If you would like to unsubscribe from LSWeekly at any time, simply send an e-mail to lsweekly-unsubscribe@wuzzle.org and you will be removed. 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. I will personally reply to all e-mails sent. LSWEEKLY LiteStep Related News 06.05.00 - 12.05.00 ---------------------------------------------------- Well no complaints on any of the new sections that I have added so I guess there being taken well. I will though be changing the name of LSWeekly to XSWeekly and was wondering if anyone has a problem with this? Now, along with a new name, I will be making a new site that will be a bit more useful than the current LSWeekly site. Not only will it house back issues of LSWeekly/XSWeekly, but I am considering some site specific items such as interviews, mail bag, etc. If anyone out there has some site specific ideas drop me a note. Also I am taking personal rants that I will post under my rant as I did last week. The rules of the rant are simple: 1) Please no swearing or direct attacks against anyone 2) Try to keep it short but not too short. Last weeks were a good size. 3) Do me a favor and at least spell check it before sending it to me. .................................................... -= Shell Specific =- .................................................... --------------------------- Top News Stories --------------------------- - LSFAQ Updated - Necro (10:04 09.05 ls) Looks like Necro is at it again. This time he has totally renovated it and brought it up to speed. Nice layout on the site too. url - http://pimpin.net/~lsfaq/ e-mail - necro@eden.rutgers.edu (source: LS Mailing List ~ LSFAQ - UPDATED AND RENOVATED) --------------------------- Modules --------------------------- - grdTray 2.3b2 ~ gustav (10:09 09.05 ls) grdTray is a highly modified version of Maduin's systray.dll. It supports almost all the features of other tray mods and has no leaks. New in this version: [v2.2 beta 2] - added another !BANG, which is named !grdTrayOnTop. this toggles whether the tray should be on top or not - improved the icon's region-generation code, to be much faster and memory effective. - once again improved the background painting routine to consume less of your CPU's power. - redesigned the code in a more "new-edition-core-mod"'s way, and spent the world on finding a recycle bug. [v2.3 beta 1] - added support for *grdTrayAdd, it's now possible to your own custom icons to grdTray. read all about it further down - made a few tweaks and corrections - added documentation for the yesterdays new !BANG - last update in a while, I'll start working on a more dynamic approach to support a larger field of options somewhere in the future %%UPDATE%% (13:46 11.05) [v2.3 beta 2] - fixed that nasty transparency bug - that people were complaining about url - http://home.swipnet.se/grd/ls/ e-mail - grd@swipnet.se (source: LS Mailing List ~ grdTray, it's getting beyond reach) +---------------+ - Litepaper 1.0 ~ Azathoth (12:38 10.05 ls) Litepaper.dll is a simple wallpaper changer with a few bonus'. Features: - Ability to browse for background picture you want rather than constantly typing. - Ability to specify written location of file for bangs/scripts etc. - Ability to specify style of background display (tile/center/stretch) %%UPDATE%% (9:14 12.05) [v1.01] - More coding. - Implemented LM_GETREVID so that litepaper.dll registers in the about box. - Added a version page to the dll properties. - Changed the bang commands from !setwallpaper and !setwallpapercmd to !litepaper and !litepapercmd respectively due to older wallpaper modules using !setwallpaper. - Brand new feature : Resolution support is now available. The resolution can be changed upon background switching. This support is available in both the !litepaper and the !litepapercmd commands. - Cleaned up tokenizing code. Works and looks nicer now. - Comments on everything. Source will be released soon. - Module gone from 4k to 7k (must try to refine my code). - Linked against the newest build lib. Fixed the problems that didn't allow me to compile under the new builds. url - www.intricatechaos.com e-mail - azathoth@intricatechaos.com (source: http://modulo.litestep.org) +---------------+ - JLsMail 0.02 ~ FxSlin (12:42 10.05 ls) "JLsMail, an Litestep module. Use to check mail on an "remote" mail account, an then notify if the account have received any new mails. JLsMail requires Headius's Javamm module and JRE 1.2 (javasoft)" url - http://www.modulo.litestep.org e-mail - nils@dahl.hjem.as (source: http://modulo.litestep.org) +---------------+ - LiteStep Module AppWizard b1 ~ Message (12:47 10.05 ls) "This appwizard for MS VC++ 6.0 will generate the necessary cpp, h, def, and project files for a basic litestep module. Options are giving as to the module type; either wharf module, load module with a window, or load module without a window. Ability to define bang commands and message handlers. Code conforms to LSD2 format." url - http://www.mindjunction.com/message/ e-mail - Bgvinyard@aol.com (source: LS Mailing List ~ Beta: