Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!microsoft!philba From: philba@microsoft.UUCP (Phil BARRETT) Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms Subject: DOS session hot keys (was: Re: Disable Windows handling of com port in 386 mode?) Message-ID: <57202@microsoft.UUCP> Date: 6 Sep 90 00:59:43 GMT References: <4246@tuminfo1.lan.informatik.tu-muenchen.dbp.de> Reply-To: philba@microsoft.UUCP (Phil BARRETT) Organization: Microsoft Corp., Redmond WA Lines: 20 In article jonathan@jspc.wimsey.bc.ca (Jonathan Story) writes: > > (As an aside from a former Desqview user: there are only two things >about Windows which really bother me. One is that I can't quickly switch >from one DOS session to another, but have to return to windows, select the >next DOS icon, etc. The other peeve is that if I have to terminate a DOS >session, Windows doesn't have the decency, unlike Desqview, to close any >files that are still open. Maybe in 3.1....) Make that one. To create a dos app `hot key', you must edit the PIF (via pifedit), go into the advanced section and set the application short-cut key field. You can use alt+key or ctrl+key combination. When you start the app (via the PIF), you can directly switch to that app by simply pressing the short-cut key sequence. You should be carefull to not select any key sequences that your dos apps use since they get eaten by windows before the app sees them. phil I dont speak for Microsoft, they dont speak for me.