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OS/2 - eComStation News - June, 2006
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2005: August September October November December
Net: New PMMail Project Mailing Lists
Net: Comprehensive new REXX web site - http://www.rexxinfo.org/
Event: Kitchener-Waterloo Users' Group June Meeting
SW: Tame build updated 1.0.3f
SW: DFMerge/2 Version 0.8.0.1
SW: curl and libcurl 7.15.4 available for OS/2 & eComStation
Net: OS/2 Java Corner has been updated
SW: Lucide beta 1.1 available for eComStation customers
Mensys press release regarding status of WIN32PRN (running Windows
Event: Official announcement of Warpstock Europe 2006
SW: eCo Software newsletter, week 23 (ACPI, eSchemes, Personal Cards
SW: Doodle's Screen Saver v1.7 has been released
| Net: New PMMail Project Mailing Lists |
2006-06-08
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Walter Metcalf
Hello everyone,
In order to lessen confusion in VOICE's New PMMail Project, the mailing
lists for the project have been changed as follows.
1) NewPMM changed into NewPMDis and made unmoderated.
Anyone can join by sending the following email to
MajorMajor@os2voice.org:
SUBSCRIBE NEWPMDIS {email address)
END
This mailing list is open to anyone interested in supporting or
following the New PMMail project.
2) There is a new, controlled NewPMDev list.
Closed List; restricted to Developers only.
"The new mailing list, NewPMDev is in fact UN-moderated, but CONTROLLED.
The VOICE NEWS is an example of a moderated list: the moderator, Mark Dodel,
reviews, and sometimes edits, every message before posting.
There will be no such reviewing of messages posted to NewPMDev, so it is
UNMODERATED.
It is CONTROLLED because the SUBSCRIBE command can only be used by the
list's
owner, i.e. me: meaning that you have to send me a message to be added to
the list.
(Technically, it is the SUBSCRIBE command that is CONTROLLED.)
The mailing list NewPMDis is unmoderated and uncontrolled."
Everyone who was a member of NewPMM at Midnight June 7, has had their
membership transfered to NewPMDis. NewPMM is now defunct.
*Moderated means that to join the list, you must email the moderator at
walter dot os2 at rogers dot com, and ask to be added to the list.
If you have any questions about these new lists, please send an email to
newpmdis at os2voice dot org or, as a last resort
rogers dot com.
Thanks,
Walter
*****************************************
Walter F. Metcalf
VOICE Vice-President
Warpdoctor Co-ordinator
walter dot os2 at rogers dot com
*****************************************
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| Net: Comprehensive new REXX web site - http://www.rexxinfo.org/ |
2006-06-10
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Howard Fosdick
www.RexxInfo.org -- comprehensive REXX web site with free downloads, tools,
reference, manuals, how-to's, etc.
Thank you.
Howard
Howard Fosdick,
author of "Rexx Programmer's Reference" at www.amazon.com/rexx
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| Event: Kitchener-Waterloo Users' Group June Meeting |
2006-06-11
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Walter Metcalf
KW/2
K-W OS/2 Users Group
Serving Kitchener-Waterloo and south-western Ontario area
OS/2 and eComstation Users
June 2006 Meeting
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
DATE: Tuesday, June 13, 2006
TIME: From 7:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m.
LOCATION: Room DC1316, Davis Centre, University of Waterloo
Meeting facilities provided courtesy of Institute for Computer
Research.
Everyone is Welcome to Attend!
Topic under Development
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Other topics of discussion for this monthly meeting are still under
development.
OS/2 User Forum
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Sharing OS/2 Ideas)(Bring Your Questions)
(What's New with OS/2)(Announcements)
As a courtesy to our presenter, please plan to arrive by 7:00 p.m.
For up-to-date information check our homepage at:
http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/
For directions to get to the meeting check:
http://www.sentex.net/kwos2cug/directon.html
Next Meeting: Tuesday, July 11, 2006
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| SW: Tame build updated 1.0.3f |
2006-06-12
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Smedley
As the release of Sane 1.0.18 is approaching, I thought it was about time
to get an updated OS/2 build out there for testing.