Litestep Module AppWizard) +---------------+ - JavaMM 0.1.1 ~ Headius (9:39 11.05 ls) JavaMM is a loadmodule that allows people to run java modules in litestep. New in this version: - Removed some debugging code that was popping up dialogs - Added better error handling, more descriptive messages url - http://floach.pimpin.net e-mail - headius@litestep.net (source: http://floach.pimpin.net) +---------------+ - LSBox 1.1 ~ BlkHawk (15:35 11.05 ls) "From what I can tell, lsbox creates a menu from a .rc config file that can be used to perform different commands, etc. As I understand it, the idea is to replace shortcuts as a menu" New in this version: - added hints to the shortcuts - added LsBoxPopupAtMousePos by request - added LsBoxWidth and LsBoxHeight - no support for Stretch Skinning, yet - removed old work-around code for pre-041600 builds - fixed my tokenize functions - delimeters should work now. - the windowclass "Lsboxclass" will now be unregistered at recycle url - http://www.blkhawk.de/ e-mail - blkhawk@blkhawk.de (source: LS Mailing List ~ new LsBox release) +---------------+ - SMbangs r1 ~ Two_toNe (9:24 12.05 ls) This is a very simple module that has one function, to either hide or show SysMeter and/or L-element. url - http://home.inreach.com/2tone/ e-mail - 2tone@inreach.com (source: floach.pimpin.net) +---------------+ - LS Dialer 0.1 ~ WhiteShadow (15:09 12.05 ls) This module lets you dial in and disconnect to entries already in your phonebook (the connections listed in Control Panel->Network and Dialup Connections). url - http://www.muohio.edu/~changty/ e-mail - changty@muohio.edu (source: http://www.muohio.edu/~changty/) --------------------------- Themes --------------------------- - sQuirrel 1.1c ~ starfire (15:59 12.05 ls) A clean theme for power users wishing maximum desktop space and effective resource usage. Requires build 17-04-2000 or newer. Features: * No shortcuts makes for clean environment and less resource usage. * Minimized programs can be handled in several ways: Ctrl-Tab, Popup menu and Tasks.dll display. * VWM is hotkey-controlled and can be shown for ease of use. * VWM and tray are hidden but available through both hotkeys and keymodified mouseclicks. * Footprint is currently ~500 Kb unzipped. Ideal for small-HD systems. * Useable with any res (only requirement is 24bpp). Good for laptops and older computers. Resource usage could be cut even more, but I've used some perhaps unnecessary modules to make the theme more graphically appealing... [UPDATE 12-05-2000]: Tasks display added. Name changed to sQuirrel. Work started on skinning abilities. Wallpaper changer now uses lspaper.dll for small size. url - http://www.litestep.net ss - http://www.litestep.net/themes/ss/sQuirrel.jpg e-mail - starfire@algonet.se (source: http://www.litestep.net) --------------------------- Web Sites --------------------------- - Up Comming Module Skinning Site ~ Duinator (10:18 09.05 na) "I will shortly be setting up a small web page. It will have a little different purpose than most litestep based sites out there. My plan is to concentrate not on themes or news but on themes for specific modules. It will be aimed mostly at people new to litestep who might find the prospect of designing an entire theme daunting or are looking for a way to accomplish a specific task. I also think it might appeal to experienced users who may have run into a dead end in the designing arena. It will eventually be possible for someone to sort of cut and past different modules to develop a whole theme. If it works out well I may add some graphics tutorials based on some of the content. I am excited about this project and am rummaging through my archive of themes for good examples and will be downloading some themes also. What I need is for people who may have content to send me their stuff at this email address. Please keep in mind that this is a free email service and what I don't need is someone sending me 100Megs of stuff all at once. I'll want a screen shot of just the module in action and a note on version numbers and hoops they needed to jump through to get it stable. I also want any needed graphics and step.rc/module.ini/theme.rc etc. But not the modules themselves. There are enough places where they are available. I won't release the url until there is something to see but it will be soon. Attached is a small example of what I want. It is a theme for the old inciner8 module that I am converting to recycler /dwarf.dll as I write this. Thanx." e-mail - dhuseby@nettaxi.com (source: http://floach.pimpin.net) +---------------+ - LSFAQ Gets A New Home (15:46 09.05 ls) Necro has moved the LSFAQ over to litestep.org. Same layout, same info, just a new home. url - http://lsfaq.litestep.org e-mail - necro@eden.rutgers.edu (source: http://www.litestep.net) +---------------+ - LSCommands Moves To Tripod ~ KSR (12:55 10.05 ls) Move shuffling of sites this week. Looks like KSR didn't like the massive url angelfire gives you so he packed up and moved over to tripod. This is a very informative site and I recommend