multishell (API)
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Added by ComputerCraft 1.6, the Multishell API is used to manipulate tabs.
On boot, advanced systems will automatically launch the multishell script, which by default loads only a single tab running a standard shell (CraftOS or TurtleOS). Said script also loads a number of functions into memory to be used as an API by other scripts and/or functions, allowing them to add, switch between, or rename tabs.
Note that two related, higher-level commands are also available via the shell API - shell.openTab() and shell.switchTab().
Although this API isn't visible to the "apis" shell command, its existence (or lack thereof) provides an easy method to determine if a system has access to the multishell system (eg "if multishell then ...").
API
 multishell (API) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Function | Return values | Description |
| multishell.getCurrent() | number tabID | Returns the ID of the currently running tab. |
| multishell.getCount() | number tabCount | Returns the number of tabs currently being handled by the multishell system. |
| multishell.launch(table environment, string program path [, string arguments]) | number newTabID | Launches the specified script in a new tab. |
| multishell.setFocus(number tabID) | boolean success | Switches focus to the specified tab. |
| multishell.setTitle(number tabID, string title) | Relabels the specified tab to use the specified title. | |
| multishell.getTitle(number tabID) | string title | Returns the title of the specified tab. |
| multishell.getFocus() | number tabID | Returns the ID of the currently focused tab. |