Tame 1.0.3f is now available from http://smedley.info/os2ports/
A list of devices supported by Sane is at
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-mfgs-cvs.html
Note that there are firmware loading problems with the Epson Perfection
2480/2580/3490/3590 scanners that are currently unresolved.
New backends in Sane 1.0.18 will include - pixma, dell and hp3500. The
scanners that these backends support can be found at
http://www.sane-project.org/lists/sane-backends-cvs.html
As always, feedback is appreciated - particularly if your scanner used to
work in an older version of Tame/Sane and doesn't now. In this event,
debug logs from a working version of Sane and a non-working version of Sane
are most useful.
Thanks,
Paul.
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| SW: DFMerge/2 Version 0.8.0.1 |
2006-06-12
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Herwig Bauernfeind
As the announcement of version 0.8.0 did not appear on most news services
(probably a really evil conspiracy as they are en vogue at the moment),
here is a bugfix release of PDFMerge/2, a freeware tool to manipulate PDF
or PS files in the following ways:
- Concatenate multiple PDF files into a single one.
- Split PDF files into single pages.
- Rearrange these pages.
- Compose a new PDF file from single (or multiple) pages or PDF documents.
- Save sets of PDF files to disk and reload these sets into PDFMerge later
for further processing.
- Preview pages while manipulating.
- Print multiple PDF files to a PS or PCL printer at once (experimental).
Recent additions:
+Added: Toolbar with most often used functions
+Added: Menu: Copy filename to clipboard
+Added: Left clicking onto the preview of the selected file opens the file
*Changed: Made menu structure more CUA compliant
*Changed: Better thumbnail caching algorithm
!Fixed: Bug in D'n'D code
!Fixed: "Erase Source" could not handle tagged files
Fixed: "Erase Source" also deleted the enclosed Empty.PDF (for empty pages)
!Fixed: Files having spaces in their name or path could not be handled
!Fixed: If one toggled preview window before a file was loaded the empty
preview window would appear.
Despite the version number below 1.0.0, this is only bugfix release to the
final version of PDFMerge/2 0.8.0 as it turned out that the current
architecture (especially the GUI) was a major obstacle for adding new
features. A complete rewrite from scratch is in the works and all future
efforts will go into this new project (see a current screenshot on my website).
Hobbes Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pdfmerge0801.zip
Hobbes Search: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=pdfmerge
Alternatively: http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/os2.html
Runs on: Any recent version of eCS (OS/2), Rexx support
Requires:
VROBJ.DLL (VX-REXX runtime dll),
ePDF by Frank Wochatz ( http://www.subsys.de/ePDF/ ),
GhostScript 8.53 ( http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/doc/AFPL/ ),
XPDF 3.01 (http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/util/convert/xpdf_301_pl1_os2.zip)
Regards,
Herwig Bauernfeind
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| SW: curl and libcurl 7.15.4 available for OS/2 & eComStation |
2006-06-12
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Smedley
Now available from http://smedley.info/os2ports/ is Curl and libcurl 7.15.4
"curl is a command line tool for transferring files with URL syntax,
supporting FTP, FTPS, TFTP, HTTP, HTTPS, TELNET, DICT, FILE and LDAP. curl
supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form
based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic,
Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer resume, proxy
tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks."
