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OS/2 - eComStation News - July, 2006
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2006: January February March April May June
2005: August September October November December
SW: Updates at OS/2 Ports page (RRDTool, PostgreSQL, ImageMagick)
SW: Lucide beta 2 available to eComStation customers
SW: Briefcases iTheme for eCS 2.0
SW: Cable 1.0, XWLan wrapper
VNL: Call for articles for August issue
Net: netlabs newsletter #13 [UNIAUD, EDM/2, WarpIN, QT3]
SW: GBM plugins for Lucide and Mozilla, updated GBM packages
SW: books2 itheme and additional icons
SW: Lotus Word Pro patch release
Event: BayWarp meeting July 25
SW: TCPCONFIG-2006-07-22
| SW: Updates at OS/2 Ports page (RRDTool, PostgreSQL, ImageMagick) |
2006-07-16
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From: Paul Smedley
I've made some updates at http://smedley.info/os2ports over the last couple
of days:
* 20060716 - Stunnel port added
* 20060716 - PostgreSQL port added
* 20060716 - ImageMagick updated
* 20060714 - RRD Tool port added
The stunnel program is designed to work as an SSL encryption wrapper
between remote client and local (inetd-startable) or remote server. It can
be used to add SSL functionality to commonly used inetd daemons like POP2,
POP3, and IMAP servers without any changes in the programs' code.
PostgreSQL is a powerful, open source relational database system. It has
more than 15 years of active development and a proven architecture that has
earned it a strong reputation for reliability, data integrity, and correctness.
ImageMagick®, version 6.2.8, is a software suite to create, edit, and
compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write images in a large
variety of formats. Images can be cropped, colors can be changed, various
effects can be applied, images can be rotated and combined, and text,
lines, polygons, ellipses and Bézier curves can be added to images and
stretched and rotated.
RRDTool - RRD is the acronym for Round Robin Database. It is a system to
store and display time-series data (i.e. network bandwidth, machine-room
temperature, server load average).
As always, general feedback is welcome via paulDESPAM@DESPAMsmedley.info,
it is preferred that bug reports are submitted via my bug tracker at
http://mantis.smedley.info
Thanks,
Paul.
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| SW: Lucide beta 2 available to eComStation customers |
2006-07-17
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Joachim Benjamins
Serenity Systems International and netlabs.org today released the third
beta version (beta 2, after beta 1 and 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 since beta 1.1:
- Avoided using of fontconfig library, created replacement, testing
needed (closed tickets #30, #32, #35).
- New application icon and toolbar bitmaps.
- Implemented rotation.
- Centers pages if smaller than window, draw gray border (closed ticket #33).
- WPI creation scripts and dirs (closed ticket #9).
- Fullscreen implemented (closed ticket #6). Hotkey is Ctrl+L, like in
Acrobat. Mozilla-like fullscreen (F11) renamed to 'Maximized view'.
- Added document navigation shortcuts (up/down,pgup/pgdown,
ctrl-pgup/pgdown,home/end), (closed ticket #7).
- Plugin interface changes as per Heiko Nitzsche suggestions,
compatibility changes (closed tickets #18, #40).
- Fixed Alt-F4 processing (closed ticket #41).
- Correctly set initial values for comboboxes in settings dialog.
- Fixed crash on double clicking an empty area in the navigation pane
(closed ticket #38).
- Fixed SYS3180 crash when plugins resides not in current dir (closed
tickets #20, #29).
All registered eComStation customers can download Lucide Beta 2 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.
Heiko Nitsche published the first 3rd party plugins for Lucide, based on
GBM. They are available from his homepage at: http://heikon.home.tlink.de/
Support for Lucide 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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| SW: Briefcases iTheme for eCS 2.0 |
2006-07-17
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: David Graser (dwgrasDESPAM@DESPAMswbell.net)
The standard eCS folder icons are replaced with brown briefcases. Other
standard icons have also been replaced. this itheme only works with eCS
2.0 betas and above. Itheme must be installed to use. If the link below
doesn't work, the file has been move from incoming to the new directory.
Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/briefcases_itheme_for_ecs20.zip
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php
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| SW: Cable 1.0, XWLan wrapper |
2006-07-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: mc6530DESPAM@DESPAMmclink.it
Cable is a small wrapper written taking portions of code from GenMac
utilities samples and from XWP.
