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update readme with latest findings
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wwiv committed Jun 15, 2021
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* Clipboard Syncronization - the contents of the clipboard are shared between
the guest and the host.

* Mouse pointer synchronization - The mouse pointer can leave the guest VM
without needing to ungrab it (Alt-Control). Also when the mouse pointer
is grabbed by the guest, usually when you click inside the VM, the mouse
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1) Put vmtoolsd.exe and vmtoolsctl.exe in some directory in your path,
such as C:\usr\local\bin or C:\bin or the like.
2) Add a line in C:\startup.cmd to launch vmtoolsd.exe. You don't need
to specify any paramater.

2) Add a line in C:\startup.cmd to launch vmtoolsd.exe using "start /PM".
You don't need to specify any paramater. Example:

start /PM C:\BIN\VMTOOLSD.EXE

3) If you don't want to automatically start it when os/2 boots up, you
may run it manually.
may run it manually using the same command as in startup.cmd.


Use
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Example:

vmtoolsd.exe -D3 -LC:\logs\vmtoolsd.log
START /PM vmtoolsd.exe -D3 -LC:\logs\vmtoolsd.log



Known Limitations
=================
* The mouse pointer synchronization doesn't work when run from a RUN= line
in config.sys, or startup.cmd or detaching in the current command
prompt, only when run from a command session prompt.
in config.sys, or startup.cmd without using "START /PM" or detaching
in the current command prompt, only when run from a command session prompt.

See http://github.com/wwiv/os2-guest/issues for the full list.



Soure Code and Help
===================
OS/2 Guest support for VMWare is Free and Open Sourec Software (FOSS), the
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