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  LSWEEKLY LiteStep Related News 02.10.99 - 08.10.99
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	ACK!! Sorry about sending this out 3 days late but I got stupid
and left it here at work.  Now that I am done making a fool of myself,
on to this weeks rant.

	Well here we are again talking about themeing standards on
the list.  It seems that there is always a lot of talk and no action
on this subject.  About every two months a standard is talked about, 
a simple or complex plan is hacked out, then WHAM, nothing at all 
happens.  If were lucky maybe 2 or 3 theme creators go with the idea
and release there themes with it, but mostly its just ignored and goes
down as another "all talk, no action" project.  Reminds me of the LSDP
which it always brought up and nothing is done.  Another thing about
these themeing standard which many seem to forget is that LS is still
beta.  It changes so much that even if you did implement a complex
standard, within a few months, it would be no good because of core
changes.  Now I'm not saying that there shouldn't be a standard for
themes, but I am saying quit talking about it every few months and
actually do something about it.  This goes for all discussions that I
have seen that keep popping up.  Make something happen!  If you decide
that a themeing standard is good, force the theme creators to stand by
it or you wont allow it to be posted on ls sites.  This may seem a bit
harsh but if you want something done, do it!

- demigod

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     TOP NEWS STORIES
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- jugg is back. (07.10 9:37am)

 	Back from his move, it seems as if jugg is making some fixes
 	to the core.  He also plans to update and do some bug fixes
 	to his jdesk module.  If you see him, take some time out to
 	say thanks and good luck at his new job.

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          MODULES
 ---------------------------
 
- V_Bar 1.a ~ Black Hawk (7:31pm 02.10)

 	"V_Bar is a LVCB, a Loadmodule VolumeContrlBar. It is
 	Skinnable and should work nice on all Win9x machines.......
 	There seem to be some Troubles with WinNT and as long as I
 	haven't tracked the bug there is no V_bar for WinNT, sorry."
 
 	url - http://blkhawk.cjb.net
 	e-mail - blkhawk49@geocities.com
 	(source: LS Mailing List ~  V_bar 1.a)

                           +---------------+

- Recycler 3.1.0 ~ Joachim Calvert (10:04am 06.10)

 	* I rewrote a lot of the code in API to make it smaller,
   	  please note that though I've tested all features, I can't
   	  guarantee that it will work on NT.
 	* Rationalized the BangCommands to avoid messing up LS, sorry
  	   if this gives you extra work.
 	* Rewrote the readme.

	 url - http://hem.passagen.se/jcalvert/software/
 	 e-mail - jcalvert@hem.passagen.se
 	 (source: chunkymunky.com/modulo)

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           THEMES
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- BlueSteel ~ Aznromeo (9:30am 07.10)

 	Yup, well i finished my BlueSteel port to Litestep.
 	It has complete background and resolution independancy.

 	url - www.litestep.net
 	ss - http://www.litestep.net/themes/ss/bluesteel-main-low.jpg
 	e-mail - dvu@home.com
 	(source: LS Mailing List ~ Might as well _advertise_ my theme.)

                           +---------------+

- `ever` ~ bignose (2:33pm 08.10)

	For those interested, my new theme `ever` can now be downloaded
	from my website. Two versions are avaliable, full distro and
	graphics/step only. Comments as always are very welcome.

	url - http://www.nosecity.freeserve.co.uk
	e-mail - bignose@easynet.co.uk
	(source: LS Mailing List ~ `ever` theme)

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          WEB SITES
 ---------------------------

- Litestep.com on the comeback (10:13am 06.10)

 	Seems as if ls.com is finally back up.  Although not all the
 	sections are running, you can actually view the main page!!
 	From a few letters posted to the list it seems that Bob Wells
 	is working his tail off to get the rest of the site up, so 
 	hang out and it should be back up to speed soon.

 	url - www.litestep.com
 	(source: www.litestep.com)

                           +---------------+

- Litestep.net up and running well on new server (1:03pm 08.10)

	c0mrade has moved ls.net hopefuly for the last time, and is
	now putting the finishing touchs on the site.  Some cgi still
	needs to be worked out but all the other sections are up and
	running.  If you havent stopped by since the original design,
	stop by and check it out.  Worth the time imho.

	url - www.litestep.com
	(source: www.litestep.com)

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          PROGRAMS
 ---------------------------

- LSTweaker 1.53.2 ~ Epsylon3 (10:08am 06.10)

 	- Fix Popup Caption in Popup Editor 
 	- Begin Dynamic Optimisation of Tabsheets : Now 16% of Win
  	  Res. - Before 18% on start 
 	- Fix Some Hint in Popup Tabs 
 	- Fix Shortcuts 

 	url - http://tweak.cjb.net
 	e-mail - Epsylon3@ifrance.com
 	(source: chunkymunky.com)

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 Tips
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- This tip if from Visigoth (gandhimail@worldnet.att.net) off the LS
  Mailing List .

  Just thought of a quick tip that I got from using AfterStep this 
  morning.  It's a way to make upgrading modules easier.

  First, define a subfolder on your popups that are defined like the
  following:

  Popup
     Start Menu ->
     ... other menus ...
     Modules ->
       Unload ->
         LSXCommand
         Shortcuts
         Hotkeys
         etc.
       Load ->
         LSXCommand
         Shortcuts
         Hotkeys
         etc.

  For each thing under the Load/Unload Menus, make the command they
  run the following:

  !UnloadModule <path-to-module>  (for each Unload menu item)
  !ReloadModule <path-to-module>  (for each Load menu item)

  So, to upgrade a module, just go through your popup and unload it,
  backup & replace the one on your harddrive, and go through your
  popup and use the Load menu item.

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 Retro
 -----
 
- InSTEP .02 ~ pcjon (May 2, 1998)

	InSTEP is a bunch of exe's that server multiple functions such
	as keeping the wharf always on top.  Not sure what they all
	do, but it seems that they served functions that are now 
	intergrated but wernt back in the b22/23 days.

	download - chunkymunky.com/lsweekly/retro/instep02.zip

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- Official - b24.5 build 071099
     Changes
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           and its arguments.
     	 o LSExecute / CommandTokenize seem to be fixed now...
     	 o LSExecuteEx now defaults to SW_SHOWNORMAL if passed 0 for
           final argument.

- Preview - b24.5 build 300899
     Changes
 	- all features of cvs-build 1999/08/30.
 	- with bitmap-importfilter in lsapi.dll
 	- key support for TAB, PAUSE and APPS key
 	- popup-icons can be placed with POPUPTEXTOFFSET from edge
 	- fixed cursormovement in popup. the submenus don't open
 	  automatically when moved with cursors. with mouse the will,
 	  but you need to press the left mousebutton, when using key
 	  before.
 	- return/enter opens now the subfolders correctly
 	- !HELP command for calling help for !bangcommands (very
 	  unstable and resource leeking) (ex: !HELP POPUP)

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