If you would like to unsubscribe from XSWeekly at any time, simply send an e-mail to xsweekly-unsubscribe@wuzzle.org and you will be removed. XSWEEKLY Shell Related News 15.07.00 - 21.07.00 ------------------------------------------------- Yet another bad week for me. I have been redoing my scripts trying in vain to figure out why they are not working. In theory they should be working without a hitch, but there not. Because of this the letter never gets uploaded when its supposed to and I have to wait till Monday to send it out. Anyway, I have been wanting to go off on a huge rant about something but am going to hold off until I can take the time to talk to a few people. What I have been pissed about hasn't changed and if you read this weekly, you probably know what I am talking about. Instead of ranting off like I usually do and getting slammed by everyone for not doing some investigating first, I am going to do some investigating first this time then rant. This way I will have all the facts straight when I run my sword though. - demigod ---------- [ Mail Bag ] ---------- This weeks mailbag question is: What is the main reason that you use a shell/alt os? ----------- [ Spotlight ] ----------- - PixolPod This is a wallpaper site that also houses the shellmanager bootman. He has up 153 of his own wallpapers which are very interesting. Bootman is one of the best shellmanagers out there as it allows for an unlimited number of shells to be booted and supports for games and any other exe to be loaded as the shell. url - http://www.dtop.org/pixolpod ................................................. -= Shell Specific =- ................................................. ------------------ [ Top News Stories ] ------------------ - CodeX Is Released (10:45 17.07 cx) "A new shell is out there! It is called CodeX, it's been around for a couple months now! It is still in beta but it is very stable. The first non-beta release is scheduled for September! "CodeX is a programmable shell that runs in Windows 95/98/NT and 2000. It uses the Sun's TCL language as the programming language. It comes with the following: - Complete syntax highlighting text editor. - Complete file manager. - Visual form builder. (RAD) - System tray. - Virtual Window Manager. - Task manager. - Themes support. - OLE support. - Desktop with shortcut icons. - Easy and fast popup menu system configured with a single file. - CPU monitor. - Zoomer. - Mini-calculator. - Clipboard viewer. - System information. - Mini cd player. - Quick run module. - Console. - And many many more... "Everything that you see on screen is fully configurable using TCL (Tool Command Language). You can also develop your own modules with Delphi. You can also easily extend the programming language (TCL) by adding new functions to the engine." *Editors Note* I am adding CodeX to the list of shells I report on as of September, its official non-beta release. url - http://pages.infinit.net/funktion/codex e-mail - adeschenes@megadata.com (source: Alain Deschenes via Submission Form) +-------<*>-------+ - State Of Shells (10:35 19.07 na) Recently, a discussion about the state of shells has taken over the mailing list and some of the major shell sites. It seems that because of a really horrible review by a site has sparked off yet another round of how to improve documentation, themeing, etc for shells. Two very good rants to read are on tin omen's site. Stop on over there and give it a read. url - http://www.desktopian.org +-------<*>-------+ - WhiteShadow Releases His Source Code (10:28 21.07 na) While hopping around the sites I came across this little gem at WhiteShadows place. It seem that he has released the source to all this modules. I love seeing this. Stop on over and see whats up for grabs. url - http://www.muohio.edu/~changty/ e-mail - changty@muohio.edu (source: http://www.muohio.edu/~changty/) --------- [ Modules ] --------- - pcp_volume ~ pcppopper (11:58 19.07 ls) "This module deals with windows volume controlling system. It is loosely based on v_bang.dll by blackhawk. However, his module has more useless (in my opinion =) stuff than mine and is written in delphi (you should be ashamed =P), whereas mine is written in 'ansi' c (wohoo for purels). I only have 32 megs of ram so every kb counts, (v_bang.dll = 22.016b, pcp_vol.dll = 6.144b). url - http://floach.pimpin.net e-mail - da.box@home.se (source: +-------<*>-------+ - Mousehide 1.1 ~ Pavel (10:23 21.07 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." New in this version: - Added MouseHideStartupDelay - Added MouseHideStartupSound (to aid setup of correct startup delay) - Do hide after key-up event only, ignore key-down. Solves key+drag bug. - Do not hide mouse while mouse button is down (timed hide during mouse drag) - Added *MouseHideIgnore - experimental url - http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel/ e-mail - pavel.vitis@seznam.cz (source: http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel/) ----------- [ Web Sites ] ----------- - WIWIKALS Opens To The Tune Of Ranting ~ Craig Eliason (10:50 21.07 ls) "As you know, jugg recently called the 'tweeners of the LiteStep community (between programmers and newbies) to help fill the documentation void for LiteStep. I am exactly one of those people, and he has inspired me to put together what I've been considering doing for a while now. "It is a new site called WIWIKALS. That stands for What I Wish I'd Known About LiteStep. The idea is to have experienced LiteSteppers contribute the wisdom they picked up only through their experience so that more novice users can benefit. The result might be a bit random, but it should fill some holes in the documentation gap." url - http://www.rci.rutgers.edu/~eliason/litestep.htm e-mail - eliason@eden.rutgers.edu (source: Craig Eliason via e-mail) ---------- [ Programs ] ---------- - Bootman 1.4 ~ Pixol (10:53 21.07 na) "Bootman is simply a shell boot manager. There are many features of bootman including customizable splashlogos + sound, unlimited number of shells or any exe file you wish to add.. I have all my games added so I do not have to boot into explorer each time I want to play, easy configuration, crash protection, neat startup animation, perfect ui and other neat features." New in this version: - Adds much better uninstall support, fixes configuration problems, install problems fixed. url - http://www.dtop.org/pixolpod e-mail - pixol@hotmail.com (source: http://floach.pimpin.net) --------------- [ Latest Builds ] --------------- - 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 4.6.4a o http://news.geoshell.com/Plugins/Download/geoshellr464a.zip - PureLS o 052900 o http://209.46.69.134/purels/binaries/00-05-29r.zip ................................................. -= Alt OS Specific =- ................................................. --------------- [ Latest Builds ] --------------- - 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 .................................... --------------- [ Mailing Lists ] --------------- - 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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