Editing OS/2 (section)

===User interface===
The graphic system has a layer named Presentation Manager that manages windows, fonts, and icons. This is similar in functionality to a non-networked version of [[X11]] or the [[Graphics Device Interface|Windows GDI]]. On top of this lies the Workplace Shell (WPS) introduced in OS/2 2.0. WPS is an [[object-oriented]] [[shell (computing)|shell]] allowing the user to perform traditional computing tasks such as accessing files, printers, launching legacy programs, and advanced object oriented tasks using built-in and third-party application objects that extended the shell in an integrated fashion not available on any other mainstream operating system. WPS follows IBM's [[Common User Access]] user interface standards.

WPS represents objects such as disks, folders, files, program objects, and printers using the [[System Object Model]] (SOM), which allows code to be shared among applications, possibly written in different programming languages. A distributed version called DSOM allowed objects on different computers to communicate. DSOM is based on [[CORBA]]. The object oriented aspect of SOM is similar to, and a direct competitor to, Microsoft's [[Component Object Model]], though it is implemented in a radically different manner; for instance, one of the most notable differences between SOM and COM is SOM's support for inheritance (one of the most fundamental concepts of OO programming)—COM does not have such support. SOM and DSOM are no longer being developed.

The multimedia capabilities of OS/2 are accessible through [[Media Control Interface]] commands.
The last update (bundled with the IBM version of [[Netscape Navigator]] plugins) added support for [[MPEG]] files. Support for newer formats such as [[Portable Network Graphics|PNG]], [[JPEG|progressive JPEG]], [[DivX]], [[Ogg]], and [[MP3]] comes from third parties. Sometimes it is integrated with the multimedia system, but in other offers it comes as standalone applications.

====Commands====

[[File:Microsoft OS 2 Version 1.3 cmd.exe OS 2 Window 640x373.png|thumb|OS/2 Window ([[cmd.exe]]) on [[Microsoft OS/2]] Version 1.3]]
The following list of [[command (computing)|commands]] is supported by cmd.exe on OS/2.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Bat.php|title=JaTomes Help - OS/2 Batch File Commands|website=www.jatomes.com|access-date=2019-04-14|archive-date=2019-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130026/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Bat.php|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php|title=JaTomes Help - OS/2 Commands|website=www.jatomes.com|access-date=2019-04-14|archive-date=2019-04-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190414130029/http://www.jatomes.com/Help/Os2Cmd.php|url-status=dead}}</ref>

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* [[ansi (command)|ansi]]
* [[append (command)|append]]
* [[assign (command)|assign]]
* [[attrib]]
* [[backup (command)|backup]]
* boot
* [[break (command)|break]]
* cache
* [[call (command)|call]]
* [[cd (command)|cd]]
* [[chcp (command)|chcp]]
* [[cd (command)|chdir]]
* [[chkdsk]]
* [[CLS (command)|cls]]
* [[cmd.exe|cmd]]
* [[Code page|codepage]]
* [[COMMAND.COM|command]]
* [[comp (command)|comp]]
* [[copy (command)|copy]]
* createdd
* [[date (command)|date]]
* ddinstal
* [[debug (command)|debug]]
* [[del (command)|del]]
* detach
* [[dir (command)|dir]]
* [[diskcomp]]
* [[diskcopy]]
* [[doskey]]
* [[dpath]]
* eautil
* [[echo (command)|echo]]
* [[endlocal]]
* [[del (command)|erase]]
* [[exit (command)|exit]]
* extproc
* [[fdisk]]
* fdiskpm
* [[find (Windows)|find]]
* [[for (command)|for]]
* [[format (command)|format]]
* fsaccess
* [[goto]]
* [[graftabl]]
* [[help (command)|help]]
* [[if (command)|if]]
* [[JOIN (command)|join]]
* [[keyb (command)|keyb]]
* [[keys (command)|keys]]
* [[label (command)|label]]
* makeini
* [[mkdir|md]]
* [[mem (command)|mem]]
* [[mkdir]]
* [[mode (command)|mode]]
* [[more (command)|more]]
* [[move (command)|move]]
* patch
* [[path (command)|path]]
* [[pause (command)|pause]]
* picview
* [[pmrexx]]
* [[print (command)|print]]
* [[prompt (command)|prompt]]
* pstat
* [[rmdir|rd]]
* [[recover (command)|recover]]
* [[rem (command)|rem]]
* [[ren (command)|ren]]
* [[ren (command)|rename]]
* [[replace (command)|replace]]
* [[restore (command)|restore]]
* [[rmdir]]
* [[set (command)|set]]
* setboot
* setcom40
* [[setlocal]]
* [[share (command)|share]]
* [[shift (command)|shift]]
* [[SORT (DOS command)|sort]]
* spool
* [[start (command)|start]]
* [[SUBST|subst]]
* syslevel
* syslog
* [[TIME (command)|time]]
* trace
* tracebuf
* tracefmt
* [[tree (command)|tree]]
* [[TYPE (DOS command)|type]]
* [[UNDELETE|undelete]]
* unpack
* [[ver (command)|ver]]
* [[verify (command)|verify]]
* view
* vmdisk
* [[vol (command)|vol]]
* [[xcopy]]
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