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From: Andreas B. <bo...@ge...> - 2006-07-07 18:05:46
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-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Hello I have tested the new FreeCOM (0.84pre2) with the kernel from Eric (2036w ?) under QEMU and have some problems: I can't create a file with: echo "hallo" > 2.txt I receive the following message: Can not redirect output to file '2.txt' If I create a file with a text editor named "2.txt" in the root of my startup drive (c:\) and I like to delete it with del 2.txt FreeCOM loops the output C:\: No such file or directory C:\: No such file or directory C:\: No such file or directory ... I need to press "Ctrl-C" and I get the prompt. The file has been deleted. This all works with the FreeCOM 0.84pre. If you need more information about my setup, please see http://geodb.org/db/doc/emu/qemu/secB.htm#secB Andreas PS: 0.84pre2 is 98 Bytes larger then 0.84pre. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2 (MingW32) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFErqIpkyKr2gmercERAo/2AKCBELCAIw7XKTOrYshusNpxRT1pRwCdGE/s /iEPcrLp9f1RspX/DLPvSyI= =jQ8K -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- |
From: Alain M. <al...@po...> - 2006-07-06 21:58:40
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> AM> At a certain moment, there was a commercial competition that brought > AM> Watcom C colser to BC AB> May you get us examples of such "closer"? In which parts, in which AB> library functions, ... Most of the time, Borland has 2 functions to do DOS things. Nearly allways one of them exist in WC (OW). I have lots of functions that compile (with conditionals) for both BC and OW Alain |
From: Arkady V.B. <ar...@be...> - 2006-07-06 17:06:02
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Hi! 4-Июл-2006 13:21 _a...@po... (Alain M.) wrote to fre...@li...: >> OpenWatcom never and not planned to be "closer" to BC, than any other >> compiler. Any case of "close to BC", which you may currently found in OW, is >> result of accident. AM> At a certain moment, there was a commercial competition that brought AM> Watcom C colser to BC May you get us examples of such "closer"? In which parts, in which library functions, in which extensions, in which command line tools options, in which directories hierarchy? PS: One time, when MS introduces itself into Pascal market, where Turbo Pascal was dominate, their Quick Pascal was identical to TP (by usage, functions and modules). But in other areas (except some countries, like Russia) Borland was never dominate. |
From: Joe C. <har...@co...> - 2006-07-06 15:16:46
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> >From homesteading the noosphere: > > This rule underlies the fact that open-source software tends to stay in > beta for a long time, and not get even a 1.0 version number until the > developers are very sure it will not hand out a lot of nasty surprises. In > the closed-source world, Version 1.0 means ``Don't touch this if you're > prudent.''; in the open-source world it reads something more like ``The > developers are willing to bet their reputations on this.'' It's my first day :-) lol Joe |
From: Imre L. <imr...@te...> - 2006-07-06 14:13:44
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>From homesteading the noosphere: This rule underlies the fact that open-source software tends to stay in b= eta for a long time, and not get even a 1.0 version number until the deve= lopers are very sure it will not hand out a lot of nasty surprises. In th= e closed-source world, Version 1.0 means ``Don't touch this if you're pru= dent.''; in the open-source world it reads something more like ``The deve= lopers are willing to bet their reputations on this.'' Imre |
From: Imre L. <imr...@te...> - 2006-07-06 08:53:39
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The most used TUI for DOS is of course turbo vision. And then of course there are the reusable controls from the defrag interface. This code was build from the ground up to implement the interfaces for the FreeDOS project. Imre >-----Original Message----- >From: Jim Hall [mailto:jh...@fr...] >Sent: Wednesday, July 5, 2006 11:18 PM >To: fre...@li... >Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] Things about the upcoming distro > >Okay, I'll plan to start a re-write. I hate to start from scratch on >stuff like this, but maybe I can reference the old code (I am not a >pascal programmer, but I can likely _read_ it) to save time. > > >Slightly off-topic: can anyone recommend a (good) DOS graphical toolkit >for C programming? > > >-jh > > > >Blair Campbell wrote: >> well, if you know PASCAL, it might be possible to modify the graphical >> installer, but otherwise, I would recommend a rewrite. The current >> gui installer requires a slightly older than latest version of >> FreePASCAL. >> >> On 7/5/06, Jim Hall <jh...