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Net: OS/2 VOICE website moving...
SW: OS/2 port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 4.3.3 is available
Net: netlabs.org newsletter #79 [ ACPI, kBuild, kLIBC, kStuff, Samba,
SW: PMMail 3.03 released
SW: La-la-la: eCo Tunes, mmioCast
OT: Need help recovering website www.os2notes.gotdns.org
Event: BayWarp meeting Tuesday, January 27
SW: Archive Viewer (arcview) Version 2.02
SW: Scribus port updated to v1.3.3.12
SW: Correction: GCC 4.3.2 port updated
SW: GCC 4.3.2 port updated
SW: OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 beta 1 available
SW: NeoWPS: eSchemes should be updated
| Net: OS/2 VOICE website moving... |
2009-01-30
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Roderick Klein
Dear VOICE members/ eComStation/OS2 users,
Over the next couple of days we will move the OS/2 Voice website to a new
home. In the coming days you could experience not reaching the website for
a couple of days as its moved.
Best regards,
Roderick Klein
President VOICE
[Moderator note: Also be aware the VOICE News List may be unavailable
for several days as well.]
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| SW: OS/2 port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) 4.3.3 is available |
2009-01-27
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Paul Smedley
Hi All,
Just a quick note to let people know that as GCC 4.3.3 was released on 24th
January, I've made available an OS/2 binary.
The list of changes between GCC 4.3.2 and 4.3.2 can be found at
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/buglist.cgi?bug_status=RESOLVED&resolution=FIXED&target_milestone=4.3.3
No OS/2 specific fixes have been made since the Jan 16th build of GCC 4.3.2.
The binary can be downloaded from
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=gcc
Enjoy!
Cheers,
Paul.
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| Net: netlabs.org newsletter #79 [ ACPI, kBuild, kLIBC, kStuff, Samba, |
2009-01-26
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: netlabs.org
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_newsletter2
News from netlabs.org:
19. January - 25. January
* ACPI
o Some fixes and some new reports
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* kBuild
o Lots of updates and fixes again
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* kLIBC
o One update
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
* kStuff
o One update
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kstuff/timeline
* Samba
o A few updates and up to a higher level
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/samba/timeline
* UniAud
o Updated to the 1.0.19 level
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/uniaud/timeline
12. January - 18. January
* ACPI
o Lots of updates again, including fixes
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/acpi/timeline
* FM/2
o Some little corrections
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/fm2/timeline
* kBuild
o Number of updates
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/kbuild/timeline
* kLIBC
o A fix is needed
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/libc/timeline
* Lucide
o Poppler and freetype updated
o See: http://svn.netlabs.org/lucide/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: newsdDESPAM@DESPAMnetlabs.org
Greetings,
netlabs.org team
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| SW: PMMail 3.03 released |
2009-01-24
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Neil Waldhauer
PMMail for OS/2 version 3.03 has been released. For more information,
release notes and a free download of the demonstration version of the
program, please visit our website at
http://pmmail.os2voice.org/index.php?title=PMMail_for_OS/2
PMMail/2 allows limited usage until it is registered. The limitations are:
Neil Waldhauer, neil@blondeguy.com
* 1 account
* 1 attachment per new message
* Each message printed has a statement that this is a demonstration
version
of PMMail/2.
A registration code is required to use all features of the program. You
must be a VOICE member to get a registration code. If you were a member of
VOICE on 31December, 2006, then you are entitled to a free registration
code for PMMail. This is a benefit to reward longtime membership.
VOICE members will soon receive an e-mail explaining how to obtain the
PMMail/2 registration key. People who are not now members and want the
program must purchase an annual membership to join and another membership
for the licence fee.
Starting with this release, PMMail is also available from Hobbes
http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/h-search.php?sh=1&button=Search&key=pmmail-3&stype=all&sort=type_name&dir=%2F
Neil Waldhauer, neil@blondeguy.com
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| SW: La-la-la: eCo Tunes, mmioCast |
2009-01-24
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Eugene Gorbunoff
eCo Software is going to participate in eComStation multimedia development,
Welcome to La-la-la site: http://ecomstation.ru/la-la-la
ntim (Kosarev Timofey) have created some I/O procedures and players already.
* eCo Tunes -- eCo Tunes Internet radio (pipe-version supported by Central
Remote Control)
* mmioCast IO Proc -- Internet radio integrated to WPS
* Monkey's audio -- compressed lossles audio format
eComStation PC is usually used as office computer, the sound in the
background keeps positive mood, doesn't influence on working atmosphere.
