04.03.00 – 10.03.00
Another flame war on the mailing list, but this time, instead
of driving off the people who were the brunt of it, they packed up
and started there own mailing list. These people decided to do what
they wanted to do and are now getting together what could be a very
nice site. See, I just don’t understand why people flame for new
ideas. What is the point in that?? To scare them off so LS stays
the same forever? I thought that the point of LS being open source
was not only to keep it free, but for an influx of ideas to keep
changing the face of the program.
There was also a lot of back biting between a few people
who I won’t name. This was basically a personal war fought
out on the list. This is just a tad bit better than front web page
wars, but it seems to be scaring away newbies. This is not a good
thing, driving away new users to wage a personal war. Alot of it was
retaliating back to a previously said statement but… I think we
should start to keep this kind of thing off the list and sites. We
need these new users for many reasons ranging from new ideas to new
themes, and maybe even a new coder. I have ranted about this before
but I think it bears repeating. So please, next time someone starts
to flame you, e-mail them privately or msg them on IRC to resolve it.
- demigod
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TOP NEWS STORIES
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- Dev Team in search of a new LS Icon (4:08pm 07.03)
This should have been in last weeks but with me moving and
what not I seemed to have tripped up so I’m going to add
both bits here.
From message:
“If you are a gfx freak, here is your calling, Litestep needs
a new icon. Could it be yours? Send your Litestep icons to
us. (Not shortcut icons, we are looking for an icon to
replace the one associated with the Litestep executable)”
From Maduin:
“Just wanted to add some more details to Message’s post: The
icon must be in Windows .ico format. It should have both
16×16- and 32×32-pixel images (preferably also 48×48, but
that is no requirement [NXT]). To submit it, send it as an
attachment to lsdev@litestep.net and be sure to include your
name and email address.
“Have fun!”
url – http://lsdev.litestep.net
e-mail – lsdev@litestep.net
(source: http://lsdev.litestep.net)
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- State of the Step 3-8-2000 (1:36am 08.03)
Updated State of the Step by Headius. In this latest run
he covers dev status, COM, ActiveScripting, and a look at
version .25. I made a local copy of the e-mail here:
http://www.chunkymunky.com/lsweekly/state3-8-00.txt
e-mail – cnutter@windchill.com
(source: LS Mailing List ~ State of the Step 3/8/2000)
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MODULES
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- HatBangs 0.16 ~ Andrew Sutherland (2:48pm 07.03)
“Just wanted to let everyone know that I’ve made some
improvements to rDJ’s VariousBangs module, specifically to
add some multi-monitor support with a bonus pair of bangs
thrown in. I’ve re-dubbed it HatBangs so it could be
something other than the dubious ‘bangs.dll’
The changes are:
(Modified)
!ChangeRes <bitsperpixel> <width> <height> <monitor number>
<refresh rate>
(New)
!SetBookmark <0 through 9, inclusive>
!GotoBookmark <0 through 9, inclusive>
!SwapAppMonitor (noresize)”
%%UPDATE%% (9:15am 08.03)
- Now will load on NT4/95 systems. Multi-monitor features are
automatically disabled.
url – http://www.catgufu.org/projects/hatbangs.html
e-mail – sombrero@MIT.EDU
(source: LS Mailing List ~ HatBangs: Improved Version of …)
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- LSMousePos 0.6 ~ Infidel (2:55pm 07.03)
New bang commands:
!ToggleMPosDock - switch between docked mode and
cursor mode
!ToggleColorHex – switch between hex and decimal
color values
!ToggleColorDisplay – switch between colors with
coordinates, and just coordinates
New RC commands:
MousePosColorHex – start the display with hex, leave
out to start in decimal
MousePosColorDisplay – start with the color display
active
url – http://www.ncfweb.com/jasonv/lsmousepos.zip
e-mail – jasonv@ncfweb.net
(source: LS Mailing List ~ Module Update: LSMousePos)
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- mzscript 0.6 ~ (3:51pm 07.03)
Added !varadd
Added support for saving variables
Added !ifeval
Added more syntax on if bangs
Added support for custom rc-file
Added list functionality
Added var substitution
Added goto,gotoif and lable to script
Added some minor things
url – http://www.acc.umu.se/~macce
e-mail – macce@acc.umu.se
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)
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- LSNews 2.2 ~ MrJukes (4:03pm 07.03)
- Added Magic Pink (TM) support
Careful! This is real transparency we’re dealing with
people. It takes whatever area you specify to be
transparent and takes it completely out of the window.
I’d recommend only using it around the borders and
not behind the text.