This release includes the following changes:
o NTLM2 session response support
o CURLOPT_COOKIELIST set to "SESS" clears all session cookies
o CURLINFO_LASTSOCKET returned sockets are now checked more before returned
o curl-config got a --checkfor option to compare version numbers
o line end conversions for FTP ASCII transfers
o curl_multi_socket() API added (still mostly untested)
o conversion callback options for EBCDIC <=> ASCII conversions
o added CURLINFO_FTP_ENTRY_PATH
o less blocking for the multi interface during (Open)SSL connect negotiation
This release includes the following bugfixes:
o builds fine on cygwin
o md5-sess with Digest authentication
o dict with letters such as space in a word
o dict with url-encoded words in the URL
o libcurl.m4 when default=yes but no libcurl was found
o numerous bugs fixed in the TFTP code
o possible memory leak when adding easy handles to multi stack
o TFTP works in a more portable fashion (== on more platforms)
o WSAGetLastError() is now used (better) on Windows
o GnuTLS non-block case that could cause data trashing
o deflate code survives lack of zlib header
o CURLOPT_INTERFACE works with hostname
o configure runs fine with ICC
o closed control connection with FTP when easy handle was removed from multi
o curl --trace crash when built with VS2005
o SSL connect time-out
o improved NTLM functionality
o following redirects with more than one question mark in source URL
o fixed debug build crash with -d
o generates a fine AIX Toolbox RPM spec
o treat FTP AUTH failures properly
o TFTP transfers could trash data
o -d + -G combo crash
Cheers,
Paul.
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| Net: OS/2 Java Corner has been updated |
2006-06-13
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Roger Henson (javaos2DESPAM@DESPAMattglobal.net)
Programs that have been updated, changed or deleted:
Art of Illusion --> updated version
Batik --> updated version and links
Brutus --> updated version
C.a.R --> updated version
Cribbage --> updated version
Ekit --> updated version
Freenet --> updated version
FTPit! --> marked for deletion
gGo --> updated version
Guiffy --> updated version
hsql Database Engine --> updated version and link, added GA date and Note
J --> updated version
JAlbum --> fixed link
Java GUI --> updated version and added Note
JCSC --> added GA date
jEdit --> updated version
JExpress --> updated version
JIBS --> updated version
JMoney --> corrected link and added Note
MagicDraw UML --> updated version
NesCafe --> updated version
Pauker --> updated version
PLCash --> updated version
RconsoleJ --> updated links, added GA date and version
Sheep --> removed non-Java program
SQuirrel SQL --> updated version
TwentyOne --> updated version
Ziga --> removed obsolete program
Program added (my first contribution):
Time --> added to page
Applet that displays a real-time clock (Netscape 4+) or a static clock with
older browsers. Accurate within 0.3 seconds.
Url: http://www.os2world.com/java/
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php
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| SW: Lucide beta 1.1 available for eComStation customers |
2006-06-13
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Joachim Benjamins
Serenity Systems International and netlabs.org today released the second
beta version (beta 1.1) of Lucide, a document viewer for eComStation
designed as a replacement for Acrobat Reader.
One goal of Lucide is to have a fast document viewer which is well
integrated in the eComStation WPS and supports features like drag and drop
and printing and which makes as easy as possible to work with PDF and other
files on eComStation.
Changelog for beta 1.1:
- Poppler (pdf rendering) library updated to version 0.5.3.
- Added settings dialog, where you can define default page layout
and zoom level (closed ticket #23).
- Added asynchronous opening of documents.
- Custom zoom level can be specified in zoom combo on toolbar.
- Fixed crash on opening file with long filename (closed
tickets #19, #21).
- Fixed crash and redraw problem when opening a new file (closed
ticket #24).
All registered eComStation customers can download Lucide Beta 1.1 from the
the eComStation Betazone, after login at:
http://www.ecomstation.com/
If you find any bugs please report them to the Netlabs tracking system:
http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/
If you want to provide some more plugins for Lucide you will find the
sample source code on this page as well. The package also contains all
GPLed parts of the source code.
Support is available on the Lucide mailinglist, you will find details about
that at:
http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/
Best regards,
Serenity Systems International
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| Mensys press release regarding status of WIN32PRN (running Windows |
2006-06-13
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Roderick Klein
Haarlem, The Netherlands
Mensys B.V. is pleased to announce that it has reached an agreement with
Vitaliy Tymchyshyn from the Ukraine. With this agreement all rights for
the WIN32PRN project and source code are transferred to Mensys.
Mr Tymchyshyn has started the WIN32PRN project in 2002 and worked on making
a base to load the Windows printer driver DLL's on OS/2. More information
on this project can be found on www.os2warp.be:
http://www.os2warp.be/index2.php?name=win32prn
(Please note that this website still needs to be updated and that the
downloads no longer work).