The sound support should be improved in eComStation, let's create more
players, codecs and audio applications.
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| OT: Need help recovering website www.os2notes.gotdns.org |
2009-01-22
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Greggory Shaw
My ex-girlfriend destroyed everything to do with my computer and website,
after we broke up.
Here is my backup website to remind anyone of the original:
http://myweb.cableone.net/greggoryshaw/
(I need one of the zip files that I made for my site):
1) cBT_GET.zip
2) jAlbum /w google maps (zipfile)
WHAT I NEED is one of the zip files containing the Bittorrent /w Smart
Launch or jAlbum /w google maps from my site. They have all the CSS and
formatting, so I can recreate my site.
Please email me a copy at: GreggoryShawDESPAM@DESPAMcableone.net
Thank you,
Greggory Shaw
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| Event: BayWarp meeting Tuesday, January 27 |
2009-01-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Neil Waldhauer
Date: Tuesday, January 27
Time: 6:00 - 9:00 PM
Place: Denny's Milpitas, 442 W Calaveras Blvd, Milpitas, CA 95035
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: Denny's is right off of the 880/237 interchange to the east of 880.
Phone: (408) 262-9090
WiFi is available at the restaurant.
Note: the BayWarp e-mail list is available
http://lists.baywarp.org/mailman/listinfo/members
Topics:
* OpenOffice 3.1 beta 1
* Networking Apple Macintosh to eComStation
* Survey of recent Flash animation
* OS/2 Question & Answer
Web Page: http://www.baywarp.org/
Neil Waldhauer neilDESPAM@DESPAMblondeguy.com www.blondeguy.com Expert
consulting for OS/2 Warp and eComStation
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| SW: Archive Viewer (arcview) Version 2.02 |
2009-01-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Alex Taylor has updated the eCS arcview utility to Version 2.02 is a bugfix
release. It is available on the eComStation Betazone. This appears to be
available to anyone with an http://www.ecomstation.com signon.
"Archive Viewer is a very simple GUI tool for viewing and extracting
archive files of various types."
From CHANGELOG:
2009-01-05 (2.02)
* Extracting a tarball to the root directory should now work correctly
when arcview.exe is on the same drive.
* Added support for the latest tar.exe version (uses different syntax for
bzip2).
* Pushbuttons on secondary dialogs now use the correct language.
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| SW: Scribus port updated to v1.3.3.12 |
2009-01-21
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Paul Smedley has updated his port of Scribus to v1.3.3.12.
http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=scribus
"Scribus is an open-source program that brings award-winning professional
page layout to Linux/Unix, MacOS X, OS/2 and Windows desktops with a
combination of "press-ready" output and new approaches to page layout.
Underneath the modern and user friendly interface, Scribus supports
professional publishing features, such as CMYK color, separations, ICC
color management and versatile PDF creation." For more on Scribus see
http://www.scribus.net
- CUPS printing now supported
- Also fixed a font detection problem in a recent release.
REQUIRES: libc063.dll - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/gcc/libc-0.6.3-csd3.zip
and gcc432.DLL - http://download.smedley.info/gcc432.zip
Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| SW: Correction: GCC 4.3.2 port updated |
2009-01-19
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
[Moderator note: The release download link in the original post as well as
the link on Paul's page has a misspelling. Here is the correct link.
Thanks to James Weinkam for pointing this out.]
Paul Smedley has updated his 4.3.2 build of GCC (GNU C Compiler). Please
see http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=gcc for list of
updates/known issues.
Download:
GCC 4.3.2 2009-01-16 release
http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.3.2-os2-20090116.zip
GCC 4.3.2 2009-01-16 patches
http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.3.2-os2-20090116-patch.zip
Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| SW: GCC 4.3.2 port updated |
2009-01-18
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Mark Dodel
Paul Smedley has updated his 4.3.2 build of GCC (GNU C Compiler). Please
see http://www.smedley.info/os2ports/index.php?page=gcc for list of
updates/known issues.
Download:
GCC 4.3.2 2009-01-16 release
http://downlaod.smedley.info/gcc-4.3.2-os2-20090116.zip
GCC 4.3.2 2009-01-16 patches
http://download.smedley.info/gcc-4.3.2-os2-20090116-patch.zip
Please let Paul know if you find this software useful. He needs user
feedback to continue work on these projects. He maintains a bug tracker
for many projects at http://mantis.smedley.info It just requires a simple
registration.
