OS/2 v4.0 (Warp ][) Voting EXTENSION
Paul S. Gazo
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Votes are still pouring in, so I'm accepting them for another two
weeks. March 23rd it is.
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Okay, here's the deal; go down the list, rating the importance of
each suggestion. Yeah, some of them are going to be silly/stupid/irritating.
Fine. I'll give you a way to deal with it. Here's the ranking system:
-2 == Do NOT put this in OS/2 4.0
-1 == I won't use this -- make it an option, defaulted to OFF
0 == I don't care one way or the other
1 == I would like this feature if it was there
2 == I DEMAND this be added to OS/2 4.0
Just for fun, because I can see it coming, I'm adding a special
ranking. Each voter (who can submit a maximum of ONE "ballot") can use one
"special" rank per section (General OS/WPS/PM/Dos, etc). The special ranks
are:
-5 == If this appears, OS/2 is doomed
5 == This is critical to OS/2's future
Anyway, when you go down the left side of the list, throw in whatever
number you feel is appropriate. Then mail your response to me
(ga...@netcore.ca), and I'll tally it all up.
Please, don't duplicate votes. If you find you made an error, okay,
e-mail me and I'll correct it. But please have the good sense to not use any
additional e-mail accounts you have to get more "ballots". I'm trying to get
a real idea what the whole OS/2 community wants.
I should note that a copy of this text is being uploaded to
hobbes.nmsu.edu, along with a copy of all e-mail submissions sent to me
(there were some longer/more in-depth descriptions in many mails), as
wishlist.zip
Results will be posted to the usual places as soon as I can tally it
all up, and then, finally, sent to IBM, hopefully to have SOME impact on
Merlin's release feature-set.
General OS
-shutdown.cmd to run after confirmation of shutdown
-add true read/write VFAT.IFS
-kernel-level process FORCE kill (like Unix kill -9)
-config.sys line by line confirmation & multiconfig as in Dos 6+
-include a Hobbes disk with OS/2; either that or include all drivers
from Hobbes, nicely integrated with Warp ][
-include loaddskf.exe on floppy distribution
-com.sys and vcom.sys should support COM? where ? > 4 Currently,
these drivers only support four serial ports
-advanced install should ask for IRQs etc for COM 3+4 and give an
option to use IRQ-based printing
-advanced install should ask for /ET flag for SCSI multi-CD arrays
-IBM1S506.ADD should support 3rd and 4th IDE channels
-add a PM config.sys editor to make altering/maintaining this
essential file easier... a nice control-panel applet would work
-all bundled apps/applets should support/use right mouse button
-optional full plug & play hardware support with over-rides. It's
essential that users have full control of what's managed
-full multi-user desktops w/logins and per-user config.sys sections
-include SIO.SYS and VSIO.SYS instead of COM.SYS and VCOM.SYS
-ability to swap drive letters before config.sys parsing
-the ability to temporarily "mask" partitions/drive (for software
debugging purposes)
-FULL support for UNC naming and partition==machine mapping (make a
partition look like a network machine, allowing the erradication of
drive letters, > 26 drives)
-install option to allow booting to CMD.EXE, then run WPS from the
command line (exiting back out would be nice too...)
-include SMP support as the standard OS/2 version
-option to hide or mask ALL drive IPL messages (incl. add-ons)
-accurate mem command, to find out how much memory drivers, programs,
etc actually take up, on an individual basis (Dos mem /c)
-OS/2 should remain spritely in 8M on low-end '486 machines
-MS natural keyboard support
-convert config.sys into a NT-style bindery
-> 128 characters in LIBPATH and PATH
-include DPMS support for monitors
-include a per-file compression scheme
-include fully optimized video drivers for the popular chipsets
-install should allow a convert FAT -- > HPFS option (why not include
PartitionMagic Lite in the Bonus Pack?)
-by default, move all directories (DESKTOP, NOWHERE) to under the
\OS2 directory... don't clutter the root
-ISO 8859-1 code page support
-Unicode support
-add Dvorak keyboard support
-optionally create a swap partition instead of file
-more complete help on ALL device drivers/config.sys options
-more robust CD-Rom detection scheme
-modular install routine that can be recovered/stopped at various
points for error recovery
-allow wildcards in PATH and LIBPATH variables
-move data out of config.sys into separate files like DEFAULT.DOS,
DRIVERS.SYS, BASEDEV.SYS, etc, and make an extendable control panel
to edit individual files
-include optional dynamic disk cache
-include optional shared-memory cache (CDFS, HPFS, FAT all in one)
-IBM1S506.ADD that supports Busmastering on the triton chipset
-allow other codepages on US keyboards codepage (for a '^', you have
to hit the key twice, if you hit other ones, it accents the one you
hit)
-drivers, utilities, like Windows 3.1's, have no problem in DBCS and
SCBS in OS/2 version
-allow pairs of startup files (config.1 has startup.1, config.2 has
startup.2) Currently there's no way to select startup.cmd options
-VDisk routine should optionally be swappable to swapper.dat
-include support for ISDN-type "modems"
-all non-fatal error messages should have a "write to disk" button
-create a public named pipe to dump kernel debug information to a
serial port, to ease debugging of applications
-SYSXXXX errors should go get the text out of the system help, SHOW
it to the user
-make config.sys accept C-like #include="d:\config.dos" includes
-dynamic loading/unloading of drivers (MMPM/2, Dos, etc)
-support for time zones
-modems and joysticks should be system-wide devices
-A keyboard driver supporting Canadian standard CAN-CSA Z243.200-1992
-networking should be built-in, w/APIs
-use the SysRq key for tasklist-kill type emergency key
-include UPS driver support
-include a SUBST driver
-allow system-wide config.sys SET variables without reboot
-include system-wide FIND util, including user extensions to search
in .ZIP/.ARC/.ARJ/.LHA files, etc.
-deep find (search for text INSIDE files)
-include a compression API
-ZIP and UNZIP should be included with package and integrated with
compression API
-support for the Windows US-International keyboard layout
WPS
-run detached option for icons in settings pages
-archive desktop dated backup option (daily, weekly, monthly)
-per-icon AUTOSTART=PROGRAM override option in settings pages
-icon settings should allow multiple programs & parms
-sequence option for icons in Work-Area folders to allow users to
specify the ORDER in which objects are activated
-shutdown folder to run after confirmation of shutdown
-Arrange should optionally work only on selected icons (do all if
none are selected maybe?)
