Rod, at 10:50 on Wed, Apr 19 1995, you wrote to Bill Grimsley ...

CR> Yes, but he's running Msged full screen.

RS> Doesnt matter. There is an argument for a decent keyboard task
RS> switcher added to the OS, but NOT for the dinosaur route of an
RS> external in the app.

BG> There already is though.  Alt-Esc toggles between sessions, FS or not.

RS> Yes, but as you validly pointed out, the number of keystrokes can 
RS> be more than is desirable. The answer is to add a decent keyboard 
RS> oriented task switcher to the OS to allow you to go to the task you 
RS> want in one keystroke.

That wasn't at all clear to me from your earlier messages on this subject,
but now that I know what you meant, I thoroughly agree.  However, I'm not
currently aware of any easy way to accomplish this in OS/2 itself.

BG> as you'll have seen Chris' macros by now. Had a major
BG> brain fart with that too, I don't mind telling you.

RS> Sure, but thats STILL the wrong way to use say List in that app. 

Rubbish.  I now have Msged set up to shell to List with a single keystroke,
and if I need to Edit, Move, Copy, or otherwise act upon a specific file,
that is also performed via a single keystroke in List itself, then eXiting
takes me right back to where I started.  It's by far the most economical
use of the keyboard IN MY SITUATION.  Ergo, there's no "right" or
"wrong" way about it.

RS> The only sensible way is a better keyboard oriented OS level task 
RS> switcher.

Nope, it's not the "only sensible way" at all, certainly not for
the specific purpose I have in mind (and am using now quite successfully),
and if I wanted to run my messages through a spelling-checker for example,
there ain't no easier way to do it than with a Msged macro (as Chris does
now).

Regards, Bill
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