(Updating in progress by Bernard)
This chapter/appendix describes OS version 5.22 (13-Apr-2015)
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Many of the commands are described in UG: Useful star commands?.
(update para. 5 ref. PRM)
To start a new task, either press Menu over the Task manager icon on the icon bar to display this menu:
from which click Task window, or type Ctrl-F12. This produces a window in which you can type start commands. If a command causes a task that is not a desktop application to run, output from the task will be displayed in a new window, and other tasks will be suspended until this task is completed.