-hide titlebar option for folders (esp. Minimized Window Viewer)
-user should be able to change default settings for ALL new folders,
not just template-created ones
-set one icon per folder as the highlighted default (user setting)
-lockup should be useable as a screen saver, without password
-lockup should allow third-party modules and should optionally be
able to run a user-definable executable or batch
-add "drop an OS/2 box in this folder/dir" option to folder menus
-launchpad drawer buttons should be moveable to bottom (drawers that
open at the bottom still have buttons at the top of LP)
-templates represent object class, changes change class defaults
NOTE: this would satisfy ED's suggestion above RE: folder settings
-include IBM EWS ExtDesk for arranging desktop icons
-programs in the startup should run in foreground, not background
-the entire WPS should become OpenDoc objects
-icons should be more professional looking (like NeXT Step)
-icons should be able to be > 40x40 (for 1280x1024 display etc)
-"reboot" folder to be executed after shutdown, when it's safe to
reboot; useful for power-management system self-power-off
-Font Palette should be resizable to show more fonts
-Colour Palette should be resizable to show more colours
-%age comple progress in WPS move, copy, delete functions
-matrix Arrange option for icons
-option to remove icon text, not just hide it
-built-in virtual desktops
-some folders get scroll-bars when they don't need them... stop it
-easily updated Migrade Database w/import option (support this
through the internet, etc, with occasional updates)
-folder template should prompt for new folder name (like program
template does)
-folder option to resize around iconic contents (folders tend to be
full of empty space)
-"drop a shell with this path" option for drives folders
-uninstaller function built-in w/integration to shredder (shred one
file/icon, whole app can be uninstalled)
-lockup password should be encrypted on HDD
-redesign .ini files (tend to grow and grow and get corrupted)
-use assigned icon for MINIMIZED Dos & Vio sessions
-WPS Archive should have "archive now" option
-multi-columnar display of tree-view in folders to save space
-align left, right, top, bottom option on selected icons
-include .ini cleanup/check program
-focus on making WPS and PM bulletproof
-add file-manager-like views for drive and folder objects
-Allow icons smaller than 40x40 on 1024x768+ resolutions
-add "snap to grid" option for alligning icons
-include a class browser for editing/adding/removing registered
classes
-include a "chron" folder to execute contents with user-definable
frequency
-"smart-arrange" should sort icons by frequency of use
-WPS/SOM support for dynamic connection of pipes to and from programs
and objects (useful for MIME, etc)
-WPS scripts and macros should be possible
-use least-recently-used order sorting in Minimized Window Viewer
-make a WPS front-end for config.sys (drag & drop drivers, an
Environment Variables icon w/settings page, etc)
-represent all objects as files, so WPS objects can (easily) be acted
upon from the command line
-drag multiple objects onto a program should run the program once
with multiple input files
-add "select by wildcard pattern" to folder menu (select *.exe, etc)
-more customization to custom menus (not just run program, but add
open object in this view, etc)
-settings notebook should have an "environment variable" section to
be used by that program object
-add "additional PATH and DPATH" to program object settings notebook
-auto-arrange option for folders
-make it easy to change the "default" font
-archive desktop at shutdown and clear the setting that said to
make the archive (one-shot option)
-add environment variable SET ReStartPrint=HoldPrint. We have network
machines that occasionally lock WPS on boot if print spooler has
data. Want to automatically hold these jobs to be manually released
after network connect
-Hotkeys assignable to objects (keystroke to start)
-archive should optionally ask each time for confirmation
-folders should scroll up and down smoothly
-folder algorith should be optimized
-some security should be included to put passwords on folders
-user-definable columns in Details view
-per-icon details view menu choice to show size, attribute flags, etc
-add a thumbnail view to show graphics as thumbnails
-per-boot .INI file cleaning by system (optional)
-default file/folder icon should be settable
-folders should have an info bar at the bottom
-folders should show up before files when sorting views
-assoc type for build in file operations: e.g. for printing
-hide task list entry option for every object
-environment variables setable for every program icon supporting
%substitution%
-automatic icon arrange (not flowed), realtime like NT does
-templates should be faster (try editing the name immediately after
creating one)
-settings notebooks should show page# on the Tab (when you're in
View, page 3, the tab should say "VIEW [3]")
-some provision should be made to close all folders (or all of <any
class>)
-some provision should be made to edit defaults for folders to be
created by a command-line md command
-drive icons should change while the disk is in use (esp. floppies)
-optional support for Auto-open on drives (open the object when a
Zip disk, floppy, etc is inserted)
-include a REXX script recorder for recording WPS macros and
scripting common tasks (like AppleScript in MacOS)
-support for compressed file formats as "folders"
-auto-open folders when items dragged over for reasonable period,
say 3 seconds
-archive option should allow prompting for Descriptions
-opening Settings Notebook with multiple objects selected should set
any CHANGED options to ALL selected objects
-folders should have a context-menu w/create sub-folder option
-Shadows should be visible at the command-line, followable by
DosOpen()
-find utility should show the path and date of the files
-add an "open parent" button on folders
-in drives object, some provision should be made to make changed
settings (always sort), recurse
-all folders should support ExDesk-like Grid Arrange
-the shredder should have an "overwrite with 0s" option for security
-create a drag & drop "font folder" for installing/removing fonts
-make Scheme Palette show your scheme in the sample box and allow
drag & drop to that sample box for colour & fonts
-build in optional X-style mouse focus change
-include a Start-button-ish tear-off menu system to echo Desktop
folders as in Object Desktop
-cache WPS objects as in Object Desktop
Presentation Manager
-re-IPL on shutdown option, and option to re-load the WPS (how dead
does OS/2 HAVE to be to be "shut down?")
-built-in TWAIN support for scanners (with a decent selection of
drivers for existing popular scanners)
-searching HELP libraries should show what libraries hits occur in,
and where the library resides
-copying/appending help sections should request an output filename
-NumLock, ShiftLock and CapsLock should be IPL-time settable
-add optional TrueType driver
-per-process CPU utilization monitor (like Watchcat does)
-more & better driver support for video cards (try adding highcolour
and truecolour in the box for 2M and 4M video cards)
-consistant video driver installation routines
-support the full Win32c API, and therefore Win95 applications
-add multiple message queues to PM
-an option for 3rd mouse buttons to be programmable (double click)
-add ability to append to clipboard as well as copy to clipboard
-better isolation of PM apps (CTRL-ESC should be perfect)
-include a close-button like Win95 in PM
-include a roll-up function like Xit 2.0 in PM
-intuitive file dialogues (save file, click on a name that exists, it
beeps, should fill in name in entry field)
-cascade menus should cascade on click of menu entry, not just button
-NPSWPS-style auto-menu selections
-Ctrl-Alt-Del trapping should pull up tasklist w/kill abilities
-video resolution & colour depth change on the fly
-include time zone support instead of "time" and "date"
-right MB full-window drag... left MB normal frame drag
-support for multiple simultaneous pointing devices
-ATM support should be drastically faster (it evidently is on Windows)
-large copy/move functions in WPS seem to slow or almost hang WPS...
