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- QUICK START for IBM OS/2 2.x
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-
- 1) put the binary ATP.EXE anywhere in your path. Put EMX.DLL in your
- LIBPATH. The included EMX.DLL is from EMX 0.8g. If you wish to run
- ATP from the desktop, you should install it as a full screen
- application. ATP will work in a window but it was designed to be
- a full screen text mode application. See your OS/2 docs for info
- on how to set an application to full screen.
-
- 2) set the environment variable ATP to point to where you want ATP
- message bases to reside (add this to your config.sys and reboot).
- For example:
-
- set ATP=c:\foobar\qwks
-
- 3) put the configuration file `atprc' in your ATP directory pointed to
- by the environment variable which you set in step (2) above. Edit
- the `atprc' file to your personal taste and circumstances.
-
- 4) put the taglines file "taglines.atp" in your ATP directory.
-
- 5) edit the following entries in your atprc :
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- a) user = Your Name
-
- b) editor = your_editor
-
- c) mail = \your\mail\path\for\new\QWK\packets
-
- d) reply = \your\reply\path\for\outgoing\rep\packets
-
-
- 6) enter `atp' at the prompt to start atp.
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- 7) at ATP's prompt enter `load bbsname.qwk' to view your first packet.
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- 8) type `help' for help, `q' for quit.
-
- 9) read the docs!
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- 10) read the docs!!
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- OS/2 TIPS
- ---------
-
- ATP is a full screen text-mode application for OS/2. If you wish
- to run ATP from the desktop, be sure to set ATP to full screen
- mode using OS/2.
-
- Please read the docs to get the most out of ATP. ATP functions like
- a mini-shell and allows you to enter many common system commands from
- the command line. It is very powerful and allows you to navigate QWK
- message bases with a couple key strokes. But you will have to read
- the docs ...
-
- Note that your COMSPEC variable must point to a command interpreter
- which must be compatible with CMD.EXE at the switch level (i.e. it must
- accept options introduced by the foreslash instead of the Unix style
- dash: /c instead of -c). If your COMSPEC points to BASH.EXE you might
- experience problems. There is a workaround if you need BASH or KSH to
- be your secondary shell; send me e-mail if you need info. Note that
- BASH as your *primary* shell will work fine with ATP.
-
- Your choice of editor is important. Many "ports" of Unix editors to OS/2
- lack the ability to reference a file by absolute path (including drive
- letter). This is because those who "ported" these softwares overlooked
- the fact that OS/2 (and DOSish operating systems in general) require a
- drive letter in an absolute path designator. One nice Unix style editor
- that does work well with ATP for OS/2 is ELVIS 1.7.
-
- Note: the 1989 version of PKzip for OS/2 has many known bugs. Please
- don't use it. The freeware ZIPs from Info-Zip are *highly* recommended
- instead.
-
- COMPILING ATP
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-
- ATP.EXE for OS/2 2.x was compiled using EMX 0.8g (which is based
- on GCC 2.4.5) under OS/2 2.1 and linked with a modified
- Salz/Tumlee editline library. The file "makefile.os2" should work
- with either DMAKE or GNU MAKE when used with EMX. Remember that
- these makes will require you to use a command line of the form:
-
- make -f makefile.os2
-
- This "-f" switch is to insure that make selects the correct makefile
- for the build. If you need a current version of GNU make for OS/2,
- send me e-mail for information on my port of GNU make for OS/2.
-
- CONTACT INFO
- ------------
-
- Comments and bug reports welcome.
-
- thanks,
-
- Thomas McWilliams (KI4N)
- P.O. Box 7545
- Arlington, VA 22207
- USA
-
- email: Internet: thomas.mcwilliams@f615.n109.z1.fidonet.org
- Fido : netmail to 1:109/615
-
- I can also be found in the RIME, FIDO, and SmartNet Unix and
- Offline conferences, and I usually monitor comp.os.linux.* . You
- may also leave me a message at Enlightened BBS (703) 370-9528 or
- Brodmann's Place BBS (301) 843-5732.
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