Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Jim Hall
On 11/30/07, OSCAR GONZALEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Cual font ?. solo copie unas cuantas fonts de SEAL. pense que eran todas GPL. De todas maneras uso solamente la llamada pc8x8t.fnt las demas las puse por si alguien desarrolla una apps y necesitaba alguna. Please

[Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread OSCAR GONZALEZ
Hi. Ok, but my english is very bad. I see english basic in primary school. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Marti van Lin
OSCAR GONZALEZ schreef: Hi. Ok, but my english is very bad. I see english basic in primary school. אני רק מדבר עברית Just an example, is this what you want? שלום מרטי - SF.Net email is sponsored by:

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Bonnie Dalzell
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Marti van Lin wrote: MvL Jim Hall wrote: MvL On 11/30/07, OSCAR GONZALEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: MvL MvL Hi. MvL Cual font ?. solo copie unas cuantas fonts de SEAL. pense que eran todas MvL GPL. MvL De todas maneras uso solamente la llamada pc8x8t.fnt

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread Aitor Santamaría
Hello, Congrats on the package system!! I think it is a great idea. Just some comments: (1) About the files to be put, I guess that the package system would not, for the moment, try to download from a site outside ibiblio itself, so the binary and source files could be simply unix links to the

[Freedos-user] New program for FreeDOS FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread Craig Davis
I just found a great program to add to FreeDOS. It's called XXCOPY. It works a lot like xcopy. It is much more powerful though. It can clone a entire hard drive to another hard drive using the /CLONE switch. A typical command to clone a Win9X or DOS FAT or FAT32 hard drive would look like

Re: [Freedos-user] New program for FreeDOS FreeDOS Update

2007-11-30 Thread Blair Campbell
LSM stands for Linux Software Map. It has nothing to do with compression. It is simply a file that contains information about other files. On 11/30/07, Craig Davis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just found a great program to add to FreeDOS. It's called XXCOPY. It works a lot like xcopy. It is

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread Florian Xaver
Thank you!! Very good idea! I will download the zip-files now... Bye Flo Mateusz Viste escribió: Hello! I wrote an online updater for FreeDOS. It's purpose is to download an index file from the FreeDOS Update server, and compare the list of packages which are on the server whith the

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread hsv
20071130 10:50 -0600, Jim Hall But dates are a problem. Mostly we have been using dates like 2007-11-26, but there are a few packages out there that use a different syntax. I've been thinking about converting the LSM system into a database-driven system that happens to output in LSM and HTML

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Jim Hall
I used to speak Spanish quite well - while my spoken skills have gotten a little rusty, I can still read. So I usually can make do by reading the Spanish text and translating in my head. When I need help, I usually use Google Translate, which does a pretty good job. -jh On 11/30/07, Bonnie

Re: [Freedos-user] Thanks

2007-11-30 Thread Jim Hall
Hi Marcos! I'm really glad you are happy with FreeDOS. That's why I like to work on FreeDOS - because there are people who still enjoy using it. Have you been able to keep your FreeDOS installation up-to-date yourself, by downloading newer versions of programs as we announce them on the web

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hi, As the thread became public, I will just add my offlist $0.02 (pasted from offlist mails) ;-) On Friday 30 November 2007, Jim Hall wrote: so if I do that, I could deliver Entered-date (last modified) in ctime format, so FDUPDATE always get dates like Wed Nov 21 21:49:08 2007. I

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread Eric Auer
Hi! Why should we put all packages versions on the update server? Actually I would not - I would put the package on ibiblio and only let the update server know about the ibiblio URL. And as more (!) users will update manually than with the updater, it is pretty helpful to have ibiblio

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread OSCAR GONZALEZ
Hi Jim... Guauu Exelent,...Good Job..     EL CHANGO v4. - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White

[Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread OSCAR GONZALEZ
Hi. Sorry, my english is verybad, i live in argentina and speak spanish. Sorry again... Who know somebody else to traduce me???         EL CHANGO v4.        

[Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread OSCAR GONZALEZ
Hi Marti.. Solo es una version de demostracion para que si alguien esta interesado me ayude a desarrolarlo y migrarlo a linux. Es muy basico, pero la idea del proyecto final con una muy facil programacion gracias a la GUI ALLEGRO resulta muy llamativo, espero que con el tiempo y ayuda

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread Jim Hall
On 11/30/07, Mateusz Viste [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello! I wrote an online updater for FreeDOS. It's purpose is to download an index file from the FreeDOS Update server, and compare the list of packages which are on the server whith the packages installed on the system. If it find any

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Marti van Lin
Jim Hall wrote: On 11/30/07, OSCAR GONZALEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi. Cual font ?. solo copie unas cuantas fonts de SEAL. pense que eran todas GPL. De todas maneras uso solamente la llamada pc8x8t.fnt las demas las puse por si alguien desarrolla una apps y necesitaba

Re: [Freedos-user] New program for FreeDOS FreeDOS Update

2007-11-30 Thread Jim Hall
I do not believe that XXCOPY is abandoned - according the web site, there was an update earlier this year in April. However, I think it would be a great idea for you to contact the author of XXCOPY to see if he would be interested in re-releasing XXCOPY under the GNU GPL or a similar free/open

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Marti van Lin
Jim Hall wrote: On 11/29/07, Jim Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/29/07, OSCAR GONZALEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi. I remove the Microsoft logo from the boot screen and rename the project from WinDOS to FreeWin. Hold on a sec. I was never able to get your GUI to run, so I

Re: [Freedos-user] Unable to boot using GRUB

2007-11-30 Thread D.A.
On Fri, 30 Nov 2007, Enbor . wrote: Well, I think I have found the problem, but not the solution. If I type ctmouse, the system says that a COM mouse is installed, but my mouse is PS/2. The problem is that when I type ctmouse /p, the system says that it's unable to find a PS/2 mouse.

[Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread OSCAR GONZALEZ
Hi Jim... thanks you very much and sorry again. La idea es hacer entre todos un GUI facil y transportable para FreeDOS. Prometo que en breve lo migrare a linux. Un abraso and thanks for all.    

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread Eric Auer
Hi Jim, to bring my off-list thoughts about the updater on the list: I agree that using LSMs would be better than using a flat directory of zips. The version numbers are not machine comparable, but LSMs are machine readable. As it is highly unlikely that the update server has an OLDER version

[Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread OSCAR GONZALEZ
Hi.. Sorry,pero noentiende lo que me dices...:-(         - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From the desktop to the data center, Linux is going

Re: [Freedos-user] Unable to boot using GRUB

2007-11-30 Thread Enbor .
Well, I think I have found the problem, but not the solution. If I type ctmouse, the system says that a COM mouse is installed, but my mouse is PS/2. The problem is that when I type ctmouse /p, the system says that it's unable to find a PS/2 mouse. How can I say to FreeDOS that my mouse is not

[Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread OSCAR GONZALEZ
Hi Please write in spanish. No entiendo lo que me dices. Please, please, please... Thanks..   - SF.Net email is sponsored by: The Future of Linux Business White Paper from Novell. From

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Marti van Lin
Shane Martin Coughlan schreef: Hi Marti Marti van Lin wrote: Do we really need another GUI? I think not. OpenGEM is just fine, but that's only my humble worthless opinion :-p Well, I think choice won't hurt :) I agree and I feel I must apologize, since I obviously misinterpreted one of the

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Marti van Lin
Eric Auer wrote: of course English is preferred but Oscar does not speak English well, so he is kind of forced to use Spanish from time to time ;-). Hi Eric, nice hearing from you again ;-) But once more, this was NOT a personal attack, but a request. Just imagine if we start writing each

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Marti van Lin
OSCAR GONZALEZ wrote: Hi Marti. Yo no use nada de codigo de microsoft. todo lo que hice esta en GCC 3.0.4 y es Free Open Source. Por favor probalo. Todo el problema fue que puse en la pantalla de Inicio un logo similar al de windows. Sorry. Sorry Oscar

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Marti van Lin
OSCAR GONZALEZ wrote: Hi Marti... Please test it. I push Windos in fpt.ibiblio.org/incoming/freedos/windos01.7z Of course I will ;-) Testing software is my life. There for I have a dedicated box that runs FreeDOS (singleboot) However if you are using Microsoft code,

Re: [Freedos-user] Unable to boot using GRUB

2007-11-30 Thread Enbor .
I've finally got it! Thanks a lot for the advise, with that Grub menu entry the system boots normally. But now I 've another issue, the mouse doesn't work. What do I have to do to enable the mouse? My mouse is PS/2. thanks 2007/11/30, Alain M. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Ok, you moved from one

[Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread Mateusz Viste
Hello! I wrote an online updater for FreeDOS. It's purpose is to download an index file from the FreeDOS Update server, and compare the list of packages which are on the server whith the packages installed on the system. If it find any remote package with a different version than the local

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Jim Hall
On 11/29/07, Jim Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 11/29/07, OSCAR GONZALEZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi. I remove the Microsoft logo from the boot screen and rename the project from WinDOS to FreeWin. Hold on a sec. I was never able to get your GUI to run, so I did not

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Shane Martin Coughlan
Hi Marti Marti van Lin wrote: Do we really need another GUI? I think not. OpenGEM is just fine, but that's only my humble worthless opinion :-p Well, I think choice won't hurt :) The issue is whether the 'WinDOS' code might have a distribution problem. After that it becomes a more fuzzy

Re: [Freedos-user] Gui for FreeDOS

2007-11-30 Thread Florian Xaver
I've been in an off-list discussion with Oscar, and now understand his project is clean. It is based on SEAL and Allego, and includes Oscar's own contributions. The only mistake was including images from Microsoft Windows. And Oscar has corrected that in a new archive file that he sent me, so

Re: [Freedos-user] FreeDOS Updater

2007-11-30 Thread Blair Campbell
just adding my two cents, but there is already a directory on ibiblio with all of the 1.0 packages: www.ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/distributions/1.0/pkgs On 11/30/07, Florian Xaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you!! Very good idea! I will download the zip-files now... Bye

[Freedos-user] New FreeDOSers Monthly Reminder

2007-11-30 Thread jp_freedos
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