this should be more spritely
-we shouldn't have to reinstall a video drive to switch to it (having
multiple drivers installed, users should be able to just switch)
-WinSetSysPointer() API should be applicable to all system bitmaps
(min, max buttons, etc)
-hire NPSWPS author to integrate it into PM
-more drag & drop (any text box to any text box, etc)
-plug-in global help system (so application developers can add their
entries to a global help index)
-ISO 10646 support at the PM level to allow Unicode character sets
-printer drivers should have the full range of options for
optimization that Windows' equivalents have
-common dialog boxes for Save should have a way to create new dirs
-make Max/Min/Close etc buttons user-editable
-include a more simple (fast) way to change icons
-.ini files should be flat ascii
-make it possible to keep the same size control buttons and titlebar
at 1024x768 as 800x600 (to get more screen real estate)
-Fix the schematic bug (window scrolls up 4 pixels at every open)
-ALL window items full color configurable (no more gloomy grey)
-system resource monitor that uses stats collected in kernel like
Unix/X perfmeter, not like current CPU meters which have to soak
up idle CPU cycles to measure CPU use
-desktop archive ability should be useable to clone desktops from
machine to machine
-now you can move background windows holding the ctrl key so that
they stay in background... this should work with pushbuttons in
background windows, too
-Alt-Tab task switching: change order, so that the last comes first
(yes, like windoze does it)
-help search should not tie up the message queue
-tasklist should have a details view with pstat-like info
-optionally allow the OS/2 2.1 DLL behaviour (load on demand, instead
of pre-load)
-close parent on child folder open should accept a control-key
modifier to override the default
-built-in scrolling virtual desktops
-more video cards should be supported for refresh rate change
-start minimized option should work for PM apps
-more info in printer folders on existing jobs
-view.exe should be more fully clipboard enabled
-tasklist option to tile windows horizontally
-common dialogs should allow shift-select to grab > 1 file
-add a bubble-help window class to PM
-add a tree window class to PM
-build-in TWAIN support
-add a "fit window to contents" Maximize-ish button on windows
-true system-wide honouring of drag & drop font changes
-open/save dialogues should allow setting of description fields etc
-mouse acceleration should be per-axis definable
-shutdown option that closes all open tasks requesting confirmation
-create an "icon" folder which supports drag & drop adding of icons,
and is easily accessible from settings notebook General pages
-video mode selection and driver selection should be wizard-like and
attempt to handle most selections intelligently itself
-middle mouse button should be programmable, with options like "lower
Z-order", etc
-add support for 32-bit colour
-DSPINSTL shouldn't require going to 640x480x16 before installing
-fix the 64k clipboard limit
-shutdown should have "reload WPS", "reboot", and "reboot to CMD.EXE"
options
-Apple Macintosh emulation
-should be able to mark PART of an IPF window for copy & paste
-view.exe blocks the Message Queue while loading for too long
-IPF windows should remember their size & position
-IPF windows should allow incomplete Finds ("he" in "the")
-text-mode apps that generate error messages should display that
error when run from PM (not just give the Settings Notebook)
-Ctrl-Alt-Delete should pull up a TaskList-like KILL utility
-error boxes should not hold the message queue (try a Device A: not
ready box and do something else at the same time)
-right-click on a titlebar should push back its Z-order
-option to simply not have drawers in Launchpad
-right mouse button on scroll bars should do opposite of LMB
-drag/drop text delete support via Shredder as well as support for
text scraps and a scapbook, with multiple files ala PC/Geos
-support Panose colour matching, etc.
-build-in a system install/uninstall system
-Windowshade button should be added ala XIT 2.0, MacOS
-support for textures on windows, for example, gradient title bars,
and marblized window frames/menus. Supported via Scheme Palette
-Pop-Up menu for text fields (Cut/Copy/Paste)
-Drag-Drop support between text fields
-smaller "In Progress" move/copy dialogs with time remaining
estimates
-include a chron-like utility
-a fonts folder should be created to make adding/deleting/grouping
fonts easy
-in view, sub windows should be resized so that they are not larger
than main window when main window is resized
-in view.exe, space bar should scroll forward one page (like more)
-in view.exe, you should be able to load a second file
-in view.exe, book marks saved per doc
-move all .ini files from \os2 into an \etc dir
-print jobs should show %age completion
-tasklist should have a button to display tasks which have been
removed from the tasklist
-icon creation should be "attached" to the pointer, so the user can
"drop" the icon where they want it
-include Pen for OS/2 in base package, w/pen emulation
-system-wide association for file types (UnZip for .zip files)
-allow drawers within drawers in Launchpad
-include a floating/docking toolbar with bubble hints in standard PM
controls DLL
-Task List should optionally show threads, SIQ state, files locked by
the process, a 20x20 mini icon, session priority, and allow
force-kill
-create a Win/Win95 look-alike mode w/standard GUI controls
-include application uninstall system
VIO/Full-screen OS/2 command line
-switching modes from 25 line to > 25 should auto-resize window
-save position and size of windows for next instance of that program
-add scrolling sessions to be able to roll back to see earlier
output, and save and print contents of buffer
-VIO min'd to MinWinViewer should have same menus as min'd to desktop
(the Dos settings option is missing, for instance)
-VIO to Full-screen Alt-Home keystroke should be made possible
-command-line editing as in Unix' tcsh (filename completion, etc)
-CMD.EXE should have an option for defaulting insert/overstrike
-CMD.EXE should support slashes as well for path parsing
-each VIO/FS session should have a unique titlebar
-VIO sessions should use standard Shift-Ins/Ctrl-Ins cut & paste
-resize font when window size is dragged option
-ability to add in associations so batch files can use their own
script language (PERL, etc)
-NPSWPS-style cut & paste
-when in a window, allow define of max lines and edit mode (insert)
settings like in NT command windows
-provide F-key access to command history list with ability to select
from list directly or via a second F-key and specifying line number
-at least one font for each possible Pixel Height; between 5 and 14
points high there are many sizes missing
-between 5 and 14 Points, make at least one Font fat (but not wider),
so that vertical lines are 2 Pixels wide (like the 14 pt
VGA-Standard Font)
-include Full-screen cut & paste facility
-make "session active" close nag screen optional (as with SendYes)
-allow VIO screens to be any size (30x15 if the user wants...)
