Unofficial Netscape Communicator for OS/2 Warp Informational Post from Mike Kaply
From: Michael Kaply
Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.apps
Subject: COMM/2 READ ME FIRST!
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 1998 18:03:39 -0400
Organization: IBM Corporation
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Hi there.
Now that I have your attention, welcome to the unofficial Netscape
Communicator for OS/2 Warp informational post.
By the time you read this, or soon after, the GA version of COMM/2
should be up there.
I have promised everyone some undocumented features, and this post lists
them.
It also lists some workarounds that are NOT in the README.
ITEM NUMBER 1 IS THE ONLY SUPPORTED THING IN THIS POST
Please read this post!
1. Lines in images
Some machines might still experience white lines in images, even after
following the FixPak 6 instructions in the README. If you do, use the
following REXX CMD to add another entry to your INI File:
/* */
call RxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs'
call SysLoadFuncs
call SysIni 'USER', 'FixPak', 'Shift','2'
If you still have the problem, try changing the '2' to '1'
2. Viewing source in an editor, using AIM, Host On-Demand, or Netcaster
OK, the following CMD file is a catch all for all of the above. First
the CMD file:
/* IniName points to the location of your NSCP.INI */
/* Change NSDir to the directory where NS40 is installed */
/* Change InstallDrive to the drive where NS40 is installed */
/* Change en to be the two character identifier for your browser */
IniName = 'C:\OS2\NSCP.INI'
InstallDrive = 'C:'
NSDir = InstallDrive||'\NS40BETA'
InstallDir = NSDir'\Program'
NSVersion = '4.04 (en)'
call RxFuncAdd 'SysLoadFuncs', 'RexxUtil', 'SysLoadFuncs'
call SysLoadFuncs
/* Add ini entries for Netcaster */
call SysIni IniName, 'Netcaster', 'CurrentVersion', NSVersion
call SysIni IniName, 'Netcaster-'||NSVersion, 'Install Directory',
NSDir'\Netcast'
/* Add ini entries for Host On-Demand */
call SysIni IniName, '3270', 'CurrentVersion', NSVersion
call SysIni IniName, '3270-'||NSVersion, 'Install Directory',
NSDir'\3270'
/* Add ini entries for AOL Instant Messenger */
call SysIni IniName, 'AIM', 'CurrentVersion', NSVersion
call SysIni IniName, 'AIM-'||NSVersion, 'Install Directory', NSDir'\AIM'
/* Add Registry entries for View Source */
call SysIni IniName, 'Registry',
'\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\viewsource','URL:View Source'
call SysIni IniName, 'Registry', '\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\viewsource\shell',0
call SysIni IniName, 'Registry',
'\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\viewsource\shell\open',0
call SysIni IniName, 'Registry',
'\HKEY_CLASSES_ROOT\viewsource\shell\open\command','C:\OS2\E.EXE'
Now how to use it:
Install Netscape on windows, copy the contents of NETCAST, 3270, and AIM
directories to the appropriately named directories under where you
installed NETSCAPE:
NETSCAPE\PROGRAM
NETSCAPE\3270
NETSCAPE\NETCAST
NETSCAPE\AIM
Note that these three products are NOT supported, but feel free to try.
Note that the AOL pulldown will just launch AIM.EXE in the AIM
directory, so you can put anything there.
Once you have added the View Source entry, you can modify the settings
for it in the Preferences->Applications.
3. Misc undocumented OS/2 features:
All these are entries you can add to your PREFS.JS file to do various
things. Have fun experimenting:
If we see a web page with Arial, Helvetica, we pick Helvetica if this
preference is true
user_pref("os2.arial_pref", false|true);
Specify a wave file for new mail sound. REMEMBER double backslashes!
user_pref("os2.mail.sound", "C:\\MMOS2\\SOUNDS\\GOTMAIL.WAV");
Prevents ALL filename mangling when downloading (dots and extension) if
set to false
user_pref("os2.replace_dots", true|false );
Turns off URL bar completion if set to false
user_pref("os2.url_completion", true|false );
Causes User Defined Encoding to use default codepage of OS/2 if set to
true.
On Russian systems, this allows you to see 866 web pages.
On default OS/2 systems, you can see 850 pages.
user_pref("os2.use_oem_charset", true|false );
4. Other notables:
Viewing any language web page in Communicator
If you use Times Roman MT 30 as your font for ALL encodings, you will be
able to see stuff in any language.
Chinese and Korean only work on FP 5 or later (I think)
Causing helpers to be launched by the WPS:
If you check the application radio button when EDITING (not creating) a
helper, but leave the application entry field blank, the item simply
gets passed to the Workplace Shell. This can be used to launch Windows
helpers with proper settings, as well as just letting the WPS handle all
misc types.
5. Apologies
Sorry all the drag drop still isn't there. It is our number one priority
for the next version.
As far as the click on load goes, Netscape deliberately broke that
because of other bugs. We tried to fix it, but couldn't get it in in
time. Next time.
As far as the Collabra problems go, we couldn't get them to reproduce in
the latest drivers. We hope they are fixed.
Hope y'all enjoy the product!
Mike Kaply
IBM Corporation
Technical Lead
Netscape Communicator for OS/2
P.S. Notice what browser I am using to post this :)
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