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- From: xtifr@netcom.com (Chris Waters)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.misc
- Subject: Nifty trick (was Re: Switching OS/2 windows<>fullscreen)
- Message-ID: <=k5mh#k.xtifr@netcom.com>
- Date: 13 Aug 92 09:37:11 GMT
- References: <1992Aug7.185249.4620@hsv3.lsil.com> <1992Aug12.164512.7237@njitgw.njit.edu>
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- In <1992Aug12.164512.7237@njitgw.njit.edu> dic5340@hertz.njit.edu (David Charlap) writes:
-
- >In article <1992Aug7.185249.4620@hsv3.lsil.com> mvp@hsv3.lsil.com (Mike Van Pelt) writes:
- >>Unfortunately, ALT-HOME doesn't work for OS/2 windows. If there's
- >>anything in TFM about switching OS/2 windows with full-screen sessions,
- >>it isn't in any of the more-or-less obvious places I looked.
-
- >Can't be done.
-
- No it can't, and the unfortunate corrolary to this is that you can't cut
- and paste between full-screen sessions. (A fact that *almost* sent me
- scampering back to DESQview, which *can* cut-and-paste between
- full-screen sessions.) However I came up with the following Nifty
- Trick:
-
- 1. Open a CMD or 4OS2 window.
-
- 2. Tap ALT (or click on upper-left) to bring up the menu.
-
- 3. Select Font Size from the menu.
-
- 4. Pick a font size where it says: "Screen nn x 80". I like the 10x8
- font myself.
-
- 5. Select the font, and then, at the CMD prompt, type "MODE 80,nn",
- where "nn" is the value that was displayed on the font selection
- screen. (e.g. "MODE 80,48" for the 10x8 font.)
-
- 6. Now, maximize the window. And voila! It may not *really* be a
- full-screen session, but it sure looks and acts like one. Except
- that you can cut or paste, or whatever. :-)
-
- Note that this procedure can be simplified by setting, say, the 10x8
- font as your default font size.
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