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OS/2 - eComStation News - September, 2006Browse - September 2006: Page 1 Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 2006: January February March April May June July August 2005: August September October November December SW: java142_09 SW: Privoxy 3.0.5 beta released SW: OS2 World Poll: Do you need software for backup? Event: BayWarp meeting September 26 Net: netlabs.org newsletter #18 Net: OS/2 Java Corner has been updated SW: PDFMergeNX Version 1.9.alpha.8 SW: Suntan Special SW: SNAP Graphics for OS/2 3.1.8 Net: VOICE Newsletter 10/2006 available SW: Psi/2 0.10.1 for OS/2 is out SW: eCo Software newsletter, week 38 SW: Firefox 2 RC1 milestone Net: VOICE Newsletter: articles wanted
2006-09-24 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Peter Brown Hi All Looks like Innotek are still quietly producing some updates as I spotted a post on os2world.com and followed the link. SDK http://download.innotek.de/javaos2/142_09/install_sdk.exe JRE only http://download.innotek.de/javaos2/142_09/install.exe From the java142_09 (SDK) readme file:- 7. List of Changes ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 2005-09-20: 1.4.2_09 Release (Build 63) - updated to the latest Sun 1.4.2_09 release which includes the latest bugfixes and securitz enhancements 2004-11-03: 1.4.2_06 Release (Build 61) - updated to the latest Sun 1.4.2_06 release which includes the latest bugfixes and security enhancements Looks like we all missed the 142_06 version :-) Regards Pete Top
2006-09-24 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: David Schmidt (david__schmidtdDESPAM@DESPAMusers.sourceforge.net) After a long slumber, Privoxy has awoken for another release. Privoxy is a web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page data, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups and other obnoxious Internet junk. Privoxy has a very flexible configuration and can be customized to suit individual needs and tastes. Privoxy has application for both stand-alone systems and multi-user networks. This is a significant release with many new features, including a number of new actions, multiple filter files, and as well as many enhancements and numerous bugs done away with. See http://www.privoxy.org/user-manual/whatsnew.html for details. Url: http://www.privoxy.org/ Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2006-09-24 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Kim Haverblad (kimhDESPAM@DESPAMos2world.com) This time we are asking if you have the need for backup software together with eCS and OS2. If you have an opinion about this please place your vote and as well, if you have any further thoughts about this topic or comments, please then make use of follow thread within the forum. The poll: http://scripts.os2world.com/stuffed/ The forum thread for the poll: http://www.os2world.com/cgi-bin/forum/UltraBoard.cgi?action=Read&BID=3&TID=623 Thanks to Joao Galvao for suggesting this poll. Url: http://www.os2world.com/cgi-bin/news/viewnews.cgi?category=2&id=1159096768 Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2006-09-24 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ Neil Waldhauer Date: Tuesday, September 26 Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM Place: Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall, 2855 Stevens Creek Blvd., Santa Clara, CA Come join us in our monthly meeting. We are OS/2 and eComStation users, and we meet every month to show off our latest software and hardware. This month we are taking a field trip to the Westfield Valley Fair shopping mall to check on the WiFi coverage there. We'll meet at 6:00 PM at Ivar's Seafood at the food court. Directions to Valley Fair: <http://westfield.com/valleyfair/gettinghere/index.html>4 Map to Ivar's Seafood: <http://westfield.com/valleyfair/ourstores/details/7653/> Topics: * OpenOffice.org 2.0 beta * Survey of recent Flash animation * OS/2 Question & Answer Web Page <http://www.baywarp.org/> Contact Info Paul Lazaga Neil Waldhauer www.blondeguy.com Expert consulting for OS/2 Warp and eComStation Top
2006-09-25 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: netlabs.org team 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: 18. September - 25. September * WarpVision GUI o Bug fixing time. Due to preparation of new release, there is a lot of bug fixing going on. + Fixed On Screen Display (OSD) in Warp Overlay (WO) video out plugin + Fixed playing files in libav format. Some SWF files start to play sound. + Added workaround for some gcc issues. + Fixed crashes on SSE systems 11. September - 17. September * EDM/2 Documentation Updates (Unicode) o Unicode related API documentation was updated o See: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Special:Recentchanges 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 Top
