Neat OS/2 feature: The “settings” window of an icon usually shows some generic options. That’s what I’m used to these days. In OS/2, it can also show program-specific settings. The video shows me configuring two launchers for FTP-PM with different connection settings.

Digging deeper into the WPS (e.g., what do I have to do to create such a settings dialog for my own programs) is on my not-necessarily-small TODO list. I’ll get there … eventually.

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@movq IBM C Set++ 2.1 (I think that's the right version) doesn't really have an IDE per se. You create special solution folders and special project folders and put source code in them and then use the settings dialog of the folders to configure everything

@Wearwolf Not quite sure I follow. You mean this? 🤔 https://www.computerhistory.org/collections/catalog/102777077

I also guess/hope that one of the books on Ko Myung-Hun’s page has more info about this area of the WPS.

@movq yes, that's the one

It actually comes with two versions of the tools. WorkFrame 1.1 is a more traditional IDE and WorkFrame 2.1 is "The first development environment to exploit the full power of the OS/2 workspace shell" (according to it)