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| 20.12.2006 |
| ClipView 3.2 released (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| Clipview 3.2 is released http://www.deezee.org/ClipView.html New features bug fixes etc: Added -A switch 'Autosave on Copy'. Added -b switch 'Browse on URL Capture'. Added 'Process Clip Through'. Added 'www.' to URL detection for browse option. Changed C compiler to gcc 3.3.5, so now need Innotek libc not EMX. Fixed file type for temp file used in clip editing. Fixed crash with empty .ClipSave file. Clipview is now NLS ready. Supported languages are: Dutch, French, German & Swedish. Please note that only the Swedish version is at the 3.2 level. The others are in the process of being updated from 3.1. Check the web site for the latest. If you want your language and are prepared to translate then drop me an email for the files etc.. N.B. 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 v3.2 - 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 ] |
| 19.12.2006 |
| eCo Software newsletter, week 51 (from Eugene Gorbunoff) |
| The fourth quarter is the most strenuous. Seems that we survived it.
Large projects were debugged, new utilities created. We presented our solutions at Warpstock Europe 2006 -- http://www.warpstock.net/wse2006/agenda_ses.html (7 appearances) and the main goal today is withstand users pressure. eCo Software laboratory (aka #ecolabs) * eCo Software is testing \"engineering sample\" Intel motherboards with EFI \"INTEL DG965RYC\". * Other research projects -- http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/?action=research Warpstock Europe 2006 The presentations were prepared by large group of developers and consultants from other teams. * Developers of native eComStation software vote for evolutionary way of the operating system development. The main idea of the Evolutionary Sprint (aka ES-Way): \"Let\'s create more original software for eCS users, then promote it on other markets to attract new users\". Read the introduction to ES-way: \"Community perspectives\" -- http://ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php?id=148 * \"eComStation is ready for modern notebooks and desktops\" - report about current status of ACPI subsystem. Thanks to ACPI, we can use modern Core 2 Duo, AMD X2 notebooks and desktops, setup IRQs, control power consumption. The secret purpose of ACPI driver is reanimate sleepy developers of device drivers, they are updating own drivers for compatilbity with new generation of eComStation. * \"Modern eComStation Desktop\" - we demonstrated new WorkPlace Shell extenders and applications which bring life to the desktop (eSchemes, eSchemes Deluxe, Personal Cards Manager, Central Remote Control, USB Dock, etc) Disk utilities Download repacked JUne -- http://ecomstation.ru/june (contains updated translations: Italian, Danish, etc) JRescuer (JUne) best-seller is aimed to unerase files from JFS volume, recover files from damaged JFS volume. Read more about modern features of JFS.IFS for eComStation: http://en.ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php?id=139 USB applications USB Dock 1.7 is released. Whatsnew: more NLS resources, more devices added to database. Screenshot: USB Dock: http://ecomstation.ru/projects/usbtools/pic/USBDock-20061219b.png Internet utilities * General network utilities were updated -- http://ecomstation.ru/gnu GNU are aimed to collect TCP/IP information, diagnose and solve network problems, optimize IP settings for your computer. Whatsnew: improvements in user interface and functionality; new utilities are included! * We have ported OpenVPN to eComStation -- http://openvpn.net OpenVPN is a full-featured SSL VPN solution which can accomodate a wide range of configurations, including remote access, site-to-site VPNs, WiFi security, and enterprise-scale remote access solutions with load balancing, failover, and fine-grained access-controls. Download beta from hobbes -- http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=openvpn&pushbutton=Search * We released PM Downloader version 1.0 some weeks ago http://eros2.by.ru/pmdownloader_en.shtml all users like this http/ftp/https retriever! Whatsnew: http://eros2.by.ru/pmdownloader_en.shtml#news WorkPlace Shell extenders * eSchemes 1.37 is uploaded to eComStation betazone -- http://betazone.ecomstation.nl We continue to improve the editor. eSchemes FAQ is updated -- http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/?action=faq Download fresh schemes from our site -- http://ecomstation.ru/eschemes * Personal Cards Manager (Address book integrated to desktop), is updated again, download the latest beta -- http://ecomstation.ru/pcm Whatsnew: fixes to improve usability. * eSchemes Deluxe 3.1. Download it now http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/download/eschemes-deluxe-3-1-20061019.zip Whatsnew: Added support of eWPS/XWP status bar, Added support of systems older eCS 1.2 (CWMM Classes need to be installed) ACPI drivers To accelerate the final stage of ACPI development, we invite testers to ecolabs irc-channel: irc://irc.ecomstation.com/ecolabs The testing may require 30 minutes or 1 month x 2 hours per day. * ACPI 2.15 was released. Please read all documentation and FAQs again. There are many notes for