On or about: 04-10-08  23:32, Dale Shipp did engage All regarding, but not
limited to: BlueWave in Linux/DOSBOX

 DS> I have a new little computer for travel (Asus EeePC) which has a
 DS> version of Linux on it (Xandros).   I am trying to get BlueWave to
 DS> work there using a DOS emulator called DOSBOX, and am almost
 DS> successful.  There is one problem that perplexes me -- and folks on
 DS> the DOSBOX forum.

 DS> If I open a QWK packet, read messages, and change the marks on those
 DS> messages, the changes get recorded in a file called OWL.XTI (QWK
 DS> packet is OWL.QWK -- and it is unpacked into a WORK directory).
 DS> When BlueWave finishes, it is supposed to update that file.   When I
 DS> run BlueWave on my XP machine in a NTVDM (virtual Dos) window --
 DS> that works the way it should.   However, when I run Bluewave using
 DS> DOSBOX what happens is that when Bluewave places the call to pkzip,
 DS> the OWL.XTI file has disappeared.   This happens both on the linux
 DS> machine and in DOSBOX on the XP machine.   I have confirmed this
 DS> using a batch which does a DIR on the WORK directory.   The other
 DS> files are there, but the OWL.XTI file is gone.

Shesh... Permissions aren't the issue.

 DS> In this case, the call to pkzip has the parameters of OWL.QWK (with
 DS> full path to where the file is) and WORK\OWL.XTI (again with full
 DS> path to that file) -- but a DIR on WORK confirms the XTI file is
 DS> gone. 
 DS> If I have deleted some messages, then the call by BlueWave to pkzip
 DS> has parameters of OWL.QWK (full path) and WORK\*.*  (also full
 DS> path). In that case, the OWL.XTI file is still in the WORK directory,
 DS> along with all the other files that get packed up into the OWL.QWK.

What happens if you leave the files unzipped in bw/work, after making
OWL.REP? IOW, does BW blow out an existing OWL.REP? (I'm just trying to
think outside the box. I suspect there will be issues running this way.)
Even *with* a persistent file, it'll likely get toasted.

Did you see it created at all, without deleting a message? If you delete
one message, it then saves the markers for the rest of the packet, but not
for the messages before the delete?

 DS> Does anyone have any ideas?  Any experience?

All I can do, is post some dumb questions. How about another flavour of
Linux? (Not likely to fix it, with XP *and* Xandros behaving the same...)
Have others repeated the problem?

 DS> I have tried using another emulator called DOSEMU -- but it does not
 DS> allow me to send CTRL- or ALT- keystrokes to Bluewave.

Having no idea how DOSEMU, or WINE works... How about using a 104-key
keyboard map? All those options for special keys when setting up X didn't
give you any success with the other emulators?



 DS> Dale Shipp
 DS> fido_261_1466 (at) comcast (dot) net
 DS> (1:261/1466)


 DS> ... Shipwrecked on Hesperus in Columbia, Maryland. 23:46:20, 10 Apr
 DS> 2007 ___ Blue Wave/DOS v2.30

 DS> -!- Maximus/NT 3.01
 DS>  ! Origin: Owl's Anchor (1:261/1466)



... James

___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20

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