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@chunkymunky.com 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@chunkymunky.com, any subject, and tell me what you think. LSWEEKLY LiteStep Related News 05.02.00 - 11.02.00 ---------------------------------------------------- Well an entire week goes by with no dev builds. I hope this next build isn't going to be like b24 was. All secret with the dev's and a select few beta testers gloating and showing off ss's of the new commands and improvements. Daily builds have become a staple of LS, and I believe have helped the development reach area's that would not have been available before. Now, I know the cvs is either damaged or is gone, but someone is coding something in the core so daily builds are possible. Give us our fix! Let us in on what you're working on! We want to know! Not only does it keep us coming back for more, but we may find bugs you didn't know where there because of what OS we use or a bizarre string of commands we try. Although the end user isn't the end all be all of the shell, we do make a difference. If not for us, I don't think LS would be where it is today. - demigod --------------------------- MODULES --------------------------- - HotSpots .50 ~ Pavel Vitis (10:58am 07.02) * Hotspots under WinNT with no limitations. Key modifiers now works here. * Fixed bug: Unable to disable hotspots * Flags are now "toggle" based + New flag "0" - clear all previously set flags url - http://floach.pimpin.net/pavel/modules.htm e-mail - pavel.vitis@seznam.cz (source: http://www.chunkymunky.com/modulo) +---------------+ - LSLive 1.3c ~ Mercutio (10:25am 08.02) * added additional flyovers * fixed bug that caused flyovers to not be displayed when another window had the focus * image swap partially finished (disabled in this version) url - http://www.theeclectic.com e-mail - mercutio@openminds.net (source: http://www.chunkymunky.com/modulo) +---------------+ - Rainmation .7b ~ Rainy (9:39am 09.02) * MouseOn and MouseOff can now execute commands and !bangs. * Redesigned the config-dialog to fit all the new stuff. * Added support for ToolTips. * Fixed a memory-leak when quitting (or recycling). url - http://www.students.tut.fi/%7Erainy/products.html e-mail - rainy@iki.fi (source: http://www.chunkymunky.com/modulo) +---------------+ - WouarfAmp ~ MooG (10:42am 11.02) "There's a new module on the block. It's another skinnable wharf frontend for WinAmp and is called WouarfAmp." url - http://www.litestep.net e-mail - alexandre.oudin@wanadoo.fr (source: http://www.litestep.net) +---------------+ - LSLnkMenu 1.0 ~ Carluchi (10:44am 11.02) "LSLnkMenu is a Litestep module that will display a menu of .lnk files (Explorer shortcuts). "It was created because I got tired of modifying all my shortcuts everytime I switched themes. With LsLnkMenu, all you have to do is change the location of the main button and all your shortcuts stay the same. "LsLnkMenu will only read .lnk files and their associated icons. However, you can change the icon that the .lnk file displays via explorer to any icon or bitmap." url - http://www.chunkymunky.com/modulo e-mail - arluchi@stratos.net (source: http://www.chunkymunky.com/modulo) --------------------------- THEMES --------------------------- - Soft Shell 2.1 ~ godzillamk (1:10pm 09.02) "[UPDATE] Welcome to Soft Shell 2.1 the most comprehensive LiteStep theme ever compiled. However there are a few things to note about this release. This new update includes new graphics for the popup menu, totally revamped module skins, a new dwarf bar, instead of the old wharf bar, hundreds of hand created icons, cursors, and revamped skins for MyPad, ICQ Plus, Windows Blinds, eFx. This theme uses some of the most recent versions of the following modules to make Soft Shell more functional, Recycler.dll desktop.dll ecuts3.dll Dwarf.dll sysvwm.dll lscdplay.app The new expanding Folders Bar is designed and organized to make accessing your software easier. The new popup uses the Dynamic folder command to, which allows you to add links to the popup menu without refreshing, this is done by having several folder groups in the popup, Applications Internet Utilities Multimedia Entertainment Control Panel Drives Please Note: Soft Shell 2.1 is COMPLETELY INCOMPATIBLE with Soft Shell 1.0 so PLEASE don't try to extract it over your current version of Soft Shell To install fresh is no problem, just extract it to the theme to the following directory /LiteStep/themes/Soft Shell (Note* Make sure you use a space in the title Soft Shell) To make sure that everyone runs smoothly when you recycle, please read the ReadMe.txt right away. I hope everyone enjoys using it as much as I enjoyed creating it. As always please contact me , with questions and comments." url - www.litestep.net ss - http://www.litestep.net/themes/ss/softshellv2.jpg e-mail - godzillamk@yahoo.com (source: http://www.litestep.net) --------------------------- WEB SITES --------------------------- - Litestep.com gets a facelift I just shot over to ls.com to see if anything was being done and lo and behold a new layout. Seems as if WareWolf has done a major overhaul of the site and is trying to bring ls.com back from the dead. Check it out and give him your rants/raves. url - http://www.litestep.com (source: http://www.litestep.com) --------------------------- PROGRAMS --------------------------- - Edit.RC 0.1.15 ~ Dana Browder (10:48pm 07.02) - Skin support added (some features temporarily removed) - Because this version was created long ago, I do not remember everything changed/removed. url - http://hepkat.com/editrc/ e-mail - az@hepkat.com (source: LS Mailing List ~ Edit.RC and other projects) .................................... ---- Tips ---- - Want multiple .rc's but don't want to run the only beta build that has it? Want to do on the fly macro editing of your step.rc to toggle comments? Consider writing up a .bat file in conjunction with some command line programs. Even if its not a direct command line program, like UltraEdit, as long as it can take command line input, you can automate repeat tasks with a minimum of programming knowledge. .................................... ----- Retro ----- - LSEyes 1.3 ~ Christoph Handel (October 10, 1998) This is the x-eyes wharf module made for LiteStep. Not much more to say on this other than it's a classic. download - http://www.chunkymunky.com/lsweekly/retro/lseyes.zip .................................... ------------- Latest Builds ------------- - Official - b24.5 build 221099 Bugfixes, new code [litestep, winlist, core, popup, desktop, wharf / Headius / 1-29-00] o Re-implemented Window List as a COM object (vtbl only; dispatch is forthcoming) o Modified popup, wharf, desktop, litestep to use new IWindowList interface o Modified litestep to load IWindowList instance from dll o Re-fixed popup bug, thanks to Fahim for finding the original problem o Re-implemented DLL Module Manager as a COM object (vtbl only; dispatch is forthcoming) o Modified litestep to use the new IModuleManager interface o Created new projects: core, winlist, dllmgr o Core contains the interface definitions for the core services o winlist contains the standard implementation of the IWindowList interface o dllmgr contains the dll implementation of the IModuleManager interface o Threading temporarily removed from module loading .................................... ------------- 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 .................................... ----------- 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