From: Digest To: "OS/2GenAu Digest" Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2006 00:00:34 EST-10EDT,10,-1,0,7200,3,-1,0,7200,3600 Subject: [os2genau_digest] No. 1328 Reply-To: X-List-Unsubscribe: www.os2site.com/list/ ************************************************** Saturday 08 July 2006 Number 1328 ************************************************** Subjects for today 1 Ganttproject (PM) for OS/2 : Ed Durrant 1 Re: Ganttproject (PM) for OS/2 : Bruce Rossi 2 "Open the pod bay doors, please HAL!" : John Angelico" 2 OS/2 programming books : Paul Smedley **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 08:05:35 +1000 From: Ed Durrant Subject: Ganttproject (PM) for OS/2 While looking at a computer mag, I found a free Project Management (PM) program listed, which I thought I would see if I could get to work using ODIN on OS/2. I went to the website: http://www.ganttproject dot org which routed me to: http://ganttproject.sourceforge dot net/ To my surprise, this page listed ganttproject for OS/2 as the main logo with a link for "other systems and archives" i.e MAC, Windows, Linux etc. Looking further I found that this download is in fact a Java application, so what I think is happening is that the website is intelligent enough to look at the browser being used - finds it Firefox running on OS/2 and builds the appropriate welcome page ! For once it counts in our favor that Firefox reports the OS in use to the remote server ! I haven't yet got the program working as I'm getting some errors from the batch file, however I found it interesting that the website was intelligent enough to present the OS/2 version as the primary option for download - I am actually running on OS/2 Warp 4 not eComstation, so I wonder if someone else accesses this site from eCS whether anything changes - although I suspect Firefox reports OS/2 back still on eCS, so it'll probably be the same. Cheers/2 Ed. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 1 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 10:15:35 +1000 From: Bruce Rossi Subject: Re: Ganttproject (PM) for OS/2 Hi Ed, I modified the batch file and have this running using Innotek Java 1.4.2.05 on eCS 1.1. It's a good idea to set JAVA_HOME in config.sys so it uses a known Java. This is the batch file: at echo off SET GP_HOME=. SET JAVA_COMMAND=%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe IF "%JAVA_HOME%"=="" SET JAVA_COMMAND=java SET LOCAL_CLASSPATH=%GP_HOME%\eclipsito.jar SET CONFIGURATION_FILE=%GP_HOME%\ganttproject-eclipsito-config.xml SET BOOT_CLASS=org.bardsoftware.eclipsito.Boot "%JAVA_COMMAND%" -Xmx256m -classpath "%CLASSPATH%;%LOCAL_CLASSPATH%" %BOOT_CLASS% "%CONFIGURATION_FILE%" %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 if ERRORLEVEL==9009 goto ERROR_NO_JAVA goto END :ERROR_NO_JAVA echo "Please set up JAVA_HOME variable" :END Ed Durrant wrote: > While looking at a computer mag, I found a free Project Management (PM) > program listed, which I thought I would see if I could get to work using > ODIN on OS/2. > > I went to the website: > > http://www.ganttproject dot org > > which routed me to: > > http://ganttproject.sourceforge dot net/ > > To my surprise, this page listed ganttproject for OS/2 as the main logo > with a link for "other systems and archives" i.e MAC, Windows, Linux etc. > > Looking further I found that this download is in fact a Java > application, so what I think is happening is that the website is > intelligent enough to look at the browser being used - finds it Firefox > running on OS/2 and builds the appropriate welcome page ! For once it > counts in our favor that Firefox reports the OS in use to the remote > server ! > > > I haven't yet got the program working as I'm getting some errors from > the batch file, however I found it interesting that the website was > intelligent enough to present the OS/2 version as the primary option for > download - I am actually running on OS/2 Warp 4 not eComstation, so I > wonder if someone else accesses this site from eCS whether anything > changes - although I suspect Firefox reports OS/2 back still on eCS, so > it'll probably be the same. > > Cheers/2 > > Ed. > > > -- Regards, Bruce Rossi Data To Documents data2docSAFE at URLfastmail dot com dot au (Please modify to reply) ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:01:38 +1000 (AEST) From: "John Angelico" Subject: "Open the pod bay doors, please HAL!" Hi all! I was surprised at the latest news re vanishing Windows Vista... Apparently it will include a new convenience feature Spoken commands to control your computer! Have a read of http://blogcastrepository dot com/blogcasts/37/windows_workstation/entry588.aspx http://blogs.technet dot com/chenley/archive/2006/02/21/420136.aspx Of course, you will have to train your computer to recognise your voice but it will be wonderful and convenient to "just say the word" . This is regarded as being highly COOL in the blogosphere. Well, having fallen off the chair laughing, I picked myself up off the floor and wondered, hmm, now that our machines have more memory and horsepower, could Warp 4 VoiceType/VoiceDictation actually be functional? I know that VT is not in the eCS releases, but does anyone know where it is in the original Warp 4 CDs (of which I have one per machine here, of course), and how to get it installed from there, please? Oh, and could the historians please remind us exactly WHEN Warp 4 was released, and HOW MANY YEARS it will be until Vista actually catches up?? :-) Best regards John Angelico OS/2 SIG os2 at melbpc dot org dot au or talldad at kepl dot com dot au ___________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- **= Email 2 ==========================** Date: Sat, 08 Jul 2006 21:12:39 +0930 From: Paul Smedley Subject: OS/2 programming books Hi All, I've managed to accumulate duplicates of 3 OS/2 programming books, that I figure I might as well offload for the cost of postage. Due to the weight of the books, it may not be worth shipping these overseas. The books I have duplicates of are: - OS/2 2.1 Workplace Shell Programming by Stefano Maruzzi - Designing High-Powered OS/2 Warp Applications by David E Reich - OS/2 Warp Presentation manager for Power Programmers by Uri J Stern & James S Morrow Anyone who's interested mail me with your location, and the title you're interested in so I can work out postage costs. In the event of multiple people wanting the same title I'll use my discretion in determining who gets it. Cheers, Paul. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------