Xref: utzoo comp.windows.ms:12594 comp.os.msdos.misc:2072 comp.os.os2.misc:1359 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!csri.toronto.edu!wayne Newsgroups: comp.windows.ms,comp.os.msdos.misc,comp.os.os2.misc From: wayne@csri.toronto.edu (Wayne Hayes) Subject: Re: OS/2 2.0 is here! (now error messages) Message-ID: <1991May11.225013.2106@jarvis.csri.toronto.edu> Organization: CSRI, University of Toronto References: <1991May6.230021.24665@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> <1991May8.193731.15929@Informatik.TU-Muenchen.DE> <1991May10.114309.28926@watserv1.waterloo.edu> Date: 12 May 91 02:50:13 GMT Lines: 23 In article <1991May10.114309.28926@watserv1.waterloo.edu> tom@mims-iris.waterloo.edu (Tom Haapanen) writes: >Can anyone tell me whether OS/2 2.0 still has those horrible OS/360-style >error messages in character mode? Do we have to wait for OS/2 NT to get >non-obnoxious error messages? The error messages in 2.0 are pretty descriptive; sometimes they're a bit *too* verbose for my taste, but for the end-user they should be pretty comprehensible. >I guess a nice character-mode shell wasn't in IBM's plans, at least... :( AH! Another thing I forgot to mention: the OS/2 2.0 command shell is *much* nicer than in 1.2. They finally put a decent command line editor and history buffer into it; and even some talk of... well, I probably shouldn't say too much more; I wouldn't want to get in trouble for divulging IBM's Sooper-Dooper Secret Plans To Make OS/2 The Best OS Since Sliced Time. ;-) -- NOTICE: Due to the complexity of nearly all topics, the opinions expressed above are in continual process of formation and may be changed without notice. Wayne Hayes INTERNET: wayne@csri.utoronto.ca CompuServe: 72401,3525