Changes between Version 11 and Version 12 of WikiStart


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Aug 13, 2016, 8:04:50 PM (8 years ago)
Author:
lewisr
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Updated some old, broken links to point to Wayback Machine captures; proper xtracker url; minor typos and wiki formatting; note about Gmane http shutting down; changed links to news:// for list browsing; added/updated references to xworkplace-dev list

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    v11 v12  
    2020* "Snap to grid" for all folders.
    2121* Auto-scroll folder Tree views to make appearing items visible.
    22 * Extended Shutdown / Restart WPS features: you can now abort shutdown, configure many things, skip hanging programs, and even automatically reboot to a certain partition, if you have BootManager installed.
     22* Extended Shutdown / Restart WPS features: you can now abort shutdown, configure many things, skip hanging programs, and even automatically reboot to a certain partition, if you have !BootManager installed.
    2323* Lots of new WPS settings objects to ease system configuration, including CONFIG.SYS settings and device driver setup.
    2424* New "WPS Class List" object for manipulating the WPS class list.
     
    2929* A trash can with full WPS "delete" support.
    3030* Lots of mouse and keyboard enhancements, such as sliding focus, sliding menus, screen corner objects, and global object hotkeys — all with full WPS integration.
    31 * PageMage, a "virtual desktops" utility.
    32 * The XCenter, a WarpCenter replacement.
     31* !PageMage, a "virtual desktops" utility.
     32* The XCenter, a !WarpCenter replacement.
    3333
    3434You can also review the [[xWorkplace Archived News]] page.
     