-should have a scroll-back function (preferably for FullScreen too)
-per-icon setting of VIO window font size
-icon should be maintained for VIO windows when multiple apps are run
-command-line filename completion
-if CMD (or OS2Shell=) is only task running in VIO window, don't ask
for confirmation to close
-VIO windows should scroll faster (more optimization)
-per-icon font setting
-some mouse-based cut & paste util should be included
-freespace count should be comma delimited
-dir should support long file name option (/R) on fat
-cd needs to support / for pathname
-type needs a /p paging option
-ability to "name" the START command
DOS/Windowed DOS session
-support to see LongFileNames as 8.3 compliant filenames
-default settings editor for default DOS sessions (start command)
-switching modes from 25 line to > 25 should auto-resize window
-save position and size of windows for next instance (as fonts are)
-add scrolling sessions to be able to roll back to see earlier output
-DOS min'd to MinWinViewer should have same menus as min'd to desktop
(the Dos settings option is missing, for instance)
-macro facility for exit-command programming (run xxxxx.mac if user
selects Close, to do a proper exit for that icon)
-force-kill app after ??? seconds if macro fails (see above entry)
-support for Rexx scripts
-ability to execute OS/2 programs w/o a "start" command
-fix command.com "dir .exe" flaw (it doesn't work)
-include an rmview-esque util for Dos sessions to report free
resources in the Dos box
-Dos sessions should use standard Shift-Ins/Ctrl-Ins cut & paste
-resize font when window size is dragged option
-create a "game wizard" system to install Dos games easier
-NPSWPS-style cut & paste
-"start" should accept VDM settings like 4Dos' does
-fix IDLE_SECONDS so that it actually does what is documented
-provide F-key access to command history list with ability to select
from list directly or via a second F-key and specifying line number
-include Full-screen cut & paste facility
-make "session active" close nag screen optional (as with SendYes)
-allow Dos screens to be any size (30x15 if the user wants...)
-should have a scroll-back function (preferably for FullScreen too)
-key/mouse combination should directly open Dos settings
-file redirection when starting DOS session from an OS/2 session. At
present the DOS VDM initialiser closesd existing handles & opens new
ones so this doesn't work
-Dos settings page should return to "setting type" dialog after
setting one type
-per-icon font setting
-option to not let Alt pull up the system menu
-some mouse-based cut & paste util should be included
-replace radio buttons in Dos settings Type dialog with push (action)
buttons to jump to that type of setting
-start using .LONGNAME EA to allow LFNs on FAT, and in Dos sessions
-add support for 640x480x16 and x256 non-suspended windowed sessions
-START should allow /DOS:settings.set session settings option
-saving an icon's Dos settings should be easy
-possibility to change session priority while it's running
-provide Dos command-line util to change priority (for batch files)
WINOS/2
-default settings editor for default WINOS/2 sessions
-provide Apple Quicktime drivers with WinOS/2 itself
-make seamless WinOS/2 look more like OS/2 sessions
-include support for Win32s 1.3
-allow seamless sessions to run at the same resolution as the desktop
-sound drivers that load WITHOUT warning if the sound card is not
found, so that Windows sessions can be created that do not have
access to the sound card, without multiple "warning" message boxes
each time such a program is run
-make it easy for WinOS/2 full-screen sessions to run in a different
resolution than the OS/2 desktop
-better multimedia support (WinOS/2 should never be able to hang onto
a device while it's idle
MMPM/2
-PLAY.CMD should be available as VIO and PM programs
-more sound events
-MMPM/2 support for Apple QuickTime animation
-more control over volume (per-application setting relative to
system-wide, and relative to 0% settings)
-include JPEG as an MMPM/2-recognized graphic format
-MMPM/2 should trap DosBeep()
-include a better graphic viewer
-cache system sounds for better response time
-add playlist in MIDI pater
-better MIDI player (won't play many files that play on Dos/Win)
-sound drivers should work concurrently in OS/2, MDos, and WinOS/2
-realtime mixing ability (sound card does multiple things at once)
-allow multiple sounds per event, choose randomly
-create sound schemes like Win95
-enable drag & drop to sound settings notebook
-add more system events
-include a MIDI applet that can be used with a MIDI synth to sequence
new MIDI songs
-more drivers for all MM devices, be they sound cards, video cards,
or CD-Rom drives
-add CD Plus support
-support for Windows .AVI files
-include VoiceType control
-include meaningful .WAV files ("Your printer is out of paper")
-add track-naming to the CD player w/import/export ability
-cache sounds for quicker response
-MMPM/2 drivers should allow more than one WinOS/2 session to play
sounds
-PLAY.CMD should not require FILE=filename.wav
-include a reasonable database of existing CDs for the CD player
-MMPM/2 should trap ^G in Dos/VIO sessions
FileSystems
-more status output on HPFS chkdsk (before it gives % complete
messages, it thrashes for a LONG time)
-sync command to flush caches before trying something dangerous
-HPFS "dirty" on IPL chkdsk should ask first, w/delayed default
-ISO 9660 CD file system support + Rock Ridge extensions
-CDFS.IFS line should allow /L:? drive == x specification
-add a swapdrv.sys driver to rename drive letters during IPL
-include HPOFS.IFS equivalent for removable media like Zip and Jaz
-include DOS r/w HPFS driver (free, and with DPMI support)
-HPFS should get full file permissions w/password access
-HPFS should get Unix-style symbolic links
-make optional/lose, drive-lettering scheme, for networking purposes
(26-drive limit)
-meaningful non-system disk message for OS/2-formatted floppies
-HPFS.IFS should have (optional) dynamic cache support
-HPFS.IFS should support >2Mb cache size
-graceful recovery of a sudden switch of boot drive letter (recover
from adding a hard drive, for instance, and OS/2's boot moves)
-inlclude defrag utils for FAT and HPFS
-include a real (Norton Unerase type) undelete facility
-include write support for XDF
-include an optional graphical Boot Manager w/setup options (why do I
have to boot to OS/2 to change the timeout setting?)
-Multi-session CD should allow CDFS.IFS to assign a drive letter per
session
-local security should be available out of the box
-add a completely Object-Oriented filesystem
-eliminate drive letters
-allow larger volume size and larger files
-map ALL devices to a /dev directory (ie. /dev/cdrom)
-mountable file systems like Unix: mount point defaults to root of
boot drive, but can be changed via a config file (no drive letters)
-all devices (drives, printers, video cards, shredders, etc.) show up
as raw devices in \dev directory/folder
-interpret drive letters for backward compatibility
-LongFileNames and 8.3 concurrently available so DOS and OS/2 apps
can access HPFS drives without concern for file naming limits.
