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FlWriter version 1.0 released (Announce)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 19.03.2012, 23:31

> > I tried to make FlWriter use short file names only but I may have
> > overlooked something so I recommend long file name support. Also the
> > utilities I ported from Linux did expect long file names.
>
> If you have included my two utilities (docx2htm, odt2htm) they may not
> work if input files have long names.
> They are written to expect 8.3 files.

I imagine this is easy to workaround as there is int 21h, 7160h to convert LFN to SFN. I don't know if DJGPP has it in the libc already (probably). EDIT: Perhaps _truename_sfn, at least it sounds correct.

> > 75% of the package size are the various fonts included.
>
> I do not run with doslfn/lfndos on principle. Which is why the fonts
> over-wrote each other when I tried to install the previous version. :(
>
> I guess it is not for me.

If you don't want the danger of mucking up your hard drive with LFNs, try StarLFN, it can work mostly the same with only needing to read / write into HISTORY.DAT file(s). I haven't tried lately, but it may need "attrib -h" on HISTORY.DAT for some DOSes. A simple one-byte hack or reassemble can make that permanent (ask me if necessary, it's really not hard).

Complete thread:

• FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 18.03.2012, 15:54 (Announce)
  • FlWriter version 1.0 released - ron, 18.03.2012, 22:50
  • FlWriter version 1.0 released - jassenna, 18.03.2012, 23:29
    • FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 19.03.2012, 08:05
      • FlWriter version 1.0 released - ron, 19.03.2012, 21:44
        • FlWriter version 1.0 released - Rugxulo, 19.03.2012, 23:31
      • FlWriter version 1.0 released - jassenna, 20.03.2012, 04:57
      • FlWriter version 1.0 released - Ibidem, 22.03.2012, 06:33
        • FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 22.03.2012, 18:01
          • FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 26.03.2012, 19:26
    • FlWriter version 1.0 released - Rugxulo, 19.03.2012, 23:36
      • FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 20.03.2012, 08:27
        • FlWriter version 1.0 released - Arjay, 20.03.2012, 22:46
          • FlWriter version 1.0 released - Arjay, 21.03.2012, 00:16
            • FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 21.03.2012, 08:26
              • FlWriter version 1.0 released - Arjay, 21.03.2012, 08:40
  • FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 22.03.2012, 08:07
    • FlWriter version 1.0 released - RayeR, 22.03.2012, 10:40
    • FlWriter version 1.0 released - Ibidem, 22.03.2012, 16:04
      • FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 22.03.2012, 18:03
        • FlWriter version 1.0 released - Ibidem, 22.03.2012, 19:21
          • FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 22.03.2012, 20:00
            • FlWriter version 1.0 released - Ibidem, 23.03.2012, 04:54
              • FlWriter version 1.0 released - georgpotthast, 23.03.2012, 08:14
          • FlWriter version 1.0 released - dosshell tests - Arjay, 22.03.2012, 22:08
            • FlWriter version 1.0 released - dosshell tests - georgpotthast, 23.03.2012, 08:15
              • FlWriter version 1.0 released - dosshell tests - RayeR, 23.03.2012, 10:04
                • FlWriter version 1.0 released - dosshell tests - Wine + DOS - Arjay, 23.03.2012, 21:17
                  • FlWriter version 1.0 released - dosshell tests - Wine + DOS - Arjay, 23.03.2012, 22:14
                  • FlWriter version 1.0 released - dosshell tests - Wine + DOS - RayeR, 24.03.2012, 01:53
                    • FlWriter version 1.0 released - dosshell tests - Wine + DOS - Arjay, 24.03.2012, 10:11