    4242== Feedback and Support ==
    4343
    44 If you find bugs, please create a ticket at [http://xtracker.xworkplace.org/ xtracker]. For the time being do not use the ticket system here included in trac but xtracker instead.
     44If you find bugs, please create a ticket at [https://xtracker.netlabs.org/index.php?project=2&gmtofs=300 xtracker]. For the time being do not use the ticket system here included in trac but xtracker instead.
    4545
    4646The support mailing list is at
    47 [mailto:xworkplace-general@netlabs.org@netlabs.org xworkplace users mailing list].
     47[mailto:xworkplace-user@netlabs.org xworkplace users mailing list].
    4848To subscribe to the user support mailing list, send mail to
    49 [mailto:xworkplace-general-subscribe@netlabs.org Subscribe to xworkplace users mailing list].
    50 The subject and body can be empty. You will receive a response which you must reply to complete the process.
     49[mailto:xworkplace-user-subscribe@netlabs.org Subscribe to xworkplace users mailing list].
     50The subject and body can be empty. You will receive a response to which you must reply to complete the process.
    5151
    52 For discussing developer questions use this list
    53 [mailto:xworkplace-dev@netlabs.org@netlabs.org xworkplace developer mailing list].
    54 To subscribe to the user support mailing list, send mail to
    55 [mailto:xworkplace-dev-subscribe@netlabs.org Subscribe to xworkplace developer mailing list].
    56 The subject and body can be empty. You will receive a response which you must reply to to complete the process.
     52For discussing developer questions, use this list:
     53[mailto:xworkplace-dev@netlabs.org xworkplace developers mailing list].
     54To subscribe to the developers mailing list, send mail to
     55[mailto:xworkplace-dev-subscribe@netlabs.org Subscribe to xworkplace developers mailing list].
     56The subject and body can be empty. You will receive a response to which you must reply to complete the process.
    5757
    58 This list is an [http://www.ezmlm.org EzMLM] mailing lists. If you need help subscribing, see [http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Mailinglists Netlabs Mailing Lists].
     58These lists are [http://www.ezmlm.org EzMLM] mailing lists. If you need help subscribing, see [http://wiki.netlabs.org/index.php/Mailinglists Netlabs Mailing Lists].
    5959
    6060Like all [http://www.netlabs.org Netlabs] Mailing Lists, these lists are mirrored to
    61 [http://gmane.org/about.php Gmane]. The users list is mirrored at [http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.xworkplace.general xwp user].
     61[https://web.archive.org/web/20160708085949/http://gmane.org/about.php Gmane]. The users list is mirrored to [news://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.xworkplace.general xwp general], while the developers list is mirrored to [news://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.xworkplace.devel xwp devel]. (N.B.: Gmane's web interface shut down in July of 2016, though the news and mailing lists continue to function. See [https://lars.ingebrigtsen.no/2016/07/28/the-end-of-gmane/comment-page-1/ here] for more information.)
    6262
    6363== Building xworkplace ==
    6464
    65  * Check out complete source tree from http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xworkplace/branches/branch-1-0
    66 Bear in mind we do not use the usual svn trunk directory for current versions. In /trunk lives the next version 1.1.
    67  * Check out source tree for helpers from http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xwphelpers/branches/branch-1-0
    68  * I think it's not mandatory but you can get some widgets here http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xwpwidgets/trunk. Note there is also a branch
    69 http://svn.netlabs.org/repos//xwpwidgets/branches/with-usbwidget which seams Ben Rietbroek has created.
    70  * Follow the included documentation in progref.inf
     65 * Check out complete source tree [http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xworkplace/branches/branch-1-0 here].
     66Bear in mind we do not use the usual svn trunk directory for current versions. The next version (1.1) lives in /trunk.
     67 * Check out source tree for helpers [http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xwphelpers/branches/branch-1-0 here].
     68 * You may download some widget sources [http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xwpwidgets/trunk here].
     69 * Note there is also the "with-usbwidget branch" [http://svn.netlabs.org/repos//xwpwidgets/branches/with-usbwidget here] which Ben Rietbroek has created.
     70 * Follow the included documentation in [https://trac.netlabs.org/xworkplace/browser/trunk/progref.inf progref.inf].
    7171
    7272== Links ==
    73 * [https://xtracker.netlabs.org/index.php?project=2&gmtofs=300 xWorkplace XTracker Page for submiting Bugs]
    74 * [http://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.xworkplace.general/ xwp user mailing list]. This page accesses the users support mailing list for via a web browser.
    75 * [http://wiki.netlabs.org/ Information about the Netlabs Support Mailing Lists]. This web page describes all methods that can be used to access the Netlabs Support Mailing Lists. The name for the maling list of the xworkplace project is xworkplace-user.
     73* [https://xtracker.netlabs.org/index.php?project=2&gmtofs=300 xWorkplace XTracker Page for submiting Bugs].
     74* [news://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.xworkplace.general/ xwp user mailing list via your favorite news reader].
     75* [news://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.xworkplace.devel xwp developer mailing list via your favorite news reader].
     76* [http://wiki.netlabs.org/ Information about the Netlabs Support Mailing Lists]. This web page describes all methods that can be used to access the Netlabs Support Mailing Lists. The name for the general mailing list of the xworkplace project is xworkplace-user, and the name for the developer list is xworkplace-dev.
    7677* [http://www.xcenter.os2usr.org/ XCenter Plugin List homepage]. This site lists available XCenter widgets from various sources.
    77 * [http://www.xworkplace.org/ xWorkplace Discontinued Homepage]
    78 * [http://www.xworkplace.org/ xWorkplace Discontinued Netlabs Homepage]
     78* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100115033201/http://www.xworkplace.org/ xWorkplace Discontinued Homepage (Internet Archive capture from 2010)].
     79* [http://xworkplace.netlabs.org/en/site/index.xml xWorkplace Discontinued Netlabs Homepage].
    7980
    8081== License ==
     
    8586 * Ulrich Möller
    8687 * Paul Ratcliffe
    87 These are the ones who contributed the most it seems to me. David Azarewicz, Steven Levine and Rich Walsh added some code too the last years. For a more complete list see the users guide.
     88These are the ones who contributed the most, it seems to me. David Azarewicz, Steven Levine, and Rich Walsh added some code, too, in recent years. For a more complete list, see the users guide.