HELP INDEX - providing a list of subjects to chose from. GENERAL HELP - explaining the purpose and function of the application. USING HELP - help for help. KEYS HELP - explains how the various keys are used. ABOUT - optional. Normally used to display the author or vendor of the program. Other optional Help pull-down-choices may also be displayed.
SET PROMPT=$e[31;40m$e[1m[$p]$e[0mThis will give you a more colorful command prompt (red).
For a green prompt, try:
SET PROMPT=$e[32;40m$e[1m[$P]$e[0m
SET DIRCMD=/O:GN
SET SCUSEPRETTYCLOCK=ONThis produces an attractive clock (black background with green numbers).
SET KILLFEATUREENABLED=ONReboot the computer, then press the CONTROL key and click on the Window List icon in the Warp Center using the left mouse-button. This will display all of the active processes and allows you to kill processes if you so desire.
SET MENUSFOLLOWPOINTER=ON
Reboot the computer and you're ready.
The "System" notebook also contains a variety of other settings that should be of interest to you.
Steps:
1. Press Cntl + R 2. Begin typing your text (as much as you want) when completed... 3. Press Cntl + R (your text is now saved) 4. Position the cursor anywhere you wish to insert the text and press Cntl + T.Note: This will not negate the use of the Shift/Insert-Delete functions.
Menu item name: Enhanced Editor Program/Name: EPM.EXEAnother way to do this is to 'drag and drop' an icon (using the right mouse button) into the "Actions on menu" field shown.
After closing the notebook, click on the right mouse button again and you will see your program added to the list. You can add to the list as much as you like. Using the same approach, you can also modify existing program settings or delete them from the list as desired. Can't remember the exact drive/directory location of the program? Use the "Find program" pushbutton on the "Menu Item Settings" dialog to locate it.
To assure the backup is performed routinely, put COPY commands in your STARTUP.CMD file. Each time you boot-up the computer (each day for example), your files will be automatically copied to another drive.
The commands:
This is also listed in the Help file for Makeini. What is so cool about it is that it will rebuild the desktop with all the programs you have installed and exactly the way it was before corruption. It's also useful for people who do not backup files (me) and it saves 90 minutes of installation time plus finding all the icons of the programs installed.
(Courtesy of Mike Rivard)
REM SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;E:\DELETE,512;Simply remove the "REM" statement, so that it now appears as:
SET DELDIR=C:\DELETE,512;D:\DELETE,512;E:\DELETE,512;Next, create a DELETE directory (MD DELETE) on each drive that you want to use this feature on. In the example above, drives C, D, and E are listed.
Instructions: After you have deleted a file (by accident or by purpose), simply go to the OS/2 command line (window or full screen) and the directory where the file was deleted and type the UNDELETE command; for example:
C:\UNDELETE (file name)The computer will then prompt you to confirm your undelete of the file. For more information on this feature, type at the OS/2 command line: HELP UNDELETE
To size an OS/2 window, launch the window then hold the shift key down; use the mouse sizing frame to size the window, then release the shift key. The next time you launch an OS/2 window it will be sized accordingly.
To maximize the window, perform the same type of operation: launch the OS/2 window, hold the shift key down, maximize the window, and release the shift key. To position the maximized window: hold the shift key down, click on the title-bar and drag the window to where you want it positioned, then release the shift key.
To negate the window move/sizing, simply press Shift + right-click the mouse on the windows Maximize box (upper right hand corner). NOTE: This only works on OS/2 Window command prompts.
(Courtesy of Melvin Klassen)
COPY FILE_1.TXT + FILE_2.TXT + FILE_3.TXT = FILE_4.TXT
In the example above, the first three files will remain unchanged. The last file (FILE_4.TXT) can either be a new file (created by the command) or an existing file that is appended.
ATTRIB -R (file name)This command removes the "read only" attribute from the file. You can now edit or delete the file accordingly. To re-assign the "read only" attribute, use the following command:
ATTRIB +R (file name)WARNING! Use extreme care in using this command. OS/2 itself makes extensive use of "read only" files. Use this command only when you are sure of the file you wish to change.
Using the left mouse button, select text or graphic then tap the right mouse button. This copies the selected text or graphic to the clipboard.
Position the cursor accordingly with the right mouse button and tap the left button. This then performs a paste from the clipboard.
This technique works for most text/graphic windows in native OS/2 programs,
including the EPM Enhanced Editor, DeScribe, Lotus Word Pro & Freelance,
Netscape, or in an OS/2 Window or Full Screen. Surprisingly, it does not work
in the OS/2 System Editor
(courtesy of Clive W. Humble via Terry Kemp in Australia)
This represents FixPak 9 under OS/2 Warp 4.0
Add the following lines to your OS/2 AUTOEXEC.BAT (adjusting drives and paths where appropriate):
DOSKEY TEDIT=CMD /C C:\OS2\TEDIT.EXE $* DOSKEY EPM=CMD /C C:\OS2\APPS\EPM.EXE $* DOSKEY NOTEPAD=CMD /C C:\OS2\MDOS\WINOS2\NOTEPAD.EXE $* DOSKEY EOS2=CMD /C C:\OS2\E.EXE $*(the first DOSKEY entry should be a LOADHIGH statement).
Now, you will be able to start the following from a DOS session command line:
This approach can be used for other programs that you may wish to start from a DOS session.
(Courtesy of Doug Bissett)
Add the following lines to your OS/2 AUTOEXEC.BAT (adjusting drives and paths where appropriate):
DOSKEY MEM=C:\DOS\MEM $* DOSKEY FORMAT=C:\DOS\FORMAT $*
(the first DOSKEY entry should be a LOADHIGH statement).
Next, you need to tell the DOS session to lie to the programs about what version of DOS is running. Go to OS/2 System-> Command prompts-> Right mouse click on the DOS icon (do this for all of the DOS sessions where you might want to use the updated programs)-> Properties-> Session-> DOS properties-> Other DOS settings-> OK-> DOS_VERSION-> scroll to the bottom of the list and add the appropriate entry-> Save.
I use IBM PC-DOS 7.0, so the entries would be:
MEM.EXE,7,0,255 FORMAT.COM,7,0,255
Adjust the version and sub version for the DOS that you have installed (you don't really need DOS installed, just the appropriate files, but you really should be licensed to use the DOS on your machine). These entries are only required, if the program complains about DOS being the wrong version.
(Courtesy of Doug Bissett)