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[1420]7FM/2 3.16: This release makes changes that should allow FM/2 to be
8translated into different languages. It also adds date and number
9formatting based on the system locale settings. We now need to find
10some individuals who are interested in doing the translations.
11Currently, double bit character sets are not supported in FM/2.
12
13We have also fixed multiple minor annoyances such as improving
14detection of text verses binary files when opening viewers and
15filtering/(de)select mask now works for archives with pathnames.
16We added the ability to turn error/alert beeps on and off in the
17settings notebook (General page) and changes to the details switches
18in compare directories are now saved. See the history for more details.
19
[1377]20FM/2 3.15: This release turns on some new features by default
21don't panic they can all be turned off if you don't like them.
22The first is recursive scanning on start up. This slows the initial
23scan a bit but speeds expansion of the tree later. It is on for
24local hard drives and can be turned on for other drive types. The
25second new feature is an automatic rescan of the drive tree on
26eject of removable media keeping the tree container more current.
27Both of these features can be turn on or off on the scanning page
28of the notebook. The third new feature actually turns write verify
29off on a per drive basis. This is to address the fact that many
30USB removables fail or worse (hangs/traps) when write verify is on.
31We turn it off by default for removables other than standard floppies.
32If you want it on/off for a given drive edit that drive's drive flags
33accordingly. The global write verify selector is unchanged and the
34drive flags have no effect if it is off.
35
36We have some additional new items we hope you will find useful. We
37have added the ability to have the extract commands create a
38subdirectory based on the archive file name for the extraction target.
39Seek and Scan has been added to the drives and directories context
[1420]40menu and when selected from there will add the drive or directory as
[1377]41the root for the search. We also added refresh removable media so
42you can scan for newly inserted drives from the tree container
43We did some additional work on the main menus like adding Databar
[1420]44to the utilities menu and we now gray out items that are unavailable
[1377]45or inappropriate and un-grayed some items that were inappropriately
46turned off. We reorganized the internal editor menus as well.
47
48We made changes to the archiver code so that archivers that don't
49have specific start/end list strings will work (ie TAR.EXE). We
50have included the commands for .tar .tar.gz and .tar.bz in archiver.tmp
51(gzip.exe and/or bzip.exe must be in the path) These only work with tar 1.15
[1381]52or higher. We included a separate entry for TAR 1.10 but versions of TAR prior
53to 1.15 don't work for tar.gz/bz2 files. You can either replace archiver.bb2
54with the archiver.tmp or if you have made changes to archiver.bb2 you can cut
55and paste the new archiver definitions into an appropriate position in your
56existing archiver.bb2
[1377]57
[1381]58Numerous fixes to minor interface appearance and behavior issues are also include.
[1377]59We have added exceptq support to make it easier to track down defects. We
60also eliminated the cause of three rare traps including one associated with
61deleting directories. See the history file for more details.
62
[1278]63FM/2 3.14: This release updates many of the icons and bitmaps
64used in FM/2. In addition, more updates have been made to the
65toolbars to activate the new toolbars follow the instruction for
66using CFGMGR in the section about version 3.13. One other change
67may require some user intervention. Inadvertently the expected
68name of the filters data file was change in version 3.12 from
69filters.dat to filter.dat. We have corrected this, however, this
70means your filters may be spread across 2 different files or may
71seem to have disappeared. If they have disappeared go to the FM/2
72directory and rename the file filter.dat to filters.dat. This should
73restore your saved filters. If you find you have both filter.dat and
74filters.dat use a text editor to add the contents of filter.dat
75to filters.dat.
76
77This release also contains some menu changes with unformatted drives
78using the "drives" context menu, the elimination of more than one
79default on some submenus and menu items such as "format" being
80disabled for network drives and enabled for removables. Some of the
81changes should make FM/2 more responsive (Let us know if you notice
82a difference). We have also included some bug fixes.
83
[1142]84FM/2 3.13: Many of the changes in this release are related to
85the toolbars. A new feature is that the current toolbar, along
86with the current Target directory, are now saved and restored
87with states. Toolbar code and documentation has been improved, new
88toolbar button bitmaps have been added and bugs have been fixed.