-compressible filesystem (like HPFS, with RLE compression per file)
-cached IFS like HPFS for removable drives (HPOFS isn't good enough)
-include built-in support for Zip drives
-HPFS should use a balanced b-tree sorting algorithm
-FAT cache should r/w cache floppies
-FAT cache system should support all the same options as HPFS cache
-include NTFS.IFS
-inclue NFS.IFS
-icons mapped to network drives should stay on launchpad even when no
connection is made (not logged in, etc)
-per-file HPFS compression access to non-compressed files should be
done on "normal" drive letter, not some "other" drive
-support for reading Mac HFS floppies & volumes
-support file version numbers ala VMS
-shutdown should be called when dualboot is used
-include a bootable CD-Rom FS
-include the ability to mount/unmount drives
Internet Access Kit
-startup.cmd for after SLIP/PPP link is established
-shutdown.cmd for after SLIP/PPP link is severed
-threading support for NR/2
-IAK dialer, ppp.exe, slip.exe should all allow COM? where ? >4
-debugging support in sendmail
-better support for user-defined delivery agents in sendmail
-add SMTP mail transport should be added to existing POP3
-port of Unix sendmail v8
-NR/2 should support off-line reading/tagging
-better encryption for dialer/scripted passwords
-all programs re-written as OpenDoc containers and parts
-Java support must be included
-include an IRC and Talk client
-dialer should be able to import/export ISP entries
-dialer should be able to translate Trumpet Winsock scripts to Rexx
-IAK should allow LAN machines to share one link to an ISP
-WebEx should follow links before page finish
-when load graphics is off, clicking a spacing icon for a single
graphic should request and load that graphic
-include site name in titlebar for Telnet and TelnetPM sessions
-include "Gopher" in gopher titlebar
-SLIPPM.EXE should support redial on busy option
-NR/2 should save by newsgroup name, or optionally by subject name
-NR/2 should have a user-definable default save dir
-make adding ISP settings easier (scripting, etc)
-FTP through WebEx should pop up a new browser window, not a full
instance of WebEx
-software update icon should handle more than just Internet software
-NR/2: make it look and work more like xrn (one split window)
-NR/2 killfile should take effect immediately and not require restart
-NR/2: marking articles as read in one newsgroup should also mark any
crosspostings of them in other groups
-NR/2: support backing up to articles read in previous sessions
without having to mark all articles as read then refresh
-WebEx: fix it so that the following URLs work correctly:
http://www.infoworld.com/pageone/opinions/clmindx.htm
http://www.zdnet.com/home/filters/maina.html
-WebEx: change thread priorities so that it is possible to work in
other forground tasks while graphics load/draw is going on
-FTP-PM: fix it so that it doesn't lock up the system when you change
focus while it is shutting down
-general: fix it so that it is possible to work in other tasks while
IAK apps are loading or shutting down
-PPP should support CHAPS for those that use TCP/IP connections back
to office network and use CHAPS for access security/authorization
-dialer should automatically redial on hangup, restoring connections
-dailer should log data transfer amounts and show these stats
-dialer should support PAP, CHAP, as well as text-only logins
-WebEx should move focus from URL line to first control on any page
(esp. useful for forms)
-fix the NR/2 word-wrap bug
-WebEx ftp sessions should give CPS rating
-WebEx should support clipboard cut & paste
-WebEx quicklist should be heirarchical
-include ability to map ftp sites as drive letters
-WebEx shouldn't return to the top of page if interrupted during load
-TelnetPM should have scroll-back capability
-Ultimail should be fully MIME enabled
-FIX the MLE for scripts in PMSLIP.EXE (why was this guy the first to
mention this? I thought it was just me... PSG)
-include a better email client ala PM-Mail
-add a finger client
-add a Wais client
-SLIPPM.EXE should show status (online/offline, transfer rate) when
minimized
-include PGP in e-mail client
-NR/2 should have built-in UUDecode/Encode capability
-WebEx should have built-in UUDecode/Encode capability
-TelnetPM should have a session editor, to save "well-known sites",
with username and password authentication information
-FTPPM should have a scrollable window to show FTPd messages
-WebEx should not show opening splash screen
-include ".." in remote server file listing
-SlipPM should allow manual/interactive logins
Bonus Pack/Applets
-include a native OS/2 backup program w/QIC (& SCSI) tape support
-include PM-X for the Warp Connect distribution
-IBM Works should be re-written as OpenDoc components for developer
use
-all applets should become OpenDoc parts
-all OpenDoc parts should be OpenDoc Scripting Architecture compliant
-include Object Rexx samples of OpenDoc Scripting to demonstrate the
whole point
-Object Rexx should include a class inspector
-make EA "type" in E save an option
-include more detailed tasklist w/perm. display (like old PSPM2)
-make EPM the default editor
-view.exe should store bookmarks permanently, so you can jump to an
.inf file and page from the bookmark menu
-include ExCal as the calendar applet
-include a DB2/2/Lite and CSet++/Lite
-include FC.EXE (binary file compare)
-include more Employee Written Software (EWS) with the "plus pack"
-include serial line monitor (like PMLM from SIO)
-include pulse-like applet that gives stats on cache useage, threads,
memory, file handles, with alarms for congestion in any of these
-add backgound disk defrag utility with auto-execution every X active
hours, or upon a system warning (see note re:monitoring tool above)
-include Unix-style chron applet
-include Unix-style ps applet, with kill utility
-keep IBM works and IBM PIM in different directores so users can
upgrade one or the other
-E should support printing
-include an Adobe Acrobat reader
-allow > 8 character descriptions in Boot Manager
-include OS/2 1.3's FileManager for quick & dirty file work
-system clock should discourage icon creation beneath it
-allow the clock to be moved without showing the titlebar
-create a system-wide address book
-add a trash-can instead of the shredder
-include an X-windows server
-EVERYTHING should be documented; every file, every driver
-launchpad & Minimized window viewer should become one
-add a digital clock to launchpad
-E should allow save when no changes have been made (paranoia saves)
-bundle more fonts
-bundle a "full-solution" system tool to edit ini files, show system
hardware detected, give info on tasks running, etc
-better support for non-English Bonus Pack contents (fixes, etc)
-fix PMCHKDSK to report errors on drives with files open anyway
-fix CHKDSK to not say it's corrected things when /f wasn't specified
-create CHKDSK.LOG to log changes in files CHKDSK makes on autocheck
-E should have a HEX mode for non-ascii files
-ALL config.sys options should be documented, readably
-Lan Requester; full support for all object settings for
public/private apps definitions
-Lan Requester; logoff exit like profile.cmd for logon
-Lan Requester; Logon Startup folder (deleted on Logoff!)
