Opening Shell Windows

Shell windows can be opened in one of two ways:

• Click on the Shell icon in the Workbench System drawer.
• Use the NEWSHELL command described in Chapter 6.

When a Shell window is opened:

• The window is highlighted, indicating that it is the current window
• A prompt appears, such as 1.SYS: >
• To the right of the prompt is a cursor, a small highlighted rectangle

Like Workbench, only the currently selected window can receive input. To enter information in a different window, click in it to make it the current window. While a Shell window is the current window, no menus are available in the Workbench title bar.