@fr...> wrote: >> >>> [...] >>> Looks like the Install program that's on CVS >>> (http://freedos.cvs.sourceforge.net/freedos/install/) is a slightly >>> modified version of the text installer I wrote several years ago. Where >>> are the sources for the graphical installer? Or would it be better to >>> re-write the graphical installer from scratch? >>> > > >-- >I'm sorry my president's an idiot. I didn't vote for him. > > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >Freedos-devel mailing list >Fre...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > |
From: Imre L. <imr...@te...> - 2006-07-06 08:51:56
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Good toolkit, very portable, no threading. At the time, I told Victor how he needed to port the code, and when I came back after the weekend the work is done. Never tested wether it worked with the FLTK though. Imre >-----Original Message----- >From: Pat Villani [mailto:pa...@mo...] >Sent: Thursday, July 6, 2006 12:59 AM >To: fre...@li... >Subject: Re: [Freedos-devel] New installer > >Have a look at Nano-X Windows System. It seems interesting, although >I've never actually used it for anything serious. > >Pat > > >Jim Hall wrote: >> Nope, I'm looking for a C library that helps draw the graphical elements >> (windows, buttons, ...) like to build a graphical application. It needs >> to be lightweight - this is going to fit on a boot disk. Embedded apps >> like cash register displays, etc use something like this. >> >> Along the lines of "libgtk" but for DOS applications. Lots of things >> out there, but I haven't looked at them. That's why I'm fishing for >> recommendations. >> >> -jh >> > > > >Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? >Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier >Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo >http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 >_______________________________________________ >Freedos-devel mailing list >Fre...@li... >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > > |
From: Florian X. <fl...@dr...> - 2006-07-06 07:12:39
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Sorry again...XOSL uses DJGPP. But it doesn't need much disc space. http://www2.arnes.si/~fkomar/xosl.org/ My last mail :-) bye Flo -- Florian Xaver <http://www.flox.at.tf> Dr-DOS Wiki <http://www.drdos.org> oZone-a GUI operating system for DOS,Linux,Win SWORD-a nice GUI library for DOS/DJGPP <http://www.flox.at.tf> |
From: Florian X. <fl...@dr...> - 2006-07-06 07:04:04
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Sorry for so many e-mails... just found the screenshots of XOSL. http://www2.arnes.si/~fkomar/xosl.org/ bye Florian Xaver wrote: > Lightweight ...so, oZone will be no choice... ;-) > > XOSL, the boot manager ( http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm ) uses a > small and nice own library for the GUI. I think you would need BorlandC 3.1. > > Which compiler do you want to use? > > bye > Flo > > Jim Hall wrote: >> Nope, I'm looking for a C library that helps draw the graphical elements >> (windows, buttons, ...) like to build a graphical application. It needs >> to be lightweight - this is going to fit on a boot disk. Embedded apps >> like cash register displays, etc use something like this. >> >> Along the lines of "libgtk" but for DOS applications. Lots of things >> out there, but I haven't looked at them. That's why I'm fishing for >> recommendations. >> >> -jh >> >> >> Florian Xaver wrote: >>> Hi, you mean an development enviroment? >>> I am using SETEDIT or Necromancer's DOS Navigator. >>> >>> Bye >>> Flo >>> >>> >>>> Slightly off-topic: can anyone recommend a (good) DOS graphical toolkit >>>> for C programming? >>>> >>> >> > -- Florian Xaver <http://www.flox.at.tf> Dr-DOS Wiki <http://www.drdos.org> oZone-a GUI operating system for DOS,Linux,Win SWORD-a nice GUI library for DOS/DJGPP <http://www.flox.at.tf> |
From: Florian X. <fl...@dr...> - 2006-07-06 07:00:34
