Description

xWorkplace (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.

Features

XWorkplace consists of collection of WPS replacement classes plus many other features. Among them are:

• Freely configurable context menus.
• Extended sort functions: finally there are system-wide default sort options, plus more sort criteria (e.g. sort by extension).
• Display of folder content in context menus.
• Freely configurable folder status bars.
• Full path in folder window title bar.
• Freely configurable folder hotkeys (e.g. "F5" for "Refresh now", or "Ctrl+E" for "Sort by extension"): more than 30 items can be configured.
• Freely configurable object hotkeys: assign a hotkey to any WPS object and have it opened quickly this way.
• "Snap to grid" for all folders.
• Auto-scroll folder Tree views to make appearing items visible.
• 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.
• Lots of new WPS settings objects to ease system configuration, including CONFIG.SYS settings and device driver setup.
• A "WPS Class List" object for manipulating the WPS class list.
• Default WPS icons can be freely replaced.
• More system sounds for certain WPS events.
• "Treesize" utility to find out how much disk space is consumed by a folder and its subfolders.
• A trash can with full WPS "delete" support.
• Lots of mouse and keyboard enhancements, such as sliding focus, sliding menus, screen corner objects, and global object hotkeys — all with full WPS integration.
• Pager, a "virtual desktops" utility.
• The XCenter, a WarpCenter replacement.
• Xview: offers a tree-and-details view better suited to managing files on your drives.

Editions

Changes to XWP's build system now permit the creation of two versions: Full and Lite. Lite is very similar to eWP but without the eCS branding and logos. Unlike eWP, it includes XWP's Startup Folders, probably the most popular XWP feature missing in eWP. Be aware that the lite version does not contain XWP Setup or Media.

You can also review the xWorkplace Archived News page.

Binaries

Version	Edition	Date	Packages
1.0.15	Full	2023-11-04	​DE, ​EN, ​ES, ​IT, ​JA, ​NL, ​RU
1.0.16	Lite	2023-11-04	​DE, ​EN, ​ES, ​IT, ​JA, ​NL, ​RU
Official versions since v1.0.9 are distributed via Hobbes ​https://hobbes.nmsu.edu/?dir=%2F&stype=all&sort=type_name&search=xwp
Older versions including unofficial builds ​ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/xworkplace/ or ​http://trac.netlabs.org/xworkplace/wiki/XWorkplace%20Older%20Versions

Alternate build

Andreas 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 -

• 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).
• 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.
• in the most recent version (1.0.13) the translation is slightly more complete

Feedback and Support

If 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.

The support and development mailing lists are no longer active. For community support, post a message on the ​os2world.com forum.

Copies of postings to the discontinued XWP Mailing Lists are mirrored to ​Gmane. The users list is mirrored to ​xwp general, while the developers list is mirrored to ​xwp devel. (N.B.: Gmane's web interface shut down in July of 2016, though the news and mailing lists continue to function. See ​here for more information.)

Building xworkplace

• Check out complete source tree ​here.

Note: the current XWP source code is in the 'branches/branch-1-0' directory (as linked above). The contents of '/trunk' is obsolete and is not maintained.

• Check out source tree for helpers ​here.
• You may download some widget sources ​here.
• The UsbWidget is part of the widget sources ​here, but building it is not integrated (note: this is not the proprietary USB widget included in ArcaOS)
• Follow the included documentation in progref.inf.

Links

• ​xWorkplace Active Tickets Page. Review existing bugs and submit new ones (you must be logged in to Netlabs to submit a new ticket)].
• ​XCenter Plugin List homepage. This site lists available XCenter widgets from various sources.
• ​xWorkplace Discontinued Homepage (Internet Archive capture from 2010).
• ​xWorkplace Discontinued Netlabs Homepage.

License

This is an open source project under the GNU GPL V2 license.

Credits

• Ulrich Möller
• Paul Ratcliffe
• Martin Lafaix
• Rich Walsh
• Steve Levine
• David Azarewicz