Changes between Version 27 and Version 28 of WikiStart


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    55== Description ==
    6 xWorkplace (XWP) is undoubtedly the universal WPS enhancer no OS/2 - eCS system should miss. XWP adds lot of useful features to many parts of your system, while being totally configurable, so that all features you don't like can be turned off.
     6xWorkplace (XWP) is the universal WPS enhancer no OS/2-based system should be without. It comes in two flavors: the classic XWP Full version with all features and endless configuration options, or the newer Lite version that's preconfigured with the best of XWP.
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    8 XWorkplace is the successor to Ulrich Möller's popular XFolder WPS Enhancer utility.
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    109=== Features ===
    11 XWorkplace consists of a whole collection of WPS replacement classes, plus lots of other features, among which are:
     10XWorkplace consists of collection of WPS replacement classes plus many other features. Among them are:
    1211* Freely configurable context menus.
    1312* Extended sort functions: finally there are system-wide default sort options, plus more sort criteria (e.g. sort by extension).
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    2120* 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.
    2221* Lots of new WPS settings objects to ease system configuration, including CONFIG.SYS settings and device driver setup.
    23 * New "WPS Class List" object for manipulating the WPS class list.
     22* A "WPS Class List" object for manipulating the WPS class list.
    2423* Default WPS icons can be freely replaced.
    2524* More system sounds for certain WPS events.
    2625* "Treesize" utility to find out how much disk space is consumed by a folder and its subfolders.
    27 * "Netscape DDE Interface" utility to have URLs being passed to the currently running Netscape instance instead of always starting a new one.
    2826* A trash can with full WPS "delete" support.
    2927* Lots of mouse and keyboard enhancements, such as sliding focus, sliding menus, screen corner objects, and global object hotkeys — all with full WPS integration.
    30 * !PageMage, a "virtual desktops" utility.
     28* Pager, a "virtual desktops" utility.
    3129* The XCenter, a !WarpCenter replacement.
    32 * '''Xview :''' Formerly known as XWP's Splitview folder window offers a tree-and-details view better suited to managing files on your drives.
     30* Xview: offers a tree-and-details view better suited to managing files on your drives.
    3331
    3432=== Editions ===
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    4038
    4139||= '''Version''' =||= '''Edition''' ||= '''Date''' =||= '''Packages''' =||
    42 ||= 1.0.13 =|| Full || 2020-02-01 ||[https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-full-de.exe DE], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-full-en.exe EN], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-full-es.exe ES], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-full-it.exe IT], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-full-ja.exe JA], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-full-nl.exe NL]||
    43 ||= 1.0.13 =|| Lite || 2020-02-01 ||[https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-lite-de.exe DE], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-lite-en.exe EN], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-lite-es.exe ES], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-lite-it.exe IT], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-lite-ja.exe JA], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-13-lite-nl.exe NL] ||
    44 |||||||| All versions including unofficial builds (except Rich ones) ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/ ||
    45 |||||||| [[XWorkplace Older Versions]] - Here you can find older releases of XWorkplace ||
     40||= 1.0.15 =|| Full || 2022-02-24 ||[https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-full-de.exe DE], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-full-en.exe EN], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-full-es.exe ES], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-full-it.exe IT], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-full-ja.exe JA], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-full-nl.exe NL], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-full-ru.exe RU] ||
     41||= 1.0.15 =|| Lite || 2022-02-24 ||[https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-lite-de.exe DE], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-lite-en.exe EN], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-lite-es.exe ES], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-lite-it.exe IT], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-lite-ja.exe JA], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-lite-nl.exe NL], [https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?search=xwp-1-0-15-lite-ru.exe RU] ||
     42|||||||| Official versions since v1.0.9 are distributed via Hobbes https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?dir=%2F&stype=all&sort=type_name&search=xwp ||
     43||||||||Older versions including unofficial builds ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/ or http://trac.netlabs.org/xworkplace/wiki/XWorkplace%20Older%20Versions||
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    47 As usual with all Netlabs projects there is also a dedicated ftp directory for release builds - ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/. Rich compiles special versions for ArcaOS and the current official version. Unfortunately he does not place his versions there.
     45=== Alternate build ===
    4846
    49 In June 2021 I (Andreas Buchinger) started to play with the XWP sources once again. I set up a new svn branch (http://trac.netlabs.org/xworkplace/browser/branches/branch_AB) which is planned to be kept close to the official working tree (branch-1-0) with a few exceptions -
    50 - shutdown time is increased per default as it is definitely necessary on one of my systems. Moreover the delay time can also be configured via an environment variable.
