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   Kevin Nunn to Daniel Juarez   
   Re: os/2 in the 2020's...   
   03 Jun 21 14:48:11   
   
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   PID: Telegard/2 3.09.g2-sp4/mL   
   TID: FastEcho 1.46.1 43230   
   -=> DANIEL JUAREZ wrote to STAN HOSDAR <=-   
      
    DJ> On OS/2 one thing I have yet to learn is how objects are used properly.   
    DJ> I mean, just trying to make what I would consider a shortcut on the   
    DJ> desktop to an application, I have not figured out without copying the   
    DJ> whole application to the desktop. But, I confess I have not put much   
      
   I could be wrong, but I believe what you have to do is create a   
   "shadow". On my ArcaOS system, you can right click on an object and   
   "Create Shadow" and it will then ask where to place the shadow (to the   
   Desktop) and then you have a shortcut to that obj on the desktop.    
      
   I think object oriented stuff was taken to the extreme on WPS. You   
   could do a lot of really cool stuff, like drag docs to the printer to   
   print them. And one feature I used a lot was having sort of a "work   
   folder" and if I opened that folder (filled with shadows), everything   
   in the folder was opened. I could have a "BBS" folder, with telnet,   
   multimail and dos shell "shadows" and when I opened it, all those would   
   open up.    
      
   Kev   
      
   (by no means an OS/2 guru, but I was in Team OS/2 for awhile :> )   
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