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OS/2 - eComStation News - September, 2005Browse - September 2005: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 2005: August SW: WorkPlaceCalendar v0.3 SW: Updated wget port for OS/2 & eComStation SW: Rsync v2.6.6 compiled for eCS & OS/2 SW: cURL v7.14.1 for OS/2 & eComStation SW: Tame build updated with latest Sane SW: ncftp v3.1.9 for OS/2 & eCS SW: Java gui 1.0 SW: Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 Has Been Released SW: Mozilla (official) 1.7.12 Has Been Released SW: Firefox 1.5b1 & the IDN buffer overflow security issue SW: Maul Publisher for OS/2 service V3.02 SW: PM123 version 1.31b6 Has Been Released Event: If you haven't made your reservations yet for Warpstock 2005... SW: gocr compiled for OS/2 & eComStation SW: DFSee 7.13 released; the Warpstock edition :-) SW: Rocksndiamonds ported to OS/2
2005-09-24 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "Frank Wochatz" WorkPlaceCalendar (WPC) is an object which creates a calendar object on your desktop. The calendar object shows the day in object icon and a month calendar in object text. Further WPC supports: - german and english language, - display of weeks beginning with monday and sunday, - display of week days and week count of year - red icons for sundays. This is a test version. Screenshot: http://www.subsys.de/WPWeather/gif/wpcal.gif Download: http://www.subsys.de/WPWeather/download/wpcal03.zip There is no documentation yet. Just unzip and start the cmd file to create or update the object. Feel free to place a shadow in you start up folder, so the object will be updated at system start. To switch the week start from monday to sunday you have to edit a switch in the CMD file. regards Frank Wochatz Top
2005-09-24 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley Hi All, I've just compiled the latest (v1.10.1) version of wget for OS/2 & eComStation and added it to my website at http://smedley.info/os2ports.html For those that don't know, wget is a free software package for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS and FTP, the most widely-used Internet protocols. It is a non-interactive commandline tool, so it may easily be called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals without X-Windows support, etc. More information on wget is available from http://www.gnu.org/software/wget/wget.html For those that can't read the readme.os2 file, this build requires libc06r1.dll which can be downloaded from ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/wvgui/libc06r1.zip Cheers, Paul. Top
2005-09-25 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley I've just built Rsync v2.6.6 with Innotek GCC 3.3.5 r1 and made it available from http://smedley.info/rsync-2.6.6-os2.zip Requires libc06r1.dll available from http://smedley.info/libc06r1.zip Completely untested by me, as I have no need for rsync, but compiled due to a request from Piggy (www.ecomstation.org webmaster and all round good guy). Cheers, Paul Smedley Adelaide, Australia 25th September, 2005. Top
2005-09-25 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley Hi All, Busy weekend here :) Based on a user request, I've just built cURL v7.14.1 for OS/2 with SSL support from OpenSSL 0.9.8 It's available from http://smedley.info/os2ports.html and requires the Innotek GCC v3.3.5 r1 runtime (libc06r1.dll). More details on what curl does are available from http://curl.haxx.se/ Cheers, Paul. Top
2005-09-25 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley Hi All, Last announcement for this weekend :) I've just updated the Tame/2 warpin release at http://smedley.info/sane.html No code changes to Tame (too busy on other things right now), but sane code is updated to latest cvs as of 25th September. Full details on scanners included in Tame are at the website, along with details on how to get unlisted USB scanners working. Cheers, Paul. Top
2005-09-26 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley I've just built ncftp v3.1.9 using Innotek GCC 3.3.5r1 - requires the runtime dll available from http://smedley.info/libc06r1.zip NcFTP Client (also known as just NcFTP) is a set of FREE application programs implementing the File Transfer Protocol (FTP). The current version is: 3.1.9 (April 6, 2005). A minor security change was posted for the 3.1.5 release. The program has been in service on UNIX systems since 1991 and is a popular alternative to the standard FTP program, /usr/bin/ftp. NcFTP offers many ease-of-use and performance enhancements over the stock ftp client, and runs on a wide variety of UNIX platforms as well as operating systems such Microsoft Windows and Apple Mac OS X. Built directly from source with no modifications to the source necessary. Full details on ncftp are available from http://www.ncftp.com/ncftp/ Comments/feedback to paulDESPAM@DESPAMsmedley.info Check http://smedley.info/os2ports.html for latest updates and other OS/2 ports. Cheers, Paul. Adelaide, Australia 26th September, 2005. Top
