TIPS & TRICKS

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WHERE TO FIND "HELP" ON OS/2


ADDING COLOR TO YOUR OS/2 COMMAND PROMPTS (WINDOW AND FULL SCREEN)


FORCE THE "DIR" COMMAND TO DISPLAY DIRECTORIES IN ALPHABETICAL ORDER, WITH THE SUBDIRECTORIES LISTED FIRST


CHANGE THE APPEARANCE OF THE WARP CENTER CLOCK (for Warp 4.0)


DISPLAY LIST OF ACTIVE PROCESSES (for Warp 4.0)


AUTOMATIC MENUS FOR THE WARP CENTER (for Warp 4.0)


MAINTAINING THE SORT ORDER IN A FOLDER


MINIMIZING WINDOW TO THE DESKTOP OR VIEWER


RECORD A STREAM OF CHARACTERS FOR THE ENHANCED EDITOR (EPM.EXE)


ADD FREQUENTLY USED PROGRAMS TO THE MAIN SYSTEM MENU


BASIC SAFETY BACKUP OF KEY FILES


RESTORING THE DESKTOP


UNDELETING FILES


SIZING OS/2 WINDOWS


DISPLAYING THE WARP CENTER


CONCATENATING FILES


DELETING OR EDITING "READ ONLY" FILES


MOUSE BUTTON TAP TO COPY/PASTE TO/FROM OS/2 CLIPBOARD


SOME USEFUL OS/2 COMMANDS


START EDITORS FROM DOS SESSION


ENHANCED DOS COMMANDS