24.06.00 – 30.06.00
Another week rolls by and the community seems to have quieted
down quite a bit. This is more than likely due to alot of people going
home for the summer. This is always a nice lull in the normal chaotic
world of the shell community. On any given week it seems that one
community or another is up in arms about something and things get a
bit weird for a good period of time. What amazes me though is that
the smaller alt os communities don’t seem to go through this. Although
I could be wrong, it seems that everything is either kept underwraps
and away from the general user or there is no blowout like the win32
shell community seems to have. Maybe we can take a page from their
book the next time something starts to get out of hand and just either
keep it between the parties that are having the problem or just quit
fighting altogether.
- demigod
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-= Shell Specific =-
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[ Top News Stories ]
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- Changes.txt Fixed (12:54 26.06 ls)
Seems as if the changes.txt for the LiteStep cvs has finally
been fixed. Thanks go out to Bryan for that one. Does that
man ever sleep?
url – http://rucus.ru.ac.za/~litestep/builds/changes.txt
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)
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- A Different Shade Sourcecode Archive ~ Asperon (11:10 27.06 na)
Asperon has decided to put up a sourcecode archive of his
work. On his site he states that because of all the help
he has gotten from other archives, he now wishes to give
something back.
url – http://home.student.uu.se/c/cace4851/
e-mail – asperon@home.se
(source: http://home.student.uu.se/c/cace4851/)
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- SmartAlec At It Again (11:23 27.06 ds)
This time SmartAlec is packaging DarkStep in the 2000 package.
While they have permission to do this as long as “We do not
provide support for it and it remains freeware.” we at the
DS Headquaters are setting up some help for SmartAlec users.
url – http://www.smartalec2000.com/
(source: http://www.darkstep.com)
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[ Modules ]
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- hotspots 0.52 ~ Pavel (12:39 26.06 ls)
“With Hotspots you can define transparent rectangular areas on
the screen called “hotspots”. You will get ability to trigger
events (execute programs or !bangs) on mouse over, or on mouse
click. You can also attach different cursor shape to each
hotspot.”
New in this version:
- Added ‘P’ flag
- Added ability to load custom mouse-over cursors from
file (.CUR, .ANI), added HotSpotCursorDir variable
- Added 18 new click+shiftkey actions
- Some sample cursors
%%UPDATE%% (10:23 30.06)
- Bugfix: action_out was not properly disabled when “D” flag
was used
- Added ‘O’ (OneInstance) flag
- Added experimental feature – Hotspots are disabled when any
application is running fullscreen. It should prevent
conflicts with some games
url – http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel
e-mail – pavel.vitis@seznam.cz
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel)
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- cdtray 1.1 ~ Pavel (12:43 26.06 ls)
cdtray.dll is a simple module that has three functions: eject,
close, and toggle. These are achieved via bang commands.
New in this version:
- Improved mechanism of !CDTrayToggle
url – http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel
e-mail – pavel.vitis@seznam.cz
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel)
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- SysColor 2.2 ~ Message (12:59 26.06 ls)
SysColor allows you to change your system color.
New in this version:
- Fixed problem with RGB and BGR colors being confused (thanx
qwilk for pointing it out)
- Added SCLoadSection
url – http://www.litestep.net
e-mail – message@litestep.net
(source: http://www.litestep.net)
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- LSCount 1.3 ~ MrJukes (13:02 26.06 ls)
LSCount is a small module that sends a chunk of data to
FPN and logs how many people use LiteStep. Not only that, but
you can have your number displayed on your desktop.
New in this version:
- Added LSCountBgImage: Use this to display an image for the
background. If this is not present, LSCount just paints the
desktop (There is no magic pink(tm) support for this (yet?)
- Added bang commands: !LSCountShow, !LSCountHide,
!LSCountToggle, !LSCountGetCount
%%UPDATE%% (10:35 27.06)
- Hopefully fixed the problem where it crashes PureLS (and
possibly some litestep crashes too).
url – http://www.cs.purdue.edu/homes/anders/lscount
e-mail -mrjukes@purdue.edu
(source: http://www.litestep.net)
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- Onidle 1.0 ~ Pavel (10:04 28.06 ls)
This module allows execution of program / !bang command after
defined period of user inactivity.
url – http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel
e-mail – pavel.vitis@seznam.cz
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel)
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- LiteCQ 2 ~ Ender (10:03 30.06 ls)
LiteCQ (recently LSIcq) is a litestep module that allows
for most ICQ functionality.
New in this version:
- Reorganised the source a bit, and in the process discovered
a few ‘logic’ (eg, program flow) bugs.
- Corrected the ‘!IcqRead w/o waiting messages’ crash
- Fixed up some stuff (eg, neg coords)
- Started to implement basic contact-list code as a popup or
dropdown box. It’s not exactly usable yet, but the bonus is
if you add a person to your list, and they send you a
message, you at least see their name instead of a number
- Added Socks support
- Fixed some theming problems
- Added systray support.