If you'd like to help support continued development of this project (and
many others) for OS/2 & eComStation, please consider making a donation
either via Paypal using the link on Paul's website, or using the Mensys
Online Store http://www.mensys.net/os2ports/
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| SW: OpenOffice.org 3.1.0 beta 1 available |
2009-01-16
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Joachim Benjamins
Serenity Systems International and Mensys BV are pleased to announce the
first public beta of OpenOffice.org 3.1 for eComStation and OS/2.
It is available to anyone with an active OpenOffice.org Support Agreement
for eComStation and OS/2, via their download-area at the Mensys Online
Shop, http://www.mensys.net/login/
This release is a developer build based on the current DEV300 m38 milestone
trunk.
** Features **
Support for Microsoft Office Open XML (OOXML/DOCX) file format.
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 (OOoWPS102.WPI)
Support for the FreeType2 (FT2) font engine for improved text rendering.
QUICKSTART: quickstart has been implemented for 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: This beta version is only released in the English language.
EMAIL: e-mail related settings are now supported, you can email your
current document, but only ThunderBird is supported. To enable this
feature, the Internet Application Integration tool must be installed and
configured for your email client. In OOo options, Internet settings, set
email program field to 'thunderbird'; full path for executable and
directories will be taken from your INI files (IAI settings).
WEB: the default OS/2 browser will be used for opening web pages. To enable
this feature, the Internet Application Integration tool must be installed
and configured for your browser.
More information on the official OpenOffice.org development roadmap can be
found at: http://development.openoffice.org/releases/index.html
** Installation Requirements **
- WarpIn 1.0.18
- UniClip
- LibC 0.6.3
- Innotek Font Engine
- this installation will not overwrite existing installations, you can
use it alongside OpenOffice.org 1.1.5 and OpenOffice.org 2.x
- installation should preferably be done on a JFS volume, as it may
run slow otherwise. The installation target volume must support long
filenames.
- installation takes around 400 MB of drivespace.
** Optional Requirements **
- For better rendering of the GUI font, it is suggested to install
Workplace Sans TrueType font. You can download the Workplace Sans font
from the following website:
http://users.socis.ca/~ataylo00/creative/fonts/index.html
- WPS integration package for OpenOffice.org 3.1 for eComStation
and OS/2:
- Extends the WPS data file class to recognize OpenOffice.org document
files
- Integrated support for WPS-Wizard hint and folder info area
- REXX hooks for reading document properties
- When documents are saved, the proper Extended Attribute Type is added
to the file, this allows recognizing OOo documents even if the
extension is not added.
If you are updating from an earlier release, the WPS integration is
already enabled and working; if WPS integration was enabled for beta
releases, you need to install the OOoWPS102.WPI package (if not
already installed) and run
?:OpenOffice.org.3.1.0.Betaprogramooodoc.cmd
This script will activate the WPS integration for this release of
OpenOffice.org 3.1 and remove it from other beta releases.
** Support **
Support specific to the eComStation and OS/2 version can be obtained
through the ticketing system at: http://www.ecomstation.com/support/ooo2/
A newsgroup is available for community support at:
news://news.ecomstation.com/ecomstation.support.openoffice
or
http://news.ecomstation.com/thread.php?group=ecomstation.support.openoffice
** Enjoy! **
Best regards,
Serenity Systems International
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| SW: NeoWPS: eSchemes should be updated |
2009-01-15
++ From the VOICE OS/2-eCS News Service http://www.os2voice.org ++
From: Eugene Gorbunoff
eSchemes is updated -- http://ecomstation.ru/eschemes
(screenshots -- http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/eschemes-gallery.phtml
to download login to BETAZONE -- http://betazone.ecomstation.nl/)
New version 1.49 is released. Installation is improved.
There are some bugs -- http://trac.ecomstation.ru/eSchemes/report/1
(temporary bugs: editor doesn't open, doesn't work; some schemes can't be used)
Moreover,
* David Graser created -- TWENTY new schemes for eSchemes --
http://ecomstation.ru/projects/eschemes/?action=down
* We are going collect wallpapers (in the bottom of Download page)
This applications are not ready for eSchemes --
http://forum.ecomstation.ru/viewtopic.php?f=22&p=8755#p8755
Please help the developers to improve their applications.
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