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31.12.2010
GCC 4.5.2 port added (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Paul Smedley has added a port of GCC 4.5.2. http://class='extlink'http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php

This the OS/2 port of the GNU C Compiler.

Download: http://class='extlink'http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.5.2-os2-20101231.zip

/>Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at
http://class='extlink'http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.


If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul’s website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://class='extlink'http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/>

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Updated and new Qt progs, Tea v28.1.4, Qshare v2, Focuswriter 1.3.2.1, Q-uma 1.0,, Fotowall 1.0 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Updated Tea to v28.1.4

http://ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qtapps/tea-28.1.4.zip

/>Updated Focuswriter to 1.3.2.1

http://ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qtapps/FocusWriter-1.3.2.1-zip

Updated Qshare to v2

ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qtapps/qshare-2-os2.zipUpdated Qshare to v2

New is Fotowall

ftp://http://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qtapps/fotowall-1.0-os2.zip

New is Q-uma

ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qtapps/q-uma-1.0-os2.zip


And wish the whole OS/2 & Ecs group All the best for 2011



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27.12.2010
EVFSGUI 2.1 beta2 (Samba Client for eCS GUI) (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Christmas Release of EVFSGUI 2.1 beta2 (Samba Client for eCS GUI):

New features compared to Version 2.0.6:
- "On-the-fly" Browsing (no need to create a mountpoint as long as you don’t want to open file)
- new -DELAY [n] commandline switch (to wait for a DHCP server or similar)
- Throbber on the progress window
- several bugfixes
- NO special Christmas features (it is not a honking, farting monster) ;-)


http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/wiki/WikiStart

[Moderator note:http://class='moz-txt-link-freetext';  http://us3.samba.org/samba/ "Samba is a free implementation of the CIFS/SMB protocol for Unix, which allows LAN-Server style file and printer sharing among machines running Windows, Mac OS X ,Unix or eComStation (OS/2). There is a  netlabs based effort to port the Samba server and create Samba clients for file sharing and printing for eCS (OS/2) in order to replace the functionality of the outdated IBM-LAN-Requester/Peer/Server components."]

Links:


25.12.2010
GNU Coreutils port updated to v8.8 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Paul Smedley has updated his port of GNU Coreutils v8.8. http://class='extlink'http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php />"The GNU Core Utilities are the basic file, shell and text manipulation utilities of the GNU operating system. These are the core utilities which are expected to exist on every operating system."

Download: http://class='extlink'http://download.smedley.info/coreutils-8.8-os2-20101223.zip

Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://class='extlink'http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.


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22.12.2010
Postgresql port updated to v9.0.2 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Paul Smedley has updated his port of Postgresql to v9.0.2. http://class='extlink'http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php

"PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source relational database system."

See Paul’s web site and http://class='extlink'http://www.postgresql.org. for more information.

Download: http://class='extlink'http://download.smedley.info/postgresql-9.0.2-os2-20101219.zip
Requires: http://class='extlink'http://download.smedley.info/libc064x.zip


Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.


If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul’s website, or using the Mensys
Online Store www.mensys.net/os2ports/



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PHP v5.3.x updated to v5.3.4 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Paul Smedley has updated PHP v5.3.x to v5.3.4. http://class='extlink'http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php

"PHP is a widely-used general-purpose scripting language that is especially suited for Web development and can be embedded into HTML."

Download: http://class='extlink'http://download.smedley.info/php-5.3.4-os2-20101221.zip
Requires: http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip


Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://class='extlink'http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.