89
90The installation of FM/2 will not replace existing user
91customization files like the toolbar files. So, if this is not
92your first installation of FM/2, some of these improvements will
93not be available because of the old, pre v3.13 toolbar files. It
94is therefore recommended that you run the following:
95
96 CFGMGR /INSTALL /DEFAULTS /TOOLBARSONLY /UNATTENDED
[1147]97
[1142]98CFGMGR is a REXX program located in the FM/2 installation directory.
99If run as given above it will copy your existing toolbar files into
100a "User_config_backup" subdirectory and then install FM/2 default
101toolbar files. If you have done some customizations of FM/2 toolbars
102you can use a text editor and/or file comparison utility like GFC
103to "merge" your changes, now found in the backup subdirectory,
104with the default files now found in the FM/2 directory. If you want
105more control over the operation of CFGMGR, then leave off the
[1143]106/UNATTENDED parameter. Without the /UNATTENDED parameter CFGMGR
107will ask your permission before replacing each file.
[1142]108
[1149]109The delete = move to trash can is off by default (turn it on on the
110General settings notebook page). FM/2 now checks for adequate disk
111space to avoid data loss.
112
[1147]113We also fixed some additional bugs and provide some performance
114enhancements. If you have had trouble with "broken pipe" errors
115copying to a netdrives samba drive let me know if it now works
116better. I have built in some retries for this error but can't test
117it since I don't see the problem. Also please report back to us anytime
118you see the Debug error report to author box with as much detail about
119what you were doing as possible. Thanks
120
[1094]121FM/2 3.12 Fixes a bug introduced in 3.11 (trap when viewing
122multiple files from an archive at the same time). It also adds
123Open Default, Open Settings and via an accel key ctrl + l Open
124Multimedia (using FM2play.exe) to the archive viewer. FM/2 now
125uses the system TMP/TEMP directory for it temporary files and
126cleans up after a crash on the next restart. FM/2 creates a
127subdirectory of the pattern $FM2*.*. The settings notebook can
128now be closed using esc, F3 or enter; the last 2 save any
129changes that have been made. You can now select which environment
130variables to show when using show the environment in the drive
131tree. Just add or remove from the list on the "Tree" page of
132the notebook. It defaults initially to the current list. You can
133now save/append either a full pathname or just a filename or a
134list of either to the clipboard. We have changed the wording
135in the menus to make this easier to find. We fixed a few other
136minor issues see the history for more details.
137
[1057]138FM/2 3.11 adds the option of having delete move the objects
139to the Xworkplace trashcan. Undelete will open the trashcan
140so you can restore deleted files. The only short coming is you
141will need to rescan in order to see the restored file.
142We also added a reserved state which allows you to return
143FM/2 to the state it was in on start up (the shut down state).
144We have improved the filtering of file names that contain
145multiple periods and fixed FM/2's failure to always follow
146the details settings from the setup notebook. The primary
147task achieved for this release was the addition of fortify
148support which allowed us to fix a handful of memory usage
149related bugs. We fixed a few other minor issues see the
150history for more details.
151
[994]152Fm/2 3.10 adds the ability to set the command line length
153to correspond to the command shell you are using. We have
154moved some menu items to submenus to reduce menu clutter
155while adding "unhide" to reveal previously hidden items and
156adding a settings notebook submenu to allow selection of the
157page you wish to visit. We have updated the look of several
158dialogs and containers including adding the ability to remember
159size location and presentation parameters. We have reworked
[1052]160the save state on close so it will save the different states
161of multiple directory containers and in greater detail. This
162state can also be restored at anytime during a session by
[994]163selecting it from the "States" drop down. We have provided better
164progress indicators to update the progress of long operations.
[996]165We now provide both the SYM & MAP files in a separate warpin
[994]166package. This will allow interested individuals the tools needed
[1420]167to assist with analyzing any problem that may occur. This
[994]168package is not needed to run FM/2. As always this update
169provides some performance enhancements and defect fixes.
