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hi RayeR! yes, there's a lot left to do (in all versions) that's why i cannot concentrate on the linux version at the moment 1) NDN opens /proc/mounts and reads the entries of the file each entry will be one drive on the drive line i don't know how to sort the entries in that file, because it is generated by the system and only contains the drives that are actually mounted maybe you can do that by sorting the drives in the /etc/fstab files in the odrer you want, it SHOULD use the same order as used in the /proc/mounts file. 2) yes, the way i know to read the shift-modifiers in linux does not work in any xterm environment i don't know how MC does it (does it change the statusline when you press alt f.ex.?) all i can say is that there is no obvious way to do it, so i think there must be a trick i don't know yet maybe the next time i do some linux only work i can fix this thanks for your message Stefan / AH PS: i haven't forgotten about the ESC problem,it will be worked on ASAP too

Hi Dan! has been fixed last week Stefan / AH

hi! i am sorry, but the maximum possible amount of colors in TEXT MODE is 16 as Garl said, you can use those 16 colors for BG and FG, which makes 256 colors (or color combinations) in total so, even if i wanted, i could not increase this number sorry Stefan / AH

hi all! this is an anniversary release. i have now been working on NDN for 2 years, and i hope i will be able to continue like this, the todo list is still long :) i hope you have fun with this. thanks to Necromancer and Daniil (webmaster) thanks to all supporters and users until the next release :) Stefan / Angels Holocaust http://ndn.muxe.com/archives/ndn_2_15_4000_d32.rar http://ndn.muxe.com/archives/ndn_2_15_4000_w32.rar http://ndn.muxe.com/archives/ndn_2_15_4000_lnx.rar news: [+] added icons to the archive (ICO subdir) {G} [*] added DisposeStr to all PChars created by stringsx.PasStr() [+] AutoCad AutoLisp/Dialog (LSP/DCL) highlight data (Vladimir Bochkarev) SYNTAX HIGHLIGHT: [-] scanning for comments: scan from the "end" of the list to find longer comment IDs first (LISP: ; -> ;|) (Vladimir Bochkarev) [DNOC] -> same solution as used for the Keywords FILE PANEL [+] W32 Context Menu support: WinMenuKey/Alt-A & ALT+RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON (MiB) -> COPY and CUT disabled, because it doesn't work stable (crashes) when trying to insert objects that were copied with NDN (somehow connected to OleFlushClipboard and IContextMenu) -> TEXT MENU: SendTo folder limited to 256 entries -> CTRL+WinMenuKey/ALT+RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON opens a Windows Popup (like right mouse button in explorer), this is recommended for better copatibility if text popup does not work correctly -> SHIFT+WinMenuKey/Alt-A/RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON opens the current directory as target -> OPEN WITH not supported (yet?), but works when you open the windows popup -> TEXT MENU: some apps somehow don't work correctly, i have yet to find the reason why (example: IZARC) [-] CTRL-LEFt/RIGHt on Driveline in e:\ (<> E:\) not correctly working [A] -> UpCase character that compares with Driveline [-] non-empty cmdline and pressing ctrl-shift-enter wrote char (Garl) [A] -> flpanelx._CheckKb.kbCtrlIns: added check for Shift [-] cannot run executables from network paths (CMD.EXE problem!) (Dandv) [] -> flpanelx.pas._gotoext: executing files on UNC-Drives with path -> new option: File Manager.Setup."Always execute !:!\!.!" [*] Ctrl+[ or ] did not quote pathnames (Dandv) [NC] [-] D/W32: couldn't create directories on UNC drives (Dandv) [NC] -> filecopy.CreateDirInheritance now handles '\\x\y' [*] "cd c:\dir\file.txt" changes directory AND sets cursor to file (Dandv) -> added GotoSingle to flpanelx._DoChangeDirectory [-] browsing archive with mouse: '..' SetCursorPosition not working [A] -> flpanelx.TFilePanelRoot.CommandHandle now uses kbEnter instead of kbCtrlPgDn when changing dir [*] Right mouse button double click doesn't execute files anymore VIRTUAL FILE SYSTEMS (VFS) [-] Find: files over 2GB showed '?' in the file information (Dandv) [NC] -> size was not read from TQUAD but LONGINT (Searchrec: FullSize vs Size) DNEXEC/EXTERNAL VIEWER/EDITOR DNEXEC.EXECUTEFILEEXT/LOCAL_GLOBAL_MENUS [-] Dnexec.ExecuteFileExt._SearchExt didn't handle '%' in filenames correctly (Dandv) [DNOC] -> '%' in batch files need to be doubled KEYBOARD [+] W32 winmenu key: scancode 93 -> KeyCode $8b00 TURBOVISION: DIALOGS/MENUS [*] dialogs.TCluster: - MouseWheel event selects wheeled object (Boxes/Buttons) - Option to select wether mousewheel/cursor wraps in buttons/boxes -> Options.Configuration.Interface.Don't wrap Buttons/Boxes [-] Div-by-0 crash when moving in non-extended CheckBoxes (Dandv) [A] (Ctrl-C, Ctrl+C in the file panel) -> dialogs.tCluster.HandleEvent.MoveSelShift: didn't check if Count == 0 VIRTUAL FILE SYSTEMS (VFS) [-] FTP editing entry and hitting enter saved the FTP-URL in selection inputline context -> hsServer == hsSelectBox = 111; -> 165; ARCHIVES: [-] deleting from archive didn't squash ("...") LFN (Dandv) [NC] EDITOR [-] highlighting bracketpairs in same column and highlighting current column didn't work (no bracketpair highlight) (Vladimir Bochkarev) [A] [-] when replacing a complete line NDN crashed [A] (Dandv) -> removed an "optimization" FILE COPY/MOVE/OPEN/CREATE/DELETE [*] when copying/moving one file the selected file in the passive panel is added to the history of the inputline at position 4; press 3 times down to select it (AndyRay) VIEWER [-] LFN not fully displayed in title (Necromancer/Vladimir Bochkarev) [DNC] -> views.TTitleStr was string[80] -> string [-] Scrolling down with "Page Down" stopped randomly depending on the wrap mode and the file (not fully loaded) (Dandv/AndyRay/Vlad. Bochkarev) [A] -> TFileViewer.CountDown & vmText used Size.Y-1 -> commented -1