If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
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Online Store http://class='extlink'www.mensys.net/os2ports/



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Samba Client Plugin for eCS (OS/2), Version 2.0.0, Build beta1 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Samba Client Plugin for eCS (OS/2) Version 2.0.0, Build beta1 version has been released on Netlabs FTP site for NetDrive as well as the EVFSGUI that comes with eComStation 2.0.

http://class='extlink'http://us3.samba.org/samba/
"Samba is a free implementation of the CIFS/SMB protocol for Unix, which allows LAN-Server style file and printer sharing among machines running Windows, Mac OS X ,Unix or eComStation (OS/2). There is a netlabs http://class='extlink'http://www.netlabs.org/en/site/index.xml based effort to port the Samba server and create Samba clients for file sharing and printing for eCS (OS/2) in order to replace the functionality of the outdated IBM-LAN-Requester/Peer/Server components."

http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/samba/client/ndpsmb-2_0_0-beta1.zip

Samba for eCS (OS/2) Homepage: http://class='extlink'http://svn.netlabs.org/samba
Additional Samba for eCS (OS/2) resources: http://class='extlink'http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/samba/index.html
Samba Homepage: http://class='extlink'www.samba.org/

You can report bugs using the TRAC system at svn.netlabs.org/samba

Mailinglist: news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.samba.user

Netdrive for OS/2 virtual file system driver: www.blueprintsoftwareworks.com/netdrive/

Changelog
v2.0.0 beta1
- added dir caching



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19.12.2010
File Open Container update on eCS BetaZone (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

New file open container influences on all your applications and utilities, it brings life to your desktop again. Say "bye-bye" to 90-th, welcome to 2011.

 

Check compatibility of your applications with FOC today and post bug-reports to the bug-tracker:

FOC bug-tracker -- http://trac.ecomstation.ru/FileOpenDialog/report/1

->; [New ticket]

(login: ecotrac, password: nhfrerth)

Photo: http://ecomstation.ru/pic/news/201012/foc-20101210.jpg

 

Whatsnew:

>* Improvements for network drives

* a dozen of bug-reports resolved

* read about reliable drives in the documentation

* full list -- http://ecomstation.ru/apecs.php

 

Let’s update old applications

 Custom FileOpenContainer dialogs -- http://ecomstation.ru/projects/foc/

 

Download & install new FOC

 * base package is uploaded to http://betazone.ecomstation.nl

> (no need to execute it if you have installed new FOC in the past)

* the latest eCo Software runtime -- update Win runtime

http://ecomstation.ru/projects/developer/>

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15.12.2010
mediadownloader v1.4.3 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Mediadownloader (ex GoogleImageDownloader) is an opensource software that let you search, watch and download items with Google Image and YouTube.  Search results are displayed within a mouse scrollable view, as well as mobile devices do. You will see thumbnails that are conform with your search criteria, doubleclick to view, rightclick to popup a menu and choose to download the single image or video, remove from global downloads or browse the web page.

 

v 1.4.3 (15 dec 2010)

added a function to monitor firefox for streaming videos while browsing * Not for OS/2 *

download class rewritten with the choice of number of concurrent downloads

fixed crash with high number of downloads

added ffmpeg frontend support to convert downloaded or local videos,
with support of ffmpeg and user presets and possibility to make our own

added search method by search strings stored into .cvs or .txt file

added search and download without displaying thumbnails

added search and clear content

added customization of items background with gradient and/or image

added German translations ( thanks to Markus Schulz )

Links:


16.12.2010
updated hexglas to v1.2.0 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

HexGlass is a Tetris-like puzzle game based on a hexagonal grid.

Ten different types of blocks continuously fall from above and you must arrange them to make horizontal rows of hexagonal bricks. Completing any row causes those hexagonal blocks to disappear and those above move downwards. The blocks gradually fall faster and the game is over when the screen fills up and blocks can no longer fall from the top.

 

1.2.0

UI/view:

- The best three results for each game size are displayed

- A careful dropping mode where dropping is cancelled when the space key is released was added.

- UI/translations were added:

- Czech (cs)

- Ukrainian (uk)

Links:


14.12.2010
GNU Binutils port updated to v2.21 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Paul Smedley has updated the port of GNU Binutils to v2.21. http://class='extlink'http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php

"The GNU Binutils are a collection of binary tools.

The binutils have been ported to most major Unix variants as well as Wintel systems, and their main reason for existence is to give the GNU system (and GNU/Linux) the facility to compile and link programs."