170
[915]171FM/2 3.09 adds "mailto:" so you can configure the ability to
172double click an email address in the new viewer and have it
173open a new email using that address. The viewer page in the
174settings notebook was split into 2 pages to facilitate the
[1057]175change. Additionally, We fixed some defects and enhanced
[915]176performance in some areas such as commandline quoting.
177
[834]178FM/2 3.08 has had changes to its file filtering logic.
179It now searches for the last extension if a mask like *.zip
180is used. This change was made to over come the problem with
[915]181associations failing on files with multiple ".". You can
[1420]182also search for a complete string within the file names by
[834]183using the pattern *stuff* (stuff can't contain an * or ?).
184If "stuff" contains an * or ? the old method of searching
[866]185(character by character)is used.Large (>4GiB) file support
186has been added.
[834]187
188FM/2 3.07 had changes made to its ini file structure.
[915]189These changes mean that the ini file is not backward
[811]190compatible. Please backup you FM3.INI file before installing
[915]191so you can revert to an earlier version without losing some
[811]192of your customizations. Please note you need to leave a copy
[915]193of the fm3.ini file in the install directory in order to keep your
194customizations in 3.07. The temp file fm3.!!! will not update
[811]195the new ini as it is only used when fm2 is running.
196
[915]197File Manager/2 (FM/2) starting with version 3.6 is being
198built with OpenWatcom. Changing compilers can introduce
[704]199unexpected problem so you may want to backup your current
[915]200install, or at minimum have a working copy of the FM/2
[704]201version 3.5.9 warpin available for reinstall if problems arise.
202To backup your current install simple zip up your install
203directory with its subdirectories or copy them to a different
[915]204location.To restore simply copy the old FM/2 back to the
[704]205its original location. Remember you can't use the new FM/2
206to do this since if it is running some files will be locked
207and won't be replaced. If you didn't backup and need to go
[915]208back just install the 3.5.9 warpin package over the new
[704]209install. It will warn you that the install is newer but just
[915]210tell it to install anyway. The warpin install process is
211designed to save all your customizations. Don't delete the
212new install if you don't have a backup since this will result
213in the loss of any custom changes you have made. If you need
214to delete it to get the reinstall to work. Backup up the new
215install and then copy the *.bmp, *.tls, *.dat, *.cmd & *.ini
216files back to the install directory after the reinstall.
217Don't copy the *.str files as they are version specific.
[704]218If you have problems be sure to report it (See Support
[915]219at the end of this file).
[704]220
[668]221File Manager/2 (FM/2) is a free OS/2(Warp)/eCS Presentation
[671]222Manager 32-bit file/directory/archive maintenance utility
223(a sort of super-Drives object, something midway between the
224Drives objects and a more traditional file manager) with plenty
[668]225of bells, whistles and utilities, drag and drop, context menus,
[642]226toolbars, bubble help and accelerator keys. If you know how
227to use OS/2, you already know how to use most of FM/2. You
228can easily glean the rest from the extensive online help,
[7]229including tutorials.
230
[642]231This document explains how to install FM/2, including
232upgrading from previous versions. It explains command line
233syntaxes (parameters in a program object) and how to get the
234program(s) running. The online help tells you how to
235actually use FM/2. I'll try to keep this brief.
[7]236
[642]237This program is free software; you can redistribute it
238and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public
239License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
240version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later
241version.
[7]242
[642]243This program is distributed in the hope that it will be
244useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied
245warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
246PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more
247details.
[55]248
[642]249You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public
250License along with this program; if not, write to the Free
251Software Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330,
252Boston, MA 02111-1307 USA
[55]253
254
[7]255FM/2 3.x installation instructions:
256==================================
257
[642]258Pre-requisite:
[668]259 WarpIN 0.9.20 or higher must be installed.
[7]260
[642]261Install (or re-install) from a FM/2 ZIP file distribution
262---------------------------------------------------------
[7]263
[642]2641. Unpack the FM2*.ZIP archive in a private directory (for
265example, C:\TMP). (UNZIP.EXE works nicely to unpack the
266file.) Two WPI files, FM2.WPI and FM2UTILS.WPI will be
267unzipped.
