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- From: sip1@ellis.uchicago.edu (Timothy F. Sipples)
- Subject: Re: Dos->OS/2 communication
- Message-ID: <1993Jan6.041755.17923@midway.uchicago.edu>
- Sender: news@uchinews.uchicago.edu (News System)
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- Organization: Dept. of Econ., Univ. of Chicago
- References: <C0AnCD.8K6@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu>
- Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 04:17:55 GMT
- Lines: 36
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- In article <C0AnCD.8K6@undergrad.math.waterloo.edu> papresco@cantor.math.uwaterloo.ca (Paul Prescod) writes:
- >Is there any way from a DOS box to tell an OS/2 .cmd to start in
- >another session (short of polling the file system or something hideous
- >like that)
-
- You could have an OS/2 "monitor" program running in the background at
- low priority, monitoring, say, a local named pipe. Check with the
- folks in comp.os.os2.programmer for help.
-
- >Also: (stupid question alert) How do I make OS/2 and DOS sessions
- >start so that they are windowed by maximized.
-
- You can set the default size for any of your DOS or OS/2 windowed
- sessions by holding down SHIFT while you drag the border. Drag the
- border(s) as far as you can, and you'll have a maximized window.
-
- >Last: Is there a utility for affixing hotkeys to objects and events?
-
- A couple. Check ftp-os2.nmsu.edu via anonymous ftp. Look at the file
- /pub/os2/00Index for a list.
-
- >Absolute last: Is there a way to make a file that takes up truly no
- >space other then name-space? i.e. doesn't take up a minimum allocation
- >unit?
-
- Under FAT and HPFS, no, I don't think so, unless you're willing to
- break the rules.
-
- Under HPFS the minimum allocation is only 512 bytes, regardless of
- disk size.
-
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