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yes - it's a fact the support is incomplete, but not ugly - it is the LINUX OS that makes things ugly yes, i reimplemented some code for exactly one reason: because the linux internals change a lot over the years, and, with FTP f.ex., i was not sure if i should rely on LINUX C API at the moment the sockets actually do use the C code from libc.so.6 (most of them) also: isn't this dynamic linking?! it is one main goal and VP is good enough for this too i would have to retranslate the post... i don't think it was that much important background work can be done w/o problems: 1. the TGROUP object actually is a simple multithreading container the new version will feature background copy/deletion also, don't forget that FILE FIND alraedy is working in the background 2. the VP RTL features internal mutlithreading too i don't know where to go with UTF-8 do we really need it, what do we need to support it... i'd rather rewrite 50% of current code than to port the whole program to FP or into C btw, 50% is a bit too much, or did you only mean the VP RTL? moving from VP to any other compiler will take NDN MONTHS of work without ANY improvments, until it is as bug free as at the moment and then we won't know if the new compiler will really help us, or introduce us to new problems i always enjoy doing ground/basic work concerning the VP RTL, which involves a lot of reading and trial and error on the OS/KERNEL front i also read the FP RTL for some help, and, believe me, it IS damn ugly too good linux support IS possible with VP best wishes Stefan / AH

hi!! i am not sure what this can be of course you can test :) i will try it myself too... ...sorry, i cannot confirm the bug! Stefan / AH

Hi! This is implemented in the next release! bye

Hello! @Garl: I think the resizing by height is not that useful. i also think we can resize the dialog w/o placing the buttons to the top. @Basil: Quicksearch by file name only? or complete path? Stefan / AH

hi gpf! can you test the short filename expansion macros with this bug too? .!~ !~\ !~/ ~! i cannot try this because i have no NTFS drives to test it at the moment NDN gets the drive from the converted short filename (via Win32's GetShortPathname) i have changed this to use the standard fielname so the !: bug should be gone but i'd like to know if the complete path returned by the function is invalid thanks Stefan / AH

