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Date:	Tue, 1 Apr 2003 15:20:29 PST8
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: Fresh vs. Fixpak (was: installation diskettes)

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In <3E8A0B7B.24B6@peterskye.com>, on 04/01/03
at 01:57 PM, Peter Skye said:

>> Not really. There were changes to the Desktop structure.

>Okay, thanks. This means you can't bring your Desktop with you, yes?

No. It just takes some work, just as with any fresh install. You can
install eCS with the IBM desktop if you want.

>did see your post elsewhere about beta testers not giving you enough
>support on the open source projects you were working on.

It's been said before. The willingness to stay the course is a mile-wide
and an inch deep.

>(So why do I have time to pontificate on this list? Hmm...)

Humm...

>The only thing Rexx can't do is rearrange the sequence of the toolbar
>icons. I am *so* particular about this.

So am I. One of the reasons I use OD's Tab LaunchPad is because it allows
me to configure this kind of thing. Also, at the expense of a bit of
screen space, it allows me to switch to a new tab in a single mouse click.
Can't you delete and add them back in the right order?

>And I write an installation script every time I install something so
>basically I just have to run a bunch of command files.

For me, the installation is easy. I don't need a script for that. What's
hard is recalling all the post installation customizations. Things such as
customized toolbars for WordPro and so on. Some apps keep this stuff in
the application directory and will pick it up when you reinstall. Some
don't.

>ASSIGN, JOIN and SUBST are all DOS and I don't have TVFS installed --
>anybody know of an OS/2 way to remap one path to another?

You said it yourself. TVFS. However, for a one shot like an install, you
might as well copy to a work directory. This is pretty much automatic
here. I keep the install images zip'ed up and unzip them to a work
directory for use. There's a non-obvious benefit to this. The CRC check
pretty much prevents attempting to install a set of corrupted files.

>What in tarnation is IAC?

www.acronymns.com?

>I'm worried that Some Devious Programmer (SDP) has written something to
>the INI files using a non-obvious key and subkey, and I'll miss moving it
>causing irreparable harm to my psyche and requiring

This is not paranoia. It's reality. My INI's contain more than a few
items with an unknown history. Every now an then, I will move a few to a
backup INI and wait for something to happen.

I also know of a few apps that hide registration data in non-obvious EAs.
Stay worried.

>I wish the guys who write to INI files would also supply a way to unwrite
>the info and save it somewhere and then allow you to write it to the INI
>of your choice.

Unimaint has tools to support this. Take a look at the INI Compare
features.

Steven

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