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Update OS/2 readme with important information about the 2.4 build. Update license and debian packaging files.
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1 This package contains Dynamic Windows (dwindows) v 2.4 for OS/2 and eCS.
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3 It contains:
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5 dw.dll - main dwindows DLL
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6 dwcompat.dll - compatibility DLL (optional)
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7 dw.h - header file
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8 dw.lib - import library for functions in dw.dll
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9 dwcompat.lib - import library for functions in dwcompat.dll
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10 readme-os2.txt - this file
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12 This binary package was compiled with gcc 4.4.4.
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13 It requires libc064.dll available at ftp://ftp.netlabs.org/pub/libc
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14 Dynamic Windows may take advantage of features from these packages:
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16 XCenter/eCenter with the System Tray plugin
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17 http://www.eros2.info/systray_widget_en.shtml
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19 Generalized Bitmap Module - For additional image formats
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20 http://heikon.home.tlink.de/
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22 -- Special notes for version 2.4 --
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23 Version 2.4 is starting a transition to Unicode on OS/2. Warp 4 and
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24 later have fairly decent support for UTF-8 via codepage 1208, however
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25 there are some known input problems, which shall be worked around
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26 in future versions. For English or non-input applications Unicode
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27 is the recommended version, however for applications that have not
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28 been converted to UTF-8 or which are experiencing input problems,
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29 a non-Unicode version of the DLL is included.