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Wow - a really nice GUI and program! Bye Flo Kenneth J. Davis wrote: > FYI the sources for the GUI installer (as provided to me originally) can > be found here: > > http://www.fdos.org/install/GUI_INST.RAR > > > not 100% sure if its the latest one as I have a few variants on my hard > drive as well, but should be close enough if you are just going to be > reading and not improving it directly. -- Florian Xaver <http://www.flox.at.tf> Dr-DOS Wiki <http://www.drdos.org> oZone-a GUI operating system for DOS,Linux,Win SWORD-a nice GUI library for DOS/DJGPP <http://www.flox.at.tf> |
From: Florian X. <fl...@dr...> - 2006-07-06 06:55:30
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Or maybe you may use the GUI from ACCESS? http://surf.to/AccessDosMenu There are many many ways ;-) bye Flo |
From: Florian X. <fl...@dr...> - 2006-07-06 06:53:06
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Lightweight ...so, oZone will be no choice... ;-) XOSL, the boot manager ( http://www.ranish.com/part/xosl.htm ) uses a small and nice own library for the GUI. I think you would need BorlandC 3.1. Which compiler do you want to use? bye Flo Jim Hall wrote: > Nope, I'm looking for a C library that helps draw the graphical elements > (windows, buttons, ...) like to build a graphical application. It needs > to be lightweight - this is going to fit on a boot disk. Embedded apps > like cash register displays, etc use something like this. > > Along the lines of "libgtk" but for DOS applications. Lots of things > out there, but I haven't looked at them. That's why I'm fishing for > recommendations. > > -jh > > > Florian Xaver wrote: >> Hi, you mean an development enviroment? >> I am using SETEDIT or Necromancer's DOS Navigator. >> >> Bye >> Flo >> >> >>> Slightly off-topic: can anyone recommend a (good) DOS graphical toolkit >>> for C programming? >>> >> > > -- Florian Xaver <http://www.flox.at.tf> Dr-DOS Wiki <http://www.drdos.org> oZone-a GUI operating system for DOS,Linux,Win SWORD-a nice GUI library for DOS/DJGPP <http://www.flox.at.tf> |
From: Blair C. <bla...@gm...> - 2006-07-06 03:44:13
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Well, FreeDOS RUNS on things less than 386's, but seriously, those people should be expecting to do a little work to get working systems. On 7/5/06, Alain M. <al...@po...> wrote: > > Jim Hall escreveu: > > I'm not married to the idea of a GUI installer. > > I believe that there is a contradiction somewhere... > > There is a lot of fuss when something doesn't run on plain 8086 and then > FreeDOS 1.0 will have both a Graphic installer (VGA) and a lot of > non-standard-DOS applications... > > I thought that this should be highlighted. Any opinions about this? > > Alain > PS. I am not in the least against it. In my opinion FreeDOS will rarely > (ever) run on less then 386. > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya |
From: Blair C. <bla...@gm...> - 2006-07-06 03:40:44
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The text installer is not written in batch though... On 7/5/06, Marcus Furlong <fur...@ho...> wrote: > Jim Hall wrote: > > > Blair Campbell wrote: > >> Just to let you know, due to lack of bugfixes in the graphical > >> installer, it cannot be included with 1.0, otherwise people would > >> blame us for releasing buggy software. The text installer works > >> pretty much everywhere and is much more stable. > >> > >> Unless anyone releases a showstopper-fixed graphical installer :-). > >> > >> [...] > >> FDPKG 1.0-pre will be installed by default for package management, and > >> a modified text installer will do its best to integrate package > >> management into the installed FreeDOS (including removal of unwanted > >> packages, dependency checking, etc..) Included with it is a utility > >> that uses specified files to rename short filenames to long filenames > >> needed by some packages. That way, the long filenames can survive > >> being zipped and unzipped with an Info-Zip that doesn't support long > >> filenames. > >> > > > > > > Hi Blair, > > > > After the "1.0" distro is out, I'm thinking I'd like to help > > rebuild/improve the graphical installer, merging it with FDPKG, etc. > > The installer is the first thing that people will see when they try out > > FreeDOS ... a text installer is okay, but a nice-looking graphical > > version would be killer. I've been putting some thought into how to > > make the install process easier (not possible to implement before "1.0", > > but likely for the next distro) and I'd like to get involved again and > > write code for that. Heck, integrating package management into the > > FreeDOS installer was always a big goal of mine, but I never went to do > > it - maybe I can finally help make that happen. :-) > > > > Looks like the Install program that's on CVS > > (http://freedos.cvs.sourceforge.net/freedos/install/) is a slightly > > modified version of the text installer I wrote several years ago. Where > > are the sources for the graphical installer? Or would it be better to > > re-write the graphical installer from scratch? > > powerbatch is also available under the GPL now, if you want to make the > actual text installer prettier: > > https://www.cs.tcd.ie/~furlongm/dos/pbatch/ > > There's an example included with the zip, to show off the fancy things it > can do. > > Marcus. > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya |
From: Alain M. <al...@po...> - 2006-07-06 03:04:23
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Jim Hall escreveu: > I'm not married to the idea of a GUI installer. I believe that there is a contradiction somewhere... There is a lot of fuss when something doesn't run on plain 8086 and then FreeDOS 1.0 will have both a Graphic installer (VGA) and a lot of non-standard-DOS applications... I thought that this should be highlighted. Any opinions about this? Alain PS. I am not in the least against it. In my opinion FreeDOS will rarely (ever) run on less then 386. |
From: Jim H. <jh...@fr...> - 2006-07-06 00:15:03
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I'm not married to the idea of a GUI installer. I'm just as happy to update the text installer, but it has to look nice (again, this is the first experience people have with FreeDOS.) So, I'll expand my call for recommendations to include TUI toolkits. -jh Eric Auer wrote: > Hi Jim, > I would like to remind you that I would NOT recommend to have > a GRAPHICAL installer for an operating system which itself > is PURE TEXT. I mean the only gain from that would be that > installshield sues us because we cloned their looks. Please > stick with TUI installers (defrag / scandisk / edit style). > Oh, by the way, if you are really THAT bored that you want > to write a new component, please write a TUI for DOSFSCK to > create a SCANDISK (as dosfsck has a simulation mode, it can > be modified to save undo data. plus dosfsck is interactive, > as is scandisk...) :-) . > > Well and... Pascal is not that bad, you could always fix the > existing installer if graphics would be that much desired... > > If you wish, you can merge that off-list comment into the > discussion on the list, of course. > > Eric > > > PS: I gui installer for a command line OS would make > people expect that the whole OS is gui, sort of... > > -- I'm sorry my president's an idiot. I didn't vote for him. |
From: Kenneth J. D. <je...@fd...> - 2006-07-05 23:33:26
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FYI the sources for the GUI installer (as provided to me originally) can be found here: http://www.fdos.org/install/GUI_INST.RAR not 100% sure if its the latest one as I have a few variants on my hard drive as well, but should be close enough if you are just going to be reading and not improving it directly. Jeremy |
From: Marcus F. <fur...@ho...> - 2006-07-05 23:20:08
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Jim Hall wrote: > Blair Campbell wrote: >> Just to let you know, due to lack of bugfixes in the graphical >> installer, it cannot be included with 1.0, otherwise people would >> blame us for releasing buggy software. The text installer works >> pretty much everywhere and is much more stable. >> >> Unless anyone releases a showstopper-fixed graphical installer :-). >> >> [...] >> FDPKG 1.0-pre will be installed by default for package management, and >> a modified text installer will do its best to integrate package >> management into the installed FreeDOS (including removal of unwanted >> packages, dependency checking, etc..) Included with it is a utility >> that uses specified files to rename short filenames to long filenames >> needed by some packages. That way, the long filenames can survive >> being zipped and unzipped with an Info-Zip that doesn't support long >> filenames. >> > > > Hi Blair, > > After the "1.0" distro is out, I'm thinking I'd like to help > rebuild/improve the graphical installer, merging it with FDPKG, etc. > The installer is the first thing that people will see when they try out > FreeDOS ... a text installer is okay, but a nice-looking graphical > version would be killer. I've been putting some thought into how to > make the install process easier (not possible to implement before "1.0", > but likely for the next distro) and I'd like to get involved again and > write code for that. Heck, integrating package management into the > FreeDOS installer was always a big goal of mine, but I never went to do > it - maybe I can finally help make that happen. :-) > > Looks like the Install program that's on CVS > (http://freedos.cvs.sourceforge.net/freedos/install/) is a slightly > modified version of the text installer I wrote several years ago. Where > are the sources for the graphical installer? Or would it be better to > re-write the graphical installer from scratch? powerbatch is also available under the GPL now, if you want to make the actual text installer prettier: https://www.cs.tcd.ie/~furlongm/dos/pbatch/ There's an example included with the zip, to show off the fancy things it can do. Marcus. |
