Setup

System Parameters

Following is a list of the A-Shell system parameters, the terms that are used as verbs in the A-Shell configuration file, miame.ini. All lines except comments must begin with one of these parameters followed by an equals sign. They are listed here in alphabetic order, and may in any order within the miame.ini file. The only exception is the SERIAL parameter, which must on the first line of the file and is therefore listed first in the following table. See Boolean Arguments in INI Files if needed.

Parameter

Description

 

Parameter

Description

SERIAL

Define A-Shell serial number

 

MAXINST

Specify maximum A-Shell instances per workstation

ALIAS

Specify A-Shell subroutine aliases

 

MAXJOBS

Specify maximum number of jobs total

CHARSET

Specify A-Shell character set

 

MAXLOCKS

Specify max locks to track for LOKSER

CONAME

Specify location of licensee name file

 

MEMORY

Specify A-Shell memory partition

CONSOLE

Define console device format and default driver

 

MMAPLIST

Specify files to be automatically memory mapped

DEVICE

Map AMOS devices to host machine pathnames

 

OPTIONS

Set miscellaneous A-Shell options

ERSATZ

Specify ERSATZ definition file

 

POLYKEY

Define PolyShell hot key

FILES

Specify A-Shell FILE buffers

 

PRINTER

Define default printer name

FKEYWAIT

Specify delay following function key lead in

 

QUEUE

Specify A-Shell queuing system

FLDATTR

Enable/disable field attributes

 

QUITKEY

Define or disable UNIX QUIT key

FONT

Specify A-Shell font face name (Windows only)

 

 

 

IATIMEOUT

Define idle timeout

 

SBR

Tune operation of A-Shell XCALL subroutines

IJCFREQ

Define frequency of Inter Job Communication clock

 

SSD

Define returned SSD sequence

INCLUDE

Include specified file

 

SWAPKEY

Define PolyShell swap key

JOBPREFIX

Specify jobname prefix for auto-named jobs

 

SWAPWAIT

Specify delay after screen swap

LANGUAGE

Specify language definition file

 

TRACE

Activate debugging options

LOGDIR

Specify location of ashlog.log file

 

TRMDEF

Define terminal characteristics

LOKSER

Specify LOKSER operation

 

UMASK

Specify default file creation mask

MALLOCLIMIT

Specify limit on dynamic memory allocations

 

XONXOFF

Enable or disable XON/XOFF protocol

MAPIDA

Enable/disable ISAM Plus extension mapping