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HX-DOS Extender - wish lists
DOS
1. About
See HX-DOS for product description.
2. Software wish lists
2.1 Wishlist realistic
- MediaInfo (console)
- Reports info about media (images, audio, video) and some other files
- GNU GPL 3, done in C++
- Didn’t work with HX: loads, displays ©, but if anything non-empty supplied in the commandline, it crashes, it can’t even display the help nor complain about “MEDIAINFO.DLL not found”, reason: CommandLineToArgvW in SHELL32.DLL was dummy only, fixed in HX 2.17pre from 2010
- Tester: Japheth, DOS386
- Ghostscript for Win32 (all versions)
- PDF viewer, converter, creator
- Can convert PDF in others kinds of file, but not display directly image
- Seem 3 missing imports in USER32.DLL
- A modified version for HX exists, but it’s older and uses a modified Binary and DLL (not usable for new versions)
- Project page: http://sourceforge.net/projects/ghostscript/files
- Alternatively, use XPDF or MUPDF
- Tester: Iw2evk Roberto
- LAME
- Open source MP3 encoder
- Win32 version 3.99.5 doesn’t work with HX due to missing “unicows.dll”, use “-g” to see the message
- No big problem since there is a working DGJPP port of 3.99.5
- Tester: DOS386
- OWB - Origyn Web Browser (“gyn” is not a typo …)
- GRAFICAL WEB BROWSER based on SDL libraries
- Project page: http://www.sand-labs.org/owb/wiki/OwbWin32 (no binaries, just source code ???)
- Win32 experimental binary: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15843/Appli_vista.rar (dead)
- Needs MSVCR80.DLL, MSVCP80.DLL, WLDAP32.DLL, SHLWAPI.DLL (see below)
- IT WORKS !!!! (with some flaws)
- Some JS support (but see below), good PNG support
- Faults:
- No documentation (Hint: [F1] to [F4] keys do have some effect)
- No way to type in an address (type it into Google)
- Text cursor not visible
- Mouse arrow off (hit top left corner to “fix”)
- Page not reloaded after submitting text (but the text is sent, just check it)
- No download, no upload
- Depends from MSVC??? files
- Needs HX 2.17 from 2010–02 or later
- Tester: Iw2evk Roberto, Japheth, DOS386
- PDFTK (console)
- PDF document manipulator
- Does not run (nothing displayed)
- PLINK (console)
- A command-line interface of PuTTY
- Supports SSH/SSH-2, open-source
- Displays an error message if launched
- R128GAIN
- More advanced ReplayGain tool for audio files
- GNU GPL 3, version 1.0.11 by Peter Belkner
- Win32 binary compiled/packaged in an unfortunate way, integrated with FFMPEG and SOX, bloated download
- Does NOT work with HX due to missing imports in “libsox-2.dll”, reports “Failed opening “c:\r128gain-tools\libsox-2.dll”: 11. Error loading SoX.”
- Apparently there is no “simple native WAV-only” mode with existing binary package
- Maybe it would be more productive to compile a better binary implementing the “R128″ algorithm
- Some more freeware games
2.2 Wishlist maybe realistic
- NOTEPAD++ (GUI)
- Very good text editor, no 64 KiB limit, supports many prog. languages
- Portable, open source, but no DOS version
- AUDACITY (GUI)
- Very good audio editor
- Uses VxWidgets
- Portable, open source, but no DOS version
- Total Commander (payware) + Free Commander (freeware) (both GUI)
- The possibly best file managers (ignoring the facts that TCMD is commercial, FCMD has more bugs left and both have no DOS version)
- Aircrack Ng
- Program for monitoring wifi network
- Some apps work, others like Airodmp-ng have missing import.
- Require external DLL’s
- http://www.aircrack-ng.org/doku.php
- Tester: Iw2evk Roberto ???