    51 - my builds still uses the standard shutdown dialog with the ability to customize the 'reboot to' partition names. The new dialog from Rich (introduced with 1.0.13) is undoubtedly advantageous for systems with a small number of bootable partitions. But it is unusable for my systems with 8 or more bootable OSes partitions. Moreover when you add/remove another harddisk (which I've to do sometimes), the new shutdown dialog will get even more confusing.
    52 - currently (1.0.13) translation is slightly more complete in my build
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     47Andreas Buchinger has set up a new svn branch (http://trac.netlabs.org/xworkplace/browser/branches/branch_AB) which he plans to keep close to the official working tree (branch-1-0) with a few exceptions -
     48- shutdown time is increased per default as it is needed on one of his systems. The delay time can also be configured via an environment variable (this variable is also available in the official build).
     49- this build still uses the original shutdown dialog. Its ability to customize the 'reboot to' partition names and arguments may better suit some users' needs but requires the user to configure it manually.
     50- in the most recent version (1.0.13) the translation is slightly more complete
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    5552== Feedback and Support ==
    56 If you find bugs, please create a ticket at [http://trac.netlabs.org/xworkplace/report]. The old ticket system (xtracker) doesn't work since a while. If you have a problem with the ArcaOS build, Arca Noae mantis ticket system will the best place probably.
     53If you find bugs, please create a ticket at [http://trac.netlabs.org/xworkplace/report]. If you have a problem with the ArcaOS build, Arca Noae mantis ticket system is the best place to report it.
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    58 (20210611 - the support mailing lists do not work since a while. No clue if the ever come back to life. Discussing things at https://www.os2world.com/forum/ maybe an option)
     55The support and development mailing lists are no longer active. For community support, post a message on the [https://www.os2world.com/forum/ os2world.com] forum.
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    60 The support mailing list is at
    61 [mailto:xworkplace-user@netlabs.org xworkplace users mailing list].
    62 To subscribe to the user support mailing list, send mail to
    63 [mailto:xworkplace-user-subscribe@netlabs.org Subscribe to xworkplace users mailing list].
    64 The subject and body can be empty. You will receive a response to which you must reply to complete the process.
    65 
    66 For discussing developer questions, use this list:
    67 [mailto:xworkplace-dev@netlabs.org xworkplace developers mailing list].
    68 To subscribe to the developers mailing list, send mail to
    69 [mailto:xworkplace-dev-subscribe@netlabs.org Subscribe to xworkplace developers mailing list].
    70 The subject and body can be empty. You will receive a response to which you must reply to complete the process.
    71 
    72 These 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].
    73 
    74 Like all [http://www.netlabs.org Netlabs] Mailing Lists, these lists are mirrored to
     57Copies of postings to the discontinued XWP Mailing Lists are mirrored to
    7558[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.)
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    8164 * Check out source tree for helpers [http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xwphelpers/branches/branch-1-0 here].
    8265 * You may download some widget sources [http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xwpwidgets/trunk here].
    83  * The '''!UsbWidget''' is now part of the widget sources [http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xwpwidgets/trunk/src/usbwidget here], but building it is not integrated yet.
     66 * The '''!UsbWidget''' is part of the widget sources [http://svn.netlabs.org/repos/xwpwidgets/trunk/src/usbwidget here], but building it is not integrated (note: this is not the proprietary USB widget included in ArcaOS)
    8467 * Follow the included documentation in [https://trac.netlabs.org/xworkplace/browser/trunk/progref.inf progref.inf].
    8568
    8669== Links ==
    8770* [https://xtracker.netlabs.org/index.php?project=2&gmtofs=300 xWorkplace XTracker Page for submiting Bugs].
    88 * [news://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.xworkplace.general/ xwp user mailing list via your favorite news reader].
    89 * [news://news.gmane.org/gmane.org.netlabs.xworkplace.devel xwp developer mailing list via your favorite news reader].
    90 * [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.
    91 * [http://www.xcenter.os2usr.org/ XCenter Plugin List homepage]. This site lists available XCenter widgets from various sources.
     71* [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. * [http://www.xcenter.os2usr.org/ XCenter Plugin List homepage]. This site lists available XCenter widgets from various sources.
    9272* [https://web.archive.org/web/20100115033201/http://www.xworkplace.org/ xWorkplace Discontinued Homepage (Internet Archive capture from 2010)].
    9373* [http://xworkplace.netlabs.org/en/site/index.xml xWorkplace Discontinued Netlabs Homepage].