2005-09-26 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: roossienDESPAM@DESPAMgmail.com A frontend for Java 1.0 on hobbes. Makes it easy to create and test java object from diferent java versions. http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=javagui Url: http://members.home.nl/cwroossien/ecs.html From: Chris Roossien (roossienDESPAM@DESPAMgmail.com) Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2005-09-26 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net> Mozilla Firefox 1.0.7 (official) has been released. This is an important security and stability release. It includes a fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens (The IDN bug). A fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an "eval" statement. And a fix to restore InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors. You can download it here: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/1.0.7/contrib/firefox-os2-1.0.7.zip NOTE: This release requires the C runtime DLLs from Innotek. The latest version is 0.5.1, which includes an installer. Available here: http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe NOTE: This release requires IPLUGINW.DLL to use the Java and Flash plugins. The latest version is available here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=196271 Firefox extensions (add-ons) that add new functionality are available here: https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox Firefox themes (skins) are available here: https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=firefox For release notes, and a list of new features, follow this link: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/releases/ The Mozilla Firefox homepage can be found here: http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/index.html If you have questions, or just want the latest, greatest tips for Mozilla & Firefox, Steve Wendt's excellent "Tips For Warpzilla" page can be found here: http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html For Firefox "Tips & Tricks", see: http://www.tweakguides.com/Firefox_6.html And finally, if you still have questions, or just want to participate in a Mozilla for OS/2 discussion forum, the Warpzilla newsgroup can be found here: news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.os2 Regards, Sander -- ----------------------------------------------------------- "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net> ----------------------------------------------------------- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. - Woody Allen Top
2005-09-26 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net> Mozilla 1.7.12 (Official) for OS/2 & eCS has been released. This is an important security and stability release. If you are using version 1.7.11, or earlier, or any of the I.B.M. web browsers (including the latest), you should upgrade. Among the fixes in this release are the following: - Fix for a potential buffer overflow vulnerability when loading a hostname with all soft-hyphens. - Fix to prevent a crash when loading a Proxy Auto-Config (PAC) script that uses an "eval" statement. - Fix to restore InstallTrigger.getVersion() for Extension authors. - Fix a crash in mail when stopping a search and then searching again. You can download it here: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.7.12/contrib/mozilla-1.7.12-os2.zip Or here if you prefer Mozilla with the installer: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.7.12/contrib/mozilla-1.7.12-os2-installer.exe NOTE: This release requires C runtime DLLs from Innotek. The latest version is 0.5.1, which includes an installer. Available here: http://download.innotek.de/gccos2/runtime/libc-0.5.1.exe NOTE: This release also requires IPLUGINW.DLL to use the Java and Flash plugins. Available here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/attachment.cgi?id=196271 Mozilla extensions (add-ons) that add new functionality are available here: https://addons.update.mozilla.org/extensions/?application=mozilla For a list of Mozilla 1.7.12 features, follow this link: http://mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.7.12/README.html#new A more extensive Changelog for Mozilla 1.7.12: http://www.mozilla.org/releases/mozilla1.7.12/changelog.html The Warpzilla (Mozilla for OS/2) homepage can be found here: http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/ If you have questions, or just want the latest, greatest tips for Mozilla, Steve Wendt's excellent "Tips For Warpzilla" page can be found here: http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html And finally, if you still have questions, or just want to participate in a Mozilla for OS/2 discussion forum, the Warpzilla newsgroup can be found here: news://news.mozilla.org/netscape.public.mozilla.os2 Regards, Sander Nyman -- ----------------------------------------------------------- "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net> ----------------------------------------------------------- I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. - Woody Allen Top