We however wanted to inform the community that with the transfer of the
source code we want to make the project move forward again as soon as
possible. This in answer to the frequently seen question in public forums
what happened to the WIN32PRN project. Obviously we are committed to
provide better printer support on the eComStation platform.
The WIN32PRN project explained:
The WIN32PRN project aims (with the help of the ODIN project) to run
Windows printer driver DLL's on OS/2/eComStation. A printer driver for a
printer is a different kind of driver than for example a network or
videocard driver. Most drivers that control a device run on at kernel level
of the operating system, because they require direct hardware access.
However a printer driver (as its normally referred to) is basically a set
of DLL (programs) from a printer vendor that translate the data stream
from the operating system in a data stream the printer of that vendor can
understand.
To print you basically need 2 kind of drivers. The first driver does run at
kernel level just like a driver for a network card, in this case the driver
that sends the data via hardware to your USB, parallel or serial port.
This is mostly standardized and normally does not require a vendor specific
driver.
The tricky part is the most inkjet printers and low end laser printers
normally use a printer language that is non-standard (like for example PCL
or postscript).
What the printer driver in this case does, is that it sends a data stream
to the printer that printer understands. The solution that WIN32PRN
provides, is to create a printer object that loads the proper DLL files
that normally run on Windows and that output is sent to the printer port
under eComStation.
Current status of the project:
For the coming couple of months there is no beta to be expected, we are
currently investigating the code and will announce more information as soon
as it is appropriate.
Contact:
For any inquiries about this project, please contact
Mensys B.V.
Roderick Klein
+31-23-5482020
rwkleinDESPAM@DESPAMmenshys.nl
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| Event: Official announcement of Warpstock Europe 2006 |
2006-06-14
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Roderick Klein
Warpstock Europe 2006, the annual event for OS/2 and eComStation users in
Europe, will take place in the city of Cologne, Germany. The three day
event will be held from November 18th to 20th at the youth hostel
Koeln-Riehl, so when you are tired your bed is only a few steps away...
Warpstock Europe is the event for all users of the OS/2 or eComStation
operating system. If you are interested in OS/2 or eComStation, its current
development and future enhancement you should attend Warpstock Europe 2006.
Come and join us in Cologne learn more about OS/2 applications and
development projects, ask questions or simply enjoy chatting with other
users. This years Warpstock will not have a social event, however a bar
will be open until 24:00 on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
More information about Warpstock Europe 2006 can be found on the official
homepage - http://www.warpstock.net
Accommodation and meals are NOT(!) included in the entrance fee! You only
make a reservation for a lunch and/or dinner. We pass along the _amount_ of
reservations we have to the youth hostel so they can plan ahead. When you
arrive at the youth hostel you will need to arrange the reservation for
your lunch and dinner your self! You will also need to contact the youth
hostel yourself to reserve a room.
The website is still under construction, the first people who want to give
a presentation have already send us an email. If you want to give a
presentation please send an email to rwkleinDESPAM@DESPAMmensys.nl and in
that email explain what the presentation is about and tell and briefly tell
us something about yourself.
We recommend people to visit the website http://www.warpstock.net for more
up to date news.
We look forward to seeing you all in Cologne!
Roderick Klein & Thomas Klein
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| SW: eCo Software newsletter, week 23 (ACPI, eSchemes, Personal Cards |
2006-06-15
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Eugene Gorbunoff
eComStation and OS/2 Warp platform are growing evolutionary. The current
task is to attract new users. If we want achieve this, we should create
more exceptional software based on particular technologies of our operating
system.
The previous few weeks was dedicated to development of base drivers, update
of WorkPlace shell applications, creation of auxiliary utilities and
support of users.
