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Re: OS/2 doskey replacement

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From: Arthur Marsh
Date: Sun, 27 Nov 1994 14:52
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David J N Begley (dbegley@arthur.st.nepean.uws.edu.au) wrote:

: >Does anybody know if there is a way in OS/2 to make the
: >command line default to insert mode.

: Not unless there's a hidden parameter somewhere .. I've been complaining to
: IBM about this since 2.0 GA, but a lone voice moves no mountain.. .  .

Trace don't have any utilities that provide this functionality? IBM have 
usually been good at providing good usability features.

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Arthur Marsh, telephone +61-8-370-2365, fax +61-8-370-2133, +61-8-223-5082 
              arthur@gateway.dircsa.org.au, arthur@cswamp.apana.org.au
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From: arthur@gateway.dircsa.org.au (Arthur Marsh)
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Subject: Re: OS/2 doskey replacement
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