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OS/2 - eComStation News - November, 2005
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2005: August September October
Net: ET: OS2eCS Org. WarpStock Gallery Updated
Event: Warpstock Europe 2005 - Things you should know
Event: Dresden prepares for Warpstock Europe 2005
Net: OS2 World Bounty System has been launched
SW: XWorkplace 1.0.4 Has Been Released
SW: News on Mozilla Firefox 1.5
SW: New November Hobbes Arhchive (also sold at Warpstock)!
SW: CD-ROM "Team Trier Collection Vol. 16" + eCS-Live-CD
SW: eRedMan Version 0.9.0
SW: Character Map/2 2.0.3 Has Been Released
SW: Mozilla Firefox 1.5rc3 Has Been Released
Event: SCOUG November meeting
SW: Updated (Tame, Eggdrop ) and new (Antiword, Bind, Tuxpaint) OS/2 ports
SW: More Updated (ffmpeg) and New (Stella) OS/2 ports
SW: Correction: New (Stella) OS/2 port
Event: BayWarp meeting November 22
SW: Italian NLS for XWorkplace V1.0.4 available
SW: German NLS for XWorkplace 1.0.4 released
SW: ePDF 2b23
Event: Warpstock Europe 2005 - Presentations and Photos
| Net: ET: OS2eCS Org. WarpStock Gallery Updated |
2005-11-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: jksamphereNOSPAM@NOSPAMos2ecs.org
The OS2eCS Org. WarpStock 2005 USA Gallery has been updated.
New are videos and some more pictures.
Url: http://www.os2ecs.org/warpstock2005.html
From: Jeramie Samphere (jksamphereNOSPAM@NOSPAMos2ecs.org)
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php
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| Event: Warpstock Europe 2005 - Things you should know |
2005-11-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: infoDESPAM@DESPAMwarpstock.net
Warpstock Europe 2005 will take place in the city of Dresden, Germany,
from November 18th to 20th.
Here are a couple of facts that people visiting Warpstock Europe 2005
should keep in mind.
Parking Problem on Friday
The IFW institute is located at the university campus. This means that
usually all parking places are taken by 8 AM. This is no problem on
Saturday and Sunday, as there are no university lectures on the weekend.
But if you plan to come to the IFW by car on Friday, be prepared to walk!
Network Connection at Warpstock Europe
3 out of 4 session rooms are equipped with wireless LAN, so are the
exhibition area and the user group room. Also, there will be a
presentation about the new Wireless LAN Monitor and the new GenMac driver
by Christian Langanke at Warpstock Europe. So if you have problems with
your notebook and a wireless LAN card, bring it to Warpstock Europe! In
addition, there will be an "Internet Cafe" that Warpstock Europe attendees
can use to surf the web. All connections at the IFW are limited to HTTP
and HTTPS to the outside world. This is a general rule at the institute
and there is nothing that we can do about this!
How to get to the IFW
People from the OS/2 User Group Dresden have created a very interesting
website to help Warpstock attendees find the IFW. The URL is:
http://warpstock.net/wse2005/location/howto/
This websites lists all the required information to find this year's
Warpstock Europe location. If you are staying in the University Guest
House, or come to the IFW by train or car you can find descriptions of the
routes on this website.
Lottery during the Social Event
There will be an official Social Event this year. It will take place at
Saturday evening in the canteen of the IFW. During the Social Event there
will be a lottery where hardware and software prizes will be given away.
Among the software prices are licenses of applications that run on
eComStation like DFSee, Maul Publisher and Pixel.
Note about bringing Hardware into the IFW
You can bring all kinds of hardware to Warpstock Europe, notebooks,
desktops and such. When you enter the IFW building we kindly ask you to
put a little sticker on your hardware that shows the security people that
this hardware belongs to you and not the IFW. We will give out such
stickers at the registration desk.
If you want to stay informed about the latest news on Warpstock Europe
2005, please visit the homepage of Warpstock Europe -
http://www.warpstock.net or install the Warpstock Europe 2005 screen saver
module for Doodle's Screen Saver. If you want to contact us, you can do
that by sending an eMail to: info@warpstock.net.
References:
Warpstock Europe 2005
http://warpstock.net/WSE2005/index.html
Warpstock Europe Screen Saver Module
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/dssaver/Modules/dssaver_module_WSE2005_v151.zip
Schedule
http://warpstock.net/wse2005/presentations/schedule/
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| Event: Dresden prepares for Warpstock Europe 2005 |
2005-11-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: infoDESPAM@DESPAMwarpstock.net
The Warpstock Europe Event Team is proud to announce that we have mounted
a flag on the IFW building where Warpstock Europe 2005 will be held on the
coming weekend.
You can have a look here:
http://warpstock.net/wse2005/News/Flag/
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| Net: OS2 World Bounty System has been launched |
2005-11-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: kimhDESPAM@DESPAMos2world.com
The hunt is On - OS2 World Bounty System has been launched.
If simply contributing to an Open Source project is not enough, you now
have an added incentive. OS2 World.Com has organized an ongoing Bounty
Hunt together with OS2 User Group Sweden where you either can claim or
sponsor bounties for a particular development project.
Are you a developer?
You now have a chance to earn some money for your contributions. Look
through the list of open bounties, pick one and solve it to claim your
prize.
If you do select a task to work on you may want to consider posting a note
to the development board. If there are others that have selected the same
task, at least you will get a chance to coordinate your efforts.
