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Messages - Martin Iturbide

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Applications / Re: XWP v1.0.16
« on: Today at 04:10:11 pm »
Hello Again.

I noticed something in the "Workplace Shell" setup settings (XfdlWPS Class) on "Foder Hotkeys" while trying to create a shortcut.

When I add a hotkey, on the "Hotkey" field, I can only make key combinations that starts with the "Ctrl" and "Shift" key. ex:  "Ctrl+Shift+Alt+A" or "Shift+Alt+A" (Pic_001)
There can not be combinations that start or uses the "Windows key" or "Win Menu" key.

1) I think it will be great if  "Windows key" (left and right) and the "Win Menu" key can be include for combinations.  Or there is a reason not to do that today?

2) Also, what if, on the "Parameter" list we include the functions that are also listed on the "Keyboard - Windows Key" (STYLER.EXE W) settings. ? (Picture #2)
Or maybe this does not make sense, because are "Folder Hotkeys" and you want to to executing non-folder actions there.

Regards

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Applications / Windows Key - Custom Key Combination
« on: Today at 03:14:41 pm »
Hello

I wanted to try to some keyboard combinations to do some actions on ArcaOS.

My goal, as a example, I want to make the "Win-Lef key + E" combination to open a folder on an specific location and show that folder on the desktop, like opening C:\TEMP.

First I tried on the "Folder Hotkeys" on the "Workplace Shell" settings. I can map the Win-Left key, but I can not add an extra key like  "Win-Lef key + E".
If I map "Win-Lef key" alone, it works for the functions, but I have to select a folder in the desktop, and it will open or close it. But it is not exactly what I'm looking for.

Then I tried the XWorkplace Keyboard settings on the "Functions Key" tab. But I don't understand how to use it yet. I don't know how to get a key combination there, and later how to use it.

And later I tried the "Keyboard - Windows Key" settings. The Windows Key also works there, but I don't have an option to open an specific folder.

Any ideas are appreciated to get my goal.

Regards

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Setup & Installation / Re: Ecomstation 1.0
« on: March 27, 2024, 02:56:28 pm »
Hi Neil

Did you notice that ecomstation.com is still on-line?

Just to add something, yesterday when I replied to jacco123, I tried to visit ecomstation.com and it was not working. I guessed that it was gone for good, but now I realize the website is still there. I stand corrected.

Regards

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Setup & Installation / Re: Ecomstation 1.0
« on: March 27, 2024, 02:08:03 am »
Hello jacco123

You may be right, but I prefer not getting OS2World into trouble. I prefer not to share any software key of abandonware on the forums without explicit and documented (email) permission from the author.
I don't want to risk the 24 years that OS2World had been online a for a simple product key.

Regards


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Marketplace / Re: Is anyone presently offloading any OS/2 software?
« on: March 27, 2024, 01:12:42 am »
Hi Richard

It's great that you want to have an OS/2 collection.
I have seen some posts from time to time of people wanting to sell or even give away for free some OS/2 goods on Facebook. I don't know if you hang out on that social network.

Regards

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Applications / Re: WSeB Pictures for Martin
« on: March 26, 2024, 07:36:07 pm »
Awesome. I was missing those !!

Thanks a lot Sigurd. I will add those to the wiki soon.

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Hello Greg

Do you think it can be good to write a very short article for the OS2World Wiki about Detach?
I tried to find more information about it online and I was not able to find much.

Only this: http://www.edm2.com/index.php/REXX_Tips_%26_Tricks:General_hints_for_OS/2_%26_DOS_commands#The_DETACH_command

Regards

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Hello again

I noticed that my "Box Picture Collection" on the OS2World Wiki was a mess, so I took to time this weekend to try to organize it.

Here it is the Wiki Category trying to be the thread for the IBM OS/2 boxes.
- https://www.os2world.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:IBM_Product_Package

And it is also fun checking the international sites trying to find OS/2 boxes in different languages.
Everybody is welcome to post pictures and I will include those on the wiki.

Regars

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Comments, Suggestions & Questions / Re: Hobbes (Files) Reoganization
« on: March 24, 2024, 12:08:08 pm »
Hi Neil

Yes, this is the right place. I'm fixing it right now.
Thanks for the feedback.

Regards

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Hello

Just a funny note here. There are some issues with OS/2 2.1 and OS/2 2.11 box part numbers.