[7]268
[642]2692. Follow the instructions for installing from WPI file(s)
270below.
[7]271
272
[642]273Install (or re-install) from a FM/2 WPI file distribution
274---------------------------------------------------------
[7]275
[642]2761. Open the WPS folder containing the WPI file(s).
[7]277
[642]2782. Double click on FM2.WPI. Since WarpIN associates itself
279with WPI files this will start WarpIN with FM2.WPI as the
280parameter.
281
2823, You may then install FM/2 to a directory of your choice
283and, if FM2UTILS.WPI is present, install FM/2 Utilities to
284a directory of your choice.
285
286NOTE: If you double click on FM2UTILS.WPI instead of
287FM2.WPI, you will only be able to install the FM/2
288Utilities. It is recommended that, even if you only want to
289install FM/2 Utilities, that you do so using FM2.WPI.
290
291
292Moving FM/2 and/or FM/2 Utilities:
293----------------------------------
294
2951. Copy your existing installation directory to the new
296location.
297
2982. If you have added your own icons to any of the FM/2
299folders, then you should move them elsewhere temporarily.
300
3013. Follow the instructions for de-installing below.
302
3034. Re-install the package using the installation
304instructions above. This will update the WarpIN database and
305reset your icons to the new locations.
306
3075. Move the icons you saved in step #2, back into the FM/2
308folders if you wish.
309
310
311De-installing FM/2 and/or FM/2 Utilities:
312-----------------------------------------
313
3141. Run Warpin without parameters.
315
3162. Right click on a package you want to de-install and
317select "de-install all packages".
318
3193. Click on OK in the "De-install Packages" window that
320appears.
321
322
323
324=================
[7]325First-time notes:
[642]326=================
[7]327
328Starting FM/2 -- how it works, customizing parameters:
329
[642]330If you start File Manager/2 (filename FM3.EXE) with no
331parameters, it opens the Drive Tree window but no directory
332windows (unless the "Save state of dir windows" toggle is
333checked -- see online help).
[7]334
[642]335File Manager/2 optionally accepts names of directories in
336the parameters field of its program object; it'll open a
337directory window for each one. Hint: If you often do
338different specific things with FM/2, you might set up a WPS
339object customized to start up ideally for each activity. For
340example, if you wanted to maintain your BBS areas, you might
341have one object with parameters like: "D:\BBSDIR
342D:\BBSDIR\MAILIN D:\BBSDIR\MAILOUT", and if you also like to
343use FM/2 to set icons on files, you might have another
344object with parameters like: "E:\MYICONS D:\NEWFILES". The
345State quicklist can also be used for this within FM/2 itself
346-- see online help.
[7]347
[642]348You can exclude drives in the parameters by prefacing the
349drive letter with "/", and there can be more than one drive
350letter behind the "/" (i.e. "/BH" to exclude both drives B:
351and H:). Hint: Many people like to use /B to exclude
352"phantom" drive B: if they have a single-floppy system.
353Similarly, you can cause drives NOT to be prescanned by the
354Drive Tree by prefacing the drive letter with ";", drives
355NOT to load icons for objects by prefacing the drive letter
356with ",", drives NOT to load subjects for objects by
357prefacing the drive letter with "`" and drives NOT to load
358longnames for objects by prefacing the drive letter with
359"'". This can be handy if you have a very slow drive like a
360CD-ROM or Zip drive. FM/2 Lite recognizes these switches,
361too. See also the Drive Flags dialog in FM/2.
[7]362
[642]363If you place the plus sign "+" (alone, separated from
364anything else by spaces) in the parameters, FM/2 will log,
365to FM2.LOG, delete, rename, move and copy operations that
366are performed by drag-and-drop or with the menus. FM/2 Lite
367recognizes this switch, too.
