On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 05:44:24 UTC, Jim Moe
wrote:

> Hello,
> I apparently changed a setting somehow...
> Now, whenever I open a os/2 command window, it opens partially, not full
> size, i.e., with scroll bars.
> How do I change CMD windows default behavior to open maximized?


Hold the shift key down while resizing the window as required.

BTW, "open maximized" is not the same as open windowed in
full size.


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Jim Moe wrote:
>Hello,
> I apparently changed a setting somehow...
> Now, whenever I open a os/2 command window, it opens partially, not full
>size, i.e., with scroll bars.
> How do I change CMD windows default behavior to open maximized?

About time for my yearly post on the subject...
Here's last year's question and answer. The last paragraph applies to
your problem.

>How do I change the default window size in the program object for OS/2
>CMD windows to be 80 columns x 50 rows rather than the default 80
>columns x 25 rows?

If you're running Warp 4 or above that by default opens command
windows in maximised mode, it's quite simple:

Open the Properties of the Command Window object.
In the "parameters" field there will be something like "/k cls" (without the
quotes). Change this to "/k mode 80,50" (without the quotes).

On Warp 3 and earlier, the window opens at the 80x25 dimensions size
with a scrollbar. You have to drag it open to full size. You can make
"maximised" the system default by shift-clicking the "maximise" button at
the top right of any command window. Remember that in many areas of OS/2,
holding down shift while doing an action results in the action becoming the
system-wide default for all instances of that object.

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Don Hills (dmhills at attglobaldotnet) Wellington, New Zealand
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preparing you for the wonders of OS/2!"
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black.hole.4.spam@gmail.com "Don Hills" writes:

> About time for my yearly post on the subject...
> [...]

Thanks for the reminder, Don. (Psalms 121:001, wot? )
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On 07/18/08 11:54 pm, Ruediger Ihle wrote:
>
>> I apparently changed a setting somehow...
>> Now, whenever I open a os/2 command window, it opens partially, not full
>> size, i.e., with scroll bars.
>> How do I change CMD windows default behavior to open maximized?
>
> Hold the shift key down while resizing the window as required.
>
That does not work. The windows still open with scroll bars.

> BTW, "open maximized" is not the same as open windowed in
> full size.
>
Yes, open windowed full size is what I want.

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On 07/19/08 12:36 am, Don Hills wrote:
>> Now, whenever I open a os/2 command window, it opens partially, not full
>>size, i.e., with scroll bars.
>> How do I change CMD windows default behavior to open maximized?
>
> Here's last year's question and answer. The last paragraph applies to
> your problem.
>
> [...] You can make
> "maximised" the system default by shift-clicking the "maximise" button at
> the top right of any command window. Remember that in many areas of OS/2,
> holding down shift while doing an action results in the action becoming the
> system-wide default for all instances of that object.
>
Ah! Yes, that is what I wanted.
Thanks!

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On Sat, 19 Jul 2008 22:09:11 UTC in comp.os.os2.misc, Jim Moe
wrote:

> > Hold the shift key down while resizing the window as required.
> >
> That does not work. The windows still open with scroll bars.

It should work but IBM introduced a bug in Warp 4 that means you have to jump
through hoops to make it work. I seem to remember that you have to hold down the
shift key, drag the window to the size you want and then, while still holding
the shift key, move the window around by grabbing the title bar and dragging it.
It's been such a long time since I had to do this that I may have forgotten the
magic incantation required to make it work but it was something like that! The
drawback to maximizing while holding the shift key (the way you say worked) is
that it always opens the window in the top left of the screen. Using the method
with dragging the window sides means that it opens at random positions on the
screen still.

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"Trevor Hemsley" wrote:
> ... The
>drawback to maximizing while holding the shift key (the way you say worked) is
>that it always opens the window in the top left of the screen. Using the method
>with dragging the window sides means that it opens at random positions on the
>screen still.

Shift-click maximise, then shift-drag to where you want it to open in future.

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Don Hills (dmhills at attglobaldotnet) Wellington, New Zealand
"New interface closely resembles Presentation Manager,
preparing you for the wonders of OS/2!"
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