Terminal (CLI)

The bottom-bar CLI is a real terminal, not a shell emulator. On AmigaOS it runs commands through a custom DOS handler that bridges CON: for stdin (so isatty-checks pass in libnix binaries) and PIPE: for stdout/stderr (captured back into the panel).

Running commands

Type a command and hit Enter. Output streams into the panel; the CLI stays interactive so you can type ahead.

Interactive processes

Some commands need a live TTY (nano, vim, ssh). Type them the same way -- the handler grants the child a full ANSI terminal grid via ExamineFH/SetMode fallback. Ctrl+C sends the interrupt signal to the child.

Copy / paste

• Shift-select text with the mouse copies to the AmLang clipboard.
• Right-Amiga + V pastes at the prompt.

Stack size

Each command the CLI spawns gets the stack set in Settings -> CLI (default 100000 bytes). On AmigaOS and MorphOS a task's stack is fixed at creation, so a compiler that recurses past its allocation corrupts memory rather than failing cleanly -- if a build dies in a way that makes no sense, raise this first.

Multiple terminals

You can open several CLI panels. Each is a separate handler + DOS process pair, with independent scrollback.

Commands from elsewhere

Menu items and extension scripts run their commands in this same panel. They queue: a command that arrives while another is still running waits its turn and is shown as [queued], rather than starting on top of the one in progress.

SSH

Connect to remote hosts via bebbossh, which the BebboSSH extension installs (Extensions -> Manage extensions...). Once installed, ssh user@host works at the prompt.