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- From: cvadrtbc@vmsb.is.csupomona.edu (Srikanth Viswanathan)
- Subject: Re: Using CMD.EXE instead of PMSHELL.EXE
- Organization: California Polytechnic University, Pomona
- References: <1992Aug12.155015.14039@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>
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- Date: Sat, 15 Aug 1992 05:48:00 GMT
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- In article <1992Aug12.155015.14039@kakwa.ucs.ualberta.ca>, kurtk@ee.ualberta.ca (Kurt Klingbeil) writes...
- >Could someone please explain what core functionality PMSHELL provides;
- >i.e. apart from GUIness... ?
- >
- >If one uses CMD.EXE as the primary shell, does one lose such features
- >as being able to start the DOS box, and switch between concurrent tasks,
- >or is it just that I haven't figured it out yet?
-
- No, you don't lose ANY functionality except of course the WPS.
- Make sure you change only the RUNWORKPLACE line and not the PROTSHELL
- line. Without the PROTSHELL you won't be able to switch tasks using
- Cntrl-Esc/Alt-Esc which are PM functions.
-
- Srikanth
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