If you would like to unsubscribe from LSWeekly at any time, simply "Reply" to this message with the word "Unsubscribe" in the subject line, your e-mail address in the body and I will remove you from the list. Stop by http://chunkymunky.com/lsweekly for past issues and other LSWeekly specific related news. Got some news? Wanna see it in LSWeekly? Well, shoot me a mail at demigod@meganet.net with the subject LSWeekly-News and ill post it in the letter. Got a complaint? Got a compliment? Got an idea? I'm open to all rants and raves. Send me a mail at demigod@meganet.net, any subject, and tell me what you think. LSWEEKLY LiteStep Related News 14.08.99 - 20.08.99 ---------------------------------------------------- Sleepy decided that I should add something personal in the begining of my newsletters ala Lockergnome style so here it is. Let me just start of by saying thanks to all the people so far who have suppored me in this little project. Without there help and support I don't think I would have created this. With that said, I think I'll bring up a subject that Maduin opened a while ago on the LS Mailing List. He replied to someone who had a mod idea and said something to the effect of "Quit saying 'This should be easy...' and just state your idea and we'll consider it". I have done some programming in the past and agree totally with this. If you start off your mail with "I can't code but...", DON'T add "This should be easy". How do you know it's easy if you cant code? Some of the easiest sounding ideas are the hardest to code. Just spit out your idea, and let fate decide the course of it (=. If it's made, great! If not, oh well. Either learn to code or try posting it to an idea site like Mindstorm for a wider audience. Ok, I need your input on this one. I was considering adding two new sections to the letter, TIPS and RUMORS. TIPS is pretty self explanitory, and RUMORS will be what I hear about development of b25 or later. Shoot me a mail at demigod@meganet.net and tell me if I should add either of them. - demigod --------------------------- TOP NEWS STORIES --------------------------- - LS Binaries get a new home Maduin has decided to start hosting new cvs binary builds on his site "until some other sites show up, I'll post devbuilds on my site at maduin.dasoft.org/ls. I'll only post them if something changes." url - maduin.dasoft.org/ls email - maduin@dasoft.org (source: LS Mailing List) - Fahim in need of computer parts (Repost) Even though I reported this in the last issue, I believe this bears repeating. Fahim, famed ls core coder, is in need of a new computer or computer parts. Jacob Hochstetler has donated to him a new HD but he still needs parts!! url - http://members.tripod.com/~Cyberian/LiteStep/LSDJ.htm e-mail - FahimF@email.com (source: LSDJ) - LiteStep on ZDTV's Screen Saver Thought y'all might find this interestind, I clipped it from the Screen Savers newsletter. That's a help show on ZDTV for you who don't know. "Jacob from Los Gatos, CA wanted to know about replacing Windows Explorer. In Windows, Explorer is the interface that you work with. This means you can replace Windows explorer with another interface, like Litestep. In the sys.ini file find the line with shell="where the shell exe resides" (i.e. shell=Explorer.exe) with where the litestep executable sits. Litestep is a Windows Explorer replacement interface available from Litestep.org. ..." (source: LS Mailing List/Granite Grey) - New LiteStep FAQ While idling in #ls_help efnet, necro posted about a new LiteStep FAQ. It spans more questions than I can possilbly mention here. Visit this site if you have any questions about LiteStep. Great job necro!! url - http://www.eden.rutgers.edu/~necro/litestep.txt source (#ls_help/necro) - LiteStep now has news groups "Just a note to let everyone know that LiteStep now has (for the first time ever!) its own news groups! Just point your favorite news client to news.emci.com and select the litestep... news group(s) you would like to join :) "There are currently six LiteStep news groups to chose from: .installation.help .steprc.help .modulesini.help .graphics.help .themes.design .themesrc.help "We hope these news groups will be a significant source for the LiteStep community as a whole, and yet another means of support {:-)" %%UPDATE%% There are now three additional LiteStep news groups on the news.emci.com news server: litestep.core.suggestions litestep.general.coding litestep.general.questions email - bob@litestep.com (source: LS Mailing List) --------------------------- MODULES --------------------------- - jDesk.dll .40 ~ jugg "Anyway, lots and lots of changes. I must ask you all to PLEASE read the documents, and go through the examples before contacting me for help. All the commands have changed. Nothing you currently use will work. That first release I did the other day was really just a gauge to see peoples interest. And, a lot of people where interested :) So, now I'm actively working on it, plus implementing all the commands like I want etc etc." url - http://aster.omega2.com/jugg/ email - jugg@earthling.net (source: LS Mailing List) - chronos 1.0 / 1.1 ~ Maduin "just released my latest module, chronos 1.0. as the name implies, it is a clock module. it can be used to display the date and time is any user specified format and can be placed on the LS desktop or in the wharf." %% UPDATE %% "just to let you know... chronos 1.1 is available new in this release is: - added ChronosFontShadowDepth - added support for hash modifier in format (eg, %#c) - added uptime support - added support for centibeats (%C) - added multiple format support and !ChronosNext - if !ChronosMove is invoked with no params, moves to mouse position - !ChronosMove can now specify width and height - bugfix: %c left out last character" url - http://www.dasoft.org/maduin email - maduin@dasoft.org (source: LS Mailing List) - sysVWM 6.2 ~ jugg "He has added a toggle for