2006-09-26 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Roger Henson (javaos2DESPAM@DESPAMattglobal.net) Updates or additions to the page include: Innotek OS/2 Java ----->updated version Amnesia ----->updated version jBidWatcher ----->updated version Jeti/2 ----->updated version Polarbar ----->updated link ZeroToaster HTTPD ----->updated version CaffeineMark ----->updated version and link SmartCVS ----->updated version SmartSVN ----->updated version FreeCol ----->updated version Lux Delux ----->updated version AbsoluteDenoiser ----->added to the page Exif-O-Matic ----->removed note Jave ----->reviewed and added GA jPixDb ----->updated version MultiShow ----->updated version and Java requirement ZipControl ----->added to page Borg ----->added Beta and expanded description Pauker ----->updated version Thank you for sending your comments and information about Java programs you run on OS/2. Url: http://www.os2world.com/java/ Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2006-09-26 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Herwig Bauernfeind This is the first publicly announced release of PDFMergeNX, the successor to PDFMerge/2. PDFMergeNX is an application to manipulate PDF and PS files in various ways. Its capabilities go far beyond those of PDFMerge/2. PDFMergeNX is a simple tool for doing everyday things with PDF documents and PostScript files. Currently it can be used to * Merge PDF/PS[/TIF/FAX/JPEG] files * Split PDF/PS files into single pages * Print PDF/PS files * View PDF/PS files (builtin Mini-PDF/PS-Viewer) * Compare (text) content of 2 PDF/PS files (using Araxis PMDiff) * Extract PS files from PDF files * Flip pages upside down * Add simple bookmarks * Add and update PDF metadata such as title, subject, author, keywords * Rearrange pages * Load/save listfiles to add sets of PDF/PS files at once * more features to be added. PDFMergeNX already has * various options (page alignment, import bookmark headings etc.) * national language support (English default, German included) * a simple builtin distiller (based on GhostScript, cannot do bookmarks) * support for ePDF as distiller (required if bookmarks should be created, the output should be encrypted, a background watermark should be applied). PDFMergeNX provides a graphical user interface and acts as glue between GhostScript, XPDF 3.01.pl1 and ePDF (these all must be installed as a prerequisite. PDFMergeNX is still under heavy development, neither feature set, documentation nor installation process is complete yet and therefore feedback of all kinds is appreciated. Get PDFMergeNX from http://members.aon.at/herwig.bauernfeind/os2.html Regards, Herwig Bauernfeind Top
2006-09-26 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Neil Waldhauer (neilDESPAM@DESPAMblondeguy.com) The newest release of Suntan Special, version 0.52 is available. Suntan Special is a system configuration tool that installs a collection of useful software to OS/2 or eComStation systems. Current Suntan Special users are entitled to a free upgrade to 0.52. The upgrade may be downloaded by using the update feature of Suntan Special. Features new to version 0.52 include 47 new or updated applications Better handling of errors while processing sequences New directory picker Developer applications now installed to Development folder New set command for sequences New path selection dialog Updated documentation Thanks to current users whose many suggestions have been incorporated in the new version of Suntan Special. Url: http://www.blondeguy.com/suntan5.html Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2006-09-27 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Steve Wendt, posted on news://www-1.scitechsoft.com/scitech.snap.graphics.os2 SNAP Graphics for OS/2 3.1.8 has been released: http://www.scitechsoft.com/ftp/snap/os2/snap-os2-3.1.8.exe This adds support for the ATI Radeon X850 Series and Mobility Radeon XPress 200 chipsets. See the changelog for more info about what's new: http://www.scitechsoft.com/snap2_changes.txt Top
