03.02.01 – 09.02.01
No rant this week as I’m sick as a dog. Not only was I seeing
much of Sunday again on Monday, but now I have this horrible head
cold. Gah, if it’s not one thing it’s something else. I will attempt
to return you to your normal station soon.
- demigod
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[ Mail Bag ]
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This weeks mailbag question is:
What is your favorite shell/os site?
e-mail – mailbag@xsweely.com
url – http://www.xsweekly.com/mail.html
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[ Spotlight ]
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- Lynx Warehouse
Lynx Warehouse has undergone quite a transformation since the
last time I spot lighted it. Now there is a new interface, a new
url, and a ton of new links. This site is totally user driven.
The idea behind it is for visiting users to submit links to build
the database. Great idea imo. Shoot on by and give it a gander
and a link.
url – http://www.lynxwarehouse.com
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[ Shell Of The Week ]
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- Neon
This shell looks to be more of an applauncher but it will run
very well as your default shell. It’s appearance is bar like
and you create skins, not themes for it. It is a 3meg download
including three skins.
url – http://www.btinternet.com/~inuit/Neon
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-= Shell Specific =-
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[ Modules ]
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- jAMPtoo 1.0 ~ Wout! (10:15 05.02 ls)
jAMPtoo is a modified version of MrJukes jAMP module.
jAMP is a winamp title scrolling mod that now boasts a few
new features such as more font options, better transparency,
and LSBox support.
url – http://www.ls2k.org
e-mail – wout@graffiti.net
(source: http://www.ls2k.org)
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- Label 1.2 ~ Maduin (11:10 06.02 ls)
“Label.dll allows you to define multiple skinnable labels and
place them anywhere on your desktop. The labels can display
any text can be updated at run-time using bang commands.”
New in this version:
- Added support for system info in labels. just put the name
of the info you want inside brackets. (“The time is [time]“)
- activeTask (title of the currently active task)
- computerName
- cpu
- date
- memAvailable
- memInUse
- memTotal
- os
- swapAvailable
- swapInUse
- swapTotal
- time
- userName
- Added support for functions to modify sysinfo.
(“[lowerCase(computerName)]“)
- lowerCase
- upperCase
- Known issue: [cpu] doesn’t work on NT/2K yet.
- Known issue: documentation is out of date.
- Bugfix: doesn’t crash under PureLS anymore.
url – http://www.ls2k.org
e-mail – kschaffe@kent.edu
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)
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- rcx ~ Maduin (9:35 08.02 ls)
rcx is a module for controlling Lego Mindstorm creations
via bang commands. I’m not sure exactly what the commands
are as there is no read me.
url – http://trident.mcs.kent.edu/~kschaffe/
e-mail – kschaffe@kent.edu
(source: http://trident.mcs.kent.edu/~kschaffe/)
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- taskSwitcher ~ Maduin (9:36 08.02 ls)
Another of Maduin’s previously unreleased modules. This
one allows you to switch through current running windows
tasks via bang commands. Again, no readme.
url – http://trident.mcs.kent.edu/~kschaffe/
e-mail – kschaffe@kent.edu
(source: http://trident.mcs.kent.edu/~kschaffe/)
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- jukeys 2.0q ~ qwilk (9:38 08.02 ls)
qwilk just e-mailed me that he has released version 2 of his
hotkey modules and boy is it an update.
“Hello all…
Today I released the new, much improved, jukeys 2.0q! :D
..and this time, I posted the news at desktopian *before*
telling you guys… =) I am very tired right now, so I’ll
just quote MrJukes on this one: Have fun!
Thanks,
Karl”
New in this version:
- Added jukeysOffsetX <offset>, jukeysOffsetY <offset>
(works the same way as in LSXCommand)
- Added jukeysGroupShow, jukeysGroupX <offset>, jukeysGroupY
<offset>
- Removed jukeysNoTitle (replaced by the new Group commands)
- Added jukeysCommandShow, jukeysCommandX <offset>,
jukeysCommandY <offset>
- Added jukeysCommandColor <color>, jukeysErrorColor <color>
- Added jukeysMsgErrorCmd <message>, jukeysMsgErrorBang
<message>
- Added jukeysErrorSound <path\to\.wav>
- Added jukeysMouseLeft <n>, jukeysMouseRight <n>,
jukeysMouseMiddle <n>
- Added a new “select group” popup menu for easy group
switching
- Added !jukeysPopup, !jukeysPopupGroups
- Added !jukeysRepeat
- Added !jukeysMove, !jukeysMove <x> <y>
- Added !jukeysSetCommand <command> <args> and
!jukeysSetError <message> as an interface to the “world
outside” (other modules)… =)
- Added missing key: Escape
- Now repositions automatically on screen resolution change
- Change: “!jkSwitchTo” is now “!jukeysSwitchTo” – just like
all the other bangs
- Change: A background bitmap now has precedence over
background colour, like in all other LiteStep modules…
- Fixed: Everything (?) is updated on !Refresh now
- Fixed: Multi-modifier hotkeys wasn’t displayed correcly in
the popup menu
- Fixed: jukeysFontFace wasn’t working
- Fixed: Switching to a non-existing group was possible
- Fixed: Bang scripting (!execute [command1][command2]… )
now works
- Included a background bitmap, an error sound and a
jukeys.rc configuration file
- Cleaned up the code, added more comments (source to be
released soon!)
