The Shell supports a WINDOW Tool Type in the Shell icon that allows you to specify the size, position, and features of the Shell window. The format of the Tool Types is as follows:
WINDOW=CON:x/y/width/height/title/option/options
For a description of the options and arguments for the Shell window specification, see the description of the NEWSHELL command in Chapter 6 and the examples in Chapter 8.
Applications creating screens can mark them as public, enabling other applications and utilities to open windows on the same screen. AmigaDOS commands that have PUBSCREEN/K in their templates allow the commands to open windows on public screens.
For example, the Input Preferences editor template contains PUBSCREEN/K; open this editor on a public screen by entering the following:
1> INPUT PUBSCREEN "public screen name"
You must supply the name of the public screen. The internal names for public screens are given by applications and do not necessarily match the screen title printed in the screen's title bar. A screen's name can be the same as the application's name; however, consult the application's documentation to determine if it opens public screens and how it names them.
