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| 27.07.2008 |
| NeoWPS: Large icons on desktop (from Eugene Gorbunoff) |
| Sunny icons updated -- Fast, reliable huge transparent icons.
Compare the desktop Before.. and After.. http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/eschemes-gallery.phtml Upgrade eComStation 2.0 to NeoWPS. SunnyIcons Whatsnew: * Fast drawing * changed the format of BIGICONS table * Pay attention to Path feature for the folders (you see the full path of the folder and can raise up) Piano Launchpad Whatsnew: * Fixed drag&drop (remove of objects) Download updated software: http://ecomstation.ru/neowps What is the need in NeoWPS? * It increases your productivity, * The desktop picture should give you inspiration, (black desktop with ugly icons causes despondency) * Invest into the future of OS/2 platform, support UI development. -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 22.07.2008 |
| FM/2 3.12 Released (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Gregg Young < ygkDESPAM@DESPAMqwest.net > I have just uploaded FM/2 3.11 to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/fm2 (moving to ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/fm2 ) and to hobbes http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?dir=/pub/incoming&sort=date moving to http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-browse?sh=1&dir=//pub/os2/util/browser FM/2 3.12 Fixes a bug introduced in 3.11 (trap when viewing multiple files from an archive at the same time). It also adds Open Default, Open Settings and via an accel key ctrl + l Open Multimedia (using FM2play.exe) to the archive viewer. FM/2 now uses the system TMP/TEMP directory for it temporary files and cleans up after a crash on the next restart. FM/2 creates a subdirectory of the pattern $FM2*.*. The settings notebook can now be closed using esc, F3 or enter; the last 2 save any changes that have been made. You can now select which environment variables to show when using show the environment in the drive tree. Just add or remove from the list on the 'Tree' page of the notebook. It defaults initially to the current list. You can now save/append either a full pathname or just a filename or a list of either to the clipboard. We have changed the wording in the menus to make this easier to find. We fixed a few other minor issues see the history for more details. -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 21.07.2008 |
| Clipview 3.3 is released (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Dave Saville < daveDESPAM@DESPAMdeezee.org > Clipview 3.3 is released http://www.deezee.org/ClipView.html New features bug fixes etc: Added -F Font switch. Added timeout to 'Browse on URL Capture' query pop up. Added allow comments in ClipProcess file. Fixed some minor problems in the help file. Implemented context sensitive help. Clipview is now NLS ready. Supported languages are: Dutch, French, German & Swedish. If you want your language and are prepared to translate then drop me an email for the files etc.. N.B. ClipView 3.3 implements context sensitive help via the F1 key. If you use xwpwidgets then you must get the latest 0.7.3 release from Hobbes or Netlabs to avoid a crash. ClipView 2.5 & above uses a changed .ClipSave format. It is NOT backwards compatible. Upgrading from earlier versions should not present any problems. I don't know about you, but I always seem to want to paste what I clipped three operations back :-) So I wrote ClipView, based on the Unix program cutview. The Clipview suite of programs consists of: ClipView v3.3 - Gives multiple text clipboards. Clips may be printed, edited, saved to a buffer and locked. Optionally the entire set of clips and their state can be saved across invocations of ClipView. ClipPrint v1.2 - Prints the current text contents of the clipboard. PipeClip v2.3 - Used on the command line to pipe output to the clipboard. eg dir /w | pipeclip ClipPipe v1.0 - Used on the command line to pipe input from the clipboard. eg clippipe | someprogram ClipWait v1.0 - Used in scripts to wait until something gets written to the clipboard. CV_Client_OS2 2.1 } These are now considered stable. } They allow clipboards to communicate CV_Server_OS2 2.1 } across machines. CV_Client_WIN 2.1 } These are considered Beta. } They allow clipboards to communicate CV_Server_WIN 2.1 } across machines. http://www.deezee.org/ClipView.html -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 20.07.2008 |
| DFSee version 9.10 released (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Jan van Wijk < infoDESPAM@DESPAMdfsee.com > This is a minor release with some updated messages and supporting more disks in Linux. DFSee is a very powerful disk-utility with disk partitioning, filesystem and disk analysis, file recovery, UNDELETE for HPFS, JFS, and NTFS, resizing and smart imaging or cloning. More details at: http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/ Direct download links from the DFSee website: http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee910.zip http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee910.msi http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee910_warpin.exe http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee910_dsk.zip http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee9xx_linux.tgz http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee9xx_iso.zip Or from the HOBBES website: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee910.zip http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dfsee Functional changes since 9.09 - FAT FS Hint to use FORMAT when bootsector is empty - MEDIA Allow upto 24 IDE/SCSI disk on Linux (hdX/sdX) - PART Added details to 'invalid partition table nr' - SETBOOT Allow colon on /IBD:C: syntax Regards, JvW DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee - info@dfsee.com -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 19.07.2008 |
| Post the bug-report today, don\'t be lazy (from Eugene Gorbunoff) |
| If a program doesn\'t work properly on your computer, don\'t expect the next version will work better.