It has been written to allow automatic start of XWLan when the lan cable is
not connected to your computer.
Since OS/2 drivers cannot provide such info, it can work only if the GenMac
driver is used for your LAN card (check GenMac for supported chipsets).
Currently on Hobbes:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=cable10
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| VNL: Call for articles for August issue |
2006-07-18
++ 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.
So far, ONLY 2 ARTICLES have been submitted for the August issue! Please
consider contributing yourself. Please send submissions to editor@os2voice.org.
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
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| Net: netlabs newsletter #13 [UNIAUD, EDM/2, WarpIN, QT3] |
2006-07-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: News at Netlabs.org
News from netlabs.org:
10. July - 18. July
* UniAudio Test Build
o See the enclosed changelog file for details.
o Only use this build if you have problems with your current version and
please report bugs via TRAC
o Download: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/uniaud/uniaud_testcase.zip
o TRAC: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud
03. July - 09. July
* PathRewrite Article updated
o The PathRewrite article in EDM/2 is updated
o URL: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/Pathrewrite
* WarpIN package for Lucide
o A WarpIN installer package for Lucide is created
* QT3 Library News
o Some internal Drag and Drop fixes
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/qt3/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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| SW: GBM plugins for Lucide and Mozilla, updated GBM packages |
2006-07-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: HeikoDOTNitzscheDESPAMDESPAM@gmx.de
NEW:
----
1. GBM plugin 1.00 for Netscape/Mozilla/Firefox/SeaMonkey
(freely usable, see license included)
This is a plugin for the Webbrowsers Netscape, Mozilla, Firefox and
SeaMonkey available for OS/2 and eComStation that extends them for
the support of reading all bitmap formats supported by GBM.DLL.
It requires GBM.DLL 1.35 or higher. GBM 1.42 is recommended.
!!!Do not use GBM 1.41 any longer!!!
Note:
For multipage images so far only the first image is shown.
As most browsers support animated GIFs natively it's not a problem.
Get package gbmos2plugins_lu100_moz100_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
2. GBM plugin 1.00 for Lucide beta 2
(freely usable, see license included)
This is a plugin for the Lucide document viewer available for eComStation
that extends Lucide for the support of reading all bitmap formats
supported by GBM.DLL.
It requires GBM.DLL 1.35 or higher. GBM 1.42 is recommended.
!!!Do not use GBM 1.41 any longer!!!
Supported features:
* Document info
* Loading all formats supported by GBM
* Multipage bitmap viewing support
* Load bitmap page on demand
* Scaling and rotation
Get package gbmos2plugins_lu100_moz100_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
3. GBM.DLL 1.42
* updated to Libpng 1.2.12 with security fixes
* fix a compiler optimization issue to increase stability
-> If you use GBM.DLL 1.41 please upgrade to the new version.
The new GBM.DLL is also required for the GBM plugins.
4. GBMV2 1.28 (no version change)
* fix a compiler optimization issue to increase stability
-> If you use the previous version 1.28 please upgrade to the
new version.
For more details please have a look at the change log in the included
documentation or at my GBM homepage (see below).
Notes for eComStation 1.2/1.2R users
------------------------------------
Please read the installation instructions. eCS 1.2/1.2R ships
with an old GBM.DLL (1.12) which prevents loading of the new
GBM.DLL (1.42). Please follow the instructions to use the new
GBM.DLL for all programs as well as for eCS WPS features like
bitmap previews.
If you cannot replace the eCS shipped GBM.DLL, please execute
unlock x:\os2\dll\gbm.dll from a command line. Then override
the old GBM.DLL with the new one. Don't forget to reboot afterwards.
GBM.DLL 1.42 and GBM command line tools
---------------------------------------
(Public Domain)
The Generalised Bitmap Module (GBM) is a library capable of loading and
saving bitmap files in a variety of popular and less popular bitmap file
formats. Programs may be written to use this code, and thus be able to
access a variety of file formats without actually knowing what format
the pictures are in, or any details about file format itself.
In this version, extended BMP, PNG, TIF, PBM, PGM, PPM and PNM support
is additionally included. PNG and TIF support also 16, 32, 48, 64 bpp
colour depths with/without alpha channel. PPM supports also 48 bpp
colour depth. BMP supports also OS/2 RLE24 and Windows 16/32 bpp RGB
and BITFIELDS formats.