[7]368
[642]369The parameter "-" (alone, separated from anything else by
370spaces) causes FM/2 to ignore, not load or save, the
371previous state of directory windows (see the "Save state of
372dir windows" toggle under Config Menu->Toggles in the online
373help) for that invocation.
[7]374
[642]375You can specify the name of an alternate INI file with
376"-<inifilename>" -- for example: "-C:\FM2\MYINI.INI".
[82]377
[642]378You can also specify the INI file location with the
379environment variable FM2INI -- for example:
380 SET FM2INI=C:\FM2\MYINI.INI.
381
382
383------------------------------
[7]384How to get started using FM/2:
385-----------------------------
[642]386Please read the following sections in the online help when
387you start FM/2 for the first time: "How to use FM/2's Help,"
388"Terminology" and "General Help," then "Hints." A peek at
[1420]389the labeled "Window Layouts" pictures would probably be a
[642]390good idea, too. The rest you can browse as you get time/feel
391the need; for instance, if you want to know what a toggle
392does, read the help under Settings notebook for that page
393(each Settings notebook page has its own Help button).
[7]394
[776]395If you prefer hard copy help, print this file, run FM/2,
[668]396press F1, click the "Print" button at the bottom (IBM View)
[671]397or top (Newview)of the help window that appears and then print
[668]398both the "Contents" and "All sections" (keep an eye on the printer,
[642]399after page 100 of "All sections" as the Help Manager will
400begin printing its own help then -- you may want to abort
401printing at that point). Advanced and/or curious users may
402also want to print FM3TOOLS.DAT and ARCHIVER.BB2. Be sure
403you have plenty of paper and ink handy -- the package is
404well documented. You'll probably also want a three-ring
405binder and hole punch to get it bound, as staples aren't
406going through that puppy. You can, of course, print only the
407sections that are of particular interest to you.
[7]408
409Additional documentation:
410------------------------
411 FM3.HLP: FM/2's online help file.
412
[642]413Look in the FM/2 Docs subfolder of the File Manager/2 folder
414for easy access to all documentation.
[7]415
416
417Bonus programs:
418==============
419
[642]420You'll note the extra objects that the Install program
421creates in the FM/2 Tools subfolder of the File Manager/2
422folder. FM/2 is modular, so that you can get directly to
423some of its components without running the entire ball of
424wax. This may allow you to enhance the behavior of some of
425your other applications in the WPS tradition. You don't
426_have_ to keep these around, of course -- FM/2 itself
427contains all their functionality.
[7]428
[642]429ARCHIVE VIEWER/2: Intended for drag-and-drop operation (or
430WPS association) with WPS objects or other applications.
431Drag an archive onto it, drop it, get an archive listing
432box. FM/2's installation program sets up some associations
433between archive files and this program by file extension.
434AV/2 will try to display whatever you give it as
435sensibly as it can. Filename AV2.EXE.
[7]436
[642]437EA VIEWER: Drag a file system object onto it and it'll show
438you the object's extended attributes. Filename EAS.EXE.
[7]439
[642]440INI VIEWER: Drag an .INI file onto it and it'll show you its
441contents. Filename INI.EXE.
[7]442
[642]443BOOKSHELF VIEWER: Shows all .INF files in a listbox and lets
444you pick the one(s) you want to view. If you give any
445command line argument, the .HLP files on the HELP path will
446be shown instead (the Helpfile Viewer object calls
447VIEWINFS.EXE with "dummy" for an argument, for example).
448Filename VIEWINFS.EXE.
[7]449
[642]450PROCESS KILLER: Lets you kill off renegade processes. An
451English version of PSTAT.EXE must be on your PATH. Filename
452KILLPROC.EXE.
[7]453
[1420]454UNDELETE: Lets you undelete files (via interface with
[642]455UNDELETE.COM). Drag a file system object onto it and it'll
456let you undelete files for that drive. Filename UNDEL.EXE.
[7]457
[642]458VISUAL TREE: Opens a Drive Tree window (like the WPS Drives
459object with more horsepower). Filename VTREE.EXE.