Please see Paul’s site for more details.

Download: http://class='extlink'http://download.smedley.info/binutils-2.21-os2-20101212.zip

/>Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at
http://class='extlink'http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.


If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
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LillePos v1.0 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

LillePOS is a ’Point Of Sale’ application originally implemented for a small coffee shop my sister runs, ( http://http://www.lillehus.at ) and designed to be used on touch based devices, originally for the WeTab ( http://wetab.mobi ) but can of course be used on a netbook or desktop as well.

Links:


nem-nem v2010.12.1 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

A dice game, a variant of Yahtzee or Yam’s

Links:


Leminuteur 2010-12.2 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

A simple timer application developed for an article in a magazine, Magnum

Links:


10.12.2010
GenINI utilities version 1.3 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

The GenINI utilities, a freeware INI file save/restore package, have been updated to version 1.3. This is to fix a rare but fatal bug in string handling. You can find the new version at
http://class='extlink'http://www.pmoylan.org/pages/os2/genini.html />or you can download it directly from
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.pmoylan.org/software/genini13.zip />(A copy will be put on Hobbes in due course, but is not yet there.)

The package consists of two programs to translate between INI and TNI files. A TNI file (text-mode INI) contains INI data in human-readable form. You need this package if either
  - you want to save INI files in human-readable form; or
  - if you use Weasel or MajorMajor, two of my programs
    that offer the option of using TNI files instead of INI files.

Peter Moylan
http://class='extlink'http://www.pmoylan.org>

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DiffPdf v1.1.4 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

DiffPDF is used to compare two PDF files.

 

By default the comparison is of the text on each pair of pages, but comparing the appearance of pages is also supported (for example, if a diagram is changed or a paragraph reformatted). It is also possible to compare particular pages or page ranges. For example, if there are two versions of a PDF file, one with pages 1-12 and the other with pages 1-13 because of an extra page having been added as page 4, they can be compared by specifying two page ranges, 1-12 for the first and 1-3, 5-13 for the second. This will make DiffPDF compare pages in the pairs (1, 1), (2, 2), (3, 3), (4, 5), (5, 6), and so on, to (12, 13).

 

A couple of example PDF files are provided online so that you can try it out. PDF files can be loaded from the GUI (by pressing the File #1 and File #2 buttons), or by specifying them on the command line. More information is available in the program’s tooltips and About box.

Links:


Update to USB host controller drivers: usbxhcd2.zip (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

I have again updated the USB host controller drivers USBUHCD.SYS,USBOHCD.SYS,USBEHCD.SYS.
I have now placed these on hobbes.

http://http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/download/pub/incoming/usbxhcd2.zip

/>They will eventually make it into directory:
/pub/os2/system/drivers/misc



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08.12.2010
Update TexmakerX to v2.0a (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

TexMakerX is a fork of the LaTeX IDE TexMaker and gives you an environment where you can easily create and manage LaTeX documents. It provides modern writing support, like interactive spell checking, code folding and syntax highlighting. Also it serves as a starting point from where you can easily run all necessary LaTeX tools. (you can see more features below)

You can run it on Windows, Unix/Linux, BSD and MacOSX systems and modify it if you want, since it is licensed under the GPL.

Althought TexMakerX has a lot of additional features, it tries to be like an improved version of Texmaker, so it keeps it look&feel as well as its version number.

 

Updated:

Integrated pdf viewer with forward/reverse search (Works now for OS/2, thankz to Silvan)

 To get pdf working: Just enable the "internal viewer" checkbox on the "Commands" page in the config dialog.

Links:


09.12.2010
ISC Bind updated to v9.7.2-P3 (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

Paul Smedley has updated ISC Bind to v9.7.2-P3. http://class='extlink'http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

http://class='extlink'http://os2ports.smedley.info/index.php

"BIND (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is an implementation of the Domain Name System (DNS) protocols and provides an openly redistributable reference implementation of the major components of the Domain Name System"

Download: http://class='extlink'http://download.smedley.info/bind-9.7.2-P3-os2-20101206.zip
Requires: libc063.dll http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip


Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://class='extlink'http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.


