- File Management:
The GUI file manager needs a lot of dedication. I managed to copy files with a mouse movement from here to there
without noticing it.
The GUI file manager has had some work, but IMO, the updates make it not usable.
You can move files, or folders, without noticing it on all platforms, that I know about. That is a user problem, but you CAN set it to ask for verification, every time (which very quickly becomes a PITA).
I sometimes use FM/2
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/util/browser/fm2-3-22-0.zip, but that is so complicated that I avoid it most of the time. The advantage is that it is still being developed.
- FAT32/NTFS support
Plain FAT USB sticks are natively supported, FAT32 and NTFS sticks are not.
Well, they are, as long as you create a proper partition on them, and add the LVM information (REQUIRED for anything larger than 2 GB). The easy way to do that is to use DFSEE, which has a menu item to do it. The main "problem" with that is, that it is a destructive process, so you need to copy the contents elsewhere before doing it.
The FAT32 driver works pretty well, but it is best to REM the CACHEF32.EXE line in CONFIG.SYS. It works much better, and faster, without the cache. The NTFS driver will work in R/W but is set to Read only by default (for good reason). I suggest just don't use it at all. I think that the main problem with NTFS is that Microsoft has copyrighted the method, so it is not really legal to do anything with it, although Linux seems to have found a way.
- Programme Editor:
e.exe with line numbering and a `goto line`search statement would be great.
There are MANY alternate editors that will do what you want. In fact E.EXE has been replaced with AE.EXE
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/misc/ae1_9_8.zip, which fixes problems, but adds no new features (already included as E.EXE in later versions of eCS). There is also EPM.EXE, which can be modified as desired by the user. You can find pre packaged mods to do various things with it.
- SIGFPEs & Dave Yeo's Assembler Patch
Projects using doubles or floats are not well supported by current GCC eCS editions. This is a real strain.
Just including a brilliant ASM solution provided by Dave Yeo makes the day - without knowing it, you are lost.
True. This is a problem with the guy who creates the GCC support. He just hasn't got around to trying to fix the problem. I don't know if the source is available for somebody who might comprehend it, or not. Currently, I suspect that there are probably about 2 OS/2 programmers who could fix the problem, if they had the source. Meanwhile, programmers must use the work around. I would suggest that you leave the requests for fixes, to those who understand the situation. We don't want to piss off the guy who does it, or we may get left with nothing (it has happened before).