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 I'll 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 30.10.99 - 05.11.99 ---------------------------------------------------- Last week I seemed to have made a bit of a ripple in the LS community with my rant on the "flopping about" of LS. This week I would like to complain about people who say LS is horrible every time a new shells comes along. With the recent opening of the Ice sites, this trend is becoming more and more evident. People who just yesterday were happy as clams with LS, are now saying how horrible and restrictive it is. BULL!! Just because something new comes along doesn't mean you have to down what was fine yesterday. I can understand wanting to try something new and different, but going off and saying how horrible LiteStep is just because another shell is released is just plain wrong. Each shell out there has its good points and bad points. Most of it is relative to what the person is looking to do. So to all of you out there that are saying "LiteStep is nothing now that Ice is coming out." I say to you that you are wrong. While I feel that LS does have some maturing to do, I DO NOT think that because Ice is being released that LiteStep is now nothing, crappy, worthless, or is going to die. - demigod --------------------------- TOP NEWS STORIES --------------------------- - Ice preview site open (9:30am 05.11) Well on the third the Ice dev team finally posted some ss's and a run down of IceShell. A fancy flash production precedes the rest of the site which not only gives an account of the shell but a release date of the 20th of this month. url - chunkymunky.com/ice (source: chunkymunky.com) --------------------------- MODULES --------------------------- - LPopup 1.1 ~ _TAG_ (10:31am 01.11) - it doesn't rely any more on modified versions of desktop.dll and popup.dll; instead it's now linked to the !LPOPUP bang command! (by popular request). For this reason a desktop module able to assign bang commands to mouse clicks is needed (the only one I know is jdesk) - it keeps its own windows list, thus being independent from desktop.dll or from litestep.exe (I'd really like for ls.exe to keep its own windows list...) - a list of commands supported by LPopup is included in the readme - it supports transparencies!!! (yet your popup needs to have a fixed width, as every other popup out there) url - http://aula6.cjb.net e-mail - dream.king@iol.it (source: LS Mailing List ~ LPopup 1.1 is out) +---------------+ - ZagAmp ~ Peter Zag (10:44am 01.11) "OK, this is a small addition to GeekAmp, that I made because it irritated me (and others) that the geekamp commands !amp_power and !amp_play starts winamp minimized (and unmaximizable). So I added two band-commands: !amp_power2 and !amp_play2. These two starts winamp in the same state as it was in when you last closed it !!" url - www.kampsax.dtu.dk/~zag/ e-mail - c971672@student.dtu.dk (source: LS Mailing List ~ geekamp) +---------------+ - LSXCommand 1.7.8 ~ Visigoth (10:49am 01.11) "Visigoth has released LSXCommand v1.7.8 for Litestep. LSXCommand is a module that acts like the Windows Start/Run box, with the ability to run !Bang commands. New features in this version include: - New Timer management - Completely rewritten calculator source code - AutoComplete crashing bug fixed url - floach.pimpin.net/visigoth e-mail - (source: chunkymunky.com) +---------------+ - Ftp Url Cleaner 1.00 ~ Epsylon3 (11:05am 01.11) "Clean Url is a LiteStep module that translates text with FTP url(s) (login/password) to a valid(s) url(s)to the clipboard.. example: "ftp.truc.com l:ppp p:Pass port : 666" in the Clipboard, Result : "ftp://ppp:Pass@ftp.truc.com:666" " url - http://lsfr.cjb.net (note: site in french) e-mail - Epsylon3@ifrance.com (source: chunkymunky.com) +---------------+ - Recycler 4.0.3 ~ Joachim Calvert (9:33am 03.11) * Added the 'RecyclerLegacyMode' option to force the module to update correctly on systems where the notification system is unavailable. * Fixed the updating when the module is hidden. * Fixed some bugs in the docs, sorry if I confused you! * Finally someone took the time to provide me with an animation, let's all give J. A. Portugal da Costa a big hand! url - http://hem.passagen.se/jcalvert/software e-mail - jcalvert@hem.passagen.se (source: chunkymunky.com/modulo) +---------------+ - WeatherDesk 0.54 ~ Fizzie (9:26am 05.11) - created HTML help file - added support for multiple cities (see HTML help file) - added WeatherDeskAlwaysOnTop command url - http://litestep.net/module e-mail - fizzie7@excite.com (source: chunkymunky.com) +---------------+ - Chronos 1.4 ~ Maduin (9:27am 05.11) - added support for multiple timezones (%TZ) - added mouse button actions (ChronosOn*Click) - removed %e specifier (redundant, use %#d) url - maduin.dasoft.org e-mail - maduin@dasoft.org (source: litestep.net) --------------------------- THEMES --------------------------- --------------------------- WEB SITES --------------------------- - LSFAQ has a new look and home. (10:27 04.11) I just went over to fpn and noticed that Necr0's faq is now being hosted there. Not only is this a new home for it, but it also has a nice new, clean look. Stop by there if you have any litestep related questions. url - floach.pimpin.net/lsfaq (source: floach.pimpin.net) +---------------+ - Litestep.com get a face lift (11:28am 05.11) Litestep.com has gotten a totally new look. Bob Wells has handed over the reigns to WareWolf and he did some serious overhauling to the site. Stop by and give it a look see. url - litestep.com (source: litestep.com) --------------------------- PROGRAMS --------------------------- --------------------------- MISC --------------------------- - TRichView Transparent ~ TaLoN^LzR (10:26am 01.11) "It gives you what u want... Just GetDC(0) or something to get the DC of the desktop before you startup and BitBlt that onto a TBitmaps (That you create for the purpose at the size of your richview control) Canvas and then you .Assign() that bitmap into the background property of the RichView and... thats it! =)" url - http://www.torry.ru/vcl/edits/ e-mail - talon@online.no (source: LS Mailing List ~ Step.rc Editor - Edit.RC) .................................... ---- Tips ---- - If you like the idea of split .rc files but don't want to download the #include test build, you can simply make a batch file with the command copy step.rc+popups.rc+hotkey.rc step.rc and add the batch file to the recycle command like [!execute combine.bat] [!Recycle] and it will compile all your .rc files into step.rc. .................................... ----- Retro ----- - Wharf Toggle 1.0 ~ Bug*Killer (August 10, 1998) Wharf Toggle is a small program to make the wharfbar lose its always ontop feature. From the readme: "It's a simple proggy that allows you to have a larger work area by positioning the Wharfbar behind the other windows. It's really useful if, like me, you can't break the 800x600 limit on your crappy 14" without destroying your eyes on an interlaced display and can't bear Wharfbar auto-hide feature." download - chunkymunky.com/lsweekly/retro/wharftoggle.zip .................................... ------------- Latest Builds ------------- - Official - b24.5 build 221099 Changes - Changes [lsapi/lsapi.c, litestep/litestep.c / jugg]: o Re-added the commands that jugg renamed (PixmapPath, etc). This will allow for some transition time for those slow to change. - Preview - b24.5 build 221099 Changes - all features of cvs-build 1999/10/22. - with bitmap-importfilter in lsapi.dll - key support for TAB, PAUSE and APPS key - popup-icons can be placed with POPUPTEXTOFFSET from edge - fixed cursormovement in popup. the submenus don't open automatically when moved with cursors. with mouse the will, but you need to press the left mousebutton, when using key before. - return/enter opens now the subfolders correctly .................................... ------------- 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 - Offtopic Post message: offtopic@onelist.com Subscribe: offtopic-subscribe@onelist.com Unsubscribe: offtopic-unsubscribe@onelist.com List owner: offtopic-owner@onelist.com .................................... ----------- News Groups ----------- - Server news.emci.com litestep.installation.help litestep.steprc.help litestep.modulesini.help litestep.graphics.help litestep.themes.design litestep.themesrc.help litestep.core.suggestions litestep.general.coding litestep.general.questions