[Coco] [robert.gault at worldnet.att.net: NitrOS-9 and term32 issues]

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Nice. To switch windows is CLEAR key, but how to do it from a script ?

On Mon, Sep 24, 2012 at 1:36 PM, Willard Goosey <goosey at virgo.sdc.org> wrote:
> Here's the message with the workaround
>
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> Finding the source of the bug that prevents creating windows when
> booting into a 6809L2 term32 screen is proving very hard to find much
> less fix. Here is a work-around that will permit you to boot into a
> 6809L2 term80 screen but still have the ability to run old games that
> work in Level2 but insist on running from a term32 screen.
>
> Boot with the term80 screen, start an equivalent sized window or use
> /w7, and place a shell there, ex. 'shell i=/w7&'. Now from term enter
> 'ex' , switch to the new window, and enter 'deiniz term' as many times
> as needed to cause the term screen to close. Now enter 'xmode /term
> par=1; shell i=/term&' and you will have changed the term80 screen to a
> term32 screen.
>
> The above can be placed into startup or a script to reduce the amount of
> typing.
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