New and updated drivers:
* New driver "ACPI snooper" is under construction. It is aimed to
reconfigure IRQs, reload ACPI tables, etc. -- internal beta-version
* Updated Power management driver APM.ADD v1.1 (requires ACPI.PSD v2.9)
** Improved batteries support; APM.ADD is able to switch computer to S1
state (weak sleep state)
** Download the driver from eComStation beta-zone
(http://betazone.ecomstation.nl)
** Post bug-reports to ACPI forum
(http://forum.ecomstation.ru/viewforum.php?f=19)
Stable version of eSchemes
* eSchemes is a system which allows change system colors, icons and WPS
properties via scheme files (http://ecomstation.ru/eschemes)
* Fresh eSchemes 1.26 is published in the eComStation beta-zone
(http://betazone.ecomstation.nl)
* Whatsnew: improved stability, WPS Hangs was fixed, Using external Scheme
class.
* We created scheme file format access SOM library. It can be used from any
SOM-ready application (ObjectREXX, C, C++).
* IconThemes and old schemes from Scheme palette are converted to eSchemes
format.
* A lot of various fixes in eSchemes editor.
* More languages are supported.
Personal cards manager product is approaching to public beta-testing
* More internal beta versions
* Here is the screenshot of Personal Cards Manager address book
(http://ecomstation.ru/projects/wpperson/pics/PCM-AddressBook-20060615b.png)
TCP/IP utilities
* "General network utilities" (set of graphical tcp/ip utilities) are
approaching to public beta-testing
* New "Firewall ports setup", internal beta
Updated toolkits:
* SOM Compiler Pascal Emitter, several internal alpha versions
eCo Software support service
* The database of compatible hardware consists of 870 reports. Post your
report about supported video-adapters (http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php)
* eComStation/Rus FAQ is updated: more records in section for Developers
(http://ru.ecomstation.ru/ecsfaq/faq.php?idc=14, russian text)
* ACPI FAQ is updated (http://ecomstation.ru/projects/acpitools/?action=faq)
Collaboration with other developers:
* One more update of WarpOverlay! video-overlay from LightElf
(http://ecomstation.ru/projects/happyplayer/?action=down)
* To support our multimedia applications we initiated the development of
CRC (Central Remote Control). The program gathers events from remote
controls, notebook buttons, USB-keyboard multimedia buttons and translates
them to commands for multimedia applications. Please, download test utility
(http://ecomstation.ru/projects/ecocrc/download/usb-mmkbd-test.zip) if you
have USB keyboard with multimedia keys and run some tests (by Dmitry Frolov)
How to help to eCo Software:
* eSchemes is a eComStation 2.0 component. Nevertheless, it requires your
support. You can purchase sponsor units in the Mensys shop
(http://www.mensys.net/eSchemes). Mention the purpose of the payment.
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| SW: Doodle's Screen Saver v1.7 has been released |
2006-06-15
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Doodle (doodledDESPAM@DESPAMscenergy.dfmk.hu)
Doodle's Screen Saver v1.7 has been released.
This new screen saver integrates into the WPS, replaces the old Lockup
Desktop facility, and can be extended with new screen saver modules.
Some of the main changes of this version are:
- Optimized Matrix module, now uses less CPU
- Italian language support
- Small mouse movement won't stop screen saving
Please note that if you want to use the Cairo saver modules, they require
Cairo v1.0.3 Runtime to be installed first. It can be installed from
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/Cairo/cairo-1.0.3-os2-bin.exe
It can be downloaded from hobbes.
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dssaver_v17.zip
Articles at EDM/2 about how to create modules for Doodle's Screen Saver:
http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Creating_modules_for_Doodle%27s_Screen_Saver_-_Part_1
http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Creating_modules_for_Doodle%27s_Screen_Saver_-_Part_2
Do you think you could do better skins for the Pretty Clock module?
Here is the description for the skin file then:
http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Creating_modules_for_Doodle%27s_Screen_Saver_-_Part_3
WSE'2005 presentation about creating new modules using Cairo:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/dssaver/dssaver_and_cairo.zip
Web Site:
http://dssaver.netlabs.org
Forum:
http://www.os2world.com/cgi-bin/forum/UltraBoard.cgi?action=Headlines&BID=78
Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=dssaver_v17.zip
Submitted with the OS/2World.com form
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