hi again a) i have uploaded a ZIPPED version of the last LINUX build too http://ndn.muxe.com/archives/ndn_2_15_4000_lnx.zip B) shortly after releasing build 4000 i saw some more little bugs with the context menu which don't appear in your archive downloads whatsnew.txt the most evil one would be the crash on opening the CM over a filename with (f.ex.) russian characters, i am working on this at the moment - sorry have fun Stefan / AH

hi Garl!! ohhhh, another old bug :) exists in all NDN versions (and the first time i opened the ALARM CLOCK) thanks Stefan / AH

hi! hm, no, sorry, cannot reproduce this!!! does this always happen? maybe it doesn't happen with some other viewer options? Stefan / AH

hi andy! :) i always get a headache when i am asked to do VERY special features that only cover a few odd occassions(no matter if working on NDN or any other project) like rereading file only when pressing ctrl-pgdn the only thing i would agree on after a quick thought about your idea is to reread the file (shift-f3, but maybe it can be done w7o reloqading the whole window etc...) automatically on a change-file event this would go in the same direction as a change-disk/drive event (we talked about it in another thread), and could maybe be handled by one event handler, which i would prefer to implement (even if this would only work in the W32 version...) but, i don't know how that would affect NDNs runtime behavior; think of a file that is written 10 times a second, if we reload 10 times a second it could make it impossible to work with NDN any other opinions? do we need this? Stefan / AH