-Lan Requester; real wps integration of that LAN server GUI
-Lan Requester; a simple GUI mechanism to REMOVE a certain resource
assignment from multiple users
-help system should allow mouse marking for cut & paste
-update tedit.exe to e.exe (from PC-Dos 7.0) functionality/interface
-include PartitionMagic Lite type app
-Abode Acrobat format support
-add a scientific calculator
-include a character mapper utility w/options like pt. size, etc
-include a basic drawing program
-Works, etc, should support print preview
-EPM should support RTF format
-include a backup program supporting the standard media, not just
SCSI devices
-include a couple REAL games, w/multiplayer support
-re-include Neko
-include a GREP util
-include OpenGL
Fixpack/Distribution
-CD distribution should allow install from ANY drive (copy all the
install files to HDD or Zip disk, then install)
-CRC checks in all fixpacks to prevent tampering
-private fixpacks packaged differently to avoid confusion
-number private fixpacks with letters, bundle into public #'d ones
-more understandable descriptions of APARs fixed
-only have ONE edition of OS/2 (no separate blue spine/red spine /
connect / not connect, etc)
-progress indicator during the half hour that service is scanning
the drives, currently with no indication other than the drive LED
-allow install of fixpacks from a hard drive directory or network
drive
-include kicker upgrade disks in OS/2 distribution
-install routine should let the user play Solitaire or MahJongg
-include and use standard ZIP/UnZip compression schemes
-ability to install into a directory other than \os2
-ability to have multiple OS versions on the same partition
-install should be able to install onto IDE slave drives
Other
-all OS/2-related install routines should run with PROTECTONLY=YES
(ex. the SVGA.EXE ON part of video driver install...)
-document HPFS for developers
-include real disk utilities
-include a PostScript viewer
-the IPF compiler should be able to create HTML, PS, and RTF
-B1 level security should be available
-include "1 disk" boot disk creator (w/ CD support)
-include Peer to Peer networking with AppleTalk networks
-include a catalogue of other (non-IBM) software available
-improve EA API
-add equivalents of FindFirst() / FindNext() that use .LONGNAME
-codepage should be an installation option
-include 256 (and greater) drivers for Cirrus Logic 6440
-add a base task priority level setting to all objects and command
line "nice" capability (idle priority is more useful than changing
"SESSION_PRIORITY" in DOS settings)
-useful online documentation for REXX and RexxUtil functions, the
existing documentation for SysOpenObject and SysSetObjectData is
useless - do not document APIs by making reference to system calls
unless full system call documentation is also provided
-include a TeX viewer
-documentation should list optimization tricks for people willing
sacrifice things (ie. Protectonly=yes)
-native OS/2 NASI support to OS/2 and VNASI to MDOS and WinOS2
-Add NRN MLID and Connect Dialer native OS/2
-NW 4.1 ADMIN Native OS/2 PM Admin program
-LANWP Include LAN WorkPlace for OS/2 with NetWare Client for OS/2
Notes: (note more suggestions; it's too late for those)
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>In article <4i14cs$t...@zam201.zam.kfa-juelich.de> bode@ (Michael Bode) writes:
>
> In <2925xN$0...@esther.arkane.co.uk>, "Alistair J. R. Young" <ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk> writes:
> >> -opening Settings Notebook with multiple objects selected should set
> >> any CHANGED options to ALL selected objects
> >
> >batch, then select them all, open the settings (bringing up all the
> >notebooks), and then customise them all individually. From what I've
> >observed, this seems to be quite a common way of working - and so it
> >shouldn't be broken.
>
> Please, yes! Imagine selecting 25 files and use the settings notebooks to make them
> all readonly. You have to click through 25 notebooks. Ridiculous? No, that's the
> way it is now. Maybe they can make this an option. I.e. instead of one settings
> item in the menu make "group settings" and "individual settings". Where group settings
> is greyed out if there's only one object selected, of course.
>
> Michael Bode
>
>---------------------------------------------------------------
>
>Not to speak of general file management using folders and icons. If
>you have a large amount of files, just forget about it. Too slow. I
>hope Merlin will fix this. Even Windows 95 does this quite fast.
>
>
>
>
>
>--
The WPS was not intended to do the functions you are having problems with,
simple soluion, use a file manager!
Why does Win 95 do this so fast? It's not really OO, so it doesn't have all those EA's
, icon info, locations etc. to move around. If it did, moveing half my Win 95 drive
from C: to E: would not have broken the links to every program on the desktop!!
>Jon Martin Solaas
>jo...@ifi.uio.no
>http://www.ifi.uio.no/~jonso
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>In order to get Netscape 2.0 to run I have to start a window sassion and then
>run x:\tcpip\dos\bin\tcpcntl.exe and then star Netscape. If I do this
>everything works fine but I just start Netscape from the workplace it can't
>find the network connection.
>
>I have tryed to put x:\tcpip\dos\bin\tcpcntl.exe in the startup folder, and I
>have tryed to write run=x:\tcpip\dos\bin\tcpcntl.exe in WIN.INI, but non of
>this works.
>
>What should I do to make Netscape run directly from the workpace?
Hmmmm... do you run any other win-os/2 applications that use winsock? If they are working, so should netscape.
My Netscape installed without modifications, I set up a settings folder for it as a standard, shared session, and it runs just fine (well i had it lock up a couple of times just as it was quiting a session.... ).
The following lines are in my config.sys:
RUN=C:\tcpip\bin\cntrl.exe
RUN=C:\tcpip\bin\vdosctl.exe
In the Dos_Device line in the win-os/2 settings folder for Netscape I have the line:
C:\TCPIP\BIN\VDOSTCP.SYS
In the autoexec.bat file called by the win-os/2 settings folder for Netscape, the appropriate path to the tcpip\dos\bin
directory is set (it needs this to find Winsock.dll), along with a Set ECT=c:\tcpip\dos\etc.
I don't even have a tcpcntl.exe file. Maybe its the same as the cntrl.exe file called in my config.sys
I hope there is a clue here to help you. Good luck,
-al
Andrew Williams
>General OS
> -deep find (search for text INSIDE files)
Already have it - 'Seek and Scan files' in the productivity folder will
look for text inside files (among other things), and once you have found
all matching files, you can edit them, or specify a command or program
to be run on the files (delete, open word proc, etc).
