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Contact: Brady Flowers For immediate release
507-388-7001
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Oberon Software's FSHL Alternative Command Line Executive for OS/2
Version 1.25 to be released April 3, 1992
Combined with IBM's powerful new offering, 32-bit OS/2 2.0*,
this new release of Oberon's venerable product, FSHL, offers
a number of exciting new capabilities for users who find themselves
using the OS/2 command line at any time.
FSHL (pronounced "F-Shell") is a long standing, OS/2 based
product of Oberon Software's, having seen its first release
under OS/2 Version 1.0. It is a "CMD.EXE enhancer", that is,
it replaces CMD.EXE for most functions and enhances it with an
extended set of options for creating command aliases, history
buffer recall and maintenance, and batch file handling, plus it
greatly extends the list of OS/2's "built-in" commands.
New features:
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File name completion on the command line.
Function key macros. Can be loaded from file or created "on
the fly".
History buffers may be saved to and read from disk at any time.
The saved history files are flat ascii text and may be edited
with any text editor.
More user control over the editing and history function
keystrokes.
* Initial insert mode can be set to on or off.
* Partial command line recall can be accomplished with either
the standard CONTROL+Arrow keystroke or without the CONTROL
key at the user's discretion.
* Both of the above can be set via a switch on the FSHL
invocation line in config.sys or via an FSHL keyword on the
command line or .FSH file.
* Keyboard and environment settings are appropriately
inherited by recursive and grandchild invocations of FSHL.
New FSHL keywords
* SAVEHISTORY, RESTOREHISTORY, CTRLSEARCH, FSHLINSERT, PFALIAS
These all control the features just listed above.
* PRTY (idle|normal|timecrit|foreground) commandline ...
Sets the default priority for the task about the be
executed on the rest of the command line.
* WINDOW (min|max|restore|size|move|tasklist)
Control over the VIO window in which FSHL is running for
those times when you're just too lazy to reach for the
mouse (or if you'd like to do it from a batch file).
*INSTALLDLL
One half of FSHL's powerful and accessible API. Allows
third party developers and technically skilled users to
write their own DLLs and install them into FSHL to
create new "internal" commands for FSHL. Example code
is supplied.
Published Named Pipe Interface, the "other half" of FSHL's
API allows programs executed under FSHL to determine that FSHL
is the parent and, if so, allow commands to be piped back up
to the parent invocation of FSHL. This will allow smart directory
changers, and other programs which need to alter the parent's
environment to work without resorting to kludges.
Support for executing DOS and Windows** programs under OS/2 2.0.
Fully tested under OS/2 2.0. FSHL will ship with both 16- and
32-bit executables to accommodate all OS/2 users running either
version of the operating system. Registered users of previous
versions of FSHL will receive automatic upgrades which will be
shipped by the end of April.
For product and pricing information, please contact Oberon Software
directly.
Oberon Software
518 Blue Earth Street
Mankato, MN 56001
507-388-7001
507-388-7568 (fax)
507-388-1154 (bbs)
GEnie: B.FLOWERS
CIS: 72510,3500
MCI Mail: oberon
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* OS/2 is a registered trademark of International Business Machines Corp.
** Windows is a registered tradmark of Microsoft Corp.