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Q61208: C 6.00 README: Loading PWB Quickly

Article: Q61208
Product(s): See article
Version(s): 6.00   | 6.00
Operating System(s): MS-DOS | OS/2
Keyword(s): ENDUSER | | mspl13_c
Last Modified: 15-AUG-1990

The following information is taken from the C Version 6.00 README.DOC
file.

Loading PWB Quickly
-------------------

Programmer's WorkBench (PWB) consists of the basic editor and four
editor extensions that contain the functionality for building,
linking, online help, and the Source Browser. These editor extensions
are loaded automatically each time you invoke PWB.

If you want PWB to load more quickly, you can rename some or all of
the PWB extensions and then load them only when they are needed.

For example, you can change the names of all the extension files from
*.MXT (DOS) or *.PXT (OS2) to *.EXT. Then include the following section in
your TOOLS.INI file:

   [pwb-ext]
   load:$PATH:pwbhelp.ext      ;Online Help
   load:$PATH:pwbc.ext         ;C compiler
   load:$PATH:pwbrowse.ext     ;Source Browser
   load:$PATH:pwbutils.ext     ;LINK, NMAKE, and CodeView

To load all the extensions at once, execute the following in PWB:

   arg "ext" initialize

With the default key assignments, this is

   ALT+A "ext" SHIFT+F8

To load a single extension -- the help extension, for example -- you
can use the following:

   arg "load:$PATH:pwbhelp.ext" assign

With the default key assignment, this translates to

   ALT+A "load:$PATH:pwbhelp.ext" ALT+=

If you decide to rename the extensions and thus disable the extension
autoload feature of PWB, you still have the option of starting up PWB
with all the extensions loaded.

To do this, define a macro in the PWB section of TOOLS.INI and assign
it to a key of your choice. The following TOOLS.INI entry creates a
macro called "extload" and assigns it to the F11 key:

   extload:=arg "ext" initialize
   extload:F11

Then when you start PWB, you can use the /e option to execute
"extload" on start up:

   PWB /e extload

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