Ros-dev November 2007

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36 discussions

Re: [ros-dev] [ros-diffs] [weiden] 29670: Tweak the ScrollDC implementation
by tamlin＠algonet.se 08 Nov '07

08 Nov '07

jimtabor wrote: >I noticed WndProc messages originate from win32k too. The window thread is >locked and then the message is sent out. > >Example: Function call User32 -> Win32k -> send message. > >Maybe we are doing double the work when we scroll on a bar. The rapid >blinking of the bar too. We maybe sending more than one message out. Trying a hypothesis here, could it work if all such w32k-registered- and-managed window classes, if not subclassed by the app, lock visual updates while calling back into usermode (cmp. LockWindowUpdate(hWnd) )? (recursive calls, whether intentional or from buggy user-mode app code could invalidate it) >4. Fix bugs. >5. Get paid! If you solve that... :-) -- Mike

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Re: [ros-dev] Ros-dev Digest, Vol 39, Issue 1
by Olaf Siejka 07 Nov '07

07 Nov '07

> > > - Declarative module localizations : Now module localizations are created > in > a declarative way which makes trivial tasks like listing non existent or > outdated language localizations in real time for example : > > http://www.codexchange.net/rosdoc/localizations.htm > > Let me know your opinions and suggestions as I would like to start > finishing > some of this features and merge all/part of my changes back to trunk > I find this part extremely important. It would allow real-time tracking of translation progress/status (if i understood it correctly) which would greatly help maintain all the growing ROS localizations and help all ROS translating teams. Such webpage, as you presented here, should be created on ROS website as soon as it would be possible.

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About UNICODE<->ASCII support.
by carlo.bramix 06 Nov '07

06 Nov '07

Hello everyone, I just would like talk about a recent fix applied to one of the components of ReactOS. It is not my intention to make problems in any way with this topic, or pretending a change of the direction taken by the project (peace!). In that recent change, the hybrid support for both ASCII and UNICODE support into task manager has been dropped. I would like that you try to review your opinion on such changes. Me too, I want final builds of executables in unicode format. I think to know almost all advantages of international support. However, I also believe that you should not see the ASCII support as something to throw out of the window, but as a chance, because not all applications in the world are compiled as unicode, so having something to test the ASCII implementation included into ROS is not a so bad idea. As I said, it is a chance for testing. Some of the work here seems derived from wine, but probably (or better: surely) people behind wine had to face to the problem called "debugging" before they got something stable. A closed-source application may not work, but at least there is a chance (perhaps minimal or even less) to replicate a bug into one of the applications available to us. Technically, it isn't a problem for me to make things working on win9x, since I just need to link to UNICOWS.DLL and the problem is almost solved. I just don't like very much that position. And I also understand that my opinion isn't important at all in front of your decisions or the ReactOS standard. Sincerely, Carlo Bramini.

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Online translation service
by Olaf Siejka 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

I have no idea on what is being prepared or planned, nor i do not need any mean for translating RC files online. My only concern is for easier control of localisation for a given language, so i dont have to manually check every single one of the rc files. Best regards

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Mile Stones
by James Tabor 05 Nov '07

05 Nov '07

To all! A monumental mile stone was crossed today at 2000z 05/11/2007. ReactOS is now a true GUI/OS. Thread batching is functional and tested good. Solitaire was the program and it only ran once, the function was SetBrushOrgEx. Thanks goes out to all of you and my excitement is the fun I am having working with all of you with this project. Sorry for things said in the past and knowing in all good intentions you all did your best to bring this project to this point. Thanks! James PS: Keep coding! and go back to work!

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work on rbuild branch
by Marc Piulachs 03 Nov '07

03 Nov '07

As some of you may know I have been working in rbuild on my own branch (http://svn.reactos.org/svn/reactos/branches/rbuild/reactos/) for the last two weeks. I will summarize my most important changes here so anyone can give me their opinion: - Created a new concept "the cd bootstrap folder" . The cd bootstrap folder is a user customizable folder in the cd's root that defaults to the current build architecture for example i386 o ppc. - Modifed the InstallBase from the BootStrap element to be relative to the bootstrap folder, for example the usetup bootstrap: <bootstrap installbase="system32" nameoncd="smss.exe" /> will be created in : (CD)\i386\system32\smss.exe on a I386 build and (CD)\ppc\system32\smss.exe on a powerpc build - Introduced a new element "bootstrapfile" equivalent to the bootstrap for module target but applied to regular files for example : <bootstrapfile>hivecls.inf</bootstrapfile> will be placed in : (CD)\i386\hivecls.inf on a I386 build and (CD)\ppc\hivecls.inf on a powerpc build With these changes we will be able to place complete installation for more than one architecture in the same cd .Only one of the architectures will be able to be booted by default but we can include the cdmake utility + some .bat files in a (CD)\tools folder so the user can download the official CD with all supported architectures and create a bootable boot CD for a particular architecture. cool huh? - Experimental support to autogenerate rsrc.rc equivalent and platform dependent manifest.xml to intermediate folder - Add preliminary support to track authors/contributors/developers/translators for each module. It can be useful to autogenerate uptodate \CREDITS file , module/authors reports (see for example: http://www.codexchange.net/rosdoc/authors.htm or http://www.codexchange.net/rosdoc/eventvwr.htm) or even source code for modules like notevil - Autogenerate CREDITS file in intermediate folder (for now) - Declarative module localizations : Now module localizations are created in a declarative way which makes trivial tasks like listing non existent or outdated language localizations in real time for example : http://www.codexchange.net/rosdoc/localizations.htm Let me know your opinions and suggestions as I would like to start finishing some of this features and merge all/part of my changes back to trunk note: The produced iso images won't boot due to relocation of the \loader folder. boot/freeldr/bootsect/isoboot.asm and isobtrt.asm will have to be modified to search \i386\loader .Probably also setuldr.sys will have to be modified. /Marc

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Ros-dev November 2007