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| 25.11.2009 |
| Black Friday Sale of eCS software (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
Starting November 27, 2009 through December 4, 2009 All of my shareware programs will be on sale for $5 (US) each. PMStripper Links to my shareware may be found at: |
| PHP updated to v5.2.11 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php PHP 5.2.11 http://download.smedley.info/php-5.2.11-os2-20091124.zip Requires libc063.dll which is available from ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and |
| 21.11.2009 |
| Apache2 updated to v2.2.14 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
Apache is an open sourced web server. The Apache HTTP Server is a project of the Apache Software Foundation. Changes in v2.2.14 * Updated to v2.2.13 source code Download: http://download.smedley.info/httpd-2.2.14-os2-20091120.zip -> URL: http://news.warpevents.eu/en/home/news_archive/newsdetails/archive/2009/november/article/apache2_updated_to_v2214.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 17.11.2009 |
| Correction: WDBasic 0.6 URL (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
Wolfgang Draxler has released WDBasic, a small Basic interpreter developed with WDSibyl. OS/2 and Windows variants are available at: http://www.wdsibyl.org/News/35/2009/11/11/WDBasic-06-veroffentlicht/> |
| 16.11.2009 |
| netlabs.org newsletter #100 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
http://http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter2 News from netlabs.org: 9. November - 15. November
2. November - 8. November
Netlabs.org relies on your support as well. We hire developers to have better progress on projects, for instance. For sure this costs money so any sponsoring is very welcome! You can support netlabs.org via netlabs.org sponsoring units: http://www.mensys.net/NETLABS/ Thanks for your support! We can be reached at: news@netlabs.org Greetings, -> URL: http://news.warpevents.eu/en/home/news_archive/newsdetails/archive/2009/november/article/netlabsorg_newsletter_100.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| WDBasic 0.6 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
http://http://www.wdsibyl.org/News/35/2009/11/11/WDBasic-06-veroffentlicht/> |
| SMPlayer 0.6.8 beta 2 released (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
SMPlayer intends to be a complete front-end for MPlayer, from basic features like playing videos, DVDs, and VCDs to more advanced features like support for MPlayer filters and more. Changes since beta 1:
The package is available at: http://ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/smplayer/smplayer-0.6.8-beta2.zip -> URL: http://news.warpevents.eu/en/home/news_archive/newsdetails/archive/2009/november/article/smplayer_068_beta_2_released.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 17.11.2009 |
| GBM (Generalised Bitmap Module) updates (from HN) |
| GBM plugin 1.39 for Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey
------------------------------------------------------ This is a plugin for the Webbrowsers Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox and SeaMonkey available for OS/2 and eComStation that extends them for the support of reading all bitmap formats supported by GBM.DLL. Get package gbmos2plugins_lu139_moz139_bin.zip or the WarpIN installation package from Hobbes (see below). GBM plugin 1.39 for Lucide 1.20 ------------------------------- This is a plugin for the Lucide document viewer available for eComStation that extends Lucide for the support of reading all bitmap formats supported by GBM.DLL. Get package gbmos2plugins_lu139_moz139_bin.zip or the WarpIN installation package from Hobbes (see below). GBM.DLL 1.64 and GBM command line tools --------------------------------------- The Generalised Bitmap Module (GBM) is a library capable of loading and saving bitmap files in a variety of popular and less popular bitmap file formats. Programs may be written to use this code, and thus be able to access a variety of file formats without actually knowing what format the pictures are in, or any details about file format itself. It comes with a useful set of command line bitmap manipulation tools. Get package gbmos2_164_bin.zip or the WarpIN installation package from Hobbes (see below). Enhanced GBMV/GBMV2 Version 1.54 -------------------------------- GBMV2 is a fast and simple bitmap viewer and editor for the OS/2 and eCS Presentation Manager. GBMV is a simple bitmap viewer. Get package gbmos2pm154_bin.zip or the WarpIN installation package from Hobbes (see below). Notes for eComStation 1.2/1.2R users: ------------------------------------- Please read the installation instructions. eCS 1.2/1.2R ships with an old GBM.DLL (1.12) which prevents loading of the new GBM.DLL (1.64). Please follow the instructions to use the new GBM.DLL for all programs as well as for eCS WPS features like bitmap previews. The homepage of GBM for OS/2 and eComStation -------------------------------------------- http://heikon.home.tlink.de - comprehensive documentation (also included in the download archives) - developer tutorials on how to use GBM libs in your own programs - download of all sources and binaries Download from Hobbes -------------------- http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=gbmos2plugins_lu139_moz139_bin&pushbutton=Search http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=gbmos2_164_bin&pushbutton=Search http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=gbmos2pm154_bin&pushbutton=Search WarpIN installation package (GBM.DLL, GBM command line tools, GBMV2, GBMRX, GBMDLGRX, GBM plugins, J2K codec, Doc): http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=gbmos2pm154_gbm164_lu139_moz139_bin_wpi&pushbutton=Search Full source code: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=gbmos2pm154_gbm164_lu139_moz139_src&pushbutton=Search If the links don\'t show anything, the packages might not yet have reached its final location in the Hobbes archive. In this case please lookup the incoming folder. All downloads are also available on the GBM homepage (see above). What\'s new: =========== GBM --- * NEW JBIG codec: - based on JBIG Kit which is also used by the TIFF codec (see below) - so far only supports reading 1,8 bpp bitmaps and writing 1,8 bpp bitmaps Note: Users of Non-GPL compatible software linking against GBM.DLL should study potential patenting issues. GBM.DLL can be built without JBIG support by disabling it in the main GBM makefile (e.g. gbm\\makefile.os2\\makefile.wat) if necessary. * PGM codec (P2: ASCII, P5: Binary): - Add support for reading 16bpp graylevel images (intensity up to 65535) as either 8bpp palette image or 48bpp true color image (with ext_bpp) - Add support for writing graylevel equivalent images of 24/48bpp images * PNM codec: - Add support for reading 16bpp graylevel images (intensity up to 65535) as either 8bpp palette image or 48bpp true color image (with ext_bpp) - Gray conversion of 24/48bpp RGB images now results correctly in P2/P5 image * PNG codec: Update to Libpng 1.2.40 * JPEG codec: Update to IJG 7 * TIFF codec: - Update to Libtiff 3.9.2 - Fixes and some decoder/encoder enhancements (see also libtiff\\doc\\ChangeLog) - OJPEG format can now be read - JBIG format is now supported (1bpp only, read/write). Note: Users of Non-GPL compatible software linking against GBM.DLL should study potential patenting issues. GBM.DLL can be built without JBIG support by disabling it in the main GBM makefile (e.g. gbm\\makefile.os2\\makefile.wat) if necessary. * JPEG2000 codec: - fix memory leak that may occur under a special conditions when encoding (this case should normally not happen) * NEW: Build support for Microsoft Visual C++ (Windows 32/64bit) Supported targets (via makefile): - GBM executables & DLL - GBM test and demo file creator - J2K_CODEC executables (OpenJPEG decoder and encoder) GBMV/GBMV2, GBM plugins for Mozilla/Lucide ------------------------------------------ - Fix rendering of B&W bitmaps as PM needs special data ordering for it. - Add support for JBIG format Have fun, Heiko Nitzsche (16-Nov-2009) -> URL: http://heikon.home.tlink.de -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| OpenJPEG J2K codec command line tools for OS/2 (1.3.1) (from HN) |
| This package contains the JPEG2000 image decoder and encoder
provided by the OpenJPEG library compiled for OS/2 and eCS. Now additionally JPWL support is included. More details can be found on the project homepage: http://www.openjpeg.org The source code compilable for OS/2, Windows and Linux is available in the GBM 1.64 source code package (see http://heikon.home.tlink.de or Hobbes). Download from Hobbes -------------------- http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=j2kcodec_131&pushbutton=Search Full source code: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?key=gbmos2pm154_gbm164_lu139_moz139_src&pushbutton=Search If the link doesn\'t show anything, the package might not yet have reached its final location in the Hobbes archive. In this case please lookup the incoming folder. It is also available on the GBM homepage (http://heikon.home.tlink.de). Have fun, Heiko Nitzsche (16-Nov-2009) -> URL: http://heikon.home.tlink.de -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 15.11.2009 |
| FtpServer 1.33 released (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
| or from ftp://ftp.pmoylan.org/FtpServer/ftpser133.zip http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search (Note LIST OF CHANGES since version 1.327 Version 1.33 (13 Nov 2009) Peter Moylan |
| 13.11.2009 |
| New Version SearchPlus avialable on Hobbes (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
| Hobbes Search: http://http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=SearchPlus -> URL: http://news.warpevents.eu/en/home/news_archive/newsdetails/archive/2009/november/article/new_version_searchplus_avialable_on_hobbes.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Workplace Sans 0.6 and Workplace Sans Bold 0.2 released (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
| (Please note that the URL has changed slightly as I have reorganized the Fonts section of my website. The old URL is still valid, but now points to my top-level font page.) ABSTRACT Workplace Sans is a light semi-condensed sans-serif font, inspired by the OS/2 bitmap font "WarpSans". Intended primarily for use as a user interface font, it has been designed to resemble WarpSans as much as possible when displayed on-screen at 9pt/120dpi or 11pt/96dpi. Because Workplace Sans is hinted only very crudely, it looks best when anti-aliased under programs which are capable of doing so (such as OpenOffice, the Mozilla family, or applications which use the Innotek Font Engine). RELEASE NOTES Early versions of Workplace Sans put a great deal of effort into trying to force the glyphs to rasterize (in monochrome) as identically as possible to 9-point WarpSans. Since I have no way of hinting the font manually, I resorted to manipulating the glyph