2005-09-26 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net> While the Mozilla suite version 1.7.12, and Firefox 1.0.7 both address the IDN buffer overflow security issue, it should be noted that the next generation Firefox 1.5b1 was released just prior to the availablity of the patch. If you have tried Firefox 1.5b1, and just can't go back to the 1.0.x version (hey, I'm with you), the problem is easily resolved. The following work around has been posted by Mozilla: 1. Type about:config into the address field and hit Enter. 2. In the Filter toolbar, type network.enableIDN. 3. Right click on the the network.enableIDN item and select toggle to change value to false. To verify the fix, be sure to restart the browser and then follow these steps. 1. Type about:config into the address field and hit Enter. 2. In the Filter toolbar, type network.enableIDN. 3. Ensure that the the value for this item is set to false. Regards, Sander -- ----------------------------------------------------------- "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net> ----------------------------------------------------------- Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity. - Albert Einstein Top
2005-09-27 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "Peter Koller" Service upgrade V3.02 is now available:- # Fixed - Drag *.mpj on maul.exe, and the 1st file is opened, but not the project # Fixed - Text rotation is not working in a chained frame # Fixed - Anchor bugs crash Maul # Fixed - ePDF title extraction not working # Fixed - Text search is missing items # Allow transparency for grouped objects # Fixed - New project dialog incomplete # Fixed - Error in dropshadow colour selector 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. To service Maul:- Download maulebin302.zip, and either maulelen302.zip or maulelde302.zip or both, depending on the language(s) you want. Try http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=maulebin or http://www.manglais.com/download.php Unzip all the files in the .\maul\install directory where maul was installed and run the installer. You need to install the binary executive and library files, as well as the appropriate language packs. It is safe to install later versions of Maul V3.xx over earlier ones. Please Do take the trouble to report any further bugs you may find! Top
2005-09-28 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net> PM123 version 1.31b6 has been released, and is available at: ftp://ftp.ptv.ru/pub/glass/pm123/pm123-1_31_beta_6.zip PM123 is an excellent open source PM based digital audio player for OS/2. It plays MP3s, WAV-files and audio CDs. PM123 supports skins, audio streaming, plugins, visualization and more! Originally developed by Samuel Audet, it is being maintained by Dmitry Steklenev. You can find more information on PM123 here: http://sektori.com/pm123/index.php New since version 1.30: - PM123's manual is converted to OS/2 native format. - Help system is implemented. - PM123 accepts directory as commandline parameter. - Player window now can be moved by left click-dragging. - Integrated last source codes of the Generalised Bitmap Module. - The playlist manager now remembers the font and colors dropped on it from the font and color palette. - It's now possible to stop use of the playlist after beginning it's use. - Duplicate items will not be added to the lists of recent files. - Playing of a file does not stop if this file is removed from the playlist and the player is not in a mode of use of this playlist. - The playlist window doesn't close when using alt-f4 to close the ID3 tag editor. - The name of the loaded playlist file is displayed in the title of the playlist window. - Added ID3 tag charset conversion. CDDAPLAY: - The FreeDB online search now can be turned off. - GUI is not freezed while getting the servers-list. - If the CD disk is not found in the FreeDB, this negative hit is cached up at restart of the program. - Settings of the module do not resetting as a result of reinstallation of the program. ANALYZER: - Fixed the minimal value of update frequency and percent of spectrum display. Zero values caused crash of the program. - The spectrum analyzer uses new FFT library and works more accurately. - Added the new display mode with thick bars and using a logarithmic scale of frequencies. MPG123: - The MP3 decoder does not stop at playing some broken files. REALEQ: - New presets are used immediately after loading an equalizer from a file. - If the "zero" has been pressed then the current preset will not be loaded after restart of the program. Regards, Sander Nyman -- ----------------------------------------------------------- "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net> ----------------------------------------------------------- Two roads diverged in a wood, and I . . . I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference. - Robert Frost Top