url – http://www.desktopian.org
e-mail – qwilk@desktopian.org
(source: qwilk via e-mail)
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[ Web Sites ]
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- Interface Workshop Has A New Look ~ philsci(9:59 08.02 na)
How I missed this I’m not sure, sorry philsci. IW has
a new look and is now located in a new directory. Same
great insight, just a fancy new look. Check it out.
url – http://www.interq.or.jp/jupiter/philsci/iw-html-01
(source: http://www.interq.or.jp/jupiter/philsci/iw-html-01
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[ Programs ]
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- ShellON 2.20 ~ delusional (11:00 05.02 na)
ShellON is a full feature shell/boot manager that boasts
a ton of useful features.
New in this version:
- The ‘Set xxx As Shell’ button now works! (I’m sure it used
to, but then I noticed it didn’t…:)
- All file names written as shells are shortened to 8.3 file
names, as this is required by Windows.
- Double clicking the shell list now acts as ‘Log Off and
Load’ button does.
- Icons in Shell List.
- Shell List Popup Menu.
- Different Views for Shell List.
- New About screen and Launcher screens. Now much cooler!
- Removed Advanced and Basic Interfaces – more confusing than
helpful.
- Increased the delay before icons are made transparent at
startup, so they usually are now.
- Improved the Wallpaper folder checking procedure. It should
be quite a lot faster now, as it only does one pass rather
than one for each file type.
- Altered layout of Wallpaper list tab (slightly), larger
preview image now.
url – http://delusional.psionstyle.co.uk/shellon/
e-mail – ezines.mike@virgin.net
(source: delusional via e-mail)
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- SharpMP3 0.08a ~ kaiden (11:09 05.02 se)
While this is primarily an mp3 player for SharpE, it can be
a stand alone player. It is pretty simple now but looks
like it will be a great addition to SharpE.
url – http://sharpe.ninthstar.net/
e-mail – kaiden@sharpeshell.com
(source: http://sharpe.ninthstar.net/)
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[ Misc ]
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- Hotline Control 1.0 ~ Visigoth (9:32 08.02 na)
This program is for allowing Hotline to run under alternative
shells. Thats all it does, but it does is masterfully.
url – http://floach.pimpin.net/visigoth
e-mail – gandhimail@worldnet.att.net
(source: LS Mailing List ~ Hotline Users: Rejoice!)
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- Bryan Spruces Up The Mailing Lists ~ Bryan Kilian (10:10 09.02 na)
Bryan, list owner of the LS and Stuff mailing lists, has
hacked up some new features for the lists. He is now
indexing the lists every 6hrs, has added a better search
engine, new stats, and a host of other useful thing.
url – http://wuzzle.org/list/
e-mail – bryan@wuzzle.org
(source: LS Mailing List ~ Some changes)
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[ Latest Builds ]
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- LiteStep
o 24.6 build 010201
o http://builds.litestep.net/builds/ls-0246-dev-20010102.zip
- geOShell
o 4.6.5a
o http://news.geoshell.com/Plugins/Download/geoshellr465a.zip
- PureLS
o 012201
o http://www.purels.org/binaries/01-01-28r.zip
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[ Programs ]
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- BadSEAL 0.52 ~ Bad Sector (13:22 05.02 sel)
BadSEAL is the most complete SEAL distro out there. It has
a hord of configuration features and programs.
Note: This is only an update, you must have BadSEAL 0.5
installed.
New in this version:
- Ability to change colors, style of menus, taskbar position,
‘bad seal’ menu icons, close/minimize/maximize/bad seal
menu icons.
- You can add background images to title bar.
- You can do many combinations to change Bad Seal’s interface
as you like it.
url – http://www.badseal.org
e-mail – michalopoylos@hotmail.com
(source: http://www.badseal.org)
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[ Latest Builds ]
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- SEAL
o 1.0E
o http://michalopoylos.tripod.com/seal/s1e-disk.zip
- V2_OS
o 0.70
o ftp://vp.dyn.dhs.org/0.70/v2_os.img
- AtheOS
o 0.3.1
o http://www.atheos.cx/download/list.php3?0.3.1
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-= Beyond the Specifics =-
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[ Programs ]
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- dCD and dRun
delusional, the coder of ShellON, has whipped up two new programs.
dCD is a tiny 225kb cd player and dRun is a 240kb floating
run application. Both take up almost no memory and are very
useful.
url – http://delusional.psionstyle.co.uk/
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