hi *! sorry for the long delay. not too much news for this release, the world cup keeps me busy :) i am preparing for my final exams in july, so i won't be able to do a lot in the next month. but i hope i still can release something at the end of july. whatsnew: [*] D32 removed specific code from NDN sources and moved it to RTL -> drivers.SysTV.*Mouse [-] LNX: palette load from menu didn't work -> removed usage of dnstddlg.GetFileNameMenu.LngMixCase [-] LNX: if VCSA couldn't be read no desktop BG/error message was shown [A] -> vpsyslnx.OpenVCS didn't return -1 on error, we check for < 0 now [+] W32: run/minimize/close to system tray: code by Vladimir Bochkarev -> added traycons, trayicon, dnapp.QuitForced, commands.cmQuitForced -> added usage of Abort to gauge.DispatchEvents* [*] added C# data to ndn.ext, ndn.hgl, hgroups [+] XX(En|De)code support (very similar to UUEnc) (Rugxulo) -> quite some work on: uucode, resources, english help [*] LNX: extended 0mk.sh to compile RCP only [*] added defines for several resources so they won't be compiled if unused: FTP, CDPLAYER, MODEM, DISKEDIT, NETWORK, SHUTDOWN and language strings (reduced data by several kB) TURBOVISION: VIEWS/DIALOGS/MENUS/OBJECTS [-] CTRL-O with AsciiTable didn't set status correctly on return [A] -> asciitab.TASCIIChart.Init: now using the new ofDontClearSelectable [-] click on last entry on statusline highlighted incorrectly (GPFault) [A] -> menus.TStatusLine.DrawSelect did draw additional data [*] when clicking menu separator menu does not close anymore -> menus.TMenuView.Execute does nothing anymore on a sep. click [*] THugeMenuBoxes scrolled whole view if view was not on position 0 -> changed menus.THugeMenuBox.Draw, menus.THugeMenuBox.BeyondTop, added menus.THugeMenuBox.Delta [+] added a "multi dialog"-dialog with example (dialmult/dialmuex) -> unused yet [*] added TCollection.IsValid which checks itself for nil or count > 0 VIEWER [-] crash if trying to view a file containing only one $0a (Dandv) [A] -> fviewer.TFileViewer.CountLines TVHC/HELP [+] english: added help on XLT files, updated help on spreadsheet VIRTUAL FILE SYSTEMS (VFS) [-] FTP: some directories were still parsed incorrectly because partial strings were trimmed left and right (<date> <name> became <date><name>) [A] -> vfs_ftp.TFTPConnected.GetFilesCol [-] FIND/BRANCH: crash if changing sort order to unsorted [A] (Eugeniusz Kosek/GPFault) -> collect.QuickSort was not able to handle list with equal elements, implemented a quicksort from java source with trimedian method. also added a sorting unit and extended this with several sorts HISTORIES [*] window x-sizes dependig on the screen size (Garl) -> histries.GetDialog EDITOR [+] set cursor to end of inserted data {Z} -> added option, commands.edeMovetoEOB, changed microed3.EditorInsertBlock [*] [HOME] at BOL and [END] at EOL clear selection {Z} -> microed6.EditorHandleEvent.cmHome/cmEnd FILE PANEL [*] file attributes on multiple files now also have a current button {Z} -> fltools.CM_SetAttributes and resources FILE COPY/MOVE/OPEN/CREATE/DELETE [+] copy/move: added a ignore file mask inputline {Z} -> filecopy, commands, resources, vfs_arvd [+] added Refresh files button to copy confirmation dialog (Eugeniusz Kosek) [*] English resources: improved the button layout in the copy/move dialogs [-] LNX: delete didn't handle symbolic/soft links but the target (GPFault) [A] -> eraser.EraseFiles checks if file is a link [-] move to "a \" didn't work (Dandv) -> filecopy.CopyDialog removes these trailing spaces KEYBOARD [-] LNX T: QuickSearch ALT/CTRL key presses were not generated [A] -> changed vpsyslnx.KbdTerminalThread to generate ALT/CTRL keycodes [+] LNX T: added code to clear CAPS/NUM/SCROLL lock states ARCHIVES [-] 7z: archives in dir with spaces were not read (Vladimir Bochkarev) [A] -> arc_7z.T7zArchive.GetFile puts target filename into "" if needed [-] ZIP: some archives looped infinitely in the detection code (Dandv) [A] -> archdet.ZIPDetect breaks the loop if 2 times same position was found [*] LNX: "Use long filenames" was unused and therefore commented RCP/RESOURCE [*] RCP did not handle IFDEFs in enum-types in commands.pas [*] better information output when compiling resources COMMANDLINE [-] W32/LNX: CTRL-O, default cmdline mode not reset after exec (GPFault) [] User modes are reset to default but not correctly displayed and Timer mode stayed after exec -> added cmRereadInfo message to usermenu.TUserView.HandleEvent.cmTotalReread [*] Cmdline setup: "user mode #1" inputline now uses %comspec% instead of command (GPFault) [*] LNX: User mode #1 inputline now contains an example line SYNTAX HIGHLIGHT [-] RegKeywords could not override Comment(Start|String) [NC] -> added RegKeywordsColl.IsValid check to highlite.Highlites download: http://ndn.muxe.com/beta.php have fun Stefan / AH

hi GPF! 1. was already reported, but still thanks :) 2. i understand the problem, but i think this behaviour is correct. a block should be treated as one unit IMO like one line. and the starting line of the block is the anchor for this unit. best wishes Stefan / AH

hi ian! it only works with quick file rename: ALT-F6 i hope this helps you Stefan / AH

Hello Ian! I must repeat myself: it will NOT be easy to do these modifications. It will take me quite some time to get it done. Best thing would be to create an ini file for NDN to read at startup. Is the ^J character an 0x0a in that string? So the complete sequence would be: $1B 0A 33 4D Just as a little note: The number (33) after the key (0A) should tell NDN what modifier was used. But, let's test this combination for the next release. Stefan / AH

ahhh! ok, i will also add this to the todo list Stefan / AH

Hi Dan! In fact NDN crashes when trying to view the file after closing it (at least here...) ($0a only) Probably a bug in the line checking code... thanks Stefan / AH

Hi! NDN parses the standard keyboard sequences in X, depending on the configuration of X or it's terminals. So this would be possible. But could the modification/addition of extra sequences also be executed by NDN internally? And, doesn't X in general allow to define own keyboard sequences? Unfortunately this problem is not easy to fix and requires quite some time to analyze and solve. Any help is appreciated. Stefan / AH

Hi Wolf! NDN does not follow the directory changes of executed programs. It saves it's own current directory of the current file panel. I will add this behaviour as an option to my todo list. bye Stefan / AH PS: please try one of the newer beta versions http://ndn.muxe.com/beta.php