2005-09-28 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Andy Willis We've heard from the hotel that all the Warpstock rooms have been filled. They have a few much higher priced rooms available but even those are limited. If you haven't made reservations yet, despite all our warnings, then here are a few possible alternatives: The closest alternate hotel is the Holiday Inn Hotel, 4751 Lindle Rd, Harrisburg, PA, phone: 717-939-7841. This is about 0.07 miles away on the opposite side of Lindle Avenue from the Wyndham Harrisburg-Hershey hotel where Warpstock is being held. http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hd/mdtea On Eisenhower Blvd, about a half mile down Lindle road from the Wyndham Harrisburg-Hershey, are the following: 1) Red Roof Inn http://www.redroof.com/reservations/inn_details_print.asp?innNumber=027 950 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA (0.48 miles away) 717-939-1331 2) Baymont Inn http://www.baymontinns.com/lq/properties/propertyProfile.do?ident=LQ1032&propId=1032 990 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA (0.48 miles away) 717-939-8000 3) Best Western http://www.bestwesternpa.com/Hotels/InnSuites_Harrisburg.htm 815 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA (0.52 miles away) 717-939-1600 4) Windham Garden Hotel http://www.wyndham.com/hotels/MDTWY/main.wnt 765 Eisenhower Blvd, Harrisburg, PA (0.55 miles away) 717-558-9500 Top
2005-09-29 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley After someone on IRC inquired about ocr applications for OS/2, I pointed out Franz Bakan's port of gocr, however then noticed that it's a little out of date. Therefore, I grabbed the source for 0.40 and built it with Innotek GCC v3.3.5r1 As per my other ports, this requires libc06r1.dll - available from http://smedley.info/libc06r1.zip gocr itself is available from http://smedley.info/os2ports.html This built from source with no changes required for OS/2. gocr homepage is http://jocr.sourceforge.net/index.html Any comments/feedback - please send email to paul@smedley.info Cheers, Paul Smedley. Adelaide, Australia 29th September, 2005. PS - if anyone has requests for text-only ports from linux - send me a note and I'll see what I can do when I get spare time. Top
2005-09-29 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: "Jan van Wijk" DFSee version 7.13 has been released today This is a minor upgrade, with just a few fixes. The main reson for the release is synchronizing with the open TxWindows text-mode userinterface libray version 1.0 That library is open-source now, to be demonstrated and explained at Warpstock USA in Hershey next week. DFSee is the SWISS-ARMY-KNIFE for disk and filesystem problems. With FDISK-like displays, analysis and recovery, FIX commands, UNDELETE for HPFS/NTFS, imaging and cloning. For people familiar with older versions of DFSee (5.xx and older :-) it will be good to know that the menu-system introduced in version 6, and greatly expanded in version 7, makes the program a whole lot easier to use! More details at: http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee.htm Direct download links from the DFSee website: http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713.zip http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713.msi http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713_warpin.exe http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713_iso.zip http://www.dfsee.com/dfsee/dfsee713_dsk.zip Note: each of these can also be downloaded using '7xx' instead of the exact version number Or from the HOBBES website: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/dfsee713.zip http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dfsee Most important functional changes since 7.12: - DFSDISK Fixed BAT file causing endless loop running on PC-DOS - MAP Quietly skip unaccessible dummies from the display - NTFS DIRTY command, synchronize mirror-MFT on MFT 0..3 too - NTFS Avoid related MFT display recursion in any case - NTFS Improve extremely fragmented attribute-list handling - PTE/LVM Cleanup window positioning logic to use messages now - TRACE Added -d:xx option, slowdown while tracing (xx msec) - TXWIN Updated for Open TxWindows version change (1.00 now) Regards, JvW ========================================================================= DFSee Home: http://www.dfsee.com; Jan van Wijk; Author of DFSee - infoDESPAM@DESPAMdfsee.com Top
2005-09-30 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Paul Smedley Hi All, Someone was talking about rocksndiamonds on OS/2 - and as it uses SDL - I thought I'd try and build it :) The initial result is available from http://smedley.info/os2ports.html The necessary SDL dll's are included. The Innotek GCC 3.3.5 runtime is also required - http://smedley.info/libc06r1.zip Full details on Rocks'n'Diamonds from its homepage at http://www.artsoft.org/rocksndiamonds/ It is an arcade style game for Unix, Mac OS X, Windows and DOS in the tradition of: + "Boulder Dash" (C 64) + "Emerald Mine" (Amiga) + "Supaplex" (Amiga/PC) + "Sokoban" (PC) Other features: - network multiplayer games (upto 4 players) for Unix platform - local multiplayer games (upto 4 players) for all supported platforms - soft scrolling with 50 frames per second - freely customizable keyboard and joystick support - stereo sound effects and music - music modules and fullscreen in SDL version - contains levels to play Boulder Dash, Emerald Mine and Sokoban - lots of additional levels available (over 10.000) - distributed with full source code under the GNU General Public License - available for Unix (all flavors), DOS and Windows (95/98/NT/2000/XP) - known to work under BeOS and Mac OS X - should compile on any platform supporting either X11 or SDL Top [an error occurred while processing this directive] |