From: Pat V. <pa...@mo...> - 2006-07-05 22:59:08
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Have a look at Nano-X Windows System. It seems interesting, although I've never actually used it for anything serious. Pat Jim Hall wrote: > Nope, I'm looking for a C library that helps draw the graphical elements > (windows, buttons, ...) like to build a graphical application. It needs > to be lightweight - this is going to fit on a boot disk. Embedded apps > like cash register displays, etc use something like this. > > Along the lines of "libgtk" but for DOS applications. Lots of things > out there, but I haven't looked at them. That's why I'm fishing for > recommendations. > > -jh > |
From: Jim H. <jh...@fr...> - 2006-07-05 22:38:25
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Nope, I'm looking for a C library that helps draw the graphical elements (windows, buttons, ...) like to build a graphical application. It needs to be lightweight - this is going to fit on a boot disk. Embedded apps like cash register displays, etc use something like this. Along the lines of "libgtk" but for DOS applications. Lots of things out there, but I haven't looked at them. That's why I'm fishing for recommendations. -jh Florian Xaver wrote: > Hi, you mean an development enviroment? > I am using SETEDIT or Necromancer's DOS Navigator. > > Bye > Flo > > >> Slightly off-topic: can anyone recommend a (good) DOS graphical toolkit >> for C programming? >> > > -- I'm sorry my president's an idiot. I didn't vote for him. |
From: Florian X. <fl...@dr...> - 2006-07-05 21:33:52
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Hi, you mean an development enviroment? I am using SETEDIT or Necromancer's DOS Navigator. Bye Flo > Slightly off-topic: can anyone recommend a (good) DOS graphical toolkit > for C programming? -- Florian Xaver <http://www.flox.at.tf> Dr-DOS Wiki <http://www.drdos.org> oZone-a GUI operating system for DOS,Linux,Win SWORD-a nice GUI library for DOS/DJGPP <http://www.flox.at.tf> |
From: Jim H. <jh...@fr...> - 2006-07-05 21:18:51
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Okay, I'll plan to start a re-write. I hate to start from scratch on stuff like this, but maybe I can reference the old code (I am not a pascal programmer, but I can likely _read_ it) to save time. Slightly off-topic: can anyone recommend a (good) DOS graphical toolkit for C programming? -jh Blair Campbell wrote: > well, if you know PASCAL, it might be possible to modify the graphical > installer, but otherwise, I would recommend a rewrite. The current > gui installer requires a slightly older than latest version of > FreePASCAL. > > On 7/5/06, Jim Hall <jh...@fr...> wrote: > >> [...] >> Looks like the Install program that's on CVS >> (http://freedos.cvs.sourceforge.net/freedos/install/) is a slightly >> modified version of the text installer I wrote several years ago. Where >> are the sources for the graphical installer? Or would it be better to >> re-write the graphical installer from scratch? >> -- I'm sorry my president's an idiot. I didn't vote for him. |
From: Blair C. <bla...@gm...> - 2006-07-05 19:40:35
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well, if you know PASCAL, it might be possible to modify the graphical installer, but otherwise, I would recommend a rewrite. The current gui installer requires a slightly older than latest version of FreePASCAL. On 7/5/06, Jim Hall <jh...@fr...