change screenmode from dos?

[runequester]

basically is there a way to change the workbench screen mode from dos / cli?

If so, how?

Thanks in advance


actually got it sorted out, though if anyone has the answer, id still love to know

[Matt_H]

I don't know a way to do it directly, but if you have a preset saved you can use the Screenmode prefs without opening the GUI. I think the syntax is something like (assuming SYS:Prefs is in your command path):

Screenmode SYS:Prefs/Presets/myscreenmode.preset USE

[Franko]

Not sure what you mean by "from dos" but if you mean from the CLI/Shell then you can do it this way...

Set the Screenmode to the way you want it using prefs, then copy the and rename the file it creates in ENV:sys/screenmode.prefs to something like, My16ColourPrefs

Then in the CLI/Shell type...

Copy My16ColourPrefs To ENV:sys/screenmode.prefs (return)

This will set the screen mode to whatever your settings were in the file "My16ColourPrefs"

The only problem with this is you will get a requester telling you "Intuition is trying to... blah blah blah)", all you have to do is close the cli/shell window and any others and it will change the screenmode to your new settings...

Not very good but intuition wont be able to set the new mode if a cli/shell window is open to do it properly you really need to make an executable script to this that can be run itself or/and made to close the CLI/Shell automatically...

I'm pretty sure there were some PD utils for doing this if you're not able or wanting to write a script, cant recall the names of them though, try checking out Aminet...

[runequester]

Thanks guys