[7]460
[642]461VISUAL DIRECTORY: Opens a Directory Container window; drag a
462file system object onto it and this will open its directory
463(like a WPS directory Folder with more horsepower). Filename
464VDIR.EXE.
[7]465
[642]466COLLECTOR: Opens a Collector window. Filename VCOLLECT.EXE.
467Two other objects, "See all files" and "Seek and scan" are
468created which call up the Collector and go directly to
469dialogs for the appropriate purpose.
[7]470
[642]471GLOBAL VIEWER: Opens a global view of a drive or drives.
472Filename GLOBAL.EXE.
[7]473
[642]474DATABAR: Opens a databar showing some system information.
475Filename DATABAR.EXE.
[7]476
[642]477DIRSIZE: Shows where drive usage is concentrated. Filename
478DIRSIZE.EXE.
[7]479
[642]480FM/2 LITE: A simplified interface for "dummies." Filename
481FM4.EXE.
[7]482
[642]483FM/2's install creates FM2.CMD, AV2.CMD, VDIR.CMD,
484VTREE.CMD, VCOLLECT.CMD, UNDEL.CMD, KILLPROC.CMD, INI.CMD,
485EAS.CMD, DIRSIZE.CMD, VIEWINFS.CMD and VIEWHELP.CMD files
486for you in a directory "utils" off the install directory.
487You should add this directory to your PATH= statement in
488CONFIG.SYS (type HELP PATH at a command line for more info).
489If you prefer, FM/2's INSTALL builds a SETENV.CMD in the
490FM/2 directory which you can call to set the PATH for FM/2
491in any given session without modifying CONFIG.SYS.
[7]492
493
494Troubleshooting:
495===============
496
[915]497FM/2 seems much slower than previous versions.
[776]498The Find Buffer in FM/2 has been reworked to make it user
[915]499settable in more place and significantly enlarge it. This
[776]500significantly increases the loading speed for large directories
[915]501However, most users will need to reset the buffer by going
[776]502to the settings notebook scanning page and setting FindBuf.
503The new default for clean installs is 10240. We recommend you
504change to this setting (or higher) unless you have very limited
505hardware (less than 32 meg of memory original Pentium or earlier).
506
[642]507If FM/2 won't run, the probable culprit is CONFIG.SYS. Your
[668]508LIBPATH statement should contain a ".;" entry. If yours
[642]509doesn't, add it. It's standard for an OS/2 installation, but
510some buggy install programs knock it out because they
511translate entries to their full pathname before rewriting
[668]512(so ".;" gets translated to whatever the current directory
513is for the buggy install program). What this ".;" entry does
[642]514is allow a program to find and use .DLL files in the
515program's current directory -- obviously something you want
516programs to be able to do, otherwise you'd have to put every
517application's .DLLs into directories already on the LIBPATH,
518or add the directories of all applications to the LIBPATH, a
[7]519rather huge pain in the, uh, neck.
520
[642]521If things in FM/2 are suddenly acting strange after an
[671]522upgrade, first check the integrity of the install using
523using WarpIN. If it shows a problem rerun the install
524package. If that fails try installing to a new directory
[668]525or backup your existing directory so you can save any changes
526you made to the template files then uninstall and reinstall.
[671]527Once you have FM/2 working migrate the *.ini, *.dat, *.tls,
528*.bb2 and *.cmd from your old install/backup to recover your
529custom settings
[7]530
[642]531If the "FM/2 Online Help" object in the "FM/2 Docs"
532subfolder won't work properly, you've got a version of
533VIEW.EXE that won't directly display help (.HLP) files. Use
534SEEHELP.EXE from the FM/2 Utilities package to get around
535this problem (or upgrade your version of OS/2).
[7]536
[642]537Don't drag files over Netscape -- it will lock up if files
538(not WPS objects; there's a subtle difference) are dragged
539over it.
[7]540
[642]541If you get a popup dialog that needs to be reported to the
542maintainer, you can either take a screen shot or you can
543capture the information from STDERR with:
[398]544
545 FM3 2>STDERR.LOG
546
[642]547This technique works for all the FM/2, FM/2 Lite and all the
548standalone applets.
