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This section covers System tips for OS/2 Warp.




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Changing printing from polling to interrupt driven





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The default mode of printing under OS/2 Warp is now via polling, rather than
interrupt-driven, as was the case in previous OS/2 versions.  Polling can
cause problems with printing on some systems, and can use more system 
resources.


To change from the polling mode of printing to interrupt-driven printing,
edit the following line in your CONFIG.SYS file&colon.



BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS



to



BASEDEV=PRINT01.SYS /IRQ



Note that using the interrupt-driven mode of printing requires the use of
IRQ 7.









Recovering a deleted Launchpad





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You can recover a deleted Launchpad by adding the word LAUNCHPAD to your
SET AUTOSTART line in your CONFIG.SYS file.


Conversely, to prevent the Launchpad from opening at boot, remove the word
LAUNCHPAD from your SET AUTOSTART line.



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Keeping the system running, even through traps





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To keep an unattended system, such as a BBS, running despite a TRAP
condition, add the following lines to your CONFIG.SYS file:



REIPL=ON



Setting REIPL to ON will automatically reboot your system when a TRAP occurs.



SUPPRESSPOPUPS=<drive>



SUPPRESSPOPUPS will prevent TRAP information from popping up and will log
the popup information to a log file.  <drive> is the drive to which the
log file POPUPLOG.OS2 is written.



DUMPPROCESS=<drive>



DUMPPROCESS causes a process dump file PDUMP.* to be written.  <drive>
is the drive letter to which PDUMP.* will be written.









Setting the swap file





contributed by Jack Tan




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The swap file in OS/2 Warp will tend to grow larger than in previous versions
of OS/2 because certain DLLs are treated differently.  Therefore, to prevent
excess swapping, you may wish to increase the default size of your swap file
from the value which you used in previous versions of OS/2.



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Creating OS/2 Warp boot diskettes





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OS/2 Warp has its own facility to create boot diskettes.  Simply open the
System Setup folder and open the Create Utility Diskettes object.




Screenshot: Create Utility Diskettes object.









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This section covers Workplace Shell tips for OS/2 Warp.




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Tearing off Launchpad drawer






Screenshot:  Launchpad with drawer "torn off."




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You can "tear" off a drawer from the Launchpad and place it where you wish.  
Note that the drawer will disappear if the Launchpad is minimized or closed.

    

  1. Open the desired drawer.
    2. 

  2. Drag the drawer to the desired location using either mouse button 1 or
mouse button 2.
    3. 

  3. To retrieve the drawer, just close the drawer as usual.
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Opening the Settings Notebook





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A quick method of opening the Settings notebook for an object:

    

  1. Highlight the desired object.
    2. 

  2. Hold the Alt key.
    3. 

  3. Double click on the object with mouse button 1.

    
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Closing the parent folder when opening an object.





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You can automatically close the parent folder when opening an object:

    

  1. Highlight the desired object.
    2. 

  2. Hold the Shift key.
    3. 

  3. Double click on the desired object with mouse button 1.

    
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Removing the Launchpad permanently

    

    

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To remove the Launchpad permanently from your system, drag the Launchpad
object to your Shredder.  Then, remove the word LAUNCHPAD from the SET
AUTOSTART line in your CONFIG.SYS file.

    
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Editing animated folder icons

    

    

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To edit the animated folder icon:

      

    1. Open the Settings notebook for the desired folder.
      2. 

    2. Click on the General tab.
      3. 

    3. Click on the right arrow in the lower right corner of the page.
      4. 

    4. Edit and save icon as usual, or change icon as usual.
      5. 

    


    

Screenshot:  Animation icon page of Settings notebook.


    

    

    

    
Bringing the Launchpad to the top

    

    

contributed by Jack Tan


    

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You might know that double-clicking with mouse button 1 on the OS/2 desktop
will open the Launchpad, but double-clicking on the desktop is also useful
for raising the Launchpad to the top if it is covered by other windows.


    

    

    

    
Closing parent folders automatically

    

    

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You can set all or some parent folders to close automatically when opening
a subfolder or all objects. 

    
To set parent folders to close automatically system-wide:

      

    1. Open the System object.  It should be located in the System Setup folder.
      2. 

    2. Click on the Window tab.
      3. 

    3. Click once on the right arrow in the lower right hand corner of the page.
      4. 

    4. Under "Folder Automatic Close," choose either "Subfolders only" or
"All Objects."
      5. 

    

    
Individual folders' automatic closure settings can be changed in the same
manner through their individual Settings notebooks.

    
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Setting default folder appearance

    

    

Screenshot:  Page for setting default folder appearance.


    

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You can determine whether the folders on your system will default to icon,
tree, or details view:

      

    1. Open the System object.  It should be located in the System Setup folder.
      2. 

    2. Click on the Window tab.
      3. 

    3. Click twice on the right arrow in the lower right hand corner of the page.
You should be on page 3 of the Window tab.
      4. 

    4. Select Icon, Tree, or Details.
      5. 

    5. Close the System object.
      6. 

    


    

    

    

    
Customizing the Launchpad

    

    

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The Launchpad can be customized to your taste.:

      

    1. Click on an open area (no buttons) of the Launchpad with mouse button 2
to bring up its popup menu.
      2. 

    2. Choose Settings to open the Settings notebook.
      3. 

    3. Pages 1 and 2 of the Options tab contain several different options which
change the appearance of the Launchpad.  Choose the options you desire.
      4. 

    4. Close the Settings notebook.
      5. 

    


    

Screenshot:  Second page of Launchpad options.


    

    



    
Command Line

    

    


    
This section covers Command Line tips for OS/2 Warp.

    

    
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Obtaining information about your hardware

    

    

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To obtain extensive information about your hardware, use the RMVIEW command
at an OS/2 command prompt.

    

RMVIEW /?


    
will provide a list of the different command line switches which can be used
with RMVIEW.


    

    

    

    
Setting video modes in a command line window

    

    

contributed by Jack Tan


    

Warp


    

In previous versions of OS/2, you could not specify non-standard column and
row sizes in windowed command lines.  In OS/2 Warp, non-standard sizes can
be specified.  Just use the OS/2 MODE command:

    

MODE <columns>, <rows>


    
where <columns> is the number of columns
and <rows> is the number of rows

    
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BonusPak

    


    
This section covers BonusPak tips for OS/2 Warp.

    

    
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