>WPS
> -sequence option for icons in Work-Area folders to allow users to
> specify the ORDER in which objects are activated
For the start folder, if you specify a default view that represents the
files in order (details view, or icon view in flowed or non-flowed form)
then they are started in that order on startup. Asynchronously (ie it
doesn't wait for the first to finish before starting the next), but it
does start them in that order. I assume work area folders work the same,
but I haven't tried it.
> -include a more simple (fast) way to change icons
You can drop icon files (*.ico) straight from a folder onto the icon
setting area of the 'General' page of a settings notebook. What's more,
the icons files show up as thier contents to all views of that folder.
> -create an "icon" folder which supports drag & drop adding of icons,
> and is easily accessible from settings notebook General pages
I don't understand - jsut create a folder and copy lots of .ICO files
into it. If you want to change an icon, drag it from your folder into a
settings page. What more is wanted here?
> -ability to add in associations so batch files can use their own
> script language (PERL, etc)
Already there - just put 'extproc c:\myprogs\perl.exe' as the first line
of a text file, then fill the rest with perl language. If you call that
file 'whatever.CMD' then it will be run like a batchfile when you type
'whatever' at the command line, but the default command processor 'cmd.exe'
will pass it to perl for execution. That's only necessary for the
command line, too - you can just add a 'Perl' program object to the WPS if
you want, and associate it with all '*.perl' files. If you double click
on a .perl file, it will now call perl.exe with the filename as an
argument.
> -add a finger client
Go to a command line and type 'finger'...
> -WebEx should not show opening splash screen
Put a '-q' in the parameters, and it won't ask if you if you're 'sure'
you want to quit, either...
Andrew Williams
Perth Observatory, and
Physics, Uni of Western Australia.
Michael Bode
>The WPS was not intended to do the functions you are having problems with,
>simple soluion, use a file manager!
Interesting opinion. Then, what precisely is the purpose of WPS? And how come
that OS/2 2.x is there for 3 (4?) years without an intended means of managing files
except dir, del, copy and xcopy? If I had known that it is that incomplete, maybe I
had switched to NT when it came out.
Michael Bode
da...@cyberramp.net
>
No, but they want their OS/2 Warp partition to be called "OS/2 Warp" on
the Boot Manager screen, and not "OS/2Warp"
>Alistair Young - Arkane Systems Software Development & PC Consultancy
>e-mail: ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk; Phone/Fax: +44 (1833) 638233 (24 hr.)
---
Daniel A. Stephenson
da...@cyberramp.net
da...@cyberramp.net
>Alistair J. R. Young (ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>:
>: > -add a thumbnail view to show graphics as thumbnails
>:
>: Well, when we get OpenDoc support (in Merlin), this *will* be part of it.
>
>This is already available in the Light Table object. Very handy.
Yes, but if you have too manay images, not only does it take a long time to
draw them, but it crashes your machine, too. Frankly, I don't know the
purpose of the Light Table.
Joe Kesselman
>In <2925xN$0...@esther.arkane.co.uk>, "Alistair J. R. Young" <ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk> writes:
>all readonly.
How 'bout setting up an object that runs ATTRIB to make the file dropped on it
read-only, picking up 25 files and dropping 'em onto that?
With a bit of REXX programming, many other large-batch modifications can
be made to work with drag-n-drop. Not all, unfortunately.
Maybe what we need is for someone to write a generalized version of
this as a real WPS application...
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responsible for its content. Opinions not necessarily those of IBM."
Adrian Tritschler
}In <4i14cs$t...@zam201.zam.kfa-juelich.de>, bode@ (Michael Bode) writes:
}>In <2925xN$0...@esther.arkane.co.uk>, "Alistair J. R. Young" <ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk> writes:
}>Please, yes! Imagine selecting 25 files and use the settings notebooks to make them
}>all readonly.
}How 'bout setting up an object that runs ATTRIB to make the file dropped on it
}read-only, picking up 25 files and dropping 'em onto that?
That's fine, but often you don't *want* to set up an object or a
script or whatever. What you want to do is "with all these files, do
this" from the GUI.
Remember, a complete idiot (ok, 65% partial idiot), can see the
read-only tag, or the run iconized tag on a settings page, but
probably can't write a script to set it.
Possible solution? If you've selected multiple objects and try to
click the settings menu, it has submenus for "individual" and "group"
settings. All the things that don't make too much sense to do to
multiple objects are disabled.
}With a bit of REXX programming, many other large-batch modifications can
}be made to work with drag-n-drop. Not all, unfortunately.
}Maybe what we need is for someone to write a generalized version of
}this as a real WPS application...
you first....
}Joseph J. Kesselman http://pages.prodigy.com/NY/keshlam/
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>In <2925xN$0...@esther.arkane.co.uk>, "Alistair J. R. Young" <ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>> any CHANGED options to ALL selected objects
>>Please, no! I frequently create a number of objects from templates as a
>>batch, then select them all, open the settings (bringing up all the
>Please, yes! Imagine selecting 25 files and use the settings notebooks to make them
>all readonly. You have to click through 25 notebooks. Ridiculous? No, that's the
>way it is now. Maybe they can make this an option. I.e. instead of one settings
>item in the menu make "group settings" and "individual settings". Where group settings
>is greyed out if there's only one object selected, of course.
For the last response: PMATTRIB
This is a drag and drop utility for setting attributes. No need to open
the settings notebook at all.
That said, I would like the option of setting all settings at once, or
tool(s) which would set various settings. I know there are some tools out
there I've not yet tried which do a number of things, such as set
associations, but I'm not clear yet on how well they work. :)
Ron
Ryan Gray
>In <2925xN$0...@esther.arkane.co.uk>, "Alistair J. R. Young" <ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>Do people *really* have that many partitions? :)
>No, but they want their OS/2 Warp partition to be called "OS/2 Warp" on
>the Boot Manager screen, and not "OS/2Warp"
>>Alistair Young - Arkane Systems Software Development & PC Consultancy
>>e-mail: ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk; Phone/Fax: +44 (1833) 638233 (24 hr.)
>---
>Daniel A. Stephenson
>da...@cyberramp.net
Yes, well, I called mine "OS2 Warp". I'm starting to agree with
the people who say they just need to drop the "/".
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| | |_| | __ | | | | Programmer http://www.fastlane.net/~gray
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Ryan Gray
>In <4i1gbq$r...@clarknet.clark.net>, alon...@clark.net (Andy Longton) writes:
>>Alistair J. R. Young (ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>>: > -add a thumbnail view to show graphics as thumbnails
>>: Well, when we get OpenDoc support (in Merlin), this *will* be part of it.
>>This is already available in the Light Table object. Very handy.