outlines themselves in order to achieve the effect I wanted. This resulted in some unorthodox letter shapes (mostly visible at larger sizes). At the time, very little consideration went into making the actual letters attractive on their own merit. Since Workplace Sans has now found itself adopted for use by various applications which use FreeType library for rendering text (such as Mozilla), it means that Workplace Sans is now much more likely than I originally envisioned to be used in an environment where it is antialiased by default. Therefore, I have recently engaged in a rethink of Workplace Sans’s design principles. Specifically, I have decided to move away from my original obsession with exactly duplicating the appearance of WarpSans under binary rasterization, and am now concentrating instead on making the font more attractive when antialiased. Version 0.6 of Workplace Sans, and version 0.2 of Workplace Sans Bold, represent the first major implementation of this new design philosophy. The major changes are much more regular glyph shapes, and slightly tightened text spacing (mostly evident on larger point sizes). OTHER CHANGES Version 0.6 supports a great many more characters than version 0.5 (although still not quite as many as version 0.4). (The Bold version, however, still supports only Latin-1 and a few other characters.) A complete list of supported characters is available on the website above. The font weight classification of the "normal" version is now defined in the font header as "Book" (400), rather than "Light" (200) as previously. This change was made by request. Both the normal and bold versions have been built using TypeTool 2 instead of TypeTool 3 (which is where I do the actual development work). This was done to avoid problems with scaling and hinting which affect some environments when TT3 is used to build the font. Workplace Sans is now licensed under the SIL Open Font License. Alex Taylor Fukushima, Japan http://www.socis.ca/~ataylo00 -> URL: http://news.warpevents.eu/en/home/news_archive/newsdetails/archive/2009/november/article/workplace_sans_06_and_workplace_sans_bold_02_released.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| New font released: Workplace Gothic 0.1 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
| ABSTRACT Workplace Gothic is a light semi-condensed sans-serif font. Like Workplace Sans, it is designed for user interfaces, and is loosely inspired by the WarpSans font. Compared to Workplace Sans, whose emphasis is on utility, the focus of Workplace Gothic is more on attractiveness. Compared to the former, Workplace Gothic has rounder, more natural shapes, as well as slightly thicker strokes. This gives it a softer, more relaxed appearance. I have also allowed myself a bit more freedom to diverge from the WarpSans glyph shapes in the name of consistency (for instance, the bold versions of the lowercase ’l’ and ’t’ have tails, in keeping with the non-bold versions). As with Workplace Sans, Workplace Gothic has only very basic hinting, and therefore looks best when anti-aliased using FreeType or the equivalent. Workplace Gothic is released under the SIL Open Font License. Alex Taylor Fukushima, Japan http://www.socis.ca/~ataylo00 -> URL: http://news.warpevents.eu/en/home/news_archive/newsdetails/archive/2009/november/article/new_font_released_workplace_gothic_01.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 05.11.2009 |
| New program for eComStation - Virtual Keyboard/2 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
| http://ecomstation.ru/projects/vkeyb/pics/vkeyb-20091105.png Ideal for using on Ultra-Mobile PC, Tablet PC, Panel PC and kiosk. Moreover the keyboard is useful for those who type text/email on foreign language. No need to keep in memory the codes of umlauts - use Virtual Keyboard/2. How to use? * Install the program (it is distributed as WarpIn package) * Start the keyboard: Programs -> Utilities -> Keyboard (or System Setup -> Keyboard) * Use small icon (left, top) to change layout, to setup the utility. Send us your suggestions and testimonials! -> URL: http://news.warpevents.eu/en/home/news_archive/newsdetails/archive/2009/november/article/new_program_for_ecomstation_virtual_keyboard2.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| DFSee version 10.0 has been released (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
The bootable CD/diskette has been upgraded to the latest FreeDOS Upgrades from version 9 or older version available through the website. DFSee is a very powerful disk-utility with disk partitioning, More details at: Direct download links from the DFSee website: http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee100.zip Or from the HOBBES website:http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee100.zip http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php Functional changes since 9.15 - 502G disk OS/2 warning if disk > 502 GiB normal limit Regards, JvW ========================================================================= -> URL: http://news.warpevents.eu/en/home/news_archive/newsdetails/archive/2009/november/article/dfsee_version_100_has_been_released.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 02.11.2009 |
| WarpIN package for OpenSSH 5.3p1 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/) |
http://users.socis.ca/~ataylo00/os2/utils/ Thanks to nickk for porting it, as always! (I realize that I actually never got around to updating these packages Alex Taylor |
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