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alexw

Re: OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2008/4/2 14:41 #21

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@Mason
I'd be happy to include an icon of yours :)

Thanks,

Alex.

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alexw

Re: OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2008/4/2 14:40 #22

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@TSK
Quote:

Everytime I start this program mouse pointer freeze and I have to reboot (after it has displayed listbrowser content).

I've only tried it on my computer so far but without problems.
Are you starting it from Workbench or shell?
Can you capture the serial log?

Alex.

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alexw

Re: OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2008/4/1 23:11 #23

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@alexw
Already 40 downloads and no comments?
I guess nobody tried what happens if the computer is set to another date then... ;)

Alex.

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alexw

Re: OWB (1.19) bugs and feature requests

Posted on: 2008/4/1 22:37 #24

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I haven't managed to crash 1.19 yet. Good work!
But I can confirm the slow scrolling (compared to 1.15, the version I used before this).
What I miss the most now is support for multiple windows.

Alex.

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alexw

Re: OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2008/4/1 15:01 #25

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@orgin
Tomorrow. Today, people might think it's an April fool's joke... :)

Alex.

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alexw

Re: OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2008/4/1 13:13 #26

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It is done:
http://www.alexwe.de/os4depotgui

Alex.

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alexw

Re: Hollywood examples please

Posted on: 2007/9/15 17:19 #27

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@Atheist
The lines with @ are just some global settings for your program and you only need a few or even just one in your program. The rest looks a lot like AMOS. I was once an AMOS programmer and Hollywood reminded me a lot of it when I first tried it.

You might want to visit
http://www.amiga-resistance.info/home ... wood/quellc/quelltxt.html
for some example source codes. The page is in German, but you can still try the download links.

Alex.

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alexw

Re: Moment of Magic

Posted on: 2007/8/18 10:26 #28

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@Helge
Quote:

Helge wrote:
@Raziel
Quote:

Raziel wrote:
@Helge

"The user formerly known as Helge"?

LOL! Nice, but too long!

TUFKAH?

Alex.

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alexw

Re: The Memory Protection Debacle

Posted on: 2007/8/15 19:06 #29

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@ssolie
Quote:

ssolie wrote:
For example, I think the idea of MEMF_SHARED versus MEMF_PRIVATE is a good one and will only help move things forward and make it easier to build products with Amiga OS.

Can you tell me what kind of allocation is made with the standard C(++) functions like "new", "malloc" or "calloc"?

Alex.

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Re: The Memory Protection Debacle

Posted on: 2007/8/15 10:54 #30

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@rachy
Quote:

rachy wrote:
Speaking from experience: memory protection decreased the number of required reboots on OS4. This is a fact. The system is more stable, the badly behaving applications kicked out, even it helps the developers to track down hidden bugs.

The only problem is, the application that crashes most these days here is IBrowse. When it crashes, I can't start another copy, because it detects that the old, crashed version is still there and tries to open another window on it. So I have to reboot anyway. Or I'm writing a program and it crashes, I can't compile a new version, because the old executable is still used and locked.

What is missing here is resource tracking. I guess a good implementation of this will slow down the OS much more than memory protection, wouldn't it?

So my idea: when or if resource tracking will be implemented, why not activate it for applications which the user can choose, like the blacklist for Petunia? I certainly don't need resource tracking for software which is running perfectly stable. Once I know that a program crashes sometimes or I'm currently writing a new program, I put it into the list, it will run a bit slower, but I can remove it completely and start it again without rebooting the OS.

Alex.

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alexw

Re: Your avatar!

Posted on: 2007/8/14 23:02 #31

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@AJS
Quote:

AJS wrote:
Edit: My Sig is just my normal day job

This Puny World will bow down to
Professor Chaos
Prepare for the greatest Villan you have ever seen!!

Is that you, Butters?

Alex.

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alexw

Re: Your avatar!

Posted on: 2007/8/13 22:11 #32

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@Helge
My name is Alex and I'm a South Park fan. When I saw the episode "Red Man's Greed" there was this character with the name Alex on his shirt and I thought that this would be a nice avatar. So I Googled a bit and found it.

Alex.

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alexw

Re: OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2007/8/6 19:29 #33

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@LiveForIt
Quote:

Also it nice if you can add some kind "lha x" option, download and unpack.

Just select a file that is not downloaded yet and click on "Open". If you have configured your DefIcons, it will download and open the downloaded file with UnArc for example. Or PDF's with AmiPDF, videos with DvPlayer, ...