VWMInitialDesk, plus fixed some problems with the mouse cursor. He also fixed the bug where SysVWM would show on the ctrl-alt-del tasklist instead of Litestep. "Now, if you are confused, let me explain about VWMInitialDesk. This feature was actually included in 6.1, but I forgot to mention it in the docs, so I don't think anyone knew about it except jugg, since I told him. He built a toggle for it." url - http://www.chunkymunky.com/hosted/killarny/ email - jugg@earthling.net (source: jugg in #ls_help) - V_Bang 1.4 ~ Black Hawk "Got It.......8) Stupid me thinking that setting up Step.rc is the same as with Ini- files and the registry......... So i set up the Step.rc SetupRC(Step.rc) Read my Settings for V_bang *AND* CLOSED IT........CloseRC; {Maybe I should have read the sources *first* } closed it for all the other modules in fact..... Sooo...... get the fixed Version here: blkhawk.cjb.net/bin/V_bang14.zip "All those who had problems with V_bang....... Grab it .... now it should work ......" url - http://blkhawk.cjb.net/bin/v_bang13.zip email - blkhawk49@geocities.com (source: LS Mailing List) - AutoRun 1.0 ~ Visigoth "Upon conversing with jugg, I decided to whip up a small AutoRun module. (I guess I lost the bet - it does add up to 20K of code... hrmmm..) "Anyway, you can read more about it on my site. Note that this module is explicitly meant for users of jDesk. Using it with the original desktop.dll also loaded is not the best thing to do. "AutoRun requires the 8/17 build of lsapi.dll. If you have an older build, *nothing will happen* (the module won't load and you will most likely end up typing a message of the sort 'I tried your AutoRun.dll and followed the install instructions, but it doesn't seem to work...' to me)." url - http://home.att.net/~gandhimail/litestep/autorun.html email - gandhimail@worldnet.att.net (source: LS Mailing List) --------------------------- THEMES --------------------------- - Thinkthrough 1.2 ~ Verbena "The attempt was to create a certain balance between space-conservation and usability. It doesn't necessary look very nice, but the outlook is the next thing I'll focus on. Actually the theme is so crude-looking to allow easy customizations. "The theme is made especially for the people who want to use their applications fullscreen (CADs for example) and still be able to have an easy access to the desktop. That is why all the important modules are always on top and placed at the top part of the screen where they'll only cover the programs' titlebar. "There's also autohiding shortcuts at the right side of the screen to allow access to some important features at all times. VWM and the modules at the top can be hidden from here. Also the autohiding shortcuts can be disabled by clicking on the ball at top left corner of the desktop. NOTE! Autohiding shortcuts can only be chosen by moving the mouse up and down by keeping the pointer at the side of the screen." url - http://verbena.cjb.net ss - http://verbena.cjb.net email - verbbis@hotmail.com (source: LS Mailing List) - myOS ~ tch "a labor of love...Here is the long awaited myOS, all bars are collapsable, including systray. Tasks use jugg's task.dll, little colored monitors are the vwm's. Clock uses lsxcommand, all modules included. Background indpendent, easy to port to lower/high" url - http://skintacular.com/skins.php3?login=&id=&skin= myOS&area=litestep ss - http://skintacular.com/sections/litestep/myos.jpg email - hollosyt@egr.msu.edu (source: LS Mailing List) - INDIGO ~ AShR "Than you to everyone for your comments over the last two days. "I have uploaded my first theme INDIGO to: LiteStep Unlimited http://pimpshit.binary.net/litestep/index.php, Skinz.org and Customize.org (although it has still not appeared at customize)." * I have included an alternate console image and step file that supports 14 icons in the SystemTray, instead of the original 6 icons. * Fixed the Windows Screensaver showing up in Tasks. * Cleaned-up the readme and included screenshots of both console types for reference. * Included Photoshop 5.0 (*.psd) templates for the Circular and the Square shortcut icons. url - http://kephra.synflux.com.au/indigo.html ss - http://kephra.synflux.com.au/indigo.jpg email - ashr@synflux.com.au (source: LS Mailing List) --------------------------- WEB SITES --------------------------- - FPN ~ floach.pimpin.net It seems that Geekmaster has taken over the reigns of FPN. "Well, I can't just sit idle and let one of my favorite sites on the net go away. No doubt you have noticed that I'm trying to keep this site alive, and I'm going to continue to keep this site alive." After this post, the background and site banner changed. It looks as if FPN isnt on the way out, but on the way up once again. Goto floach.pimpin.net and check it out. %% UPDATE %% Public posting has again been reimplimented. Geekmaster will be moderating the posts. Use the link at the top of the right hand column. url - floach.pimpin.net email - lheddings@geocities.com (source: FPN) --------------------------- PROGRAMS --------------------------- - Litestep Tweaker 1.47 ~ NetSliDeR "Epsylon3 wrote in to say that another version of the LiteStep Tweaker is out, for you non-notepad users out there. Its actually pretty nice." url - http://tweak.cjb.net/ email - NetSliDeR@the-pentagon.com (source: FPN) .................................... ------------ Latest Build ------------ b24.5 build 190899 Changes - Merged in jugg's size optimizations and fixed null pointer / working directory bugs in LSExecute (Visigoth) - Added VarExpansion to LSExecute (per jugg's suggestion) (Visigoth) - Fixed buffer overflow bug in step.rc reading code (Maduin) - Added code to prevent autoplay if shift key is down (Maduin) .................................... ------------- 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@cbj.net To unsubscribe, e-mail: stuff-unsubscribe@cbj.net Additional commands, e-mail: stuff-help@cbj.net