2006-09-27 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Christian Hennecke The October issue of the VOICE Newsletter is now available online. For online reading: English - http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html German - http://de.os2voice.org/newsletters.html For download: English (HTML) - http://www.os2voice.org/files/vnl1006h.zip English (INF) - http://www.os2voice.org/files/vnl1006i.zip German (HTML) - http://de.os2voice.org/files/vnl1006h_de.zip German (INF) - http://de.os2voice.org/files/vnl1006i_de.zip In the latest issue you find: o The King Is Dead, Long Live the King -- by Christian Hennecke o Warpstock 2006 Windsor, Ontario Canada - October 12 - 15 -- by Edgar Scrutton o OS/2 and Multilingual Character Sets - Part 1 -- by Alex Taylor o Java Programs and eComStation - The PolySolve Applet -- by Niels Jensen o How to Create a Database Using Lotus Smartsuite - Part 6 -- by Arthur van Egmond o And of course letters, addenda, and tips! Older issues can be found at http://www.os2voice.org/newsletters.html, or http://de.os2voice.org/newsletters.html, and the Hobbes archive as well. As always a big thank you to our authors, editors, and translators without whom there would be no VOICE Newsletter. Please consider helping with the translation or writing an article for the Newsletter. Guidelines for submissions to the VOICE Newsletter are available at http://www.os2voice.org/newsletter_submission.html, including some suggestions for topics. Top
2006-09-28 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: dmik (dmik-qtdDESPAM@DESPAMhugaida.com) Psi/2 0.10.1 for OS/2 and eComStation has been released. Psi is a capable Jabber client aimed at experienced users. Its design goals are simplicity and stability. Psi is highly portable and runs on Windows, OS/2, Unix/X11, and MacOS X. The major improvements in this release of Psi/2 include: - Support for SSL connections (e.g. gmail.com) - Built-in support fo Innotek Font Engine (anti-aliased fonts) - Important bug fixes (such as system timer resource leak) The full list of changes is available at http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/qtapps/psi/tags/psios2-0.10.1/Changes.txt. Please note that the application name has been changed to Psi/2 to clearly distinguish from the original Psi releases produced by the psi-im.org team. See http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/qtapps/psi/tags/psios2-0.10.1/Readme.txt for more info. Downloads: - Full installer (includes LIBC runtime 0.6.1): ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qtapps/psi/psios2-0.10.1-os2/psios2-0_10_1-os2.exe (6021 KB) - WPI archive (requires LIBC runtime 0.6.1 WPI, WarpIn installer): ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qtapps/psi/psios2-0.10.1-os2/psios2-0_10_1-os2.wpi (4756 KB) Requirements: - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/incoming/libc-0_6_1-csd1.wpi - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/warpin/warpin-1-0-12.exe - ZIP archive (requires LIBC runtime 0.6.1 ZIP): ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/qtapps/psi/psios2-0.10.1-os2/psios2-0_10_1-os2.zip (4825 KB) Requirements: - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.1-csd1.zip For more info, visit the Psi/2 home page at http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/wiki/Psi. Url: http://svn.netlabs.org/qtapps/wiki/Psi Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php Top
2006-09-28 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Eugene Gorbunoff Note for recipient of this message: You can translate news about 1-2 programs only. No need to translate the whole message. ================================ eCo Software newsletter, week 38 Please pay attention to our new products for eComStation! The fall is dedicated to creation of end-user applications based on modules and libraries prepared during 2006. Updated ACPI drivers. As you know, eComStation has modern ACPI subsystem now. ACPI offers new opportunities to developers and makes developers update their device drivers. Usually users need two auxiliary drivers: APM.ADD 1.5 (requires ACPI 2.12) - Power management for notebooks and desktops * fixed throttling (for SMP only), fixed semaphore event, fixed power detect * AcpiDaemon is improved * Read tester.doc to test the driver; read troubleshooting.doc to solve troubles * If you are developing a program to control UPS devices, you can integrate it into eComStation power management subsystem. ACPI snooper (requires ACPI 2.12) * The snooper is aimed to manage IRQs, setup ACPI virtual machine on start. * Read tester.doc to test the driver; read troubleshooting.doc to solve troubles * Don't remove all snoopers from snoop.lst (keep acpisnp.snp and ibmkbd.snp) else Enable full hardware detect is ignored. New versions of eSchemes. New beta-versions of eSchemes are released often. Current version: 1.35 * Whatsnew: improved editor of schemes. Read the overview of editor again -- http://ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php?id=146 * eSchemes FAQ contains 26 records now -- http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/?action=faq * eSchemes is available from eComStation beta-zone -- http://betazone.ecomstation.nl * Don't laze to change schemes, visit the collection of schemes -- http://ecomstation.ru/eschemes New product! eSchemes Deluxe * eSchemes Deluxe is a set of WPS classes which simplify navigation over eComStation desktop. First version introduces WPImageFileEx (images preview) and WPObjectEx (information about object) WPS classes and MMImagePak (set of MMOS2 I/O Procedures) * Read the announcement of eSchemes Deluxe -- http://ecomstation.ru/commentnews.php?id=1316 * eSchemes Deluxe is a separate project, support WPS developers and they will bring life to our OS (http://www.mensys.net/eSchemes) Screenshot of eSchemes Deluxe -- http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/screenshots/eComStation-eSchemes-Deluxe-Sosnovka2.jpg Internet utilities GNU utilities -- http://ecomstation.ru/projects/gnu/download/GNU-20060831.wpi * General network utilities is a set of utilities to setup TCP/IP, view statistics, diagnose problems. * Firewall ports setup uses other method to query Firewall state. * all utilities are equiped with Help PM Downloader v0.9.7 -- http://eros2.by.ru/pmdownloader.shtml * Fixed intensive downloads list "blinking" and CPU load if items in "waiting" state present in list. * Fixed handling of 'no such file' FTP error. * Fixed - 'Incomplete' directories was created in every individual download path. * Updated Swedish translation. Do you like future design of PMDownloader? Screenshot of PMDownloader -- http://ecomstation.ru/projects/pmd/pics/eComStation-PMDownloader-20060928.png Disk utilities * Please, don't use JFS filesystem with old harddisks. New bad sectors may cause loss of data; * Use UPS to protect against power leaps; * Don't fill JFS volume completely. Always keep freespace (10% of total volume size); If you don't want follow this simple instructions then purchase JUne - utility to rescue/undelete data from JFS volumes (http://ecomstation.ru/june) Office applications Personal Cards Manager, new beta-version -- http://ecomstation.ru/pcm - it's not only address book but the only application to bring photos of your friends and relatives to desktop. * We don't use database anymore. * You can copy e-mails from preview window to clipboard. * Post questions to the PCM forum -- http://forum.ecomstation.ru/viewforum.php?f=4 Screenshot of Personal Cards Manager -- http://ecomstation.ru/projects/wpperson/pics/eComStation-PersonalCardsManager-20060928.png Students support. To create unique technologies and software, we should attract more students and engineers to eComStation. * gDiagramm v0.07 -- http:/shatura.laser.ru/evgen/soft/gDiagramm -- builds graphs from CVS-file (2Gb, 50 millions of lines) * Do you have self-made applications for students (computer science, mathematical, chemical)? We are interested gather this files. eCo Software support service. * Hardware database contains more than 950 records now. Currently we are gathering reports about Multicore - multiprocessor computers (Core Duo notebooks -- http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php?action=category§ion=brand and motherboards for Dual Core desktops -- http://ecomstation.ru/hardware.php?action=category§ion=mb) Collaboration with other developers. * Robert Lalla created very useful addon to ACPI snooper. His driver removes Exclusive flag from High IRQs. In result, we have more happy users with working SMP notebooks and desktops. * Dmitry Frolov continues to release USBCALLS updates. Visit the homepage of froloff -- http://froloff.homeip.net * Do you need widescreen modes on ATI X1600 videoadapter? Robert Lalla created a driver to activate this modes. Contact us and join the testing! How to help to eCo Software? * Write overviews of our software; Welcome to eCo Software homepage -- http://ecomstation.ru/ecosoft/?action=crew Previous eCo Software newsletter -- http://ecomstation.ru/commentnews.php?id=1313 Top
2006-09-29 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Mark Dodel http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/ September 28, 2006 Firefox 2 RC1 milestone has been released. Zipfile: http://releases.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/firefox/releases/2.0rc1/contrib/firefox-2.0rc1.en-US.os2.zip Release Note: http://en-us.www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/2.0/releasenotes/ Requires a libc0.5.1 based version of the GCC runtime library. http://www.innotek.de/products/gccos2/download/gccos2download_e.html http://developer.mozilla.org/devnews/ "What's New in this Development Milestone There is a lot in Firefox 2 RC 1 that you can play around with and give us feedback on: * Visual Refresh: Firefox 2's theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability without altering the familiarity of the browsing experience. For instance, toolbar buttons now glow when you hover over them. We will continue to improve the look and feel throughout the release candidate process. * Built-in phishing protection: Phishing Protection warns users when they encounter suspected Web forgeries, and offers to return the user to their home page. Phishing Protection is turned on by default, and