>
>Yes, but if you have too manay images, not only does it take a long time to
>draw them, but it crashes your machine, too. Frankly, I don't know the
>purpose of the Light Table.
>---
>Daniel A. Stephenson
>da...@cyberramp.net
I like the light table object. I finally figured out that you
didn't have to actually put the picture files in the folder to
get a thumbnail, you could just create a light table reference
from the picture's object menu. This way, you could make a
light table folder to show what the images in another directory
were at a glance, and you could keep the images where you wanted
them to be.
Ryan
Alistair J. R. Young
In <4i2uc8$n...@newshost.cyberramp.net>, da...@cyberramp.net writes:
>In <2925xN$0...@esther.arkane.co.uk>, "Alistair J. R. Young" <ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>> -allow > 8 character descriptions in Boot Manager
>>
>>Do people *really* have that many partitions? :)
>
>No, but they want their OS/2 Warp partition to be called "OS/2 Warp" on
>the Boot Manager screen, and not "OS/2Warp"
Hardly a desperately urgent problem, is it?
And why nbot just call it "OS/2"? Or even "Warp"? :)
Alistair
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All these things will be lost in time, like the root partition last week.
Time to die...". - Peter Gutmann in alt.sysadmin.recovery
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In <4i1gbq$r...@clarknet.clark.net>, alon...@clark.net (Andy Longton) writes:
>Alistair J. R. Young (ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>:
>: > -add a thumbnail view to show graphics as thumbnails
>:
>: Well, when we get OpenDoc support (in Merlin), this *will* be part of it.
>
>This is already available in the Light Table object. Very handy.
For objects in Light Table folders, yes. It'll be nice to have the facility
available for objects in every folder, every format.
Alistair
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The opinions above ARE my company's, because I OWN it! [Team OS/2]
e-mail: ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk; Phone/Fax: +44 (1833) 638233 (24 hr.)
Mail pgp...@arkane.demon.co.uk for my public key.
"... I've seen Sun monitors on fire off the side of the multimedia lab.
I've seen NTU lights glitter in the dark near the Mail Gate.
All these things will be lost in time, like the root partition last week.
Time to die...". - Peter Gutmann in alt.sysadmin.recovery
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ste...@connix.com
>Alistair J. R. Young (ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>:
>: > -add a thumbnail view to show graphics as thumbnails
>:
>: Well, when we get OpenDoc support (in Merlin), this *will* be part of it.
>
>This is already available in the Light Table object. Very handy.
I know this is a third party solution and not built-in, but PMView
creates thumbnails for bitmap graphic formats, and changes the default
icon for any graphic having a thumbnail made to a smaller version of
that icon, so that the regular icon view shows thumbnails.
I was very excited when I saw the Light Table feature, but then highly
disappointed when I saw how poorly it worked. I've never seen the
Light Table feature not crash... usually takes the whole system down
with it, and it's horribly slow even when it works. If IBM would fix
this and make it look as though it weren't hastily pasted on top of
the WPS, I might use it.
Steve
<s...@splicer.com>
Alec or Graeme Smecher
put text down by them for easy sorting and grouping!
Ryan Gray
>In <4i1gbq$r...@clarknet.clark.net>, alon...@clark.net (Andy Longton) writes:
>>Alistair J. R. Young (ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk) wrote:
>>: > -add a thumbnail view to show graphics as thumbnails
>>: Well, when we get OpenDoc support (in Merlin), this *will* be part of it.
>>This is already available in the Light Table object. Very handy.
>For objects in Light Table folders, yes. It'll be nice to have the facility
>available for objects in every folder, every format.
>Alistair
Well, just have a light table folder handy on the desktop and open it.
Go to the icon of the file you want a thumbnail for.
Pop up its object menu and select 'create light table reference...'
When that dialog pops up, select the light table folder from the list
of open folders and press create.
This makes a thumbnail for the graphic without the graphic having to
actually be in a light table folder.
Alistair J. R. Young
>Ryan Gray (gr...@fastlane.net) wrote:
>
>: That's what the command line is for: ATTRIB -r *.*
>
> Why waste the two extra keystroks... attrib -r * or attrib -r . work
>just as well. :)
Even better, actually. *.* won't affect files with no extension, as there's
no "." in the filename.
Alistair
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Rob Sims
>In <4ig47g$b...@news.calweb.com>, morp...@calweb.com (Steve Lamb) writes:
>>Ryan Gray (gr...@fastlane.net) wrote:
>>
>>: That's what the command line is for: ATTRIB -r *.*
>>
>> Why waste the two extra keystroks... attrib -r * or attrib -r . work
>>just as well. :)
>
>Even better, actually. *.* won't affect files with no extension, as there's
>no "." in the filename.
Try it. *.* finds all files, even those with no extension. You're thinking
of Unix which does proper matching. The *.* is special cased; *.*.* will
find only those names with two periods in them.
tested:
attrib *.* ;listed all files, including those with no extension
copy *.* nul ;copied all files, including those with no extension
dir *.*.* ;displayed only those file names with exactly two periods
dir *. ;displayed only those file names with no period and no
extension.
Rob
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Brian Proud
>>>: That's what the command line is for: ATTRIB -r *.*
>>>
>>> Why waste the two extra keystroks... attrib -r * or attrib -r . work
>>>just as well. :)
>>
>>Even better, actually. *.* won't affect files with no extension, as there's
>>no "." in the filename.
>Try it. *.* finds all files, even those with no extension. You're thinking
>of Unix which does proper matching. The *.* is special cased; *.*.* will
>find only those names with two periods in them.
>tested:
>attrib *.* ;listed all files, including those with no extension
>copy *.* nul ;copied all files, including those with no extension
>dir *.*.* ;displayed only those file names with exactly two periods
>dir *. ;displayed only those file names with no period and no
> extension.
Here(Warp with FP17 installed), I got the following results:
tested
attrib * ;listed all files
attrib *. ;listed only those files with no period and no extension
attrib *.* ;listed all files
attrib *.*. :returned file not found error
attrib *.*. * ;listed only those files with two or more periods
attrib *.*.*.* ;listed only those files with three or more periods
I regularily use just the single * when I want to affect every file in the
directory. Saves typing<g>.
Brian
Delburne, Alberta
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Alistair J. R. Young
>In <298ph7$0...@esther.arkane.co.uk>, "Alistair J. R. Young" <ava...@arkane.demon.co.uk> writes:
>>no "." in the filename.
>
>Try it. *.* finds all files, even those with no extension. You're thinking
>of Unix which does proper matching. The *.* is special cased; *.*.* will
>find only those names with two periods in them.
Oops. Blast. I hate special cases!