- New step.rc commands:
- LSNewsHScrollbar
Adds a horizontal scrollbar when needed
- LSNewsVScrollbar
Adds a vertical scrollbar when needed
- Modified step.rc commands:
Changed LSNewsURL to *LSNewsURL
url – http://floach.pimpin.net
e-mail – mrjukes@purdue.edu
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)
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- LSRC 1.0 ~ Tzvetan Raikov (4:10pm 10.03)
“This module enables you to edit directly items of LiteStep
configuration file with !bang commands, it is usefull if you
create scripts of them with use of bscript.dll module. It is
also included in this archive.”
Features:
!rc-add – add a item to step.rc
!rc-set – changes the value of a item
!rc-del – deletes a item
!rc-enable – enables item by uncommentig it, if needs
!rc-disable – disables item by commentig it, if needs
!rc-toggle – toggles the state of a item
url – http://www.geocities.com/wchangerbg
e-mail – craikov@hotmail.com
(source: http://www.mindjunction.com)
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- BangScrip 1.0 ~ Tzvetan Raikov (4:14pm 10.03)
This is the module that is packaged with lsrc.dll. It
allows you to write bang scripts. The only function it
has is !bangscript, which runs the bang script you create
in a script.rc file.
url – http://www.geocities.com/wchangerbg
e-mail – craikov@hotmail.com
(source: packaged with LSRC)
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THEMES
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- CrystaLite ~ starfire (1:58pm 09.03)
“[Latest Update]:
Now requires build 06-03-2000 due to changes in step.rc.
Removed the startup screens since they bloated the zip.
[INITIAL RELEASE:]
This minimalistic theme is designed to preserve resources, as
well as being simple, useful and also a good theme for newbies
as well as for experienced users. It’s now been tested on all
resolutions from 640×480 to 1024×768 so it’s suitable for
laptop users as well. Everything is handled through popups or
hotkeys, and most of the bloatware modules have been banished
from this theme. It is essentially backdrop independent, I
just figured many of you’d like this backdrop… ;-) Comments
go to my mailbox…”
url – http://www.litestep.net
ss – http://www.litestep.net/themes/ss/cl-screen.jpg
e-mail – starfire@algonet.se
(source: http://www.litestep.net)
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WEB SITES
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- LSFAQ Updated With NT Section ~ Necro (4:22pm 07.03)
Yes, I know this is the Web Sites section, and this is a
FAQ but it has become an entire site. Now onto the news:
“The Litestep FAQ site has been updated with a new NT section.
Many thanks to Necro for his hard work on the FAQ. He states
that he would like you to email him all your questions/answers
for NT / 2000, because he doesn’t use NT, and needs some help
for putting things into the FAQ.”
url – http://floach.pimpin.net/lsfaq
e-mail – necro@eden.rutgers.edu
(source: http://www.mindjunction.com)
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- ShellExperts.com coming along (10:03am 10.03)
Well, as I have been lurking on the shellexperts mailing
list, it seems as if its coming along nicely. A prelim
site has been done up and its looking good imho. Keep
and eye out at shellexperts.com for this new site. It will
include a vast amount of theme tutorials and a more fair
theme rating system.
url – http://www.shellexperts.com
(source: SE Mailing List ~ no specific topic)
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- Blkhawk’s site moves to blkhawk.de ~ blkhawk (10:32am 10.03)
“First thing on my list today is my new homepage……
My homepage moved to a new location and I also registered the
domain blkhawk.de (for free btw). You can now reach my new
Homepage either at www.blkhawk.de or at blkhawk.cjb.net.
So check your bookmarks!”
url – http://www.blkhawk.de
e-mail – blkhawk@blkhawk.de
(source: LS Mailing List ~ my homepage, tilegen and other…)
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PROGRAMS
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- Tilegen2 b3 ~ blkhawk (10:29am 10.03)
“It is a useability fixed version and should be of more ease
of use than b2. B3 is pretty much final for the next couple
of months, since I only add a feature to tilegen when I need
it.”
url – http://www.blkhawk.de
e-mail – blkhawk@blkhawk.de
(source: LS Mailing List ~ my homepage, tilegen and other…)
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Tips
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- How to test daily builds
There is an article over at mindjunction by message on how to
test the new daily builds that seem to be giving everyone a
headache. Check it out at:
http://www.mindjunction.com/articles.php3?item=16&main=Articles
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Retro
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- vbwharf ~ ?? (April 19, 1998)
Well, seeing as no one has sent anything to me for this
section, I’ll throw out this program I found with no readme
or about box. I’m not sure who made it, what version it is,
anything. I’m getting the date off the zip. It seems to be
a vertical wharf written in VB and is somehow configurable
via a .rc file which is also not included. Check it out if
your intrested.
download – http://www.chunkymunky.com/lsweekly/retro/vbwharf.zip
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Latest Builds
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- Official – b24.5 build 030600
Modified [lsapi / Message / 03-05-2000]
o Added $LiteStepDir$ which is the path to litestep.
No longer need to define this in step.rc
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