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  LSWEEKLY LiteStep Related News 12.02.00 - 18.02.00
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	Well, another slow week all around the LS community.  With
all the major changes in the core coding, it seems as if module
coders are waiting until things settle down a bit before hacking 
away again at some code.  This brings me to a point that has been
getting to me a bit once again.  Mindjunction.com is basically a 
LS ideas site like the old Mindstorm was.  A lot of the ideas that 
have been posted are hacks of older modules.  Seeing as most of 
these older modules have had there source released, someone should
consider updating them to the newer code and giving them a good
polishing.  Now don't whine to me that you want new mods and that
redoing old ones is totally useless.  This is a great idea, a lot of 
the older mods that are still stuck in the wharf, could be redone
for the desktop, polished up, a few things added and WHAM, its
basically a new module!  Give it some thought, especially if your
a beginning coder and need a bit of a jumping off point.

- demigod


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     TOP NEWS STORIES
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- How to unsub from the LS Mailing List (2:45pm 15.02)

	Well, after we all got spammed by someone who for some 
	reason could not unsub from the LS Mailing List, tin_omen
	decided to post an article on how to unsub.  This is
	mainly for people who have tried the standard e-mail to
	litestep-unsubscribe and your still getting the list.
	
	url - http://desktopian.org/listunsub.html
	e-mail - tin_omen@mindless.com
	(source: LS Mailing List ~ Yea I know)

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          MODULES
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- Jdesk .61 IE ~ Nick Nimchuk (2:30pm 14.02)

	"This build is nearly identical to Jugg's jDesk 0.61,
	with one set of differences--the extra two mouse
	buttons on the Intellimouse Explorer.  It might work
	with other 4+ button mice, but probably not.  For
	those coders out there, if your mice sends an
	X_BUTTON command, this fix will work for you.
	Regardless, if you're using Win9X/NT, you'll need
	the Intellipoint software installed AND running for
	this to work correctly.  If you're on Win2K, you
	have native support and don't need to worry."
	
	url - http://www.chunkymunky.com/modulo
	e-mail - keelor@zombieworld.com
	(source: http://www.chunkymunky.com/modulo)

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- LSWallpaper 1.5.1 ~ Visigoth (11:33am 18.02)

	 - Now compatible with newer Litestep builds

	url - http://floach.pimpin.net/visigoth/litestep/
	e-mail - gandhimail@worldnet.att.net
	(source: http://www.chunkymunky.com/modulo)

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           THEMES
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- LiteStep Aqua ~ ramen (12:04pm 18.02)

	"Just updated the popup bitmaps and added some wharf modules.
	Still made for a 1280x1024 screen but i think it can be
	easily modified to fit into a 1024x768 resolution."
	
	url - http://www.litestep.net/themes/ss/LSAqua.jpg
	e-mail - jaydee_domingo@hotmail.com
	(source: http://www.litestep.net)

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          WEB SITES
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- LS2 - LiteSTEP Underground ~ mrG (11:36am 18.02)

	mrG shot me an e-mail about a new site he is opening with
	a few others.  From the e-mail:
 
	"...id like you to put a jab in this weeks edition about a
	new litestep user site, LS2 - LiteSTEP Underground. currently,
	me and maaneeack are working on it, and yogi has offered to
	assist us with modules and such. the site is going to be
	totally user-related and is going to have news about anything
	litestep-related. main focuses are going to be on maintaining
	an online support system of some sort, with all the tutorials
	we can find. all this may seem a little vague, but we want to
	make sure our site stays flexible; i guess the best way to
	describe it would be a ezine-ish litestep site with everything
	under the sun, except themes (we have neither the space nor
	bandwidth to host themes and screenshots, although it has
	been considered that having a Theme of the Week would be
	interesting). geez, im rambling... maybe you can derive
	something from that =). the main thing id like you to do is
	tell the users to email me at mrgbytes@mindspring.com with 
	ANY ideas they have about what they'd like to see in a
	litestep site, but be sure to mention that its a user 
	resource site and wont focus on archiving themes.
	
	e-mail - mrgbytes@mindspring.com 
	(source: mrG via e-mail)

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            MISC
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- Win2K SysTray Fix ~ Nexter (2:33 pm 14.02)

	This module is a fix for the systray (desktop.dll and
	systray.dll) Under windows 2000. "It only activates the
	system icons, nothing more..."
	
	%%UPDATE%% (11:40 15.02)
	
	"I was made aware of the fact that the module causes trouble
	when recycling, and also that it doesn't give anything but
	the volume control. I have therefore compiled a stand alone
	version, intended to be run as an autostart item."

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

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 Tips
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- Having problems with the latest and greatest (or not so great)
  daily dev build but really REALLY don't want to run the last 
  "official" release?  The 11.23.99 build is considered to be the
  last known stable dev release rite now.

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 Retro
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- Incinerate v1 ~ Bryan Kilian (August 16, 1998)

	This was one of the first eye candy mods for LS.  It is a
	recycle bin replacement that shows idle flames burning.  
	When you drag and drop and item onto the wharf tile, it will
	flare up and put the item into your recycle bin.
	
	download - http://www.chunkymunky.com/lsweeky/retro/incinerate.zip

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 Latest Builds
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- Official - b24.5 build 180200

	New code [desktop2 / Headius / 2-11-00]
		o New desktop2 module to replace the base desktop
		  window from desktop.dll. Equivalent to desktop.dll
		  with no taskbar or tray.
		  
	Fixed [litestep / Maduin / 02-17-2000]:
		o Reimplemented !reloadModule and !unloadModule
		
		
	Clean [lsapi / Message / 02-18-2000]
		o Removed the EasterEgg Bang declaration =P

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