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- From: landis@sugs.tware.com (Hale Landis)
- Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.programmer
- Subject: Missing documentation - KBD, MOU and VIO
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- Message-ID: <715981801snx@sugs.tware.com>
- References: <9209080106.AA19548@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU>
- Date: Tue, 08 Sep 92 19:50:01 GMT
- Organization: SUGS
- Lines: 26
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- In article <9209080106.AA19548@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> KENKAHN@PKSMRVM.VNET.IBM.COM writes:
-
- > In <715895337snx@sugs.tware.com> Hale Landis writes:
- > >Has anyone found the (missing) documentation for the KBD, MOU and
- > >VIO functions in the OS/2 2.0 manuals?
- >
- > These APIs are not documented in any 2.0 technical manual because they are
- > not supported in 32-bit mode. They are supported in 16-bit mode which is
- > what thunking is all about. This is mentioned in one or two of the ToolKit
- > Manuals for 2.0 but I forget which right now. The actual description and
- > syntax for these APis however must be looked up in the 1.x technical manuals.
-
- Sorry, but I think that is the wrong answer: I don't have the
- 1.x technical manuals and I bet few other people have them! If
- these are supported, even if for backward compatibility, I should
- be able to find some reference to them in the 2.0 manuals. Also,
- if they are considered 'old', then what replaces them? How about
- some documentation to aid us old (read non-GUI) programmers that
- have programs that use these functions?
-
- My bet is that there are far more non-GUI (not PM) programs
- than there are GUI (PM) programs for OS/2. I also would bet
- that a lot of these will get 'upgraded' to 2.0 without being
- converted to PM programs. By not including any documentation
- (not even the slightest reference) that I can find in the 2.0
- manuals, IBM is not making life easy out here.
-