- Added !ICQReply
- Fixed ‘message ordering’ bug
url – http://floach.pimpin.net
e-mail – ender@purels.org
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)
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[ Web Sites ]
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- LS Commands moves… again (12:56 26.06 ls)
Once again LS Commands moves, this time to litestep.com. This
site is jam packed with just about every command for every
module ever coded for LiteStep. If it’s not there, e-mail him
and it soon will be.
url – http://www.litestep.com/lscommands/
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)
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- DarkStep.com Back (14:29 26.06 ds)
Got an IM from Fahim that darkstep.com is back. I knew this
would be up and running soon as litestep.com is back up and
they are hosted on the same box. Good to see these domains
back. Stop on by and show your support.
url – http://www.darkstep.com
(source: Fahim via IM)
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[ Programs ]
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- bootman 1.1.12 ~ pixol (10:40 27.06 na)
Bootman is a shell loading program that can support upto 100
shells, applications, and/or games. I also has optional bootup
sound, crash implementation, customizable boot logo,and easy
configuration with drag and drop support
New in this version:
- Drag and drop finally now works
- Errors loading bug has been fixed
- Crash Implementation is now fully implemented, will be
improved upon in future releases.
- Added another splashlogo
- Modified defshell placement
url – http://www.dtop.org/pixolpod/
e-mail – pixol@hotmail.com
(source: http://floch.pimpin.net)
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- ShellON v2 ~ Mike Rhodes (10:47 27.06)
A shell loader for Win9x/NT/W2K. It appears to have some
plug-ings for geOShell also. Because it only available in
an install shield format and the features page isn’t there
this is the only info I have on it.
url – http://home.freeuk.com/shellon/
e-mail – webmaster@shellon.cjb.net
(source: http://www.desktopian.org)
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- Shell Logon 0.2 ~ Grant Stanley (10:54 27.06 na)
Shell Logon replaces the Windows 2000/NT4 logon screen. It
currently allows you to logon to the local computer or a
domain, as well as being able to select the shell your going
to use at logon instead of changing the registry, and then
re-logging on, or using another program which doesn’t allow
you to select the shell on the same screen.
url – http://www.uranium238.co.uk/
e-mail – Grant@Uranium238.co.uk
(source: http://www.desktopian.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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[ Programs ]
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- SealScript 0.01 ~ Bad Sector (10:23 29.06 sel)
SealScript is a scripting engine for SEAL. As of right now,
only console commands are supporting.
url – http://michalopoylos.tripod.com/seal.html
e-mail – michalopoylos@hotmail.com
(source: http://pub8.ezboard.com/bsealsystem
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[ Web Sites ]
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- Dthwlkr.com Open (15:41 26.06 sel)
“I have finally gotten dthwlkr.com as my domain. I am now in
the process of updating my pages so that they work from
dthwlkr.homestead.com. That is where all the pages are stored.
“Source that has been published so far.
- Disk Commander
- Editor
- HPage
- SmallDIT
- WatchDog”
url – http://www.dthwlkr.com
(source: http://pub8.ezboard.com/bsealsystem)
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- Soylent Green Moves (10:31 29.06 v2)
Soylent Green, a GUI interface for V2_OS has moved to a
new server at http://soylentgreen.newmail.ru/. They also
have a source download for the Canvas module.
url – http://soylentgreen.newmail.ru/
e-mail – murina@sci.fi
(source: http://www.v2os.cx/~stalin/index.html)
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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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-= Beyond the Specifics =-
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[ Tweaking ]
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- Changing the Internet Explorer Title Bar
As you can tell I love simple reg hacks. This one will allow you
to change the IE title bar from saying Microsoft Internet Explorer
to what ever you want. Now, I know alot of the reghack sites say
to goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE but for me that does not work. So on
with this hack.
Step 1 – Open Regedit (Start, Run, Redegit)
Step 2 – By clicking the +’s get to this entry:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Internet Explorer\Main
Step 3 – Within this key find the entry “Window Title”. If it does
not exist, click on Edit -> New -> String Value, and create
a new string called Window Title.
Step 4 – Change the value of “Window Title” to what ever you would
like your IE title bar to say. To do this click on
Edit -> Modify.
Step 5 – Close the registry editor and your good to go. No reboot
needed.
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[ Intresting ]
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- Zebulun.org
Zebulun is another in the long line of E/N sites but it is one
of the few I visit daily. There odd twist on life and hoard of
interesting links makes it worth the visit. They have a nice,
clean interface and no banner adds. Take a few mins out of
your busy life and check it out. You will not be disappointed.
url – http://www.zebulun.org
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[ Programs ]
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- Open Trap
Saw this little diddy on Shell City and thought it would be
great for all the time you get the “Cannot find X dll” error.
This looks like a must have for people who run shells.
From Shell City:
“When you try to launch an application and get a message such
as “Can’t find foo.bar or one of its components,” you can稚
tell what file is missing. OpenTrap solves this problem. It
logs which files were successfully accessed and which were
not. It also can eavesdrop on file close functions to help you
track the time spent working on particular files.”
url – http://hotfiles.zdnet.com/cgi-bin/texis/swlib/hotfiles/info.html?fcode=000OD1
(source: http://www.shellcity.net)
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[ Mailing Lists ]
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- LiteStep
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- 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
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To unsubscribe, e-mail: darkstep-unsubscribe@egroups.com
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