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OS/2 - eComStation News - March, 2008
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SW: March Madness Shareware Sale
SW: pkg-config-0.23
SW: Open Office for eCS-OS/2 2.4 Beta1
Event: BayWarp meeting Tuesday, March 25
SW: Updated test version of 'refreshed' Uniaud32
SW: Smart widgets for eCenter
Net: Interview with Joachim Benjamins
| SW: March Madness Shareware Sale |
2008-03-17
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Don Hawkinson
During March, all of my shareware programs are available at the sale price
of 2 for $12.12 (US)! The 2 may be the same program or 2 different
programs. The sale price does include any future updates of the programs.
See my web site at http://home.tulsaconnect.com/dwhawk/share.html for a
description of my programs and to download trial versions.
PMStripper: a PM utility to strip HTML codes from saved web pages
DH-Grep-PM: a PM version of GREP
Command line Clipboard Access : access the clipboard from the command line
DH_ClipSave/2 : provides a quick save of clipboard text
Pastry Box: OS/2 Clipboard Aid and CMD file builder
TextHelper: OS/2 & eCS editor and text manipulation tool
Contact me via email at dwhawkDESPAM@DESPAMintcon.net for payment instructions.
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| SW: pkg-config-0.23 |
2008-03-18
From: Dave Yeo
Hi, I've uploaded the newest pkg-config to Hobbes,
Incoming: http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/pub/incoming/pkg-config-0.23.zip
Search:
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?sh=1&button=Search&key=pkg-config
Pkg-config is used in *nix build setups to get appropriate CFLAGS, LIBS
etc. This version includes an important fix so that PKG_CONFIG_PATH works
correctly so if you have an older version you're urged to upgrade.
It also can be built from source quite easily, just make sure to pass
configure the --without-pc-path setting.
Source is available from
http://pkgconfig.freedesktop.org/releases/pkg-config-0.23.tar.gz
Dave Yeo
DaveDESPAMatDESPAM.telus.net
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| SW: Open Office for eCS-OS/2 2.4 Beta1 |
2008-03-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
"OpenOffice.org is a multiplatform and multilingual office suite and an
open-source project." For more general information about this see
http://www.openoffice.org
There is a developers build of Beta1 of Open Office.org for eCS-OS/2 for
those with an active OpenOffice.org Support Agreement for eComStation and
OS/2. You have to Login thru the Mensys site (
http://shop.mensys.nl/indexuk.html ) and find it under your Downloads.
For more information about the Open Office.org for eComStation and OS/2
Support Agreement see http://www.ecomstation.com/openoffice
This Beta is available only in English. This build is based on the 2.4.0
m2 source code of OpenOffice.org which is newer than the general release
version available for other platforms which is at 2.3.1, which is why it is
listed as a developer Snapshot. From my limited experience with this
build, if you already have OO.org 2.0GA installed, this beta installs to a
different directory and you can use both, just not at the same time.
** Features **
- Support for XWP/eWPS sliding menu hilite (requires XWorkPlace 1.0.8 or
eCS 2.0 RC4)
- Support for clipboard bitmap formats and unicode text.
- Support for mouse wheel.
- Support for WPS integration via seperate package (OOoWPS101.WPI)
- FT2: this release supports the FreeType2 font engine for better text
rendering.
- QUICKSTART: quickstart has been implemented eComStation and OS/2; when
enabled in
OOo option dialogs, a shadow of your quickstart WPS icon object will be
created in the startup folder.
- NLS: multiple NLS versions can be installed, you can change the
language with:
Tools -> Options -> Language settings -> User Interface (Though as
noted above, English is
currently the only available NLS choice)
Requirements for this beta include:
WarpIn 1.0.17 (Available on the OOo download page)
UniClip (available as uclip-0_2_2-os2.wpi on the OOo download page)
LibC 0.6.3 (Available on the Netlabs FTP: ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/libc )
Innotek Font Engine (Included with eComStation 1.2r or newer
400MB disk space
See the read1st.txt file for installation instructions as well as any other
requirements and known issues.
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| Event: BayWarp meeting Tuesday, March 25 |
2008-03-19
From: Neil Waldhauer
Date: Tuesday, March 25
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 PM
Place: Le Boulanger, 1875 S. Bascom Ave. 440, Campbell, CA 95008
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.
Hint: Le Boulanger is located in the outdoor mall called the Pruneyard.
<http://www.thepruneyard.com/directory.html>
Phone: (408) 369-1820
WiFi is available at the restaurant.
Note: the BayWarp e-mail list is available
<http://lists.blondeguy.com/mailman/listinfo/baywarp>
Topics:
* Warpstock 2008 status
* Automated e-mail using PMMail/2
* Survey of recent Flash animation
* OS/2 Question & Answer
Web Page <http://www.baywarp.org/>
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| SW: Updated test version of 'refreshed' Uniaud32 |
2008-03-23
From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
As many would be aware, over the last month, I've been worked quite
heavily on updating the ALSA code that forms the basis of Uniaud's sound
support.
I've finally reached a point where I have a uniaud32.sys based fully on
ALSA 1.0.16 (ie the current release).
There are some limitations in the current build, due to various reasons,
the following backends are NOT currently included:
- cmipci (Various C-Media pci cards)
- als4000
- emu10k1 (Soundblaster Live)
The builds are currently available from:
Release build -
http://download.smedley.info/uniaud32-alsa-1.0.16-20080323.zip
Debug build - Release build -
http://download.smedley.info/uniaud32-alsa-1.0.16-20080323-debug.zip
These builds currently show encouraging results on both PCI, AC97 and
HDA chipsets.
I'm particularly interested in any regressions from 1.1.4RC5.
For uniaud16.sys - I recommend the one from Uniaud 1.1.4RC5 (ie from
ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/uniaud/uniaud114RC5.zip)
All feedback is appreciated!
Cheers,
Paul.
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| SW: Smart widgets for eCenter |
2008-03-23
From: Eugene Gorbunoff
Do you sense the comfort when working on eComStation PC? If no then
install additional smart widgets to eCenter panel!
NeoWPS widgets -- http://ecomstation.ru/neowps (in the bottom of the
web-page)
* Beer Battery widget -- battery widget for notebooks and servers with
UPS. Shows battery level, time remaining.
* Master Name widget -- it is useful for those who like to make
screenshots of the desktop and keep the signature.
* Reactor Temperature widget -- If your eComStation PC is used in a
bedroom or dusty office then you should control the temperature of CPU
(it is proportional to the dust level).
btw, pay attention to other NeoWPS updates:
* More screenshots of eComStation --
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/eschemes-gallery.phtml
* Sunny icons (drag&drop is improved; more icons; better flash disks
support) -- http://ecomstation.ru/eschemes-deluxe
* eSchemes 1.47 experimental (internal releases)
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| Net: Interview with Joachim Benjamins |
2008-03-23
From: Eugene Gorbunoff
The first interview in this season - Interview with Joachim Benjamins,
Mensys
http://ecomstation.ru/showarticle.php?id=176 (english text)
(About Mensys, current state of eComStation, community of users)
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