[Freedos-user] FD-KEYB issue tracking

[Aitor Santamaría]

Hello,

For a time now, we have the FreeDOS source archive allocated in GitLab:

FreeDOS Archive · GitLab 


I generally encourage the use of issue tracking systems in all IT projects,
as a way to keep a unique repository of acknowledged issues, a roadmap for
features, and a way to channel user interests and thus invest time in what
really matters, and that includes the FreeDOS project.

For FD-KEYB, I am really grateful if you use the issue tracker in GitLab:

Issues · FreeDOS Archive / Base / keyb · GitLab



I have been using it to track issues and new feature requests, and you are
encouraged to register your own. Currently, there are 7 open feature
requests that I have collected both from past user feedback, and from my
own. I'd like to have all the ideas that you can come up with, no
restrictions. My only request is that before logging a new issue, please
make sure that the bug DOES occur in the latest version, or that the
feature is NOT present in the latest version (currently, FD-KEYB 2.11).

In addition, your comments are welcome, in order to see the real interest
in those. And at the same time, I encourage you to comment only if you have
a real interest in the feature, and explain why you find it important (real
user experiences or needs). After all, I rather spend time patching other
stuff like DISPLAY or EDIT that may have real issues, than programming KEYB
features that are not too interesting.

Finally, I have moved all the issues and features for KEYB that I found
relevant/valid from the old FreeDOS bug tracker at SourceForge (they start
with #N, being N the issue id in the Sourceforge tracker). I am no longer
tracking issues for KEYB in SourceForge. Please use the GitLab tracker, so
don't be surprised if I disregard tickets in Sourceforge.

(for the freedos-devel folks, I have just announced FD-KEYB 2.10/2.11 in
the freedos-user mailing list)

Thanks,
Aitor

PD: I will do the same on DISPLAY and EDIT in the future, but don't expect
that in a time soon.
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Re: [Freedos-user] NEW KEYB 2.10 release

[Aitor Santamaría]

Hello,

A quick update: thanks to Fritz Müller, we now have message catalog in
German, in FD-KEYB 2.11:

KEYB 2.11 release · FreeDOS Archive / Base / keyb · GitLab


Thanks Fritz,
Aitor



On Wed, 16 Nov 2022 at 23:09, Aitor Santamaría  wrote:

> Hello,
>
> I have released the new FD-KEYB 2.10, packaged from GitLab and you can
> find here:
>
> KEYB 2.10 release · FreeDOS Archive / Base / keyb · GitLab
> 
>
> The most relevant change is the addition of the /CAPSLOCK=ON/OFF,
> /NUMLOCK=ON/OFF and /SCROLLLOC=ON/OFF switched, so that you can now use
> KEYB to enable/disable the lock keys (with no need to load a layout).
>
> As for the complete changelog:
>
>- Adds features for enabling/disabling the LOCK keys
>- Fix: Wrong memory allocation strategy parameterless
>- Adds: XT class PC fixes by Davide Bresolin
>- Fix: minor syntax corrections, to improve compatibility with
>FPC/16-bit
>
>
> The package does NOT follow the standard package format, as the GitLab
> release-making tool releases all the files under a folder "project-tag",
> and I do not know how to change that.
>
> I would appreciate it if you could test this release, as I have made
> several minor changes to improve compatibility with FPC (although it was
> compiled with TPC) and I would like to detect if I have broken anything
> within these changes.
>
> It is also packed with message catalogs for Spanish, French and Turkish,
> besides the default English catalog file.
>
> Please let me know of any unexpected behaviour.
> Aitor
>
>
>
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[Freedos-user] NEW KEYB 2.10 release

[Aitor Santamaría]

Hello,

I have released the new FD-KEYB 2.10, packaged from GitLab and you can find
here:

KEYB 2.10 release · FreeDOS Archive / Base / keyb · GitLab


The most relevant change is the addition of the /CAPSLOCK=ON/OFF,
/NUMLOCK=ON/OFF and /SCROLLLOC=ON/OFF switched, so that you can now use
KEYB to enable/disable the lock keys (with no need to load a layout).

As for the complete changelog:
- Adds features for enabling/disabling the LOCK keys
- Fix: Wrong memory allocation strategy parameterless
- Adds: XT class PC fixes by Davide Bresolin
- Fix: minor syntax corrections, to improve compatibility with FPC/16-bit

The package does NOT follow the standard package format, as the GitLab
release-making tool releases all the files under a folder "project-tag",
and I do not know how to change that.

I would appreciate it if you could test this release, as I have made
several minor changes to improve compatibility with FPC (although it was
compiled with TPC) and I would like to detect if I have broken anything
within these changes.

It is also packed with message catalogs for Spanish, French and Turkish,
besides the default English catalog file.

Please let me know of any unexpected behaviour.
Aitor
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