users which want run eComStation on multiprocessor computers. Now you can run SMP machine with SATA controller without extra efforts (simply enable snooper with default acpi.cfg, acpi.psd /SMP), Whatsnew: Multiprocessor Dell notebooks are working with ACPI now, fixes for embedded controller support, throttling, OEMHLP$ driver (i.e. the development of eComStation kernel continues) * New APM.ADD (1.7) Whatsnew: fixed external battery call, Check brightness control and other events, acpidaemon fixes. * New ACPI snooper (2.15) You need it if running Core 2 Duo in APIC mode or if you want manage IRQs. ACPI is available via eComStation beta-zone -- http://betazone.ecomstation.nl Multimedia applications * T&V HappyPlayer, beta 10 -- http://ecomstation.ru/happyplayer - application to control TV tuners based on Brooktree BT8xx. Whatsnew: Ready for Central Remote Control * Central Remote Control - visit the homepage of CRC: http://ecomstation.ru/crc This new subsystem gathers events from TV remote controls, notebook buttons, USB-keyboard multimedia buttons and translates them to commands for multimedia applications. The publication of beta-version is delayed, please notify us if you are interested in this product. Screenshot: Central Remote Control flow: http://ecomstation.ru/projects/crc/pics/crc_s_002.png eCo Software support service The hardware database (http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php) contains than 1030 reports of supported hardware. You can post new reports or add notes to published. Now gathering lists of USB devices used by eComStation users (VendorID, ProductID, Device name), Multikernel notebooks and computers, all-in-one printers/scanners, USB Keyboards and CardBus controllers. Additional information: * Full pricelist of eCo Software products -- http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/?action=pricelist * How to download ACPI, eSchemes? -- http://ecomstation.ru/mensys.html * Welcome to eCo Software homepage -- http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/?action=crew * Previous eCo Software newsletter -- http://ecomstation.ru/commentnews.php?id=1321 -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 16.12.2006 |
| Updated GBM packages + plugins for Mozilla/Lucide (from Heiko Nitzsche) |
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Please carefully read the notes about the GBM plugin for Lucide below! GBM plugin 1.30 for Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey ------------------------------------------------------ (freely usable, see license included) 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. It requires GBM.DLL 1.50 or higher. Do not use GBM 1.41 any longer. Supported features: Fullscreen mode viewer with a load of features: * menus, popup menu, scrollers * variable scaled preview * transformations mirror/transpose/rotate * multipage navigation * bitmap format info dialog * save the shown page to any GBM supported bitmap file format * uses GBM File Dialog if found, otherwise OS/2 File Dialog is used * English and German localized with autodetection via LANG variable Embedded mode viewer with reduced functionality of fullscreen mode viewer: * popup menu * transformations mirror * multipage navigation * bitmap format info dialog * save the shown page to any GBM supported bitmap file format * uses GBM File Dialog if found, otherwise OS/2 File Dialog is used * printing of embedded bitmaps is supported on Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey * English and German localized with autodetection via LANG variable Get package gbmos2plugins_lu123_moz130_bin.zip from Hobbes. It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below). GBM plugin 1.23 for Lucide beta 5 or higher ------------------------------------------- (freely usable, see license included) 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. It requires GBM.DLL 1.35 or higher. GBM 1.50 is recommended. Do not use GBM 1.41 any longer. Supported features: * document info * loading all formats supported by GBM * save loaded bitmap if it has only one page * multipage bitmap viewing support * load bitmap page on demand * scaling and rotation Get package gbmos2plugins_lu123_moz130_bin.zip from Hobbes. It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below). So far Lucide Beta 5 (or higher) is not yet released. The above plugin does not work anymore with Lucide Beta 4 because the plugin API has changed. Users of Lucide Beta 4 can download a compatible version from http://heikon.home.tlink.de. For more details please have a look at the change log in the included documentation or at my GBM homepage (see below). GBM.DLL 1.50 and GBM command line tools --------------------------------------- (Public Domain) 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. In this version, extended BMP, JPG, PNG, TIF, PBM, PGM, PPM, PNM and XPM support is additionally included. PNG and TIF support also 16, 32, 48, 64 bpp colour depths with/without alpha channel. PPM supports also 48 bpp colour depth. BMP supports also OS/2 RLE24 and Windows 16/32 bpp RGB and BITFIELDS formats. It comes with a useful set of command line bitmap manipulation tools. Get package gbmos2_150_bin.zip from Hobbes. It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (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 (1.50). Please follow the instructions to use the new GBM.DLL for all programs as well as for eCS WPS features like bitmap previews. If you cannot replace the eCS shipped GBM.DLL, please execute unlock x:\\os2\\dll\\gbm.dll from a command line. Then override the old GBM.DLL with the new one. Don\'t forget to reboot afterwards. Enhanced GBMV2 Version 1.31 --------------------------- (Public Domain) GBMV2 is a fast and simple bitmap viewer and editor for the OS/2 and eCS Presentation Manager. Enhanced release of the GBMV2-Viewer from the GBMOS2PM package: * An English and a German version of GBMV2 is included. * An English and a German version of the GBM file dialog is included. Enhanced version of the GBM File Dialog (GBMDLG.DLL 1.31): * Bitmap preview within the file dialog * Redesign to fit eComStation file dialog style Several extensions for keyboard shortcuts have been added. Both parts got new resources that better fit to the Warp 4 and eComStation look & feel. Resources for fonts 8.Helv and 9.WarpSans for both, German and English are available in the sources package. Get package gbmos2pm131_bin.zip from Hobbes. It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below). GBM.DLL REXX adapter library (GBMRX 1.01) ----------------------------------------- (Public Domain) GBMRX.DLL is a REXX adapter DLL for OS/2 and eComStation which REXX programs may use to load or save all bitmap file formats supported by the GBM.DLL (to/from a file). Almost full feature set of GBM.DLL is provided by the REXX API. I/O remapping is not supported due to language restrictions. Get package gbmos2rx103_bin.zip from Hobbes. It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below). GBM File Dialog REXX adapter library (GBMDLGRX 1.03) ---------------------------------------------------- (Public Domain) The REXX adapter DLL allows REXX programmers to use the GBM File Dialog in their programs. It requires availability of GBM.DLL and the GBM File Dialog DLLs (GBMDLG.DLL and GBMDLG.HLP). Get package gbmos2rx103_bin.zip from Hobbes. It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below). The homepage of GBM for OS/2 and eCS ------------------------------------ http://heikon.home.tlink.de It provides: - 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/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2plugins_lu123_moz130_bin http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2_150_bin http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm131_bin http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2rx103_bin WarpIN installation package (GBM.DLL, GBM command line tools, GBMV2, GBMRX, GBMDLGRX, GBM plugins, Doc): http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm131_gbm150_lu123_moz130_bin_wpi Full source code: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm131_gbm150_lu123_moz130_src 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). The GBM plugin for Lucide Beta 4 can be retrieved only from the GBM homepage. Have fun, Heiko Nitzsche (Germany, 16-Dec-2006) -> URL: http://heikon.home.tlink.de -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 09.12.2006 |
| XWorkplace 1.0.6 (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| http://xworkplace.netlabs.org/ 'XWorkplace is the successor to Ulrich Möller's popular XFolder WPS-Enhancer utility. It contains all of its features and a lot of new ones. XWorkplace is Open Source software under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL), probably making it the most feature-rich freeware Workplace Shell enhancer on the planet. Everyone is kindly invited to join the project and contribute -- be it small bugfixes, or add the feature that you've always wanted to see in the WPS.' XWorkplace 1.0.6 has been released. This fixes a load of bugs. You can find it in the usual places on Netlabs and Hobbes: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-6.exe and http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/new/xwp-1-0-6.zip moving to http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-6.zip Note: Requires WarpIN 1.0.12 or later Please report *reproducible* bugs on the bugtracker at: http://xtracker.netlabs.org From the xWorkplace User Guide and Reference: XWorkplace 1.0.6 (December 8, 2006) All the bugs below have been fixed by Paul Ratcliffe unless otherwise noted. Bugfixes: *Fixed a trap in the daemon when deselecting the XWP Hook with Xcenter's Window List widget active. Bug 748. *Fixed a trap when double clicking on a section header in the Device Drivers tree on the Drivers tab of the OS/2 Kernel object. Bug 762. *Fixed cosmetic issues with the Driver description and Parameters boxes on the Drivers tab of the OS/2 Kernel object. Bug 288. *Fixed traps and other incorrect behaviour relating to dragging and dropping. The Trashcan can now accept 'discard' objects, like the Shredder. Bugs 806, 815, 817 and 829. Fixed by Lars Erdmann. *Fixed a problem relating to launching objects using hotkeys, especially with the XCenter. Bug 792. *XPager window dragging to other virtual desktops now snaps to the same location. Holding down the Shift key allows windows to be positioned anywhere. This is the reverse of the previous behaviour, at user request. Bug 733. *The main icon for the 