it to newbies and advanced users alike. url - http://k-rabourn.tripod.com/lscommands/ e-mail - krabourn@bigfoot.com (source: LS Mailing List ~ LSCommands) --------------------------- Programs --------------------------- - lsdrinks 2.13.0 ~ nf0 (9:50 11.05 ns) lsdrinks is a headline grabber written in perl. New in this version: - Change: No longer are the folder vales auto-refreshing .htm files they are of the new .url format. This works better with IE 5 and Win2K. Thanks for the suggestion and code samples from :Aemergin. - Change: Big overhaul to the images links in the folders made things a little bit easier. url - http://www.10500bc.org/ e-mail - nf0@10500bc.org (source: http://floach.pimpin.net) --------------------------- Glossary Of Terms --------------------------- - Step.rc This is the configuration file that a shell reads to set itself up. Stored in this file are calls to your modules, images, theme directories, and just about everything that is needed to make a shell run. .................................... ---- Tips ---- - Sorry no tips this week, I haven't sleep in 3 days and my brain isn't up to speed. If you have any that you would like to share, fell free to e-mail them to me. .................................................... -= Beyond the Shell =- .................................................... --------------------------- Tweaking Beyond the Shell --------------------------- - Windows9x.bmp On The Start Menu This hack will tell you how to change the Windows95 or Windows98 bitmap along the left side of the start menu. Even though I have used MSPaint, you can use any other program that will make bitmaps. I have just tried to keep the programs as simple as possible for this tutorial. You can get ReNovator at: http://clio.unice.fr/~fbomers/ReNovator/ Step 1 - Start ReNovator and open Explorer.exe. This file can be found in your \windows dir. Step 2 - Goto Resources, Extract All Bitmaps. Step 3 - Start MSPaint and goto File, Open, and open the bitmap with the Windows9x.bmp (157.bmp) Step 4 - Edit the bitmap to your liking (*Note* Keep the size the same) then goto File, Save, and exit MSPaint. Step 5 - In ReNovator goto Resources, Auto Assign Bitmaps. Step 6 - Click on the Disk Icon to save Explorer.exe. Step 7 - Close ReNovator and reboot your system. --------------------------- Intresting --------------------------- - Chunkymunky.com Not only is chunkymunky the site that hosts my site, but it is a general custo news site. Updated each day with new program aimed at customizing windows. It also has a list of interviews of known people in the custo community and links to shells, programs, etc. --------------------------- Programs --------------------------- - QuickClock pre-release ~ SnoCorp "I'm really anxious to get this app out but it's still only got three skins included with it. Therefore, I'm doing a pre-release of the program now and later when I have some more skins to include, it will be the real release. Unless some major bugs are found or I decide to add features, the program won't change; just the skins. "This skinnable clock is very customizable, easy to use and also easy to skin. It has an alarm that can launch a program, display a message or make the 'default' sound. It can also import CustoClock skins. It can dock to the screen edge as well." url - http://ldi.virtualave.net/ e-mail - snocorp@hotmail.com (source: http://ldi.virtualave.net/) .................................... ------------- Latest Builds ------------- - LiteStep o Stable - b24.6 build 041700 o Daily - b24.6 build 041700 Modified [LSAPI, Desktop2 / NeXTer / 04-17-00] o LSAPI: o Merged new code for merging images in LoadLSImage(). Thank's to Gustav Munkby (grd) for the new code. o Removed some old junk. o Added the struct Message for passing messages from the WndProc to the actual message handlers. o Desktop2: o Began a slight revision, to make this piece of code adhere to a "standard style" that can be used in the future. Modified [Desktop2 / NeXTer / 04-17-00] o The code is now almost crystal clear, if we can apply this structure to the other modules, much will have been achieved. Fixed [LSAPI / NeXTer / 04-17-00] o ParseBangCommand() didn't parse the information correctly if NULL was being passed as the argument for the bang command. o Also fixed a memory leak in the same function, for good measure. - DarkStep o Beta - 0.970pr4 * Fixed the Unload button under Loaded Modules not updating the module list when a module was unloaded * Fixed the Load button under Loaded Modules giving an error message after successfully loading a module + Added !Config and !Modules which gives direct access to the Configuration and Loaded Modules dialogs * Fixed DarkStep crashing on !logoff and !quit + Added an auto load/unload option that would load/unload modules when the module list is changed * Fixed (hopefully ) dialog boxes giving weird error messages under W2K when you try to load non-existent modules .................................... ------------- 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