26.08.00 – 01.09.00

I was going to take this space this week to lay into Message for blowing
up at me on the LS Mailing list.  I really have alot of ammo to unload on him
to but…. I have decided against it because dragging this out in a public
forum will accomplish nothing except more of the same.

At this point, there is actually alot of visible progress going on not
only in the core, but in documentation and other various aspects of LiteStep.
This is one of the few times that I have been impressed by what is going on.
I have personally spoken to some of the dev team and have seen first hand alot
of the documentation being created and some of the programs being written to
further the ease of use of LiteStep.

What I would like to do now is to ask everyone who has any type of
problem with LS, the team, the webmaster, to write up lists of things that you
think are wrong or need improvement or anything else, and mail them to me.
This will be much more production then us sitting around laying into each other
because we have opposing views.  I myself have taken up some of that cause and
come up with my own lists of things that I am passing along to others.

I know that I am infamous for starting trouble but this week I would
rather promote progress than a fight.  I will not apologies for what I have
said in the past or about how I feel about certain people but I will not drag
it out here or on the list.  Take a note from me, if you have a problem with
someone, take it to them personally and not in a public forum, please.

- demigod

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[ Mail Bag ]
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This weeks mailbag question is (again):

What one thing would you like to see done differently in a shell?

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[ Spotlight ]
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- LiteStep Commands

This site has the commands for over 200 LiteStep modules.  Not
only that but it also has a brief explanation on what each is.
This is a must visit site.  Whether your a new user or a seasoned
veteran looking for a command, this is the site to goto.

http://help.litestep.com

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[ Top News Stories ]
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- State of the Step 08-28-2000 ~ Headius (10:08 29.08 ls)

Another State of the Step hits the list.  This time Headius
tackles Documentation or the lack there of, Build Stability,
Themes, and a ton of other stuff.  If you into LiteStep,
this is worth the read.

url – http://www.xsweekly.com/state/state-082800.txt

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- LS2K Gets Some Help (9:42 31.08 ls)

Looks like Azathoth has shuffled himself around once again
and is now helping jalist with LS2K.  Head on over and
check out the layout, its looking good.

url – http://www.ls2k.org
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)

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[ Modules ]
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- jKey ~ jugg (9:39 29.09 pls)

“jKey.dll”is off the same idea as the LiteStep Hotkey.dll
module. However, I’ve pretty much rewritten it from scratch
(tho if you do compare code, you can see I was looking at the
hotkey source when I wrote it). Its completely cleaned up.
All memory is dynamically allocated, and a bunch of new
options to tweak its use.”

url – http://jugg.logicpd.com/index.html
e-mail – jugg@earthling.net
(source: http://jugg.logicpd.com/index.html)

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- tasks .90 ~ jugg (9:41 29.08 pls)

Tasks.dll is the ever popular task manager for LiteStep and
pureLS.  It is a very configurable task manager allowing for
placement of tasks anywhere on your desktop, skinnability,
and a myriad of other options.

New in this version:

- Added TasksSetTimer
- Fixed memory corruption when no task tiles were displayed.
- Fixed resource leak when a Tile had both a custom bitmap
and icon defined for it.
- Fixed code from loading a custom icon when a custom bitmap
was already loaded for the same Tile.

url – http://jugg.logicpd.com/index.html
e-mail – jugg@earthling.net
(source: http://jugg.logicpd.com/index.html)

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[ Web Sites ]
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- DarkStep.net back online ~ maaneeack (9:55 30.08 ds)

DarkStep.net is back.  maaneeack has finally gotten control
of it again and uploaded the site.  It has a totally new
look from the old ds.net and to me feels a bit more user
friendly.

url – http://www.darkstep.net
(source: maaneeack via irc)

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- LS Commands Moves Again ~ KSR (9:45 31.08 ls)

Yes again LSCommands gets a new url, this time its a vhost
at litestep.com.  This is a tremendous site, it has the
command list for 124 different LS mods along with
explanations.  This is a must visit site.

url – help.litestep.com
e-mail – krabourn@bigfoot.com
(source: http://floach.pimpin.net)

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- LSPortal Back ~ c0mrade (9:19 01.09 ls)

This is THE place for LS related links.  Jorje had originally
started this site on chunkymunky along with modulo and ran
out of time to keep it up.  After he had given it over to me
I too ran out of time and handed it over to c0mrade.  It looks
like he has come through and once again LSPortal is back,
hopefully this time to stay.

url – http://links.litestep.net
(source: Topic in #litestep)

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[ Programs ]
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- TweakgUI v3 ~ Vish (10:29 29.08 geo)

“I wrote this little utility to avoid firing up Regedit
every time I wanted to change a setting in geOShell. I wanted
it to be a mini Regedit with the Root Branch as
HKCU\geO\geOShell but that was gonna take some time & this
approach seemed better after I saw Cloud9ine & Xion’s Config
modules.”

url – http://members.rediff.com/Vishk/tweakgui.htm
e-mail – Vishk@Rediffmail.com
(source: http://news.geoshell.com)

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- Carapace 1.5 PR2b ~ Pixol (9:53 01.09 na)

Carapace is a shell swapping program.  It boats a number of
very useful features such as supporting an unlimited number
of shells, dynamic shell swapping, and crash protection to
name a few.

New in this version:

- Installer fixes.
- Caratask can now be executed at any time, and terminate any
task.
- Caratask UI modified for the better.
- Help file to reflect the new changes.
- Activex 429 bug fixed.

url – http://www.dtop.org/pixolpod/
e-mail – pixol@hotmail.com
(source: http://www.dtop.org)

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[ Latest Builds ]
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- LiteStep
o 24.6 build 082900
o http://builds.litestep.net/builds/08-29-2000.zip

- DarkStep
o 0.971
o http://www.darkstep.com/files/DarkStep971.zip

- geOShell
o 4.6.5a
o http://news.geoshell.com/Plugins/Download/geoshellr465a.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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- Allegro 3.12 (10:47 31.08 sel)

After 6 months of no new builds, Allegro, the code lib for
SEAL has been updated.  Head on over and grab the new copy
if you code at all for SEAL.

url – http://www.talula.demon.co.uk/allegro/
(source: http://pub8.ezboard.com/bsealsystem)

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- Bad SEAL 0.4 ~ Bad Sector (9:39 01.09 sel)

Bad SEAL is a redistribution of SEAL with a lot of addons
and other GUI updates by Bad Sector.

New in this version:

- Multiuser support from 0.4a (due to several problems)
    - New programs
        CALC.EXE
CLOCK.EXE
        RUN.EXE
        WATCHDOG.EXE
    - Programming tutorial
    - Console mode
    - Package system fixup
    - New SEALCMDI
    - Tools for easiest message translation
    - COPY fixup
    - Less memory needed
    - JumpyLoader added
    - minor bugfixes
    - minor additions

url – http://michalopoylos.tripod.com/seal/index.html
e-mail – michalopoylos@hotmail.com
(source: http://pub8.ezboard.com/bsealsystem)

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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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[ Programs ]
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- Win32AimAd 0.1

Noticed this link on Whiteshadows page.  Its a program that
strips the adds off of AIM.  It looks to be a C port of the
VB6 program AimAd.  Although it isn’t complete and still has
a few bugs (like resizing aim gets a bit strange) it’s a nice
program none the less.

url – http://gena01.lk.net/prog/win32aimad.shtml

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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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