From: jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Questions with OS/2
Keywords: OS/2
Date: 8 Sep 92 19:05:45 GMT
Organization: University of Illinois at Urbana


I have (had) been using OS/2 2.0 for a few months now, and have some questions.
I made very similar post to comp.os.os2.advocacy awhile back, but didn't get
much of a response (thank you for yours, Alan Brumbaugh!).  So, I'm posting it
here in hopes of a larger turnout...

Note that I don't have a copy of OS/2 here (hence the 'had'), but that I will
try any suggestions when I can (probably Thanksgiving).  But do reply anyway
(if and when you find an answer).  Email would be preferred.

Questions/problems:

- I accidently overwrote the original 'autoexec.bat' file on my OS/2 drive and
  can't seem to find it on the installation disks.  Could someone please post
  or email a listing?

- How do I set up a DOS session (window) to believe that I have dual monitors
  (i.e., link another DOS window as my second monitor).  I would like to run,
  say, the Turbo Pascal IDE in one window and the output screen in the other
  window.  This may be accomplished with the '/D' command-line switch.
  According to the Pascal on-line help, the program checks for appropriate
  hardware.

- I have been having trouble closing DOS and OS/2 windows on the Desktop.  I
  type 'exit' at the prompt, and the title bar changes to "Closing:  DOS [OS/2]
  Window," but then does not close.  Double-clicking on the title-bar icon
  produces the appropriate waring (losing my data in the active session, etc.),
  but clicking 'YES' has no apparent effect.  (Sometimes, closing the active
  window - rather than closing a "Closing:  DOS [OS/2] Window" - has the same
  effect.)  Shutting down the system usually cannot be performed:  the Shutdown
  warning comes up, and so does the warning for closing an open window, but the
  system does not complete shutdown and returns to the Desktop.  Sometimes, the
  system will respond to neither mouse input nor keyboard input soon after.
  The 'Close on Exit' setting is enabled.

- In a DOS window, I ran the file management program Treeview v1.1 (from Magee
  Enterprises, I think).  I copied some files from C:\SYSTEM (drive C is FAT)
  to the newly-created C:\SYS; the files included MOUSE.SYS and XCOPY.EXE.  I
  was warned that I would overwrite these two particular files (implying that
  they existed in C:\SYS).  These files were not present in C:\SYS (I checked),
  so I 'overwrote' them.  It turns out that the files under the same names in
  D:\OS2\MDOS were overwritten (but the files were also copied correctly to
  C:\SYS).  Any ideas as to what happened?

- Is it possible to set the inter-icon spacing?  Is there a grid similar to
  the one on a Mac, where individual icons may be aligned with the closest grid
  intersection anywhere within a folder (and not just piled to a side or the
  top)?

- In the on-line reference, there was a note about setting up the WIN-OS2
  printer to point to a port with IBMNULL in it.  I'm confused about this.
  Could someone explain?

- How do I access the font cartidges listed for my printer (HP LaserJet III)?
  [Open the printer object, go to the notebook page with the printer icons
  (2nd tab, I think), and open the settings for the laser printer.]  There is
  a page with "Available font cartidges."  Does this mean that, if I enable
  the correct cartridges, OS/2 will provide my programs with the font cartidges
  requested?  Can I tell WIN-OS2 that I have these cartidges (e.g., running
  Word for Windows)?

That's all I can think of for now.  Thanks in advance for any help!

Sincerely,

Jack Tan
jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu



/****** System configuration ******/


Gateway 486/33C
12MB RAM
210MB HD
 - Boot Manager
 - FAT    MS-DOS 5   C:  Primary    (both FAT and HPFS were
 - HPFS   OS/2 2.0   D:  Extended    formatted under OS/2)
Diamond SpeedSTAR Plus v4.24
HP LaserJet III
 - 1MB
 - No installed cartridges, etc.
 - installed on LPT1:
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