Is there real needs to build newlib based version too ? I mean, we all know that os4's newlib is closed, and when there will be needs to fix something in newlib, it will mean rely on years of waiting for bug-fix to be released ?
I'd like to assure you all that we are not waiting for newlib changes. We provide information on what is needed and we work the webkit port with afxgroup's clib2.
The work rjd324 and afxgroup are doing with clib2 and the shared objects support are things that make clib2 even better for all of us.
@mr2 Yeah, I am away from my machines for a couple of weeks and haven't done much. But the work is not stopped since we have to tackle other issues as well, like the investigation of the thread crashing of JSC, and porting more libraries.
As soon as we have any news we are going to let everyone know.
After being out of print for years - the ImageFX manual is back in print and now includes all text for ImageFX 2.0 - 4.5 Studio in one volume. Loads of valuable reference material and tutorials. Profusely illustrated. Only sold separately.
I wonder if the latest release includes the full manual in the CD-Rom or if you guys know a place to find the manuals of the previous versions as well. Do you know if the above manual has everything included?
@sailor I prefer to use MUI 5 instead of 3.x. Its config seems to be slower, especially on some pages, but I haven't seen tremendous slowdowns on applications like IBrowse or AmIRC. In my opinion it is always better to use the latest one.
The 3.x line will not be updated any more, but the 5.x does, although it has some time before the last update. I don't know its status lately.
My A1200 has a 030/50 and I use MUI 5. I am happy with it.
@geennaam But how can the SDK be responsible for something like that? The way Codebench manipulates the files, I guess, is a matter of it only. Unless it relies on a specific binary which changed its behaviour.
About using the clib2, what problems do you get with that? On my tests that works the same as it used to work.
@levellord There is a syntax file for Hollywood already in the Addons folder of the release. You need to enable it. I introduced it some time ago. There is an AmigaGuide file as well.
In the Addons folder, there are language_hws.lua and language_guide.lua files. These need to be copied into your .config/lite-xl/plugins/. These are described in the README_Amiga.md file.
Search your startup-sequence and user-startup to find something that tries to run from the System: partition. If you find it, change it to what you have now. If this is not the case, check the WBStartup prefs to see if any of the programs tries to run from system. If so remove it and add it again from the right partition. If you use AmiDock or any other dock, check if any of the entries are looking for System partition. If yes change it.
@Futaura I missed that. Thank you for mentioning it here, so it is clear for everyone.
@ktadd Thank you so much for your reply. I think that everything you say is quite valid. Having a third app just to see the specific pages is a downside, I agree with you.
I will continue posting on ko-fi and my personal blog as frequently as possible. My intention is to copy all the new posts to my capsule as well, for those that would like to use the Gemini protocol.
To be honest with you, I am not sure how many people are going to use the Gemini and if this will be actually something that will grow with more people using it globally. It is just like many things we like to do, experiment and play with.
@ktadd Actually IBrowse is free with some limitations, but there is also AmiGemini which is free.
The problem for me is not creating a page where I can post my texts as I have on my blog at https://walkero.gr. Ko-fi is necessary for making it easy for those who want to support my work like you generously did in the past.
Also, using Gemini is an alternative way to communicate, which can run on any Amiga just fine. It is also an interesting topic to tinker with in your free time.
I recently created a page on the Gemini protocol where I copied all 2022 posts of mine that I made on ko-fi. Because ko-fi currently is not working well on any OS4 browser, I think the Gemini protocol is the best for everyone to access, with the minimum required resources. But if you want to support my work, you still need to visit my https://ko-fi.com/walkero page and do so.
It's interesting that this happened, because yesterday I run with some friends Lightwave benchmarks on different systems like you mentioned above, but with the benchmark scenes not modified. This way, in my opinion, you can be sure that you have the same testing point everywhere.
I also contacted Kevin to help with these tests, but it seems what he did in that video is not useful for my benchmarking, because he changes the scenes.
Today, I am going to run some more tests and then I can provide the results if you want.
Just to get an idea of where PPC computers like the X5000 stand, some time ago I did a benchmark of the unmodified scenes, which you can see below: