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From: Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has updated Subversion to v1.5.3.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

"The goal of the Subversion project is to build a version control system
that is a compelling replacement for CVS in the open source community. The
software is released under an Apache/BSD-style open source license.

The main Subversion website is at http://subversion.tigris.org/

New in the 1.5.3 build for OS/2:

* Updated to 1.5.1 source code
* Switched to GCC 4.3.2 as a compiler"


Subversion 1.5.3 - updated 20081011
http://download.smedley.info/subversion-1.5.3-20081011.zip

REQUIRES: libc063.dll - 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://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://www.mensys.net/os2ports/



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From: Christian Hennecke

The Warpstock Europe 2008 event team has started to publish dedicated
information for this year's speakers and everyone interested in becoming
one. Besides general information and frequently asked questions, it also
contains the first set of official, downloadable slide templates for usage
in presentations. The page is available at:

http://www.warpstock.eu/en/contribute/speakers.html

Ever thought about ways to support your annual community event? Start off
by taking a look at:

http://www.warpstock.eu/en/contribute.html

Stay tuned for upcoming announcements regarding even more presentations and
the initial schedule.

The ninth Warpstock Europe conference will be held at the City Hostel,
Germany from November 14 to 16. Warpstock is an annual conference for the
OS/2 and eComStation operating systems and related technology. It is
dedicated to information, education, support, and exchange and addresses
users, developers, and software vendors. To achieve these goals, the event
offers seminars and workshops, exhibition areas, and room for personal
exchange.

More information is available at:

http://www.warpstock.eu

Warpstock Europe is powered by warpevents.eu
Warpstock is a trademark of Warpstock, Inc.

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From: Mark Dodel

Peter Weilbacher has released the official contribution of SeaMonkey 2.0
alpha 1 for OS/2 and eComStation. SeaMonkey is a "Web-browser, advanced
e-mail and newsgroup client, IRC chat client, and HTML editing made simple
-- all your Internet needs in one application."

From the release notes: "Warning! The SeaMonkey version described on this
page is a testing-only preview of the next generation of our Internet
suite. Please test it carefully, it's not yet in a state where we can
encourage you to use it for daily browsing and mail operations.
For daily use, we strongly advise you to download the current stable
release instead."

Please send all comments and general discussion to the news group
news://news.mozilla.org/mozilla.dev.ports.os2 Please enter all problem
reports into https://bugzilla.mozilla.org

http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/

October 9, 2008 With a few days delay, the long awaited SeaMonkey 2.0 alpha
1 has been released for OS/2.
Zip File:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.0a1/contrib/seamonkey-2.0a1.en-US.os2.zip
Release Notes: http://www.seamonkey-project.org/releases/seamonkey2.0a1/
README:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/seamonkey/releases/2.0a1/contrib/seamonkey-2.0a1.en-US.os2.ReadMe
MD5SUM:
http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/3.0.3/contrib/firefox-3.0.3.en-US.os2.MD5SUM

Requires a libc0.6.3 based version of the GCC runtime library.
http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/#gccrtl

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From: Don Hawkinson

TextHelper is a text manipulation tool with special support for printing on
HP Deskjet and Laserjet printers. TextHelper is also a simple editor based
on the MultiLineEditor class from the IBM Open Class Library.

With TextHelper:
* you can easily reformat text to the desired maximum line length with
automatic word wrapping.
* You can remove forwarding marks from email text with one command.
* You can remove blank lines from text with one command.
* You can remove multiple spaces between words with one command.
* You can strip leading numbers from lines with one command.
* You can insert a timestamp with one command.
* You can translate windows "smart quotes" and mime encoding with one
command.
* You can perform a ROT13 on the text in the editor.
* You can create a list of files via a file dialog box.
* You can create a ZIP file using the file list.
* You can apply a command template to list of files to create command file.
* You can view the contents of a ZIP file.

Added functions since version 1.05
Added function to insert line numbers at the start of each line
Added function to insert a string at the start of each line
Added function to remove a specified number of characters from the start
of each line
Fixed upper and lower case functions
Added Printer Ink submenu with options to choose which ink cartridge to use
Added Print option to print a range of lines based on current line wrap
Fixed Strip Leading Number function to remove all that was added by
the Add Line Numbers function
Modified File Save so that user is not asked about existing file if
making backup option is enabled.
Added selections to print marked text and specified line numbers

The trial version of TextHelper may be downladed from my web page.
The direct download link is:
http://home.tulsaconnect.com/dwhawk/ths_106.zip

For the next week, TextHelper may be registered for $7 (US) instead of the
regular price of $10. The same offer is available of any of my shareware
programs. For information about my shareware use the following link:
http://home.tulsaconnect.com/dwhawk/share.html

If you have questions contact me via email.



Don Hawkinson , author of CCA, DH-Grep-PM,
PMStripper, Pastry Box, DH_ClipSave/2,
DJPrint, and TextHelper
http://www.dwhawkinson.com


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From: Paul Smedley

Hi All,

I managed to get some form of dllexport support working in GCC 4.3.2 today,
and successfully built Firefox 3.0-cvs using it
(http://smedley.info/mozilla.jpg) It required just a couple of extras
changes above those required to build using 3.4.6

There are still known issues with my current GCC 4.3.2 build:
- precompiled headers do not currently work
- no thread support in gcc.exe as I forgot to --enable-threads when running
configure - this will be fixed in the next drop
- for some strange reason, gcc fails to produce an executable where there
are libs added on the command line that are not required, ie
gcc -Zexe -Zomf -s conftest.c -lgcc FAILS
gcc -Zexe -Zomf -s conftest.c WORKS
- no support yet for the GOMP multiprocessor library
- link warning when using -Zomf - emxomf will require updating to deal with
the new stabs types, but according to Knut, the warnings can be safely ignored

This build hasn't had huge amounts of testing, but has been used to build
Scribus, Firefox 3.0cvs and ffmpeg successfully. Any feedback on things
that work/don't work vs GCC 3.3.5 would be appreciated!

The binary itself can be downloaded from
http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.3.2-os2-20081008.zip Please also keep
checking http;//os2ports.smedley.info for newer builds.

Feedback appreciated :)

Cheers,

Paul.


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From: Peter Moylan

FtpServer (an FTP daemon) is being re-released because of a small bug in
the Setup program in version 1.32: it was not possible to toggle the "log
to screen" option. The repaired version can be fetched from

http://www.pmoylan.org/pages/os2/FtpServer.html

or from

ftp://ftp.pmoylan.org/FtpServer/ftpser1321.zip

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From: Joachim Benjamins

October 6, 2008
Subject: Support Agreement (12 months) for OpenOffice.org for eComStation
and IBM OS/2
Effective date: October 6, 2008

Effective immediately, Serenity Systems International will be distributing
a GA version of OpenOffice.org 2.4 to all users who ordered the Support
Agreement for OpenOffice.org product. This version has been compiled to run
on IBM OS/2 and eComStation as a native application. This release replaces
OpenOffice.org version 2.0.4.

It is available to anyone with a current OpenOffice.org Support Agreement
for eComStation and OS/2, via their download-area at the Mensys Online
Shop. http://www.mensys.net/login/

** Features **

Support for XWP/eWPS sliding menu hilite (requires XWorkPlace 1.0.8 or eCS
2.0 RC4 or higher)
Support for clipboard bitmap formats and unicode text.
Support for mouse wheel.
Support for WPS integration via seperate package (OOoWPS101.WPI)
FT2: this release supports the FreeType2 font engine for better text rendering.

NLS: multiple NLS versions can be installed, you can change the language as
follows: Tools -> Options -> Language settings -> User Interface. The
following languages are available: English, German, Italian, French,
Spanish and Dutch.

EMAIL: e-mail related settings are now supported, you can email your
current document, but only ThunderBird is supported. WEB: the default
browser will be used for opening web pages. To enable these features, the
Internet Application Integration tool must be installed and configured for
your browser.

A more complete list of changes in this version of OpenOffice.org 2.4.0 can
be found at: http://development.openoffice.org/releases/2.4.0.html

** Requirements **

- At least one language pack is required to complete installation.
- UniClip is required to complete installation.
- LibC 0.6.3 is required to complete installation.
- Innotek Font Engine is required to run OpenOffice.org 2.4 for
eComStation and OS/2.
- this installation will not overwrite existing installations, you can
use it alongside OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 and OpenOffice.org 2.0.4, however it
may be advisable to remove previous 2.4 profiles from your home directory.
- installation should preferably be done on a JFS volume, as it may run
slow otherwise. The installation target volume must support long filenames.
- installation takes around 400 MB of drivespace.
- this build is based on the 2.4.0 m12 sourcecode of OpenOffice.org.
- For better rendering of the GUI font, it is suggested to install
Workplace Sans TrueType font. This will also visualize the numbering for
the vertical ruler, since the default font, WarpSans, cannot be rotated.
You can download the Workplace Sans font from the following website:
http://users.socis.ca/~ataylo00/creative/fonts/index.html

WPS integration package for OpenOffice.org 2.4 for eComStation and OS/2:
- Extends the WPS data file class to recognize OpenOffice.org document files
- Integrated support for WPS-Wizard hint and folder info area
- Rexx hooks for reading document properties

[To enable this package for OpenOffice.org 2.4, you need to install the
OOoWPS101.WPI package (if not already installed) and run
?:\OpenOffice.2.4\program\ooodoc.cmd
This script will activate the WPS integration for this release of
OpenOffice.org 2.4 and remove it from older releases]

** Support **

Support Agreement users whose 12 month term has expired will be able to
download a copy of OpenOffice.org 2.4. Current Support Agreement users will
also be able to:

- Report issues and open support tickets
- Download fixes, updates, and enhancements
- Test new versions as they become available

Support specific to the eComStation and OS/2 version can be obtained
through the ticketing system at: http://www.ecomstation.com/support/ooo2/

A newsgroup is available for community support at:

news://news.ecomstation.com/ecomstation.support.openoffice
or
http://news.ecomstation.com/thread.php?group=ecomstation.support.openoffice


** Enjoy! **

Best regards,

Serenity Systems International




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From: netlabs.org:

This is the latest edition of the bi-weekly netlabs.org newsletter. The
newsletter can be read on the web at the following URL:
http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Netlabs_bi_weekly_newsletter

News from netlabs.org:

==> Warpstock Europe coming, November 14-16 in Düsseldorf Germany
==> Check out http://www.warpstock.eu for the latest news!

29. September - 5. October

* ACPI
o Good progress, version 3.11 released
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* FM/2
o A few updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* netlabs.org
o Jabber newly configured and a new ticket raised
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/netlabs/timeline
* Samba
o Updated to 3.0.32 level
o See http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
* SWT
o Some updates again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/swt/timeline
* UniAud
o Various updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline
* WSE Events
o New version uploaded
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/wse_events/timeline

22. September - 28. September

* ACPI
o A handfull of fixes
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* FM/2
o Some updates again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* Samba
o Initialisation fixes
o See:http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
* UniAud
o Big pile of updates again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline

Netlabs.org relies on your support as well, we hire developers to have
better progress on projects. 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: newsDESPAM@DESPAMnetlabs.org

Greetings,
netlabs.org team

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From: Mark Dodel

Corrected URL for the OGG Vorbis plugin:

http://hobbes2.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/sound/convert/oggvorbis-1.0.1-os2.zip



A new release by Dink of z!, the VIO MP3 player for OS/2. Also plays OGG
Vorbis ( requires plugin files from
http://hobbes2.nmsu.edu/download/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/sound/convert/oggvorbis-1.0.1-os2.zip
) and streaming MP3. Can be used as a web browser helper app for playing
MP3s or standalone to search for streaming MP3s. See main web site:
http://dink.org/z/

There is a z! message board: http://dink.org/z/zmsgboard.html

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From: Mark Dodel

A new release by Dink of z!, the VIO MP3 player for OS/2. Also plays OGG
Vorbis ( requires plugin files from
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/mmedia/sound/convert/oggvorbis-1.0.1-os2.zip
) and streaming MP3. Can be used as a web browser helper app for playing
MP3s or standalone to search for streaming MP3s. See main web site:
http://dink.org/z/

There is a z! message board: http://dink.org/z/zmsgboard.html



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From: Gene Alexander

Hello all. I made the decision to start over with our main web site and
shopping cart. If you want to follow the progress or know more please see
this article at our web log:

http://blog.eracc.com/2008/10/05/moving-to-drupal/

Thank you.

Gene Alexander
Owner
ERA Computers & Consulting

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From: Paul Smedley

Hi All,

A preliminary port of GCC 4.0.4 is now available.

Seems to do most of the things that GCC 3.4.6 can do - EXCEPT build Mozilla
- that fails build javascript with some 'declaration of C function xxxxx
conflicts with previous declaration yyyyyyy' errors to do with
js_static_assert that I need to investigate.

Binary & patches available from
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=gcc

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From: Mark Dodel

Paul Smedley has updated his OS/2 port of the GNU C Compiler.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/

"Mainly due to the fact that GCC 3.3.5 (which is what is currently used by
kLibc) is becoming too old to build the latest Mozilla trunk code, I
started working on building a newer version of GCC.

I've started with v3.4.6 - as the thought was that the amount of changed
between 3.3.5 and 3.4.6 would be comparatively small compared with aiming
for the 'latest' GCC (currently 4.3.2).

The current binary has been used to build several projects successfully -
ie rsync, Apache2, MySQL, Firefox 3.0-cvs, Ghostscript, ffmpeg amongst others

Known issues:

* strange warnings about make cycles when linking
* currently installs into \usr\local not usr

Changes since 20th September build
- Built with high-memory support enabled
- Added support for 'fastcall' calling convention (fixes warnings when
building mozilla)
- statically link stdc++ to avoid using the older libstdc++ contained
within libc063"

Download: http://download.smedley.info/gcc-3.4.6-os2-20080930.zip
http://download.smedley.info/gcc-3.4.6-os2-20080930-patch.zip

REQUIRES: libc063.dll - 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://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://www.mensys.net/os2ports/



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