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• Choose Don't Record Lines Off Top from the Commands menu.

This command causes CommandShell to stop recording lines as they scroll past the top of the active window. Any lines already recorded are saved and are available for review.

The command name in the Commands window changes to Record Lines Off Top. Choose this to begin recording the lines again in this same window.

Viewing recorded contents

There are several ways to view the recorded contents of a window.

• Click or press the scroll arrow that points up.

The lines that scrolled off the top of the window come into view, one line at a time.

Release the mouse button to stop scrolling.

• Drag the scroll box higher in the scroll bar.

The window adjusts to display the area you identified. For example, if the lines you want to see are in the middle of the recorded lines, drag the scroll box to the middle of the scroll bar.

• Click the gray area of the scroll bar.

The scrolled contents are displayed one windowful at a time. Click above the scroll box if you want to scroll up; click below the scroll box if you want to

scroll down.

For more information on using the scroll bar and on scrolling behavior, see the owner's guide that came with your computer.

Erasing recorded window contents To erase recorded lines, do the following:

• Choose Clear Lines Off Top from the Commands menu.

The recorded lines are erased and are no longer available for review. The scroll bar becomes white. This command operates on the active window only.

Viewing windows

The following sections describe the different ways of hiding and showing windows and of moving them to and from the foreground of the screen.

Hiding a window

Note the names of the windows listed in the lower section of the Window menu in Figure 5-8.

The outlined type means that the windows are visible on the screen.

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There are two ways to make the active window disappear from view temporarily:

• Choose Hide from the Window menu (illustrated in Figure 5-8).

• Press COMMAND-H.

• Choose the hidden window's name from the Window menu.

The window reappears in front of the other windows on the desktop. The window name now appears in outlined type in the Window menu.

Showing all hidden windows

To show all windows that have been hidden, do the following:

• Choose Show All Windows from the Window menu.

The windows reappear in front of any other windows on the desktop. The window names are outlined in the Window menu.

Alternating two windows to and from the foreground

There are two ways to move two windows alternately to the foreground of the screen:

• Choose Last Window from the Window menu.

• Press COMMAND-L.

The previously visible window moves in front of the currently visible window. Repeating this command reverses them again.

Moving a specific window to the front

There are three ways to move a specific window in front of any other windows:

• Choose the window name from the Window menu.

• Click a visible part of the window.

• Press COMMAND-windownumber (limited to numbers 1 through 9).

The specified window moves in front of any other windows on the desktop.

Moving the rearmost window to the front

There are two ways to move the rearmost window in front of all the other windows:

• Choose Rotate Windows from the Window menu.

• Press COMMAND-R.

The rearmost window moves to the front.

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Closing CommandShell windows

Before you can close an individual window, it must be the active window.

Closing a window

There are three ways to close an active window:

• Choose Close from the File menu.

• Press COMMAND-W.

• Click the close box of the window.

The CommandS hell window disappears from the screen.

• Note: CommandShell does not save any lines for use after you close the window. If you are working with text that you don't want to lose, save the contents to a file. If you have been working with a text editor, use its save commands to save the text to a file. To save A/UX command lines to a file, see "Saving a Selection in a New File,"

later in this chapter, or use the script command. For further information, see

scriptel) in AlUX Command Reference.

If you close a window in which a process or a program is running, the process is halted. An alert box warns you of this and gives you the option of keeping the window open.

Closing all open windows

To close all the open windows at once:

• Choose Close All Windows from the File menu.

The CommandShell windows disappear from the screen.

If you close a window in which a process or a program is running, the process is halted. An alert box warns you of this.