Do you wish to offer sponsorship?
Your contribution will be recognised with a logo and link to your site. We
have two versions of sponsorship to choose from:
* Sponsor a bounty by pledging an amount towards a task. Your sponsorship
will be visible until the bounty is claimed. Check the table for tasks
awaiting sponsorship.
* Become a continuous sponsor by pledging a monthly amount. Your
contribution will be distributed amongst various tasks and your logo kept
visible for the duration of your sponsorship. Use this form to contribute
as a continuous sponsor.
Note: We haven't open the sponsor section yet, but will do so in the next
couple of days.
We are also interested of getting intouch with people who wants to
participate within the OS2 World Bounty Board to take care of the quality
check of submitted code and bounty claims. If you have interest of this,
please then contact Kim Haverblad at kimh at os2world dot com.
References:
Bounty Main Section
http://www.os2world.com/bounties/
Open Bounties
http://www.os2world.com/bounties/
Development Board
http://www.os2world.com/cgi-bin/forum/UltraBoard.cgi?action=Headlines&BID=85
OS2 User Group Sweden
http://www.os2ug.se/
Url: http://www.os2world.com/bounties/
From: Kim Haverblad (kimhDESPAM@DESPAMos2world.com)
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php
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| SW: XWorkplace 1.0.4 Has Been Released |
2005-11-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
XWorkplace 1.0.4 has been released. XWorkplace is an incredibly feature
rich WPS Enhancer originally developed by Ulrich Möller. It is VERY
configurable, allowing you to select, or deselct from a multitude of
options. You can download it from:
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-4.exe
or,
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/xwp-1-0-4.zip
moving to:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/os2/apps/wps/xworkplace/xwp-1-0-4.zip
Bugfixes:
-An annoying benign error box sometimes appeared complaining about
sessions not being started in the foreground. The 'error' is now ignored.
Bug 635. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
-Disabling the XWP Hook with an active XCenter Window List widget caused
endless traps. Bug 526. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
-Fixed folder status bar colours which defaulted to Black on Grey rather
than following the settings from the currently selected scheme. Fixed by
Paul Ratcliffe.
-XShutdown now closes Workarea folders first, preventing problems with
dependent objects being closed first and thus not reopening when the WPS
restarts. Bug 273.
-Choosing "Split view" as a view for a WPHost object caused a trap. Bug
530. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
-XShutdown now disables HPFS's Lazy Writer automatically when shutting
down the system. Bug 404. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
-Upgrading from eWP to XWP now preserves eWP's settings rather than using
the default XWP settings. Bug 644. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
-The Cancel button on the System Startup dialog did nothing while
processing Quick Open Folders. Bug 460. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
-The Cancel button on the XShutdown Folder progress dialog caused a
Shutdown to occur rather than cancelling the rest of the procedure. Bug
402. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
-Using the XPager hotkeys to switch desktops didn't restart the "Flash to
top" timer after the first switch. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
-Default font was wrong for DBCS versions of OS/2. Bug 655. Fixed by Bart
van Leeuwen.
-The GB and gB displays in folder status bars were too large by a factor
of 1024 and 1000 respectively. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
-Opening the context menu for a Drive object would generate an XWP
exception beep, which was caused by an incompatibility with MCP FP5. Fixed
by Paul Ratcliffe.
-Volume changes of System Sounds were not always reflected unless changing
schemes or rebooting. Bug 31. Fixed by Bart van Leeuwen.
-On DBCS systems, the text in tooltips was truncated on the last
character/word. Bug 676. Fixed by Bart van Leeuwen.
-Menu text was missing when enabling the "Include sticky toggle in system
menus" option. This resulted in a "String resource 8000 not found in
module 0x0" menu entry. Bug 389. Fixed by Bart van Leeuwen.
-"Display Recovery Choices at each system startup" flag and the associated
timeout options were missing from Desktop Archives properties. Bug 471.
Fixed by Bart van Leeuwen.
-NLS Settings are now fetched from the Locale object on MCP/ACP/ECS
systems. Bug 614. Fixed by Bart van Leeuwen.
-"Create Another" menu option was not enabled for XWorkplace Startup
Folder objects. Fixed by Paul Ratcliffe.
New Features:
-Objects created by the "Create New" function now have their entire title
text selected, allowing easy overtyping. Added by Paul Ratcliffe.
-Treesize and Xfix are now NLS enabled. Added by Christian Hennecke.
-The Sentinel widget now has a Properties dialog to enable the user to set
fonts and colours. Added by Christian Hennecke.
-Drivers tab in the OS/2 Kernel object can now show help from the drivers
database provided with the freeware ConfigTool application. Added by
Christian Hennecke. --
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"Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
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| SW: News on Mozilla Firefox 1.5 |
2005-11-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eComStation News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: "Sander Nyman"<2sanderDESPAM@DESPAMsbcglobal.net>
Despite the announcement today on several sites that Mozilla's next
generation browser, Firefox 1.5 (final) would be released today, the
official announcement is that it will not. There will in fact be a
Release Candidate 3 in the next few days. The good news for the OS/2
community is that among the fixes to Release Candidate 2 were some for
OS/2 specific bugs. The complete list of fixes so far (OS/2 and
otherwise) are:
* Fixed: 316025 - Crash at allaccess.com and MySpace (over 20% of all RC2
crashes).
* Fixed: 315189 - Setting innerHTML to a string containing a