1------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 2-- Recommendations for using Golded+ and other VIO-Applications ---------- 3------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 4[Falls Du an einer deutschen Version interessiert bist, melde dich und ich 5 werde es "=FCbersetzen".. ;)] 6 7The aim of this textfile is to give a suggestion on running Golded (and other 8VIO-apps) in a very useful and aesthetic way. Give it a try and after getting 9used to it you will love it that way. 10I am using the great OS/2 Warp 4 on my system and so this text is mainly 11directed to OS/2 users, but the main message should also be useful for all 12other operating systems. 13To get the mentioned programs just take a look at the end of this text. 14 15------------------------------------ 16 the right size 17------------------------------------ 18 19This is my batch in which Golded+ is started on my system (by using 20an hotkey assigned through PC/2 - it is really great btw to switch to tasks 21that you use often by just typing ctrl-alt-g or something similar): 22 23------------------------ 24-+--[golded2.cmd]------- 25------------------------ 26@echo off 27rem ** change window size to 100 columns, 50 rows. 28mode CON1 CO100,50 29 30rem ** maximize window and make the borders thinner (3 pixel). 31console -or+ -b3,3 32rem ** center the window on the desktop. simply calls 'winto.cmd hcenter top', 33rem ** where winto.cmd is a batch file which comes along with console (see 34rem ** above). 35call center 36 37cd\utils\golded 38gedemx.exe 39------------------------ 40-+--[/golded2.cmd]------ 41------------------------ 42 43I use the 14x8-font for my VIO-windows with a graphic resolution of 1024x768. 44To set the font of textwindows in OS/2 select the system menu of a window, 45chose 'font size', change it to your needs and then 'save' it. All windows 46will now use the new size. 47 48In winto.cmd (from console) which is called by center.cmd I made the following 49settings: 50------------------------ 51-+--[winto.cmd]--------- 52------------------------ 53[...] 54 /* modify this depending on your settings */ 55 ScreenW =3D 1024 /*800*/; 56 ScreenH =3D 742 /*600*/; /*'742' because of WarpCenter*/ 57[...] 58------------------------ 59-+--[/winto.cmd]-------- 60------------------------ 61 62With this you get a VIO-window which gives me as many informations as it could 63(100*50=3D5000 characters, 80*25=3D2000 chars) and looks as great as it could. 64 65All mentioned files can be frequested via FTN on my system at 2:2432/337 66(V34+, X75). 67 68 CONSO010.ZIP 147K 24.10.97 Console Version 0.1.0 by Andrew Pavel 69 Zabolotny, Copyright (C) 1997 by FRIENDS 70 software. This utility addresses a problem 71 IBM is ignoring since first release of OS/2. 72 The problem is, you can define the default 73 size and position for *ALL* console win 74 Should be also on http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/ 75 76 PC2V219C.ZIP 863K 15.11.99 PROGRAM COMMANDER/2 V2.20 for OS/2 77 Copyright (C) by Roman Stangl November, 1999 78 79 PC/2 is a WPS enhancement or replacement, 80 that features a program 81 launcher, Virtual Desktops, Hotkey support, 82 Sliding focus, Advanced 83 Marking, Dynamic Menu Selection, Environment 84 Spaces, WIN95 key support, 85 QuickSwitch and SessionBar window, Hardware 86 Panning support, TitleBar 87 Smarticons, Lockup and Password protection 88 support, Scheduler, WPS 89 extraction and a Spooler Control Window 90 (which enables spooling even 91 when running PC/2 as a WPS replacement). 92 93 Running PC/2 as the WPS replacement can save 94 about 4 MB precious RAM, 95 even on well equipped machines you can 96 notice decreased swapper size 97 and activity giving you a performance boost 98 compared to running the 99 WPS (due to the much smaller memory 100 requirements compared with the WPS). 101 102 For those of you who want to know the 103 "tricks" used in PC/2, the full 104 source (requires long filename support) is 105 included, however it can be 106 The authors page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/7885/PC2/ 107 108 109------------------------------------ 110written by daniel hahler, 20.01.2000 111 FidoNet: 2:2432/337 112 email: tq@thequod.krysius.com 113 url: http://thequod.de (german) 114