From: dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap)
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
Subject: Re: Questions with OS/2
Keywords: OS/2
Date: 9 Sep 92 20:03:38 GMT
Organization: New Jersey Institute of Technology, Newark, N.J.

In article <Bu9x1M.5n9@news.cso.uiuc.edu> jst50986@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (Jack S. Tan) writes:
>- 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.

Right now, emulating a dual-monitor setup with two windows isn't
available.  But it's a neat idea.  I wonder if IBM will attempt this -
anyone listening?

>- 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?

Sounds like TreeView is acting funny.

>- 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)?

Not right now.  I normally use "flowed" spacing, so the icons fill
their space.  If you insert <cr> characters in the icon's title, it
looks pretty good.  I always have "maintain sort order" checked - I
like to locate things quickly.

>- 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?

There is a printer driver called IBMNULL.  It isn't installed by
default (even though it shows up on the printer settings panel all the
time), but you can install it.  I believe it's on the Printer disk
number 1.  An updated IBMNULL driver was posted recently as well.
Look for it on ftp-os2.nmsu.edu, or on software.watson.ibm.com.

Printing to IBMNULL has the following effects:
   1) Raw text is passed unmodified - this is nice for dumping text in
      draft mode.
   2) Graphics are printed at low-res 72dpi Epson-compatible graphics.
      This is also the res that old IBM printers used.  Try this if
      you can't find a driver for an old IBM/Epson compatible printer.
   3) Form feeds may or may not be added, depending on your setting.
      A trailing form feed may be added, suppressed, or conditionally
      added.  Conditional means that one will only be added if the
      document doesn't already end with one.

>- 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)?

Yes.  If you have the cartridge, the fonts will be available for PM.
At least for the printer.  Apps that request "printer fonts", like
Excel, will be able to print with them.  Generic fonts of some kind
will be used as placeholders on screen unless you install an OS/2 font
of the same name.

As for WIN-OS2, I think it's the same thing.  Remember that you'll
have to configure that WIN-OS2 printer from the WIN-OS2 control panel.

-- 
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 ((|,)                          patience."
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