hello! 1. ok, found that bug on the first file i tried, it starts to scroll down again as soon as you go one line up and then press pgdown again 2. all things in viewer happen in runtime, as long as a file has not fully been loaded ("F" in the lower left corner of the window frame), it may be hard / impossible to always have the same result in wrapped modes in the current code/viewer structure 3. that shouldnt be, NDN only reads the amount of size of the file that is entered in CONFIGURATION->VIEWER->BUF SIZE, maybe the size is too big ($10000 is the default value, $8000 the min value) MAYBE, this is because of you are reading the logfile over a network!!! try this: turn off FILE MANAGER->SETUP->F3 OPENS ARCHIVE OR open the logfile with ALT-F3, which also should avoid the archive code the archive detection can be very slow, this is a well known problem and exists in all DN branches i have already made a little note in the WHATSNEW.TXT todo section under ARCHIVES about this last possibility is to turn off the syntax highlighting thank you Stefan / AH PS: i've read all other recent reports, but there was no need to reply PPS: new release end of June

hey dan! i just tried and i cannot recreate this behaviour i use pkzip32 as zip archiver maybe the archiver you use is using & for something? NDN isn't using "&" in any of it's internals Stefan / AH

hi! i put it on the todo list Stefan / AH

Hi! as i am very busy with university at the moment i won't be able to work on NDN for the next few weeks i will release a new version in June because end of June will be my 2-year anniversary of working on NDN there won't be too many new things, but it is the right time to do a full release with only bug fixes greetings Stefan / AH

Hi! ill try to add them to next release thanks Stefan / AH

hi! 1. i don't even know myself; it should be somewhere in the startup scripts so the environment contains the information and NDN can parse it, like autoexec.bat/config.sys in MS OS's if you know/find and get it to work please let us know! 2. unfortunately we have to live with the limitations the LINUX text terminals provide, and believe me, compared to DOS/WINDOWS it is really limited. it starts with the fact, that you cannot use all keyboard keys as you want: CTRL+F?? for example (i know that i can load own key combinations into the kernel, but i don't know if that would help me...) a single ESC is treated as a ALT, so the next key you press will be treated as ALT+? you can check this behaviour (and strange keyboard combinations) in MIDNIGHT COMMANDER and other text applications maybe i can succesfully change the keyboard handling someday to be closer to DOS, but at the moment there are more important things to do i don't even want to start with copying/pasting from CLIPBOARD (im not even sure if its possible at all, just read some brief docs about something similar) if you want to experience the trouble yourself, try executing NDN in a pure text terminal, and in a KDE terminal window you will see that mouse may work or not in one of the 2, and many keys will behave differently i am glad that the current NDN-LINUX versions run and do all the basic things (together with the additional introduction of what i call "virtual drives", the driveline which usually would be useless in LINUX, or FTP) i found the documentation of LINUX internals to be a complete mess, and i now know, that, although there seem to be SO MANY linux freaks, most of them don't know anything about the internals; programming at the lowest level of LINUX is no fun there are quite some things left to do in the LINUX version, but, then again, compared to all the other LINUX programs i know NDN is already in a very good shape hope you find NDN in LINUX as useful as in DOS/WINDOWS Stefan / AH

hi Paul! sorry, it is not but, people seriously interested in helping the development of NDN may receive it Stefan / AH

hi!! 1. ok, tested it and hope itll work for you: - turn off AutoSave Desktop and Restore Prev. Dir - turn on Preserve Directory - save desktop on C:\ and F:\ now it should be saved 3. the dialog window does change it's color depending on the color scheme. or do you mean the shadow under the window? 6. indeed, thanks Stefan / AH