'XWorkplace Installation' folder was updated - this was only partially applied in the previous version. Bug 760. *Fixed a bug with the XShutdown configuration dialog wouldn't switch back from ACPI to APM shutdown. Bug 728. *Fixed a bug during initial installation of the XCenter where it wasn't adding the 'Desktop Lock', 'Find Utility', and 'Shutdown' objects. Bug 749. *The XCenter Tray selection bitmap was made bigger to match the other icons. Bug 729. *Fixed bugs with the DEFAULTOBJECT and OPEN setting strings being ignored with XWPString objects. Bug 823. *Implemented folder setup string DEFAULTVIEW=SPLITVIEW. Fixed OPEN= setup string for disk objects which was mostly completely unimplemented. Bug 827. *Stopped the Shredder Object from behaving like the Trash Can (except if Shift is pressed). Bug 413. *The keyboard NumLock LED was not always set correctly when using the 'Enable NumLock on Startup' feature. Bug 831. *The default for XCenter's 'Automatically add to screen border' function is now off. Disabling this setting now also clears the relevant screen border setting. Fixed Default/Undo processing for XCenter's View properties page. Bug 224. *Printer and Transient objects are now prevented from being moved to the Trash Can. *Showing or maximizing a previously maximized and then minimized view of the WPS Class List caused the window not to display properly. Also affected Folder Split Views. Bug 865. *Fixed a bug with XCenter's folder object buttons which sometimes didn't bring the folder to the top of the Z-order. Bug 319. *Fixed a bug with the Screen borders notebook page where the settings were not being saved correctly. Bug 56. *Window List size/position and presentation parameters (font/colors) were not being saved. Bug 458. *Fixed a bug with using 'Open as, XCenter' from an XCenter's context menu, which did nothing. Bug 889. *Split view folder status bars now update correctly when changing focus between the tree and files containers using the mouse. Bug 326. *Some of the developer documentation was updated. Thanks to Christian Hennecke. *Updated the XWorkplace WarpIN installation scripts to solve some problems with the NLS packages. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe/Christian Hennecke/Chuck McKinnis. *The Treesize icon was update. Thanks to David Graser. New Features: * None. -> URL: http://www.os2voice.org -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| Warpin 1.0.14 (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| http://warpin.netlabs.org/ 'WarpIN is intended to become the new general-purpose installer for OS/2 to overcome the current lack of a both flexible and user-friendly installer. This thing is available to any programmer, commercial, shareware, freeware or GPL, for free use, even though WarpIN itself is released under the GNU General Public Licence (GPL). Since the GPL does not restrict usage, and 'usage' with WarpIN is creating and installing archives, you can use it to distribute anything you like.' WarpIN general purpose installer for OS/2. V1.0.14 (December 8, 2006) Fixes: -- Closing the Archive, View window caused WarpIN to exit. Bug 896. -- Added a FAIL option to the CREATEOBJECT attribute. Bug 893. -- Updated documentation for the EXECUTE and DEEXECUTE attribues. Bug 894. Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-14.exe Contact for WarpIN: warpin-user for WarpIN users who don't care for programming. Use this group for bug reports. http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.warpin.general or news://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.warpin.general warpin-dev for WarpIN developers and anyone who's interested. You should be vaguely familiar with the source code to join. http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.warpin.devel or news://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.warpin.devel Report problems on the bugtracker for WarpIN is available at http://xtracker.xworkplace.org -> URL: http://www.os2voice.org -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
| 07.12.2006 |
| Maul Publisher Translation Toolkit V3.09 (from http://www.os2news.com) |
| Maul Publisher is an industrial strength desktop publisher capable of creating virtually all of the printing seen on everyday household items. You can use it to easily lay out newspapers, cards, books, labels, stamps, posters, charts, forms, and even designs like building plans or furniture arrangements. The translation toolkit for Maul Publisher V3.09 is now available. http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=maulettk This freely available toolkit is provided to allow others to translate Maul Publisher V3.9 to their own language. As this may require some concerted effort, please contact Maul Publisher support to coordinate your effort with other potential translators. Similarly, if you just want to fix some spelling, please share the result by contacting Maul Publisher support. Changes: medium, see TRANSLATE_INSTRUCTIONS in archive. Currently, Maul is available in German and English, with Dutch, Spanish, and Portuguese, in progress, and French as a possible future project. -> URL: http://www.os2voice.org -> comments: 0 [ Version for printing ] [ Send via eMail ] |
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