> wrote: > Blair Campbell wrote: > > Just to let you know, due to lack of bugfixes in the graphical > > installer, it cannot be included with 1.0, otherwise people would > > blame us for releasing buggy software. The text installer works > > pretty much everywhere and is much more stable. > > > > Unless anyone releases a showstopper-fixed graphical installer :-). > > > > [...] > > FDPKG 1.0-pre will be installed by default for package management, and > > a modified text installer will do its best to integrate package > > management into the installed FreeDOS (including removal of unwanted > > packages, dependency checking, etc..) Included with it is a utility > > that uses specified files to rename short filenames to long filenames > > needed by some packages. That way, the long filenames can survive > > being zipped and unzipped with an Info-Zip that doesn't support long > > filenames. > > > > > Hi Blair, > > After the "1.0" distro is out, I'm thinking I'd like to help > rebuild/improve the graphical installer, merging it with FDPKG, etc. > The installer is the first thing that people will see when they try out > FreeDOS ... a text installer is okay, but a nice-looking graphical > version would be killer. I've been putting some thought into how to > make the install process easier (not possible to implement before "1.0", > but likely for the next distro) and I'd like to get involved again and > write code for that. Heck, integrating package management into the > FreeDOS installer was always a big goal of mine, but I never went to do > it - maybe I can finally help make that happen. :-) > > Looks like the Install program that's on CVS > (http://freedos.cvs.sourceforge.net/freedos/install/) is a slightly > modified version of the text installer I wrote several years ago. Where > are the sources for the graphical installer? Or would it be better to > re-write the graphical installer from scratch? > > > -jh > > > > -- > I'm sorry my president's an idiot. I didn't vote for him. > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya |
From: Jim H. <jh...@fr...> - 2006-07-05 19:09:45
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Blair Campbell wrote: > Just to let you know, due to lack of bugfixes in the graphical > installer, it cannot be included with 1.0, otherwise people would > blame us for releasing buggy software. The text installer works > pretty much everywhere and is much more stable. > > Unless anyone releases a showstopper-fixed graphical installer :-). > > [...] > FDPKG 1.0-pre will be installed by default for package management, and > a modified text installer will do its best to integrate package > management into the installed FreeDOS (including removal of unwanted > packages, dependency checking, etc..) Included with it is a utility > that uses specified files to rename short filenames to long filenames > needed by some packages. That way, the long filenames can survive > being zipped and unzipped with an Info-Zip that doesn't support long > filenames. > Hi Blair, After the "1.0" distro is out, I'm thinking I'd like to help rebuild/improve the graphical installer, merging it with FDPKG, etc. The installer is the first thing that people will see when they try out FreeDOS ... a text installer is okay, but a nice-looking graphical version would be killer. I've been putting some thought into how to make the install process easier (not possible to implement before "1.0", but likely for the next distro) and I'd like to get involved again and write code for that. Heck, integrating package management into the FreeDOS installer was always a big goal of mine, but I never went to do it - maybe I can finally help make that happen. :-) Looks like the Install program that's on CVS (http://freedos.cvs.sourceforge.net/freedos/install/) is a slightly modified version of the text installer I wrote several years ago. Where are the sources for the graphical installer? Or would it be better to re-write the graphical installer from scratch? -jh -- I'm sorry my president's an idiot. I didn't vote for him. |
From: Blair C. <bla...@gm...> - 2006-07-05 17:10:24
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Yes, I agree. MPXPLAY is an excellent audio player and one of my favorites. It's been on my include list since day 1. On 7/5/06, Michael Devore <Fre...@de...> wrote: > At 10:57 AM 7/5/2006 +0200, Florian Xaver wrote: > > >Do you include MPXPLAY too? Would be very interesting for many users. > > Seconded. MPXPLAY works better than several native Linux players, at least > it did last time I tried to get a few to work (properly). Whomever wrote > MPXPLAY did a great job. Good test case for DOS extender quirks, too. > > > Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? > Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job > easier > Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo > http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 > _______________________________________________ > Freedos-devel mailing list > Fre...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freedos-devel > -- Fall is my favorite season in Los Angeles, watching the birds change color and fall from the trees. David Letterman (1947 - ) See ya |