>>This sounds good, but I want to be able to direct output (TALK) to this "window".
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>>Elyse
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>Sorry, I meant to use grid as 'Command window'. I cannot figure out what could be used to simulate scrollable standard status bar messages.

Ed:

Could Elyse do something like defining a Command window, then

SET TALK WINDOW windowname

to redirect (echo) commands, etc., to that window? You could then control what is sent to that window with SET TALK ON | OFF.