Hi Ian! Of course it would be possible to reconfigure the terminal emulator to be more compatible to NDN. I don't know if ETerm is a better choice for such a task. Maybe you already verified it? You could share your experience with us... The best way would be to be able to get the keyboard scan codes from X, but I don't know if it is possible at all because NDN is no X application. Stefan / AH

hi again! i just checked at university with v8835 and it finds files in the current directory note that the current directory is the directory that is selected in file panel maybe we should use the path of the currently edited filename with SPF and not the current directory Stefan / AH

hi! there's no support for any special character sets i don't know when this will be done, since it may be a lot of work don't worry, you didn't misconfigure anything Stefan / AH

hi ian! in a real terminal in linux this works like in dos/windows with CTRL-ENTER in X the keyboard is not correctly working and we are looking for a solution for this problem i assume you are using NDN in X, there's no solution to do this yet sorry Stefan / AH

hi! what's new: [*] removed inactive people from team list (sorry) [*] LNX: checked the IsTermType() usage in vpsyslnx and replaced with binary TermType check where possible; better detection of real linux terminals vs. xterm/rxvt [-] LNX X: started in the terminal from where x was started (J.B.Lethbridge/GPFault) -> vpsyslnx didn't detect xterm/rxvt correctly [*] added DTX (TEX) to ndn.ext, ndn.hgl and highlight groups [-] LNX X: terminal was not correctly setup on program exit (GPFault) -> vpsyslnx.TrmDone only reset terminal on TermType=ttLinux [+] added used software reference to the help files [+] User Screen/Output window: enable screen grabber when using mouse * left button starts screen grabber * right button closes user screen/output window -> User Screen (ESC/ALT-F5): dnapp.TApplication.WhenShow -> Output Window (CTRL-O): usermenu.TUserView.HandleEvent [*] LNX now correctly shows a desktop background if VCSA was not available and also shows an info message -> usermenu.TUserView.Draw and dnapp.TBackground.Draw, added dlNoVCSA to resources [*] extended information on startup (w/o /QUIET switch): Process ID -> main.TellOS [*] removed dnexec.CleanLoaderInfo since it was unused/unneeded [-] dnapp.ExecExit was not fail safe, since it didn't do a correct clean up on exit (= Options.Configuration.Startup/Shutdown.Inactivity Hour Exit) [NC] -> now simply using Desktop^.EndModal(cmClose) [*] stringsx._SearchForOld optimization (removed doubled code) {Z} [*] updated delphi/pascal hgl data and xml==bdsproj (Vladimir Bochkarev) [*] improved the "c" file extension code in DOS/WINDOWS ndn.ext TURBOVISION: VIEWS/DIALOGS/MENUS/OBJECTS [-] Menubar, no value selected, pgdn -> Crash (GPFault) [DNOC] -> menus.TMenuView.Execute now checks if Current is nil EDITOR [*] improved the messagebox when no file was found after CTRL-ENTER [-] modified file, empty line, Esc, cancel save dialog with Esc (GPFault) [A] a) D32: view was locked -> microed6.EditorHandleEvent.cmClose didn't call ForceUnlockDrawing B) using backspace unindents w/o checking options -> micro_4.EdMakeBack didn't use EdOptions.BackIndent on empty lines (calling save dialog sets line containing only whitespace to '' if certain options are set) [*] Options.Backspace/Delete unindents wasn't saved to edit history -> added EdOptions.Backindent to histries.TEditRecord and (Re)StoreEditInfo [-] russian resource: after changing configuration editor could become unusable because of an additional/too much inputline {P} [*] delete block by [bACKSP] {Z} -> microed.micro_4.EdMakeBack [*] added character count to ALT-F1 -> added stringsx.tCharWordCountRec.TotalChars FILE COPY/MOVE/OPEN/CREATE/DELETE [-] copy progress dialog: time in minutes > 59 (Garl) since it didn't handle hours correctly (FreeDOSFan) [A] -> filecopy.ConvTime/dnutil3.ShowTimeInfo now use alarmclk.GetTimeStr -> alarmclk.Format(Date|Time)Str was moved to timedate [-] move on same drive didn't show progress (Necromancer) [A] -> filecopy.DoRename didn't update progress data [-] NT move: when file could not be copied, file search record was not closed and the owning directory could not be deleted in future operations w/o closing NDN (Necromancer) [NC] -> filecopy.CopyDirectory didn't close search record of that directory [*] error message when trying to move a directory to a file -> filecopy.CopyI checks if target is a file DNEXEC/EXTERNAL VIEWER/EDITOR DNEXEC.EXECUTEFILEEXT/LOCAL_GLOBAL_MENUS [-] LNX: programs got 1 parameter if actually no parameter was given [V] -> vpsyslnx.SysExecute: added 2*#0 at the end of the string before creating arglist [-] W32 !: sometimes returned crap (Dandv) [A] -> lfn.lGetShortFileName had no error handling (usermenu.MakeString) [*] D32 NT: extended environment space for executing extension files (batch/scripts) -> added dnexec.ExecExtraEnv for _ExecString to add environment space RCP/RESOURCE [*] rcp.ParseFile() now skips lines with '//' -> doesn't hang anymore when parsing commands.pas CALENDAR [+] added week of year display, dlcWeek string to language resources -> calendar.TCalendarView.Draw [+] HOME/END: goto january/december -> calendar.TCalendarView.HandleEvent [*] several improvements: - removed unused dlcLine from language resources - using timedate methods: DaysInMonth() - moved calendar.(WeekOfYear|DayOfWeek) to timedate [+] added color for today and days of other months to color setup -> updated russian/english resources, english help file, added new value to dialogs.CGrayDialog, updated *.pal files and dnapp.CColor [*] improved the statusline FILE PANEL [*] improved the mouse wheel handling in the file window -> flpanel.TFilePanel.HandleEvent [*] improved information where in previous versions sizes only showed KGMT - file panel info part: selected files and totals, files in dir are now shown like this "123,432/5" instead of "123,432(5)" which saves space, file count is now also separated if > 999 (Dandv), archive information is better formatted (using size of panel) -> flpanel.TInfoView.Draw - information panel: added infopane.TDiskInfoRec.PanelSize available memory -> infopane.TDiskInfo.Draw drive information (GetDirInfo) -> vfs_driv.TDrive, vfs_arcv.TArcDrive, vfs_find.(TFindDrive|TTempDrive), vfs_ftp.TFTPConnected [*] the infopanel was reread multiple times on changing directories (GlobalMessage cmRereadInfo!), dir changes much faster now -> vfs_driv.TDrive.(VFS_ChangeUp|VFS_ChangeRoot) [*] interruptable compare directories (Dandv) -> fltools.CM_CompareDirs using advance0.Esc_Pressed and Abort VIRTUAL FILE SYSTEMS (VFS) [-] FTP: UNIX servers didn't show content of directories with spaces -> vfs_ftp.TFTPConnected.GetFilesCol changes directories and gets current directory instead of using absolute dir name in the LIST command [*] FTP: ANSI (cyrillic) filenames support {Z} -> changed vfs_ftp, resources [*] NETW: russian network paths could not be accessed (Garl) -> network names are no converted to ANSI: network.GetResources KEYBOARD [-] D32 [iNSERT] was not reported multiple times when key was kept pressed (Oleg Arkhangelsky) [A] -> drivers.MyInt09Hook and its tables didn't handle INSERT http://ndn.muxe.com/beta.php have a nice weekend Stefan / AH

