TWX windows are handy when you are doing something and the screen
is moving too fast to read easily, or you are wanting to monitor
the results of a script (see proEcolonizer21 for an example of this).

Creating TWX windows is a fairly simple thing to do so:
 
  setVar $hitSector "1432"                          // setup bogus hit
  setVar $nearFig "1232"                            // setup bogus nearest fig
  Window myWindow 300 275 "TWX Window Example" ONTOP
  #         |      |   |           |             |- set the window on top
  #         |      |   |           Window Title
  #         |      |   Vertical size of the window
  #         |      Horizontal size of the window
  #         Window name - use to set the contents in.  Can be whatever best identifies what you are doing.
 
  setVar $windowContent "  Fighter hit:  " & $hitSector & "*"  // setup var for the window
                                                             // & used to join the information
 
  # adding another line to our windowContent var - you have to end it with a "*"
  setVar $windowContent $windowContent & "  Nearest fig: " & $hitSector & "*" 
 
  setWindowContents myWindow $windowContent    // set the window contents to our var
#                       |          |- Variable
#                       Name we set for the window above
  waitfor "³Turns"    // waiting on you to hit / (thanks to LoneStar for that tip)
 
# I believe the proper name for what the & does is concatenation <sp>, but join is easier
# to spell.
 
Yes, you can scroll your data as it comes in, but it requires a bit more work.  To
scroll it back, requires a lot more work.  You will have to setup arrays to have it
scroll and then manipulate the array position.  Since I am keeping this as basic as
possible for people new to scripting/programming it is a bit beyond that I think.  If
you are wanting to scroll the information, let me know and I will post an example.
 
The above all in one shot so you can play:
 
  setVar $hitSector "1432"
  setVar $nearFig "1232"
  Window myWindow 500 275 "TWX Window Example" ONTOP
  setVar $windowContent "  Fighter hit:  " & $hitSector & "*"
  setVar $windowContent $windowContent & "  Nearest fig: " & $hitSector & "*"
  setWindowContents myWindow $windowContent
  waitfor "³Turns"

               / Promethius / Enigma / Wolfen /

"A man who has no skills can be taught, a man who has no honor has nothing."