Re: Switching in and out of fullscreen dosemu session?

[peregrine@xxxxxxxx]

 Hi Rafe,



I haven't been using dosemu lately and my memory of it is a bit rusty, but I do know that Alt-Tab is a Windows function for toggling among open application "windows," and the Alt-Tab key combination is not reserved for the same purpose on the Gnome or KDE (or X-Windows?) desktops running in Linux. Also, some of the U2 routines are specific to Windows and/or OS/2 (as I recall, you can see which ones by examining the U2 registry directly), and some of your own customizations may be Windows-specific, too. I know Robert will correct me if I'm wrong, but I think SW.CMD requires Windows.



Not that these are insurmountable hurdles. I suspect it would be possible to modify your XyWrite installation to be fully compatible with the different requirements of dosemu or dosbox, but I think it might take a lot of time and patience. Might be well worth the effort in the end. Meanwhile, Ctrl-Alt-F may be your best bet for toggling between full screen and windowed Xy on a Linux box.



 

Jeff







-----Original Message-----

From: Raphael Tennenbaum 

To: XyWrite listserv 

Sent: Mon, Nov 30, 2009 11:08 am

Subject: Switching in and out of fullscreen dosemu session?











I used to use XyWrite fullscreen under OS/2 but for a variety of reasons
gave it up. now I have been playing around with it under dosemu, where
it works handsomely, & hoping to tweak it. 

 


is there a way to shell to the Linux desktop out of XyWrite the way I
used to under OS/2, using RH's superb SW.CMD? standard dosemu way to
return to the desktop is by invoking Ctrl-Alt-F to switch between
fullscreen and windowed sessions -- which okay, but adds a couple of
steps. I suspect it's not feasible -- if I start a plain old dosemu
window, resize it to fullscreen, and hit Alt-Tab, it simply beeps
instead of switching from the VGA console -- but just wonder if anyone
knows for sure. 

 


-rafe t.