2.3 Wishlist utopical (?)
- Mozilla Firefox (GUI)
- Gaia
- Project page: http://gaia.serezhkin.com
- Tries to rebuild Google-Earth as free and open source software
- Originates from Linux, Windows version delayed
- Problem: Original Google-Earth comes with very high system requirements (CPU, main RAM, graph processor, graph RAM, acceleration, …), this clone probably will more or less share them, also networking required
- Open Office (GUI)
- Adobe Photoshop and all clones/competitors of it (GUI)
- Professional graphical programs
- Commercial, closed source, excessive protection from cracking
- NSIS installer (GUI)
- Free equivalent of InstallShield
- Probably difficult due to Registry settings, reliance on Windows-specific parameters (such as Win32 path, and so on…)
- Win32 GUI Self-extractors and installers
- WinRAR, WinZIP, 7-ZIP GUI SFX, WinImage, NSIS
- Allow to uncompress files without the need to have the appropriate unpacker, or “brute-force” through all if not known which one was used
- Probably difficult to support due to high level GUI API
- Does not work with HX 2.9 / 2.10 / probably 2.16, missing GUI API features
- PCI32
- Win32 (NT only) version of “PCI” tool listing PCI devices
- Problem: uses a Ring0 “driver” to access the I/O ports
- DOS version exists but no longer updated
- Some latest games (GUI)
- With excessive system requirements (like >=1 GiB RAM, DVD, newest graf card with >=256 MiB RAM and latest acceleration technology, …)
2.4 Import wishlist
This list contains missing so-called “imports” in HX-DOS for running some programs. By default, if any import is missing, DPMILD32 refuses to execute the program, cries instead and lists all affected imports. Setting a variable ( ”DPMILDR=128″ , note the name is DPMILDR , not DPMILD32 ) can suppress this and in some cases allow to run the program nevertheless (success rate is low, there are exceptions, or program starts but a silent exit occurs as soon as you try to do anything useful in it :-( ). Imports found as “missing” can be added here (even if workaroundable with DPMILDR), and can be removed when implemented into HX.
- FillConsoleOutputCharacterW , ScrollConsoleScreenBufferW , WriteConsoleOutputW (required by some “nice but useless” demos, dummy is good enough, done ?)
- MetaFile / Path junk: DeleteEnhMetaFile, CreateEnhMetaFileA, StrokePath, FillPath, EndPath, BeginPath, GetEnhMetaFileHeader, SetWinMetaFileBits, GetEnhMetaFileA, CloseEnhMetaFile, PlayEnhMetaFile : all in DGDI32.DLL, required by NCONVERT, see above, some still lacking in HX 2.16, seem useless (dummy “support” enough).
- GetCharABCWidthsFloatA also for NCONVERT, lacks in HX 2.16
- GetFileSizeEx (required by MCOMP, more console packers probably will follow soon): implemented and functional since HX 2.11, but 31 bits / 2GB only. Remaining low priority wish: full FAT+ support, translation of 38 API bits to FAT+ INT $21/$7142 - “Enhanced DR-DOS 7.01.08+ - “Long LSEEK” - SET CURRENT 64-bit FILE POSITION” ;-)
- CreateUpDownControl in COMCTL32.DLL (dummy should be enough): needed by MPLAYER 1.0rc1, lacked in HX 2.10, done ?
- TrackPopupMenu in USER32.DLL (ignoring results in crash, dummy implementation should be enough, done (?) )
- SafeArray junk: SafeArrayPutElement, SafeArrayGetElement, SafeArrayRedim: in OLEAUT32.DLL, dummy should be enough (done in HX 2.16 ???)
- GlobalMemoryStatusEx in KERNEL32.DLL (seems trivial to do, OTOH no longer used in GrafX2, still lacks in HX 2.16)
- MapDialogRect in USER32.DLL, required for BOCHS 2.4 and newer
- GetNumberFormatW , GetNumberFormatExW , GetCurrencyFormatW , GetCurrencyFormatExW (/en-us/library/dd318083(VS.85).aspx) in DKRNL32.DLL (very minimal support probably sufficient)
- CommandLineToArgvW (/en-us/library/bb776391(VS.85).aspx) in SHELL32.DLL is dummy only, some apps need it working, done!
- CreateItemMoniker and GetRunningObjectTable in OLE32.DLL, required by MPLAYER (useless, ignoring helps, dummy enough, done in 2.17 ?)
- SetBrushOrgEx , GetBrushOrgEx , CreatePenIndirect needed by TruePNG (useless, ignoring helps)
3. Latest version: 2.16 / 2.17pre
Release date: 2009–11–16 / update 2010/2014/???
Project page and download: http://www.japheth.de (dead)
4. See also
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