08.07.00 – 14.07.00
Not only did my script fail to send this to my home system
again, but it was a really slow week. Sorry for the smallness of this
letter but I just want to try and get it out and start on this weeks.
So without further ado and other cliche’s….
demigod
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[ Mail Bag ]
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This weeks mailbag question is: (still)
What other OS’s besides Windows have you tried? What made it
better/worse?
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[ Spotlight ]
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- Interface Workshop ~ Takayuki Kawamoto (aka philsci)
This is a japanese/english shell site, although it is
highly geared towards LiteStep. He has links to english and
japanese site, listing of japanese modules, and other general
news.
url – http://www.interq.or.jp/jupiter/philsci/porch_workshop/workshop_index.htm
e-mail – philsci@jupiter.interq.or.jp
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[ Top News Stories ]
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- State of the Step: The Game Is Afoot ~ Headius (11:27 12.09 ls)
Looks as if Headius has send out another State of the Step.
This time he goes into the down time of the coders, more
looking into the future, an installer, new primary theme,
new core vwm, his interview for Wired, and other topics.
url – http://www.xsweekly.com/state-071100.txt
(source: LS Mailing List ~ State of the Step: The Game Is Afoot.)
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[ Modules ]
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- TextEdit 1.41 ~ WhiteShadow (13:03 09.07 ls)
“This is a small module that can be used to edit text files.
It could be useful in allowing you to edit your step.rc file
on the fly. However, it could also be very dangerous if used
on the wrong file.”
New in this version:
- Fixed the error using ^” in textreplace.
url – http://www.muohio.edu/~changty/
e-mail – changty@muohio.edu
(source: http://www.muohio.edu/~changty/)
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- LsBox 1.7.1 ~ BlackHawk (13:11 09.07 ls)
“LsBox is a skinable easy to customize and resource-friendly
alternative to the “normal” shortcutgroups for a number of
applications like freefloating menus, messageboxes and
configuration dialogs.”
New in this version:
- Added native support for Wharfmodules
- Added native support for displaying Text
- Added !LsBoxShow and !LsBoxHide
- Paths are now handled relative to the Litestep Path.
- Trying to call !LsBoxCreate for an already created unique
hidden window will automatically call !LsBoxShow
- LsBoxX and LsBoxY can now have negative values
- Fixed the all-tooltips-show-last-tooltip-text bug
- Removed the LsBoxstatistics bang – wasn’t worth the trouble
%%UPDATE%% (11:22 12.07)
- Fixed “cannot load lsbox.dll” error in win95.
url – http://www.blkhawk.de
e-mail – blkhawk@blkhawk.de
(source: LS Mailing List ~ *** LsBox 1.7 released ***)
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- geOCommand 1.0 ~ Daij-Djan (13:20 09.07 geo)
geOCommand is a command line module that allows you to
quickly launch programs or open folders.
New in this version:
- Improved history
- User defined aliases
- Nicer look and feel (drag and drop…)
- Added history support.
- Added history limitation, max. entries to store.
- Added history filter, only store succeeded commands.
- Improved command execution function
url – http://news.geoshell.com
e-mail – sms@slavin.org
(source: http://news.geoshell.com)
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- Mousehide 1.0 ~ Pavel (10:14 10.07 ls)
“This module automatically hides mouse cursor after defined
count of keystrokes or after mouse inactivity, so the cursor
does not cover typed text. After any mouse activity the cursor
is automatically revealed.”
url – http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel/
e-mail – pavel.vitis@seznam.cz
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel/)
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[ Misc ]
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- PureLS Option Pack Update ~ jugg (13:17 09.07 pls)
jugg has updated the PureLS option pack with two of Maduin’s
older mods. This update includes pause.dll, which is a module
that will allow a pause to take place after executing a command,
and wallpaper.dll, which is a standard wallpaper changing
program.
url – http://www.purels.org
e-mail – jugg@purels.org
(source: http://www.purels.org)
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[ Latest Builds ]
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- LiteStep
o 24.6 build 061000
o http://builds.litestep.net/builds/06-10-2000.zip
- DarkStep
o 0.971
o http://www.darkstep.com/files/DarkStep971.zip
- geOShell
o 4.6.2
o http://news.geoshell.com/Plugins/Download/geoshellr462.zip
- PureLS
o 052900
o http://209.46.69.134/purels/binaries/00-05-29r.zip
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[ Latest Builds ]
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- SEAL
o 1D (042900)
o http://www.home.sk/public/seal/sealexe.zip
- V2_OS
o 0.63.2a
o http://www.v2os.cx/downloads/dl_system.htm
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[ Mailing Lists ]
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- LiteStep
To subscribe, e-mail: litestep-subscribe@litestep.ru.ac.za
To unsubscribe, e-mail: litestep-unsubscribe@litestep.ru.ac.za
Additional commands, e-mail: litestep-help@litestep.ru.ac.za
- Stuff
To subscribe, e-mail: stuff-subscribe@litestep.ru.ac.za
To unsubscribe, e-mail: stuff-unsubscribe@litestep.ru.ac.za
Additional commands, e-mail: stuff-help@litestep.ru.ac.za
- DarkStep
To subscribe, e-mail: darkstep-subscribe@egroups.com
To unsubscribe, e-mail: darkstep-unsubscribe@egroups.com
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