On at 2023-08-28 16:15 -0500, Jim Hall via Freedos-user wrote:
Hi Jim,
I noticed that the file on ibiblio isn't updated yet [1]. Likewise the
FreeDOS Software page [2] linked from the website [3]. Though both of
these list 1.3 in their pathnames, so I'm not sure what the appropriate
action would be. However, I do think that the website [3] should link to
the most recent files.
Browsing ibiblio I found that the freedos/files/repositories/latest/
tree is even more outdated [4]. The ldebug/ subdirectory does have
release 5, but the ldebug.zip file (in the latest/devel/ directory) says
it is from 2022-04-04. The unstable tree has the same old files [5].
Jerome usually updates the installer repo with new packages, so I'm
leaving that to him.
However, the zip file is mirrored on ibiblio, here:
https://ibiblio.org/pub/micro/pc-stuff/freedos/files/dos/debug/ldebug/rel6/
Allright, thanks.
Finally, here's your news item quoted:
lDebug release 6
2023-08-26 9:27am
lDebug (that's with a small L) is a 86-DOS debugger that
replaces the classic DOS Debug program. The latest version
(release 6) is available today! The new version includes
several cool new features and fixes bugs. Some features
were suggested on the FreeDOS feature request tracker,
and include "style 2" and "style 3" alternative symbolic
flag displays.
Fine so far.
You can display lists with leading keywords.
This is wrong, there is no change to any data displays with the leading
AS WORDS or AS DWORDS keywords. Rather, they can be specified on the
*input* that a user gives in a list parameter [6]. This modifies how the
[..]
Well, I did my best trying to write a news item based on your 680-word
announcement, with 18 footnotes. It's not always easy to get it right.
:-)
Yeah, I understand the need for brevity. And it wasn't all bad, just the
two bits.
Can you send me an announcement (in about 100 words) that I can
copy/paste into the news system?
Sure, I based it on yours with a few improvements:
lDebug (that's with a small L) is a 86-DOS debugger that replaces the
classic DOS Debug program. The latest version (release 6) is available
today! The new version includes several cool new features and fixes
bugs. Some features were suggested on the FreeDOS feature request
tracker, including "style 2" and "style 3" alternative symbolic flag
displays. Lists can be specified as words or dwords. The DT "dump text
table" command can translate numbers to text. lDebug can read a config
file on startup. More details are found [in the mailing list
announcement] [1]. Get it from [the lDebug website] [2].
[1]: link to
https://sourceforge.net/p/freedos/mailman/freedos-user/thread/9b70d387-bac2-d223-00d0-d78628bde1dd%40ulukai.org/
[2]: link to https://pushbx.org/ecm/web/#projects-ldebug
Regards,
ecm
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