Updated August 2015
POLYKEY=key (or ^key)
Examples: POLYKEY=^W (Control W)
POLYKEY=| (vertical bar)
Polykey defines the hot key that can be used to switch between sessions, but there are two completely different cases:
| • | PolyShell Server Side: If the server session of A-Shell is running PolyShell, the key is transmitted to the server where it triggers a switch between server-side sessions. The key will be "hot", except when you have shelled out via HOST.LIT or HOSTEX.SBX, or when running in GUI mode. Also see SWAPKEY. |
| • | Client Side: If the server session is not running PolyShell and the client is ATE, or in an A-Shell/Windows standalone or P2P environment, then the key is processed on the client side, causing the next A-Shell/Windows or ATE instance in the task list to be activated, put on top, and given the focus. If there are only two such instances, the key will toggle between them, equivalent to Alt+Tab. If there more than two such instances, repeated uses of the key will advance you through the set of sessions in sequence. You may also use Ctrl+Tab as an alias for the same operation. |
History
2012 August, A-Shell 1255: Support for the Client-Side switching added.