hi everyone! this is a quick bugfix release because some annoying bugs were in the last release: [-] HGL added "OptimalFill Off" for .tex files VIEWER [-] vmAsm highlite was using the wrong offset [A] [-] Overwriting text with same character didn't move cursor (Necromancer) [A] VIRTUAL FILE SYSTEMS (VFS) [-] Find: if the search mask contained a directory the location of found files was not complete (Dandv: search "bug\*"-bug) [DNOC] TURBOVISION: DIALOGS/MENUS [-] RadioButtons didn't set the SEL field (Dialogs.TRadioButton.MovedTo) [A] EDITOR [-] Modified Flag was TRUE when opened existing File (SHIFT-F4) (Dandv) [A] FILE PANEL [+] Alt-S Option: Cut LFN from the right (Necromancer) [-] aiPlayer.cs ds| -> aiPlayer.cs.ds| dot bug (Necromancer) [C] -> filescol.NewFileRec: AlignExt on & AlwaysShowExt off [+] D32/W32 Ctrl-F to menu: Utilities.Open in Explorer (cmOpenInExplorer) LFN [-] D/W32 didn't handle lowercase drive letters correctly (Dandv) [A] -> lfn.currentpaths usage also for D32 -> UpCase Drive in lChdir [-] D/W32 NT LFN containing ? are now replaced with SFN (Garl/Cool) [DNOC] -> lFindFirst/FindNext -> ? in filenames mean you don't have the correct codepage -> also fixes starting from such dirs and resource find error (Garl) FILE COPY/MOVE/OPEN/CREATE/DELETE [-] D32 DOS/LFN off: could not copy multiple files (Garl and others) [A] -> commented filecopy.2032: mask := norm12(Mask) which created incompatible filemask ????????.??? -> [ ] Enhanced Wildcards (Copy/Move) solved the problem too CALCULATOR [-] "fixed" all future crashes because of too big numbers etc. by disabling "overflow", "invalid instruction" & "zero divide" FPU exceptions when opening the calculator [N] -> not enabled again afterwards!!! http://ndn.muxe.com/beta.php have fun Stefan / AH

hi! 1. hm, usually this shouldn't happen! make sure that the 3 following options in OPTIONS -> CONFIGURATION -> STARTUP/SHUTDOWN are enabled: Autosave Desktop Restore Prev. Directory Preserve Directory 2. yes, already on the todo list 3. you mean ALT-F5? i am not sure what you mean usually you should see the DOS screen 4. only in viewer: text mode -> CTRL-F10 (Show All) 5. the column-size-handling is not 100% stable needs to be rewritten/improved 6. there's nothing like that yet Stefan / AH

hi! at the moment NDN runs with DOS32A had some advantages over other extenders concerning the usage in NT+ a few days ago i saw that NDN didn't start anymore with other extenders (i always used WDOSX in the past...) have to find that (probably some ASM file code) anyway, it's not as stable as in 98 i have tested all major extenders until i decided for the most stable with NDN Stefan / AH

good idea (as aways) :P on to the todo list Stefan / AH

hi again! i meant something like NDN = dir (forgot that this text is interpreted as HTML so my notation was replaced...) Stefan / AH

hi! the first little hurdle to take is to unpack NDN. i know it is not common to archive files in RAR under LINUX, but on the other hand it works well and i don't need to write special scripts for LINUX so, obviously you need RAR or a compatible program to unpack NDN as NDN is a DOS/WIN program it expects all install files in one directory, so you should create a dir named NDN and install the files into there additionally, you can try around with these environment settings NDN[LNG/DLG/CLP/SWP/DSK],SMARTPAD = interesting is the NDN = i haven't tried it myself in a multiuser env. yet, but you might be able to copy the file "ndn" into the "bin" dir and all other files to your home and hope that NDN starts must try this myself soon hope this is of help to you Stefan / AH

hi!! damnit, this is annoying i guess i fucked up the radiobuttons in the last turbovision-button update (see whatsnew.txt) try moving with the cursor keys happens in all radiobuttons in NDN thanks Stefan / AH

hi! does the 2nd ini file disappear when reloading the panel? (Alt-R?) still i cannot reproduce the INI engine uses .bak to write the files, so they are deleted by NDN Stefan / AH

hi! i always think about enabling new options (especially when i use them). but, in the past i got a lot of replies saying not to enable new features by default. as it is not possible to satisfy all needs anyway i decided for myself to keep this strategy; except if the new options do not make any visible/hard changes Don't switch...: if you are in filepanel do not switch into other windows except for other file panels Stefan / AH