[459] in OS/2_Discussion
OS/2 Questions
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (klund@MIT.EDU)
Wed Mar 15 12:18:36 1995
From: klund@MIT.EDU
Date: Wed, 15 Mar 95 12:16:46 -0500
To: danly@ilm.pfc.mit.edu
Cc: os2partners@MIT.EDU
> Where can one get the answers to (relatively) simple OS/2 questions?
> I have attended several of the OS/2 user's group meetings, and there
> doesn't seem to be an opportunity for "question and answer" time there.
If we need a Q&A time at User Group meetings, we'll make time.
Otherwise, the mailing list os2partners is (usually) very helpful.
> My specific questions are:
>
> 1) How do I change to system fonts which do not come with the OS/2
> package? Where can I get fonts for this. I am running GNU Emacs
> 19.27 and I want to change fonts. Is there anyone here at MIT
> using the same editor under OS/2 that can help me with my font
> setup?
I don't know. Anyone using emacs? Anyone?
> 2) Can I have a DDE link between a PM application and a non-PM
> application? I want a PM window to show graphics during
> calculations, but I don't want to give up preemptive multitasking
> by making my numerical calculation a PM application. (my numerical
> calculations are intensive, requiring 10-20 min per run.)
Can you use a background thread for the calculations?
> 3) Is it worth upgrading to WARP?
Depends. I think the upgraded applets are worth the price, as is new
driver support, a couple of bug fixes, and some minor speed
improvements. Are you happy as a clam running 2.11? Do you have
drivers installed for all your hardware, and does OS/2 never crash on
you? If "yes, yes, yes" then it's a hard call.
> 4) What is a good book on REXX programming? Should I even be
> interested in REXX. or is PERL a better option. I want to
> convert a shell script to run under OS/2, and I don't know which
> way to go. I bought one book on REXX, by German, but it was so bad
> I returned it. Does anyone in OS/2UG run VX-REXX by Watcom?
Personally, I find myself using perl more and more, but I like to do
as much as possible with REXX, because many OS/2 apps use REXX as
their scripting language (like Mesa/2, Lotus apps, etc.). There was a
thick book on REXX given away at the last meeting... What was the
title? Anyone remember? Who won it? Can you give us a minireview?
--> Kent.
