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FREEWARE: PC/2 - Program Commander/2 V2.00
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Roman Stangl)
Sat Jan 3 21:28:39 1998
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 03 Jan 1998 20:04:00 -0400
From: rstangl@antispam.vnet.ibm.com (Roman Stangl)
Reply-To: rstangl@antispam.vnet.ibm.com
Reply-to: rstangl@antispam.vnet.ibm.com
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Announcing
PC/2 - Program Commander/2 Version 2.00 for
IBM OS/2 2.x, WARP Presentation Manager
Copyright (C) by Roman Stangl January, 1998
Version 2.00 Draft
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For the early birds under you, PC/2 will be uploaded as pc2v200.zip (1.1 MB
including the source) to the following sites by me (uploads to other sites
are of course welcome):
*) From my homepage (just follow the Download->PC/2 link) at:
http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Pines/7885/
It has been split into two parts to reduce download problems.
Updates, bug corrections, additional information, ... will be
available on this site primarily, so just bookmark that page.
*) Upload to (USA): ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/incoming/
Final destination: ftp://ftp.cdrom.com/pub/os2/wpsutil/
*) Upload to (USA): ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/
Final destination: ftp://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/wps/
*) Upload to (Germany):
ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/incoming/os2/
Final destination:
ftp://ftp.informatik.tu-muenchen.de/pub/comp/os/os2/leo/wpstools/
Any e-mail (comments/suggestions/bug reports/...) is welcome, please ensure
to remove the prefix "antispam." from my e-mail address (if included)!
If you have problems decrypting the source archive or other problems, please
take a look onto my site.
A in-depth description of PC/2 is available on my site too, so here just
some of the highlights:
*) PC/2 is a client tool
Though PC/2 should also work on OS/2 Warp Server, it's targeted to
enhance the usability of the OS/2 Warp client operating system (or in
other words the SOHO market)!
*) Program Launcher as WPS enhancement or replacement:
Tired of launching OS/2, DOS, WIN-OS2 and WPS applications from folders
and icons that mess up your desktop? Then PC/2 allows you to do that from
a configurable Popup Menu! In addition to the WPS you can also specify a
hotkey, the position and size, priority, environment and a scheduled
date. No more changes to CONFIG.SYS, e.g. you could even run 2 Netscape
browsers running JAVA 1.02 and 1.1.4 runtime simultaneously!
Alternatively you can activate the Popup Menu from the keyboard,
including the WIN-95 keys, and launch the applications from there!
And compared to the WPS (PMSHELL), PC/2 saves about 4 MB RAM, even on
32MB machines!
*) Virtual Desktop:
The mess of applications windows on your Desktop drives you crazy? Then
PC/2 is the management center that gives you back control of the windows
on a up to 9x9 fold Virtual Desktop, allowing you to switch with button
clicks or simply by moving the pointer onto a surrounding row/column of
your desktop. No more mess on your desktop!
*) Sliding focus:
You are among the people hating the need to click on windows to switch
the focus? Activate the Sliding focus and PC/2 automatically activates
the control or window below the mouse pointer (as X-windows does), no
more clicks to switch between windows!
*) Advanced Marking:
You find selection of copy and paste operations from menubars or
system menus inconvenient? Advanced Marking allows you copy and paste
operations for OS/2 and DOS windows, (multiline) entryfields, E and EPM
editor, CM/2, PC/3270 and Passport/2 by just a few mouse clicks, no more
inconvenient interaction with the menubars!
*) Hotkeys:
Want to launch or switch between applications with user-selectable
Hotkeys? PC/2's Hotkey support allows you to launch and/or switch between
applications with user-selected Hotkeys out of 108 supported
combinations.
The Hotkeys will be detected within any PM window, even OS/2 windows,
just ensure that the Hotkey key combination isn't required to operate an
applications.
*) Dynamic Menu Selection:
Want menus automatically to cascade when touching them with the mouse
pointer? Then Dynamic Menu Selection eliminates the need to click on
menu entries to shell into submenus!
*) Environment Spaces:
Tired of applications that make modifications to your CONFIG.SYS before
being able to run? Manage your application environments with Environment
Spaces, which most easily compares to environment templates! Create and
combine them and add them to the applications of your choice, no more
changes will be required in your CONFIG.SYS (except for device drivers)!
The application launcher from WSOD (WorkSpace On Demand) allows an
administrator to do the same, but from what I've seen PC/2 does that in a
much superior way!
*) SessionBar and QuickSwitch:
Want instant access to your applications (even when distributed around
Virtual Desktops)? PC/2's SessionBar allows you to switch between
applications (and automatically between Virtual Desktops too if required)
from a graphical taskbar or the QuickSwitch window allows you to switch
to the next/previous task!
The SessionBar automatically adjusts other windows not to cover it (and
displays additionally the battery status on APM capable PCs), no more a
messed up desktop and instant access to your applications!
*) HW Panning Support:
Your ThinkPad's LCD display is smaller than the supported resolution but
you're tired that your windows are larger than your LCD display? Then HW
Panning Support ensures that windows won't be larger than LCD display,
even when maximized!
*) TitleBar SmartIcons:
You want instant access to close, rollup, help, ...? Then PC/2's TitleBar
SmartIcons added to windows' titlebars are what you're looking for!
*) Security:
Want to secure access to your PC/2 configuration or lockup your workspace
even when not using the WPS? Then PC/2's Security options will fit that
needs!
*) Scheduler:
You need to schedule applications? Then the Scheduler built into the
Popup Menu allows you to schedule application launches or even when to
Shutdown and Reboot or Power off your PC!
*) APM Support:
Missing APM suspend or power off support under OS/2? Then PC/2 will fit
that hole allowing you even to schedule these events (req. Warp 4)!
*) Spooler Control window:
You are not running the WPS (PMSHELL) as your WorkPlace Shell process but
want to control your local printers? Then PC/2 Spooler is the management
center you need!
*) WPS extraction:
You want to migrate your WPS objects into PC/2's Popup Menu? Just drag
them onto WPS 2 PC/2's icon and from there into PC/2, and PC/2 will
automagically add them to the Popup Menu!
Warm regards, Roman
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