works by checking sites against either a local or online list of known phishing sites. This list is automatically downloaded and regularly updated when the Phishing Protection feature is enabled. * Enhanced search capabilities: Search term suggestions will now appear as users type in the integrated search box when using the Google, Yahoo! or Answers.com search engines. A new search engine manager makes it easier to add, remove and re-order search engines, and users will be alerted when Firefox encounters a website that offers new search engines that the user may wish to install. * Improved tabbed browsing: By default, Firefox will open links in new tabs instead of new windows, and each tab will now have a close tab button. Power users who open more tabs than can fit in a single window will see arrows on the left and right side of the tab strip that let them scroll back and forth between their tabs. The History menu will keep a list of recently closed tabs, and a shortcut lets users quickly re-open an accidentally closed tab. * Resuming your browsing session: The Session Restore feature restores windows, tabs, text typed in forms, and in-progress downloads from the last user session. It will be activated automatically when installing an application update or extension, and users will be asked if they want to resume their previous session after a system crash. * Previewing and subscribing to Web feeds: Users can decide how to handle Web feeds (like this one), either subscribing to them via a Web service or in a standalone RSS reader, or adding them as Live Bookmarks. My Yahoo!, Bloglines and Google Reader come pre-loaded as Web service options, but users can add any Web service that handles RSS feeds. * Inline spell checking: A new built-in spell checker enables users to quickly check the spelling of text entered into Web forms (like this one) without having to use a separate application. * Live Titles: When a website offers a microsummary (a regularly updated summary of the most important information on a Web page), users can create a bookmark with a "Live Title". Compact enough to fit in the space available to a bookmark label, they provide more useful information about pages than static page titles, and are regularly updated with the latest information. There are several websites that can be bookmarked with Live Titles, and even more add-ons to generate Live Titles for other popular websites. * Improved Add-ons manager: The new Add-ons manager improves the user interface for managing extensions and themes, combining them both in a single tool. * JavaScript 1.7: JavaScript 1.7 is a language update introducing several new features such as generators, iterators, array comprehensions, let expressions, and destructuring assignments. It also includes all the features of JavaScript 1.6. * Extended search plugin format: The Firefox search engine format now supports search engine plugins written in Sherlock and OpenSearch formats and allows search engines to provide search term suggestions. * Updates to the extension system: The extension system has been updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions. * Client-side session and persistent storage: New support for storing structured data on the client side, to enable better handling of online transactions and improved performance when dealing with large amounts of data, such as documents and mailboxes. This is based on the WHATWG specification for client-side session and persistent storage. * SVG text: Support for the svg:textpath specification enables SVG text to follow a curve or shape. * New Windows installer: Based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, the new Windows installer resolves many long-standing issues. " Top
2006-09-30 ++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++ From: Christian Hennecke The VOICE Newsletter is committed to providing the community of OS/2 and eComStation users with useful, accurate, and current information. To do so it relies on contributions from members of the community it is serving. Please consider contributing yourself by submitting an article. Our guidelines provide extensive information about article content and presentation. This includes potential topics, structure and formatting, and detailed instructions for unexperienced authors regarding several types of articles as well. The guidelines are available at: http://www.os2voice.org/newsletter_submission.html Also available is an author package that includes template files and a tutorial with step-by-step instructions for writing articles with the NVU editor: http://www.os2voice.org/VNL/author_package_en.zip The deadline for the next issue is October 15th, 2006. Please send submissions to editorDESPAM@DESPAMos2voice.org Top
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