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. You can e-mail me at demigod@xsweekly.com with any questions, suggestions, etc. XSWEEKLY Shell Related News 09.12.00 - 15.12.00 ------------------------------------------------- Ok, it seems that dTop (chunkymunky) has been taken over by another company. Now, this shouldn't be a bad thing except they striped all the links that where there AND killed all the hosting with NO WARNING! Not only was I hosted there, but so was Pixol and Killarny. What kind of way is this to conduct business in this community?? Now that site that I had hosted on dTop is totally gone. They have blow the directories out completely. This type of action is total bull. What gives them the right to take MY work and just delete it without first informing me that this would be taking place?? They don't even own the box that its on, Eye Media does. All they have is the name and the space to use now. I have written to them and asked them what is going on and if I could have my site back. I have yet to receive a reply. Before, we rallied around to help out Yaso try and save chunkymunky from that waco woman who owned chunkymonkey. Now I ask you to boycott dTop and show the moroffs who have taken over what its like to just stomp in and take over. Screw these people and their lack of ethics. On a sadder note, I have removed DarkStep from XSWeekly. As Fahim has give the code over to azathoth and he will be changing the name, DarkStep is no longer being coded. I really enjoyed reporting on DarkStep for the time that it was around, and I really hope that azathoth can take it to new heights. - demigod ---------- [ Mail Bag ] ---------- This weeks mailbag question is: Are there any other shells/os's you would like to see in XSWeekly? e-mail - mailbag@xsweely.com url - http://www.xsweekly.com/mail.html ----------- [ Spotlight ] ----------- - WIWIKALS What I Wish I'd Known About LiteStep has moved itself over to litestep.com This is a great site with user submitted tips and tricks. Stop on over if you are having a problem with something, or give over a tip or trick that you have learned. url - http://wiwikals.litestep.com ................................................. -= Shell Specific =- ................................................. ------------------ [ Top News Stories ] ------------------ - Mulvane Takes Over LSDev@FPN (10:34 13.12 ls) Mulvane has taken over compiling bleeding edge builds over at fpn. Because rootrider has been very busy lately, Mulvane stepped up to the plate to fill the gap. Great to see the community pull together like this! url - http://floach.pimpin.net/lsdev e-mail - mulvane@hotmail.com (source: Mulvane via IRC) +-------<*>-------+ - Community Cometary At Interface Workshop (9:16 14.12 na) Philsci has written up a very interesting piece on the Japanese shell community. What is really interesting about it though is that it really does pertain to just about every online community out there. This is worth the read. url - http://www.interq.or.jp/jupiter/philsci/porch_workshop/workshop_index.htm e-mail - philsci@jupiter.interq.or.jp (source: http://www.interq.or.jp/jupiter/philsci/porch_workshop/workshop_index.htm) --------- [ Modules ] --------- - LSWiz b4 ~ Message (10:25 13.12 ls) "AppWizard has created a lswiz DLL for you. This DLL is the starting point for writing your custom AppWizard. It demonstrates the basics of creating a custom AppWizard." New in this version: - Added option not to have comments added to generated source. - Fixed lswinbase not being added to generated project. - Fixed Window::Init() not being added to generated source. url - http://www.mindjunction.com/message/ e-mail - message@litestep.net (source: LS Mailing List ~ lswiz b4) +-------<*>-------+ - WharfX 0.5 ~ TrOgI (10:23 13.12 ls) "This is a modified wharf with many enhancements. Use wharfx.dll in place of wharf.dll. All settings are the same as the wharf except the new ones listed below." New in this version: - Added WharfX and WharfY step.rc settings. - Changed wharf shade/unshade to right-click on wharfcap instead of left. - Added folder tile pressing. - Added multiple Wharfs. - Modified bang commands to work with multiple wharfs. - Added nested subfolders (nest them as far as you want). url - http://desktopsource.mindjunction.com e-mail - crouson@inreach.com (source: LS Mailing List ~ WharfX b0.5!) ----------- [ Web Sites ] ----------- - Pigeon Module Repository ~ whytheluckystiff (10:36 13.12 ls) This site is a repository to compliment the :Pigeon Software and the LSD4P distro pack. Here you can search his repository for any module available. url - http://deathstar.eng.utah.edu/~kroford/930/pigeon/ e-mail - whytheluckystiff@mailcity.com (source: http://www.ls2k.org) ---------- [ Programs ] ---------- - :Pigeon Interactive Tool 0.2 ~ whytheluckystiff (10:40 13.12 ls) "The :Pigeon module is designed to automate the install of LiteStep modules and extensions. It includes some searching capabilities and knows how to use WinSock to fetch the raw data from the net." url - http://deathstar.eng.utah.edu/~kroford/930/pigeon/ e-mail - whytheluckystiff@mailcity.com (source: http://www.ls2k.org) ------ [ Misc ] ------ - LiteStep NewsGroup ~ ge0ph (10:16 14.12 ls) Seems like ge0ph has set up a LiteStep newsgroup off his server. Hopefully we can keep this one up and running this time. url - news://news.ge0ph.com/lightstep e-mail - ge0ph@ge0ph.com (source: http://www.litestep.net) --------------- [ Latest Builds ] --------------- - LiteStep o 24.6 build 112800 o http://builds.litestep.net/builds/ls-0246-dev-20001128.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 ................................................. -= Alt OS Specific =- ................................................. --------------- [ Latest Builds ] --------------- - SEAL o 1D (042900) o http://www.home.sk/public/seal/sealexe.zip - V2_OS o 0.70 o ftp://vp.dyn.dhs.org/0.70/v2_os.img - AtheOS o 0.3.0 o http://www.atheos.cx/download/list.php3?0.3.0 ................................................. -= Beyond the Specifics =- ................................................. ---------- [ Programs ] ---------- - YaLaMet (Yet Another Lame Menu Tool) Saw this little diddy over at litestep.net the other day. I downloaded it and found it to be very useful on my work machine. From the site: "What is YaLaMet? "Well - YaLaMet is a menutool, an easy and quick way to start application, without it taking up a lot of space. I deem that it will be of most use for people that do not like the desktop, that Microsoft gives us. "YaLaMet takes up very little space on your desktop, and it is basically just a dropdown-box, with items in it. And these items points to applications, pretty much like shortcuts - just without all that MS-crap" url - http://home.worldonline.dk/~kherkild/yalamet.html .................................... -------- [ Errata ] -------- In the interview with WareWolf, I mistook his reference to an apology to AZ as to azathoth. It should have been to AznRomeo. All contents Copyright (c) 1999-2000 XSWeekly. All rights reserved.