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In article <94@slpfs1.UUCP> jct@slpfs1.UUCP (Jeff Tolmie) writes:
>That's right. What I want to know is why is there a difference between an
>OS/2 Command Window and every other Window on the Workspace. I mean, quite
>simple. WHY???

CMD.EXE is a text-mode application.  It is designed to run in OS/2's
full-screen text mode.  The windowed sessions are simply emulated text
modes.  They have a fixed size (settable via the MODE command).

>I am used to Sun's running various windowsing systems, and there has never
>been any such distinction. It is clear that a command shell has to talk much
>more to the OS than any other windowed application would, but why does that
>have an influence on PM type attributes like font, scrollbars etc.

Sun's (and X) windowed sessions are different.  Unix is generic enough
to run its shells on anything.  They only assume the most basic
functions (newline, maybe backspace), with everything else defined at
run-time (via the termcap file).  They make no assumptions about the
system.

CMD.EXE assumes quite a bit.  As do most text-based OS/2 programs.
Therefore, the text sessions are designed to accomodate this.
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