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- From: francis@vnet.ibm.com (Tim Francis)
- Message-ID: <19920813.083041.169@almaden.ibm.com>
- Date: Thu, 13 Aug 92 11:30:38 EDT
- Subject: The workframe is out to get me.
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- References: <92225.104721DK6TOPER@MIAMIU.BITNET>
- Reply-To: francis@vnet.ibm.com
- Organization: IBM Canada Lab, WorkFrame/2 development
- Disclaimer: This posting represents the poster's views, not those of IBM
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- In article <92225.104721DK6TOPER@MIAMIU.BITNET>,
- Dan Karipides <DK6TOPER@MIAMIU.BITNET> writes:
- >
- >I'm just getting use to using the Workframe that comes with CSet/2.
- >Everything SEEMS nice, but I'm finding some things in the Workframe
- >are counter-intuative. Some problems and related questions:
- >
- >(1) Say I'm editing a file in a open project; call it main.c. I then switch
- > to the PM helpbook to find info on a WinFunction. I return to the
- > workframe but my editor window is now hidden. So I click on the main.c
- > line of my open project. Workframe fires up another copy of the
- > editor that is editing the old version of main.c. The fastest way I've
- > found of bringing back the "real" main.c is to find some visible desktop,
- > do a MB1&MB2 and bring up the tasklist. This can't be the expected way
- > to do this. Any suggestions?
-
- Go to the Configure->preferences menu, and select "capture tools". This
- will make the editor a child of the WorkFrame, and thus allow it to float
- above the WorkFrame client area. You can also use the switch list, which
- is a customizable version of the WPS task list. Select Configure->
- Switch list to select which OS/2 sessions appear on this pulldown. If
- you've selected capture tools, they will appear in the Windows->Sessions
- pulldown instead.
-
- Alternatively, simply resize the WorkFrame client area (the main window,
- with the action bar) down to only the action bar. The other dialogs
- (the project windows, etc) will still display just fine, and you'll be
- able to see other windows much easier.
-
- >(2) And a followup to #1. Is there any easy way to switch between the
- > Workframe and a help window? The best way I've found is to have
- > the workframe about one pel from the left edge of the screen. I then
- > put the help window all the way to the left. By pushing the mouse all
- > the way to the left, I can switch to the help window. There is usually
- > enough of the Workframe visible to switch back. Again, is this how
- > the Workframe was designed or am I missing something obvious?
-
- Most of the above suggestions apply here as well. What I do is:
- - resize the client down to only the action bar
- - start all/most of the help & references that I'll want, and then
- use Configure->Switch list to make those the only items that show
- up in the switch list.
- I can now see most of the windows that I want, and even if I can't,
- they are quick and easy to find on either the Switch list or the Windows
- pulldown.
-
- Hope that helps. -tim
-