If you’d like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
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05.12.2010
Firefox v4.0b8pre/Seamonkey v2.1b2pre/Thunderbird v3.3a2pre Betas (from http://news.warpevents.eu/)

New betas of Firefox, Seamonkey, and Thunderbird are now available.
They feature improved video performance and font selection, as well
as enhancements featured in previous betas such as printing support
and memory management improvements. They also have two known bugs.

* Firefox v4.0b8pre:
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/mozilla/firefox-20101204.zip /> or
http://class='extlink'http://e-vertise.com/warpzilla/firefox-20101204.zip /> * Seamonkey v2.1b2pre:
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/mozilla/seamonkey-20101204.zip /> or
http://class='extlink'http://e-vertise.com/warpzilla/seamonkey-20101204.zip

>* Thunderbird v3.3a2pre:
http://class='extlink'ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/mozilla/thunderbird-20101204.zip /> or
http://class='extlink'http://e-vertise.com/warpzilla/thunderbird-20101204.zip

Video />-----
Dramatic reductions in CPU usage will be seen when viewing OGG videos,
and to a lesser extent, WebM videos thanks to a patch from Dave Yeo.

Users of the SNAP and GenGradd video drivers running their displays in
full-color mode (i.e. 16m colors) should see a noticeable improvement
in video performance thanks to the implementation of DIVE. Sadly, the
Panorama driver can not be supported if its "Shadow Buffer" is enabled.
See the ’Notes’ section below for details on how to disable or tune
DIVE support.

Font Selection
--------------
A patch from Alex Taylor improves font selection when less common font
weights such as "Thin" or "Heavy" are specified.

Ko Myung-hun has supplied a patch to select DBCS fonts correctly,
especially when the fontname is encoded in the native character set.

Previous Enhancements
---------------------
Printing Support: All native printer drivers will work if their output
resolution is set to 360 DPI or less. Mozilla’s built-in Postscript
support is also available for use, as is its PDF support. Please read
PRINTING.txt in the exe’s directory for details.

Memory Management: With a few trivial exceptions, the Mozilla apps no
longer use any shared memory beyond what is needed to load their dlls.
Problems that have been attributed to low or no shared memory should
not occur.

Copy Link Location: A bug that caused characters to be deleted from URLs
when using the ’Copy Link Location’ menu item has been fixed.

Bugs
----
Seamonkey and Thunderbird always start in Offline mode regardless of
the settings you select.

All three apps will occasionally "smear" the video when scrolling. In
most cases, the easiest workaround is to resize the window slightly to
force its redisplay.

Notes
-----
DIVE lets an app bypass PM’s graphics subsystem and write directly to
your video card’s memory. This improves display speed but can cause
problems on some systems, particularly corruption caused by the mouse
pointer. Use the following to disable DIVE or tune its performance:

To disable DIVE support:
- uncheck "Use hardware acceleration when possible".
In Firefox, it’s on the Options dialog’s ’Advanced->General’ tab.
In Seamonkey, this is in Preferences under ’Appearance->Content’.
Thunderbird does not provide this option.
- start the app in "safe mode" (use "/safe-mode" on the command line)
- add "SET MOZ_ACCELERATED=0" to config.sys.

To eliminate mouse-pointer corruption (required for SNAP in VBE mode):
- add "SET MOZ_ACCELERATED=1" to config.sys.

To eliminate mouse-pointer flickering (may cause video corruption):
- add "SET MOZ_ACCELERATED=2" to config.sys.

Support
-------
Community support for these betas and all Mozilla apps is available
through the newsgroups ’mozilla.dev.ports.os2’ or ’comp.os.os2.apps’.
Messages posted to other forums may not be seen by the developers.


Rich Walsh <richATe-vertiseDOTcom>



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