The bugs are fixed only if users notify the developers. Please, post the bug-report to the tracker today, monitor the tracker during 1-2 weeks. For example, * http://ecomstation.com -- eComStation 2.0 bug-tracker -> Login -> bug-tracker (you should have eCS license, software subscription) * http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/report/1 -- ACPI tracker Register to Login -- http://www.netlabs.org/site/member * http://trac.ecomstation.ru -- NeoWPS cpmponents (login: ecotrac, password: nhfrerth) * http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud -- Uniaud audio driver * http://svn.netlabs.org/ecups -- CUPS/2 (printers) bug-tracker * http://svn.netlabs.org/samba -- Samba bug-tracker * http://ecomstation.com/support/tickets/ticket_create.php?DepartmentID=7 -- OpenOffice tickets * http://xtracker.netlabs.org/index.php?project=2 -- XWorkPlace bug-tracker * http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.genmac.user -- Genmac forum * https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/ -- Firefox bug-tracker Other useful links: http://ecomstation.ru/links -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 12.07.2008 |
| PMMail 3.01 released (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| From: Neil Waldhauer < neilDESPAM@DESPAMblondeguy.com > PMMail for OS/2 version 3.01 has been released. PMMail for OS/2 is an e-mail client for OS/2 and eComStation. More information and a free download of the demonstration version of the program are available on our website at http://pmmail.os2voice.org New features in PMMail 3.01 * Addition of new Incoming filter type: Incoming (pre-MC). Filters of this type operate on a message before the Mail Classifier (bogofilter) processes the message. The old filter type 'Incoming' is now named 'Incoming (post-MC)'. * Character set aliases: Some character set names have common misspellings. The Charset alias option allows these to be defined for a given standard character set name. * Most Recently Used address list updated only when a message is sent. Previously it was updated when any address was added to the TO/CC address. * The Minimized window for PMMail flashes when new mail has been retrieved. The length of time that it flashes may be limited to some fixed time. * Drag-n-Drop (aka: Direct Manipulation) message from the Search window. * Attachments may be dragged from the Read window to the Desktop. * Fully compatible with tcp/ip v4.0 (16 bit stack). * Timezone recognition improvements. * When re-indexing a folder, the timezone and daylight savings time are respected for the message's sent timestamp. * When replying to a message and the message's character set is different from the default charset, a warning pops up about the discrepancy. The warning may be overridden in Settings::Locale. * Mail Classifier updates may now be set for every XX program shutdown. * The TEMP directory may be set to a different path than in the Account directory. This increases performance when the mailstore is located on a remote system. * Improvements in the Spelling Checker * Performance enhancements in processing message filters and address books. * Numerous defects fixed. -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 07.07.2008 |
| InstPDR 1.04 on BetaZone (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ Alex Taylor has released an update to his InstPDR utility on the eComStation BetaZone. It is available to anyone with an ecomstation.com logon. InstPDR is a utility to upgrade your existing printer drivers or to update the Postscript driver with details for a new printer using an existing Windows, or Linux PPD file. instpdr_104.zip 57 kb 06/07/2008 08:03 am InstPDR is a GUI tool for installing new printer drivers. Includesa graphical frontend for importing PPD files. 1.04 (2008-06-24) provides some tweaks for the eCUPS project. -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 06.07.2008 |
| WarpSans extended font sizes (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ Alex Taylor has released an unofficial extension to the 'WarpSans' bitmap font, which provides larger point sizes under 120dpi resolutions: 10.WarpSans 10.WarpSans Bold 11.WarpSans 11.WarpSans Bold (For now, it does not provide any new point sizes for 96dpi resolutions.) The font file (WARPSANS.FON) can be installed like any other font under OS/2 (e.g., using the Font Palette). The package is available at http://users.socis.ca/~ataylo00/creative/fonts/#warpsans (or on Hobbes). -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 05.07.2008 |
