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- From: das9674@usl.edu (Stephenson Daniel A)
- Subject: Re: Dan flipped through an AmigaWorld, and:
- Message-ID: <1992Dec25.221605.26708@usl.edu>
- Sender: anon@usl.edu (Anonymous NNTP Posting)
- Organization: University of Southwestern Louisiana
- References: <Steve_Halliburton.02sr@naraltd.raider.net>
- Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 22:16:05 GMT
- Lines: 88
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- In article <Steve_Halliburton.02sr@naraltd.raider.net> Steve_Halliburton@naraltd.raider.net (Steve Halliburton) writes:
- >Hi, Mr. Stephenson!
-
- Hallo to you, Mr. Halliburton!
-
- >Since you seem to know so much about OS/2, I wondered if you could answer
-
- <blush> Jerry S. would be better in this regard, perhaps.
-
- >me this question: How do I know what the files on my HPFS partition are?
-
- Assuming you are familiar with DOS, you can open an OS/2 windows, and
- see them. You type 'dir' to get a directory listing. But I
- guess you already knew that. Or, you can manage files with the file
- manager for your hard drive. It is in the Drives... folder of your
- OS/2 System... folder. You can get a pure icon-based file managment,
- one that uses a directory tree, and one with a 'details' view that will
- tell you more about your file specs. that you will want to know. :)
-
- >You see, all I have are these things called objects, and a lot of them,
- >while they look different, take me to the same place. I'm afraid I've lost
- >my place in the metaphor. I just want to know how many files I have, so I'm
-
- Gack. I hate it when that happens. How did you manage that?
- I suppose one could get careless and make a bunch of icons for the same
- thing. I do not know how, when I 'migrate' something, I only
- do it ONCE. If you in fact have to many, and are *sure* they are merely
- duplicates, you could drag, or mass-drag them to the Shredder to get
- rid of them.
-
- >not surprised when the DISK FULL warning comes around. I think all these
- >redundant links are eating away my system resources, but without a clearly
- >visible file structure on my desktop, I'm confused. And I'm afraid to
- >frivolously delete icons, because what if one of them turns out to be
- >important?
-
- Well, for basic file management, I *usually* use a CLI window. Something,
- though, it is better to use the "clearly visible file structure" of the
- file manager in your Drives... folder. True, it might get confusing at time
- to know just *what* you've got- the introduction manual, for some unknown
- reason, do not stress the difference between plain desktop icons, merely
- used for launch apps, or for various palettes (see the Templates... folder
- for more of these objects you can create), etc and the *actual* files
- in the Drives... folder.
-
- But then again it did not matter TO much for me, since I was used to file
- management with a CLI anyway... and now that the OS/2 CLI brings me
- such innovative things such as MOVING files that MSDOS did *not*, it is
- a lot more useable.
-
- >I'm sure that if I spent some more time learning OS/2, I'd know this stuff.
-
- Perhaps. There is a LOT to OS/2, and it may take time to become a
- 'guru' at it. Check out comp.os.os2.misc. That is the OS/2 'help help!'
- group. :-) Take UNIX, often hailed as a wonder of OSes. You do not think that
- people become instant gurus with that overnight either, do you? heh heh,
- it took to me a year and a half to figure out and use GREP and CAT. Hell,
- I STILL don't know what 'AWK' is!
-
- >But the thing is, I need to know NOW. You see, on the Mac, I know where to
- >find stuff. Folders are not that hard to navigate. The same with drawers on
- >the Amiga. OK, so maybe some things on the Amiga are not as convenient, but
- >that's because it's more flexible and has to allow for a few more options.
-
- Yes, using the Mac may be a lot more like ONLY using the Drives... folder
- file manager. I think having a icon-driven desktop like OS/2 and
- Windows makes all those ZILLIONs of misc. 'crap files' invisible.
-
- >But OS/2 is too flexible, and it's tied itself into a knot on my
- >486DX/2-66. (Okay, it's not mine, it's the school's.)
-
- Hee hee. Don't fret. If you're brave, you can reset your whole
- WorkPlace Shell to the default (no apps migrated) by pressing Alt-F1
- (at startup, I think). Then, in |OS/2 System|System Setup there is a
- Migrate Applications program. Run it, it is pretty basic.
-
- >OBJECTS ARE FINE IN OS DESIGN--NOT ON DESKTOPS.
-
- Oh come now, it just depends on how well one knows a system. NOT to
- make a comparison between the OSes, but if a person spent enough time
- on VM he'd make it 'usuable', believe it or not.
-
- >Steve_Halliburton@naraltd.raidernet.com
- --
- Dan Stephenson das9674@usl.edu
- "Yes Dan, I have heard of Ultima Underworld. From my point of view it
- appears to be a rather large stick which you seem to be using to beat
- everbody in this group with." -Mark Steyn, comp.sys.amiga.advocacy
-