This Monitor object holds the default output stream object (see Chapter 14, Input and Output Streams). This is the destination for output from the SAY instruction, the LINEOUT method (.OUTPUT~LINEOUT), and, if you specify no stream name, the LINEOUT built-in function. You can replace this object in the environment to direct such output elsewhere (for example, to a transcript window).

The default for this object's initial destination is the .STDOUT stream.