1) This ref says: "OS/2 2.1 (61G0900, 61G0901, 61G0902, 61G0903, 61G0904, 61G1877)"

2) Here I have pictures of "61G0900" where it says it is 2.11 (2.1 box + 2.11 Sticker)

3) OS/2 Museum explains: "Part numbers are also an interesting puzzle. In the pictures of the previously-linked-to 3.5″ 2.11 eBay listing, the bottom of the box plainly shows 61G0900, which was also the part # (as far as I have been able to tell) of the original, non-upgrade-edition 2.1 3.5″ floppy release from almost a year prior. "

It also applies for:
- IBM OS/2 2.11 - English - 63G4589  - 3.5" diskettes - Full Version
- IBM OS/2 2.11 - German - 63G3901 - 3.5" diskettes - Full Version

Maybe it also applies for the CD-ROM box.  Just a heads up that if you want to buy these version check the Part Number and the Pictures.

I don't have more pictures to compare.

Regards

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Applications / Re: XWorkplace Xview - Icon Size
« on: March 21, 2024, 08:11:04 pm »
Hello Rich

Do you know if there is a way to increase the icon size on the "Xview" view in XWP?

If you want full-sized icons (40px), you can select View->Options and uncheck "Small icons".

That helped me in some way. I disabled the "Small Icons" (Picture Attached) and Xview it is better looking for me now, even that it will be nice to have also DynamicIcons (Big icons) support just because I need those just a little bit bigger in my laptop and I like the PNG icons that David does.

XWP is OSS licensed under the GPL. D.I. is proprietary software owned by ecoSoft that can only be distributed as part of AOS. Should I add support to XWP for a feature that only benefits some users - even if I can do it in a way that doesn't violate the GPL?

XWP is OSS licensed under the GPL. D.I. is proprietary software owned by ecoSoft that can only be distributed as part of AOS. Should I add support to XWP for a feature that only benefits some users - even if I can do it in a way that doesn't violate the GPL?

It would be more appropriate to add this support to D.I. but I don't own or control it. And quite honestly, I'm unwilling to work on profit-generating software without being paid for my efforts. As it happens, I just finished working on a major update to D.I. that AN did pay me for. But, are they willing to put out more money for yet another round of enhancements? I don't know.
I don't have the numbers on how many people uses OS/2 Warp 4.52 and how many uses ArcaOS. It will be fine to benefit the ArcaOS users, but I share your same concern. I don't think that XWP should adapt to DI, it should be the other way. XWP works over the standard IBM Workplace Shell and I don't think it should provide features for software that is not open source and was not part of the original WPS.

I guess I have a problem here. I want big icons on Xview but I don't want XWP source code to have dependencies on close source third party (with the exception of IBM's WPS of course)

Regards

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Hardware / Re: The last nail in OS/2's coffin
« on: March 21, 2024, 01:29:37 pm »
Hello Ed

Having a 64bit OS/2 system would be nice; but since from what I'm seeing in this thread,  the number of people that can actually do that is slowly decreasing by the year.  Am I right?   Is it possible to even modernize the OS/2 code or does it require a rewrite? 

There had been some discussion about the 64bit kernel for OS/2. - "OS/2 - ArcaOS 64Bits Kernel Discussion"

I'm not an expert but for what we have discuss I can say:
- We don't have the required labor resources to create a 64bit kernel at this moment.
- If we create an OS/2 64bit kernel, it has to be compatible with 32bits, otherwise all the OS/2 software won't work.
- There is no source code available (legally) of the OS/2 kernel, which make it more labor intensive to implement.
- In the case we get an 64bit kernel, we need to have the development tools to start creating 64bit OS/2 applications.
- If we remember the old days, the market had a difficult change to 64bits. Intel Itanium failed, Windows versions were incompatible (Windows XP 64bits), they have to fall back, wait more years to have a easy going 32bits to 64bits application transition.

So, yes it is kind of hard right now. Buy maybe if AI evolves for software development, some development can be automatized requiring less labor.

What is OS/2? the kernel? the applications? the WPS?. My idea is that maybe OS/2 is the desktop experience and the applications we use. That why my approach is more to have an already available 64bit kernel and create the OS/2 interpretation over it.

Regards

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Applications / XWorkplace Xview - Icon Size
« on: March 20, 2024, 09:11:51 pm »
Hello Rich

Do you know if there is a way to increase the icon size on the "Xview" view in XWP?
I was thinking that the right panel was using the standard "Icon view", but I guess it works differently.

It is something on xWorkplace or in DynamicIcons?

Regards

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