Command: pgme
PGME - The Program Manager (Eternity Edition).
PGME is a customizable Program and Game Menu for launching programs
in DOS. You can add or remove menus, programs and other tasks. It has
screen savers, custom fonts, and much more.
To provide PGME the greatest flexibility in launching programs or
other tasks, it should be started using it's helper batch file
PGM.BAT.
Syntax:
PGM [find]
Options:
Alt-W Closes a window and if it is the main window the program will
close.
Alt-Q Quits the program.
Alt-H Shows a help screen.
Alt-H, then Alt-H again to Show Program's main Help Screen.
Alt-F Find program or menu. (a semi-fuzzy search)
Up Previous program, game or task.
Down Next program, game or task.
Shift-Up Previous menu.
Shift-Dn Next menu.
Enter Run selected program, game or task.
Comments:
You can create and add menus and programs to start via the edit
function. Of course you can also delete programs and menus again.
You can change language, modify the settings of a program, modify
screensaver etc. etc. Simply try it.
Examples:
pgm launches PGME
pgm games launches PGME and searches for games, probably a games
menu if it is present.
pgm dfndr launches PGME and will most likely select DOS Defender
(assuming it is installed and has a menu entry)
Then simply try it.
See also:
dosshell
fdimples
Copyright © 2023 Jerome Shidel.
This file is derived from the FreeDOS Spec Command HOWTO.
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