It comes with a useful set of command line bitmap manipulation tools.
Get package gbmos2_142_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
Enhanced GBMV2 Version 1.28
---------------------------
(Public Domain)
GBMV2 is a fast and simple bitmap viewer and editor for the
OS/2 and eCS Presentation Manager.
Enhanced release of the GBMV2-Viewer from the GBMOS2PM package:
* An English and a German version of GBMV2 is included.
* An English and a German version of the GBM file dialog is included.
GBMDLG.DLL has been extended by:
* Bitmap preview within the file dialog
* Redesign to fit eComStation file dialog style
Several extensions for keyboard shortcuts have been added.
Both parts got new resources that better fit to the Warp 4
and eComStation look & feel. Resources for fonts 8.Helv and
9.WarpSans for both, German and English are available in the
sources package.
Get package gbmos2pm128_bin.zip from Hobbes.
It is also included in the WarpIN installation package (see below).
The homepage of GBM for OS/2 and eCS
------------------------------------
http://heikon.home.tlink.de
It provides:
- reworked documentation (also included in the download archives)
- developer tutorials on how to use GBM libs in your own programs
- download of all sources and binaries
Download from Hobbes
--------------------
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2_142_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm128_bin
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2plugins_lu100_moz100_bin
WarpIN installation package
(GBM.DLL, GBM command line tools, GBMV2, GBMRX, GBMDLGRX, GBM plugins, Doc):
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm128_gbm142_gbmplugins_lu100_moz100_bin_wpi
Full source code:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=gbmos2pm128_gbm142_gbmplugins_lu100_moz100_src
If the links don't show anything, the packages might not yet have reached
its final location in the Hobbes archive. In this case please lookup
the incoming folder.
Have fun,
Heiko Nitzsche
(Germany, 18-Jul-2006)
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| SW: books2 itheme and additional icons |
2006-07-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: David Graser (dwgrasDESPAM@DESPAMswbell.net)
I have modified some of the icons in the original books itheme and called
the new itheme books2 which can be found on Hobbes.
I have also updated the additional books icons to revision 2.
Url:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=books2_itheme
From: David Graser (dwgras@swbell.net)
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php
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| SW: Lotus Word Pro patch release |
2006-07-21
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From: perDESPAM@DESPAMjohansson.name
IBM Lotus SmartSuite for OS/2 Warp 4 Release 1.7 Fixpack 3 Patch Release #2
- July, 2006
ftp://ftp.lotus.com/fixes/SmartSuite/os206in2.zip
The patch release contains only a new wordpro.exe and a readme file.
The new about info says "Release 1.7.2, Release O97.11113.0" while the old
one was "Release 1.7.2 O97.8311.0"
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| Event: BayWarp meeting July 25 |
2006-07-22
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Neil Waldhauer
Date: Tuesday, July 25
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Place: Help Desk Computers (WTW Group), 1456 Pollard Road, Los Gatos, CA 95032
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. We bring
laptops, network cables and power, and we often do live troubleshooting of
systems during our meetings.
Hint: It's between the Mexican Restaurant and the Japanese Restaurant in
the corner (Safeway is on the far right). $5.00 per person to be collected
for help with the munchies.
Topics:
* Remote control using VNC
* Digital Camera software
* Home networking with TCP/IP
* Survey of recent Flash animation
* OS/2 Question & Answer
Web Page <http://www.baywarp.org/>
Contact Info
Paul Lazaga
Neil Waldhauer
--
Neil Waldhauer neilDESPAM@DESPAMblondeguy.com
www.blondeguy.com Expert consulting for OS/2 Warp and eComStation
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| SW: TCPCONFIG-2006-07-22 |
2006-07-22
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: From: Thomas Wanek (ThomasWanekDESPAM@DESPAMSMS.AT)
Replacement of IBM's TCPCFG2.CMD (JAVA) TCP/IP Configuration Program which
needs Java 1.1x as default.
New graphical client for mount / unmounting NFS drive(s).
The program is released as freeware.
Url: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=tcpconfig
Submitted with the form on http://www.os2world.com/submit_news.php
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