Alex.

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alexw

Re: OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2007/8/4 9:39 #34

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@orgin
Quote:

orgin wrote:
@alexw
As for the icons, klesterjr made some icons for me intended for the os4depot CD/DVD. There might be something in there that you can use. Or you can create some of your own from the graphics on the website.

Thanks! I will see what I can use.

Quote:

If you want to reduce the strain on the server when keeping the file list updated you can use this url:

http://os4depot.net/modules/apms/SINCE.php?since=1185500479

Where "since" is the timestamp from which you want os4depot to generate a file list from. Just use "0" as the value the first time you retrieve the file list and then use the value received in the <timestamp> tag every following time. The timestamp represents the time, from a server point of view, when it generated the data sent to you.

Currently I'm using the FULLINDEX.readme. Using this URL would be possible but not without changing the current program a lot. Perhaps in a later version?

Quote:

As for the 'download all' option. Please put some warning requester in it, warning that this will put a strain on server bandwidth. If 400 os4 users started that function at the same time then the server owner is going to give me a hard time. (That would amount to about 1,2Tb of data). So some kind of warning or built in bandwidth limitation would be nice, though I don't mind people having local os4depot mirrors.

Ok, I will do this.

Alex.

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alexw

Re: OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2007/8/4 9:26 #35

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@Swoop
Quote:

Swoop wrote:
@alexw
It looks very useful.As far as the download all button each user would only need to do that once to set up their local mirror. After that it would just be new/updated files.

What functionality does your program have. Can I set it to update my local mirror to the current status of OS4Depot. Say, if I have been on holiday, etc and have missed over a weeks uploads, and they have disappeard off of the recent page.
Could I do a progressive(?) download, or do I have to download each file manually?

Yes, the "Download Changed+New" does exactly that. Changed files are files that you have already downloaded, but have been updated on OS4Depot and new files are files that are on OS4Depot but not in your local directory. It will download all these and nothing else.

Quote:

Anyway, great idea, and looks good.

Thanks! (Also to PEB

)

Alex.

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alexw

Re: OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2007/8/4 0:34 #36

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@ssolie
The user can always stop the downloading process when he realizes what he has done. So from the user's side I see no problem. I'm just concerned with the OS4Depot bandwidth if everyone decides to keep a local mirror

Alex.

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alexw

OS4DepotGUI

Posted on: 2007/8/4 0:26 #37

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Hi!

I have written a program called "OS4DepotGUI":

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It is almost ready for a first public version and I would like to ask (again - I have asked before by personal mail and on aw.net but didn't get an answer) if it is ok to release it. Especially the "Download Changed+New" option will download everything from OS4Depot that's not on the local hard drive. Although it is useful for persons who like to have their local OS4Depot mirror, it might create bandwidth problems. One word and I remove this option.

I would also like to ask for permission to use the OS4Depot logo for the program icon and perhaps a little graphic for the window.

Thanks,

Alex.

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alexw

Re: Hollywood examples please

Posted on: 2007/7/1 0:30 #38

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@Elwood
Hello World in a window:

@DISPLAY {Mode = "Windowed"}
Print("Hello World")
WaitLeftMouse()

The shell version is a bit more tricky, because Hollywood was designed for multimedia applications. But you can call Execute to run an external program. I.e.:

@DISPLAY {Mode = "Windowed"}
Execute("Echo \"Hello World\"")

Still using windowed mode, because Hollywood would ask for a screenmode otherwise. The bad thing is, you will see an empty window for the duration of your program. The only way I know to suppress this is by opening a very small window which is not notable. Not a very nice solution IMO, but here it is anyway:

@DISPLAY {Mode="Windowed", X=#RIGHT, Y=#BOTTOM, Width=1, Height=1, Borderless=True}
Execute("Echo \"Hello World\"")

Alex.

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alexw

Re: Soliton Wall of Fame

Posted on: 2007/4/21 11:05 #39

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@Severin
1170 at 2:01
What do I win?

Alex.

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alexw

Re: Net programming

Posted on: 2007/3/20 19:48 #40

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@Antique
If you have the Amiga Developer CD, have a look at Reference/Amiga_Mail_Vol2/AmigaMail_Vol2. There are 2 articles in "Unix and Networking" called "Developing Network Applications for the Amiga" and "A Shared Socket Library Server and Client".

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