Topic       : User Manual for TeraDesk
Author      : Wout Klaren, Henk Robbers, Djordje Vukovic
Version     : February 2017
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      Menus and Dialogs

4.8 The program type dialog                                   TeraDesk

Here  you can specify the behaviour of  an application when started in
any way other than double clicking:

Program type determines whether the specified command line is invoked,
as well as some other aspects of program startup.

These program types are recognized:

      GEM       AES/VDI GEM application
      GTP       GEM Takes Parameters
      ACC       Accessory
      TOS       TOS program (no GEM)
      TTP       TOS Takes Parameters; Unix-style command line programs

See also  Types of program files

The default directory for the program or program type can also be set:

Each  program  that  makes  use  of  ancillary files, like resource or
configuration  files,  must  be able to find these files in a specific
directory. This option defines where such directory is located:

    Window   the directory of the top window of Tera Desktop
    Program  directory from which the program is started
    File     path of the first filename parameter in the command line

Compliance of the program to the ARGV protocol can be specified:

The number of characters  which specify  the parameters in the command
line is  limited to 125 in  the standard desktop,  but TeraDesk allows
you up to employ more.  It does this  by using The ARGV protocol.  You
should note that some  GTP  or  TTP  programs do not support  the ARGV
protocol; you can toggle its use on and off by clicking on the box.

If Background option  is checked,  the application  will be started in
background mode if a multi-tasking environment (e.g. MiNT or MagiC) is
present. Only non-GEM programs can be started in this  way; otherwise,
an error is reported. This option is functional in single-TOS as well,
and in such case  the program will be just activated using the Pexec()
function, without closing any windows  or displaying the program title
bar.  This feature turned out to be convenient in single-TOS  e.g. for
sound-playing utilities.

Another way  to start a  program in background is by  holding down the
[Control] key while activating the program.

Some older programs do not behave well in a multi-tasking environment.
For such program  the  'No multitasking'  option can be set,  in which
case  the program will be  activated as in single-TOS.  Note that this
option has not  yet been implemented in a completely satisfactory way,
and has some effect only in MagiC.

Memory available  for a program  can  be limited,  which is useful for
some programs which grab all the available memory  for themselves. Any
non-zero  value entered in the  memory-limit field  will activate this
option. It will be available only in a multi-tasking environment.