| eComStation 2.0 RC5 available (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Joachim Benjamins < joachimDESPAM@DESPAMmensys.nl > Serenity Systems International and Mensys BV are pleased to announce the immediate availability of eComStation 2.0 Release Candidate 5. This release is available to customers with an active Software Subscriptions Services subcription. It adds a few new features and contains a lot of updated drivers and fixes. More details can be found at: http://www.ecomstation.com/subscription/ !!! WHEN TESTING BETA SOFTWARE, ALWAYS BE SURE TO HAVE A TRIED AND TESTED BACKUP OF YOUR SYSTEM !!! The most notable changes since RC4 are listed below. ** Preboot harddisk integrity check ** There are several situations which may cause installation problems with LVM in the install process. In this release, it is possible to disable the integrity check at page 2 (miscellaneous) of the eComStation installer preboot menu. The checks have been further enhanced and should detect more potential problems. ** Harddisk volume resizing ** This release candidate has a custom DFSee engine that enables reliable RESIZING of FAT32 and NTFS filesystems to allow shrinking an existing Windows installation to make room for eComStation on the same system. The DFSee engine included is at level 9.04. The GUI to control the resizing has been rewritten for improved performance and reliability. To invoke it, please select 'Paritition Resizing Tool' from the Installation Volume Manager which can be called during installation (choose 'New Volume' to start the Installation Volume Manager). ** Experimental HDA Audio support ** The support for for HDA audio on new mainboards is highly experimental and can be selected manually in the installer, but may cause your system to hang during boot. Before reporting a bug that your system hangs, please make certain that you do not have this UNIAUD build installed. ** Genmac 2.20a GA ** This package provides generic driver support for several network interface cards under OS/2 and eComStation. Moreover, Genmac is enabled to support WPA encryption with the Wireless LAN Monitor 3.x or better. Genmac and the Wireless LAN monitor will be installed when the appropriate hardware is detected by the installer. If it is not detected, you can manually select the driver in the network installation dialog. The XWLAN eCenter widget will be automatically added when eWPS is selected to be installed. It is now possible to select a GenMac driver regardless of the hardware being present in the system. ** ACPI 3.09 & APM 1.24 ** Support for ACPI is available in this release. The current version is 3.09. ACPI will be automatically enabled if appropriate hardware is detected. You can manually enable or disable ACPI support at page 4 (USB & ACPI) of the eComStation installer preboot menu. The ACPI configuration tool 'ACPI Wizard' has been rewritten to behave more like a true wizard. It will not allow selection of options that seem not to be supported on your system. You can manually call the Wizard with many commandline parameters to configure the system to your wishes, please see FAQ.TXT for an explanation on the parameters. ** multicore CPU support ** This release supports the installation of eComStation on a MultiCore CPU computer. This includes Intel Core Duo , Core2 Duo and AMD 64 X2. To enable it, you can do so in the ACPI Wizard that is launched from the Post Installation tasks at the end of the installation. Alternatively you can start the ACPI Wizard at any time from the install/remove folder in the Local System folder on the desktop. ** Improved hardware support ** An effort was made to improve the amount of detected devices. This should mainly help for the detection of network cards. The number of supported and detected USB controllers has been increased from 4 to 8, enabling more systems to properly boot from the boot CD. This release includes a new version of the Dani IDE drivers, supporting many more SATA controllers and mixed controller environments. ** eComStation Virtual File System (Samba client support) ** Samba is a SMB/CIFS protocols file and print sharing server/client set originally made for UNIX world to cooperate with corresponding Windows and OS/2 servers or clients. eComStation has a native implementation of SMB/CIFS server/client set - IBM LAN Manager and IBM Peer. These products have not been recently updated and may have some compatibility issues with modern Windows SMB/CIFS implementations. ** EVFS GUI ** There now is a GUI that will make it easier to configure network access using the Samba protocol. There is one big limitation though, the tool cannot determine if a network connection was properly created - so it will not provide sensible feedback on that, instead it will always create a mountpoint which may be empty if the actual connection fails. The object for this tool is placed in the ' -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
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