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- OSOTEPM - ENHANCED PRESENTATION MANAGER (EPM)
- 11/02/94
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- ENHANCED PRESENTATION MANAGER (EPM)
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-
- EPM an editor a for creating and modifying files in ASCII. It is
- in the productivity folder on the desktop. EPM is capable of
- simple text editing, or it can be used as a programmer's editor.
- You can configure the editor by way of the Options menu, use
- macros, or use the REXX language that's included with OS/2 2.1.
-
- There are two types of editors:
-
- Line Editor - uses a file as a sequence of lines that are
- separated by an end-of-line (EOF) character.
-
- Stream Editor - uses the file as a long stream of characters.
-
- EPM is a line editor, but can be configured in a stream mode.
- The System Editor is a stream editor and can handle long lines
- of text.
-
- This editor has its own system routines for functions such as
- conversion of data types, exchange of data areas, and interfacing
- to system functions such as commitment control or accessing
- information from I/O feedback areas. The EPM also, has its own
- debugging tools to allow working with multiple entry point
- languages. Most AS/400 languages (RPG,COBOL,PL/1,BASIC,CLP) have
- a single entry.
-
-
-
-
- COMMON QUESTIONS/PROBLEMS
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- Q. Why shouldn't I use EPM to edit my CONFIG.SYS file?
-
- A. EPM has a limit of 254 characters per line. It is common for
- certain lines in CONFIG.SYS to exceed this limit. Using EPM
- could make the file unusable. It is recommended that you use the
- System Editor when editing CONFIG.SYS.
-
- Q. Why can't I get CTRL/H to bring up context sensitive help in
- EPM (for 'C' functions and APIs).
-
- A. The HELPNDX and DPATH statements in CONFIG.SYS must be set
- correctly. For C Set++ the HELPNDX= line in CONFIG.SYS should
- be:
- HELPNDX=EPMKWHLP.NDX+DDE4LRM.NDX+DDE4CLIB.NDX+DDE4SCL.NDX
- +DDE4CCL.NDX+DDE4UIL.NDX (all on one line)
-
- NOTE: There must NOT be a semicolon at the end of the line
-
- All of the files must be able to be found via the DPATH.
- X:\TOOLKT21\BOOK must be in the DPATH.
-
- Q. Why can't I get different fonts/styles to print? They display
- correctly but are printed as plain text.
-
- A. When you print from EPM select Formatted print in the Print
- document dialog box. Also make sure you
- have selected WYSIWYG. If not, in the Print document
- box select Options, select WYSIWYG in the Print
- options dialog, close the Print options dialog, then select
- the Print button.
-
- Q. EPM keeps a list of my previously opened files and lists them
- in the File open dialog box. How can I delete files from this
- list?
-
- A. There is no way to selectively remove files from the list.
- The entire list can be removed by renaming or deleting EPM.INI
- from your \OS2 subdirectory. The drawback to this is that your
- options will be reset to the defaults.
-
- Note: You may need to do ATTRIB to remove SYSTEM and READONLY
- attributes before deleting EPM.INI.
-
- Q. EPM quit working after I put TCP/IP on my machine. Why?
-
- A. TCPIP ships with its own version of EPM. Having two versions
- on one machine can create conflicts. To resolve the problem:
- Rename or delete the files ETK*, *.EX (.ex NOT .exe), and EPM.EXE
- from the TCPIP directory. Make sure you do NOT remove
- the ones under the OS2 subdirectory.
-
- Q. When I print formatted/WYSIWYG" nothing prints. Printing
- ASCII prints fine.
-
- A. Check your CONFIG.SYS for RUN...\EPW.EXE and
- RUN...\EPWROUT.EXE. If they are present, REM them out. You can
- start EPW detached from STARTUP.CMD without having this problem.
- Simply copy the two statements to your STARTUP.CMD, then change
- the RUN= to DETACH. For example: DETACH C:\OS2\EPW.EXE
-
- If these statements are in CONFIG.SYS you may experience other
- problems such as:
- - Can't print from HELP or VIEW,
- - Can't display metafile in PicView,
- - Various applications may not print.
-
- Q. Does EPM contain an ASCII chart in its Help?
-
- A. Yes. Select the Help/Quick reference and scroll to the bottom
- of the file.
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