[398]549
[642]550If you are having trouble with Drag and Drop operations, try
551the + command line switch described above. The content of
552FM2.LOG may be helpful.
[398]553
554
[55]555Known problems/shortcomings:
556===========================
[11]557
[642]558- FM/2 does not properly report sizes of some files with
559long name resident on Win95/NT drives.
[11]560
[642]561- File List Container fails to fill after drive change
562SYS0039 error.
[55]563
[642]564- Tree switching on Focus/Directory Change appears to be
565slower than expected.
[55]566
[668]567- Access to LS120 and FAT32 drives may be slower than expected
[55]568
[642]569- Icon display in Directory Container does not always match
570WPS icons
[55]571
[668]572- Spurious WPS Objects Handles may be created during some
[642]573operations
[55]574
[915]575- Trying to run Global.exe from the command line in 4OS2
576(perhaps other shells) results in the execution of 4OS2's "Global"
577command. Global.exe can be run by placing it in quotes or
[704]578prefixing it with *. See 4OS2's documentation for more information.
579
[915]580- As with any OS/2 program significant changes (such as our
581change to OpenWatcom) will result in the incompatibility of
[776]582older (VAC) exes with new dlls and vice versa. Attempting to run
[915]583OpenWatcom exes with a VAC dll loaded in memory or in your
584libpath ahead of the new version will result in a SYS3175 in
[704]585popuplog.os2. The reverse gives a SYS2070. If you experience these
[915]586problems search your libpath for fm3dll.dll and remove or rename
587it. Your libpath should have "." (without the quotes) as your
588first entry to minimize the likelihood of this problem. FM/2's
[704]589installer does not add the FM/2 directory to the libpath.
590
[671]591- See http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/report/1 for a complete list of
[668]592currently active bugs
[55]593
[668]594
[704]595
[55]596About FM/2:
[11]597==========
598
599FM/2 was originally written by:
600
601 Mark Kimes
602 <hectorplasmic@worldnet.att.net>
603
[642]604He has kindly allowed me to take over maintenance and
605support of FM/2 and to release the program under the GNU GPL
606license. I'm sure he would appreciate a Thank You note for
607his generosity.
[11]608
[55]609Support:
[11]610=======
611
[183]612There is a Yahoo group devoted to fm/2 at:
[11]613
[549]614 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fm2user/
[1420]615
616 This group is now closed but it still contains some useful information
617
618There is a new mailing list at:
619
620 fm2-user@netlabs.org
621
622 To subscribe send an email to:
623
624 fm2-user-subscribe@netlabs.org
625
626 The subject and body can be empty.
627
628 This group is mirrored on Gmane at:
629
630 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.fm2.user
[183]631
632You will find lots of friendly folks ready to help.
633
[1420]634FM/2 has moved to Netlabs (thanks Adrian).
[549]635
636Check it out at
637
638 http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2
639
[1420]640To create a ticket reporting a defect or requesting an enhancement.
641You must be logged into TRAC. Please login with your Netlabs login id.
642If you do not have a login id, you can request one at
643http://www.netlabs.org/en/site/member/member.xml.
644If you have troubles acquiring a Netlabs login id send an e-mail to
645Netlabs Community Mailing List <community@netlabs.org>.
[549]646
[1420]647You can also browse the source at this site.
648
649To obtain the source from the SVN use something like the following to check out the trunk
650
651 mkdir fm2_workspace
652 cd fm2_workspace
653 svn checkout http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/fm2/trunk trunk
654
655If you wish commit access please contact us directly.
656
[668]657You can reach us directly at:
[183]658
[11]659 Steven H. Levine
660 steve53@earthlink.net
661
[668]662 or
663
664 Gregg Young
665 ygk@qwest.net
666
[1420]667We also monitor the comp.os.os2.apps newsgroup, several
668others in the comp.os.os2.* hierarchy and other groups where
669release announcements are made.
[11]670
671Thanks and enjoy.
672
[55]673$Id: README 1420 2009-05-10 18:38:27Z gyoung $
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