TIPS & TRICKS

TABLE OF CONTENTS

HELP; 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


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


DISPLAY LIST OF ACTIVE PROCESSES (for Warp 4.0)


WARP CENTER; AUTOMATIC MENUS FOR THE WARP CENTER (for Warp 4.0)


MAINTAINING THE SORT ORDER IN A FOLDER


MINIMIZING WINDOW TO THE DESKTOP OR VIEWER


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


ADD FREQUENTLY USED PROGRAMS TO THE MAIN SYSTEM MENU


BACKUP; BASIC SAFETY BACKUP OF KEY FILES


RESTORING THE DESKTOP


UNDELETING FILES


SIZING OS/2 WINDOWS


WARP CENTER: 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


DOS; START EDITORS FROM DOS SESSION


DOS; ENHANCED DOS COMMANDS