way to control the position, size and properties of such a window? I could make a small script and run it with IconX and its WINDOW tooltype, but this looks like it could be a more elegant solution.

[meega]

Something like "WINDOW=CON:LEFT,TOP,WIDE,HIGH,..." and all that sort of stuff?

[Rixa]

Originally Posted by meega

Something like "WINDOW=CON:LEFT,TOP,WIDE,HIGH,..." and all that sort of stuff?

Yes, that's what I'm looking for, but WINDOW is not recognised as a keyword in my scenario. Basically what I want is to start csh in a console window by doubleclicking on an icon. My solution this far works but is not completely satisfactory. Right now I have this trivial script:

(csh:csh-startup)

csh:csh
endcli

And then have a type Project icon with the default tool of Sys:System/CLI and the tooltypes

WINDOW=CON:0/500//200//CLOSE/NOWAIT
FROM=csh:csh-startup

This way clicking on the icon runs me a CLI which opens me up the window that I describe, reads and executes the script above and thus runs csh. Once csh exits, the shell runs endcli and exits as well. (without an explicit endcli it would take longer for the window to close). I'm not happy though; the need to run an extra CLI and the parsing and executing of a script seem completely unnecessary here.

Then I noticed that the Information panel of a type Tool icon in this here Workbench gives me the choice to "Start from: Shell". And if I make such a csh.info for the csh executable, it does pretty much what I want; no unnecessary processes or scripts needed. However, the resulting window is very small, opens up in an inconvenient location, and needs the close button pressed twice to get rid of. Workbench clearly doesn't expect or honor the WINDOW tooltype in this case.

Might it perhaps expect something else?

[meega]

Maybe. Care to provide some relevant details about your system?

Try IconJ.

[Rixa]

Originally Posted by meega

Maybe. Care to provide some relevant details about your system?

Try IconJ.

The system is pretty much what Cloanto put together for Amiga Forever 2006. The About screen identifies the workbench as 45.3, workbench.library is version 45.127. I was assuming this tempting option of the icon information screen (Start from: Shell) was something that appeared in OS3.5 or 3.9, though I've never seen either for real.

I had a look at IconJ. The documentation suggests I could integrate the startup script as tooltypes, but I didn't have much success with first try. While it would be an improvement over launching a CLI to parse a script from a file, I still have a feeling there must be a way to affect the properties of the window that the Start from: Shell option opens up. That would probably be all I need.

[meega]

Originally Posted by Rixa

The system is pretty much what Cloanto put together for Amiga Forever 2006. The About screen identifies the workbench as 45.3, workbench.library is version 45.127. I was assuming this tempting option of the icon information screen (Start from: Shell) was something that appeared in OS3.5 or 3.9, though I've never seen either for real.

I had a look at IconJ. The documentation suggests I could integrate the startup script as tooltypes, but I didn't have much success with first try. While it would be an improvement over launching a CLI to parse a script from a file, I still have a feeling there must be a way to affect the properties of the window that the Start from: Shell option opens up. That would probably be all I need.

Quoting seems to be the right thing to do.