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--   Recommendations for using Golded+ and other VIO-Applications   ----------

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[Falls Du an einer deutschen Version interessiert bist, melde dich und ich

 werde es "=FCbersetzen".. ;)]



The aim of this textfile is to give a suggestion on running Golded (and other

VIO-apps) in a very useful and aesthetic way. Give it a try and after getting

used to it you will love it that way.

I am using the great OS/2 Warp 4 on my system and so this text is mainly

directed to OS/2 users, but the main message should also be useful for all

other operating systems.

To get the mentioned programs just take a look at the end of this text.



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 the right size

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This is my batch in which Golded+ is started on my system (by using

an hotkey assigned through PC/2 - it is really great btw to switch to tasks

that you use often by just typing ctrl-alt-g or something similar):



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-+--[golded2.cmd]-------

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@echo off

rem ** change window size to 100 columns, 50 rows.

mode CON1 CO100,50



rem ** maximize window and make the borders thinner (3 pixel).

console -or+ -b3,3

rem ** center the window on the desktop. simply calls 'winto.cmd hcenter top',

rem ** where winto.cmd is a batch file which comes along with console (see

rem ** above).

call center



cd\utils\golded

gedemx.exe

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-+--[/golded2.cmd]------

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I use the 14x8-font for my VIO-windows with a graphic resolution of 1024x768.

To set the font of textwindows in OS/2 select the system menu of a window,

chose 'font size', change it to your needs and then 'save' it. All windows

will now use the new size.



In winto.cmd (from console) which is called by center.cmd I made the following

settings:

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-+--[winto.cmd]---------

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[...]

 /* modify this depending on your settings */

 ScreenW =3D 1024 /*800*/;

 ScreenH =3D 742  /*600*/;  /*'742' because of WarpCenter*/

[...]

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-+--[/winto.cmd]--------

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With this you get a VIO-window which gives me as many informations as it could

(100*50=3D5000 characters, 80*25=3D2000 chars) and looks as great as it could.



All mentioned files can be frequested via FTN on my system at 2:2432/337

(V34+, X75).



 CONSO010.ZIP    147K 24.10.97 Console Version 0.1.0 by Andrew Pavel

                               Zabolotny, Copyright (C) 1997 by FRIENDS

                               software. This utility addresses a problem

                               IBM is ignoring since first release of OS/2.

                               The problem is, you can define the default

                               size and position for *ALL* console win

 Should be also on http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/



 PC2V219C.ZIP    863K 15.11.99   PROGRAM COMMANDER/2 V2.20 for OS/2

                               Copyright (C) by Roman Stangl November, 1999



                               PC/2 is a WPS enhancement or replacement,

                               that features a program

                               launcher, Virtual Desktops, Hotkey support,

                               Sliding focus, Advanced

                               Marking, Dynamic Menu Selection, Environment

                               Spaces, WIN95 key support,

                               QuickSwitch and SessionBar window, Hardware

                               Panning support, TitleBar

                               Smarticons, Lockup and Password protection

                               support, Scheduler, WPS

                               extraction and a Spooler Control Window

                               (which enables spooling even

                               when running PC/2 as a WPS replacement).



                               Running PC/2 as the WPS replacement can save

                               about 4 MB precious RAM,

                               even on well equipped machines you can

                               notice decreased swapper size

                               and activity giving you a performance boost

                               compared to running the

                               WPS (due to the much smaller memory

                               requirements compared with the WPS).



                               For those of you who want to know the

                               "tricks" used in PC/2, the full

                               source (requires long filename support) is

                               included, however it can be

 The authors page: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/7885/PC2/





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written by daniel hahler, 20.01.2000

 FidoNet: 2:2432/337

 email: tq@thequod.krysius.com

 url: http://thequod.de (german)