hi! 1) hm, it does search in current directory, but not in root i think the behaviour is correct 2) possible, it shouldn't sort of course i will look into this thank you Stefan / AH

hi gpf! indeed, i added it to the list thank you Stefan / AH

hi oleg! thank you for your nice words 1. that's true, i have just fixed it (new version this weekend) 2. i added it to the list 3. in options.configuration.editor setup is an option called "CONVERT BLOCKS" which you should enable if you only want to convert the marked area 4. ok, it's also added to the todo list 5. i have to try this in w9x, but this is low priority :) thanks again next time also write what port of NDN you are using (D32, W32, LNX) bye Stefan / AH

hi dan true i will go thru the code and look where it's best to enable KGMT and where not Stefan / AH

Hey Dan! 1) the !: code was not 100% working: the WINAPI function GetShortPathName does return garbage on certain files and this was not handled strange that it was on C:, probably has to do with the SFN versions of the filenames (maybe not existing on the boot drive or something) 2) sorry i cannot reproduce, maybe this is WXP speicific? im running 2k at home maybe you can provide me a little atchive with a collection of dirs/files that shows that behaviour (i think the file sizes can all be 0 as this seems a name comparing behaviour) of course, this may be fixed with the first fix too thank you Stefan / AH

hi !! can you correctly go to the paths at the moment? Stefan / AH

Hi! ok, fixed! Stefan / AH