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- From: jreynold@nmt.edu (John Reynolds)
- Subject: Re: Some suggestions for OS/2
- Message-ID: <1992Sep2.171203.18019@nmt.edu>
- Organization: New Mexico Tech
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- Date: Wed, 2 Sep 1992 17:12:03 GMT
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- >bewhite@goldwing.ksu.ksu.edu (MacroMan) writes:
- > Ok, some things I want to see:
- > 1) Be able to set folders to auto-close when an object in
- > them is opened. (I REALLY want this one)
-
- Good suggestion. That would be handy!
-
- > 2) A replacement for the FIND utility found in many menus.
- > Frankly, I find that Windows BROWSE is much easier for
- > me to use. Often, I know where the file is, I just
- > can't remember the EXACT path and name. OS/2 takes
- > quite a while to search my entire drive, and the
- > LOCATE function is very clunky IMHO.
-
- I agree with this one. That was the hardest thing to figure out about the
- WPS.
-
- > 3) Filename completion on the command line interface.
-
- Get a copy of JP's '4OS2' and replace 'CMD.EXE' with it. It has
- filename completion and a whole host of other neat stuff. I think
- it's available at ftp-os2.nmsu.edu. :-)
-
- -John
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- Windows...It's like a stale cookie.
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