LimeWire 4.0.2

Zaggar · #21 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

Just a small problem i have been having with 4.0.2 (That i finally got to install instead of 3.8.11) things are cut off like where it says "Getting started" parts are cut off, and where it is circled in red, i have also been having this problem with the 3.9.X Beta's

I couldnt attach it cos it said 200K was to big so: www.geocities.com/imeshlite/LimeWire.jpg

verdyp · #22 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

Quote:

Originally posted by Zaggar
www.geocities.com/imeshlite/LimeWire.jpg [/B]

Please create a HTML page referencing this image. Geocities does denies access to visitors for non HTML file if this file is not loaded from a Geocities hosted HTML page (where Geocities attachs its ads and JavaScript). This done, give the URL of your HTML page which just needs to contain the reference the image like this:

<HTML><BODY><IMG src="LimeWire.jpg"></BODY></HTML>

(store that HTML file in the same folder "/imeshlite/" as your image, for example with the name "/imeshlite/LimeWire.html".

Zaggar · #23 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

Im not sure if this is what you wanted but: http://www.geocities.com/imeshlite/LimeWire.html

verdyp · #24 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

Apparently your Windows 95 or 98 fonts have been changed and do not display the appropriate metrics (the line height does not match with the normal definition expected by the default theme for Windows.)

As you seem to use the default theme for Windows, it uses the following fonts:

# tabs and window labels
CONTROL_TEXT_FONT_NAME=dialog
CONTROL_TEXT_FONT_STYLE=1
CONTROL_TEXT_FONT_SIZE=11

# nothing in 1.4, results list File Title and Library folder names in 1.3
SYSTEM_TEXT_FONT_NAME=verdana
SYSTEM_TEXT_FONT_STYLE=0
SYSTEM_TEXT_FONT_SIZE=10

# results list font in 1.4, results list details in 1.3
USER_TEXT_FONT_NAME=verdana
USER_TEXT_FONT_STYLE=0
USER_TEXT_FONT_SIZE=10

# nothing in 1.4 or 1.3
MENU_TEXT_FONT_NAME=verdana
MENU_TEXT_FONT_STYLE=1
MENU_TEXT_FONT_SIZE=11

# nothing in 1.4 or 1.3
WINDOW_TITLE_FONT_NAME=Georgia
WINDOW_TITLE_FONT_STYLE=1
WINDOW_TITLE_FONT_SIZE=11

# nothing in 1.4 or 1.3
SUB_TEXT_FONT_NAME=Georgia
SUB_TEXT_FONT_STYLE=1
SUB_TEXT_FONT_SIZE=11

Are you sure to have the correct versions of the following fonts:
Verdana, Georgia ?
Also when a font cannot be found, it reverts to a default "virtual font" given an alias name "dialog".
The definition of this font alias is part of the Java installation.
You may look at which version of Java you use, to make sure that the "dialog" virtual font is properly defined for your system.

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Open the file "font.properties" present in the "lib" subfolder of the Java installation.

(1) If you use Java 1.3.1 or 1.4 You should see something like:

dialog.0=Arial,ANSI_CHARSET
dialog.1=WingDings,SYMBOL_CHARSET
dialog.2=Symbol,SYMBOL_CHARSET

which indicates that the actual font will be searched in this order:
Arial, Wingdings, Symbol.

(2) If you use Java 1.5.0 Beta 1, the "fonts.properties" file should contain something like:

dialog.plain.alphabetic=Arial
dialog.plain.chinese-ms950=MingLiU
dialog.plain.hebrew=David
dialog.plain.japanese=\uff2d\uff33 \u30b4\u30b7\u30c3\u30af
dialog.plain.korean=Gulim

(the format of this file was changed in Java 1.5.0, but users noramlly never need to modify the "font.properties" file which is installed with Java).

Here also, there's an explicit reference to the Arial font to display Latin, Greek and Cyrillic (grouped under the term "alphabetic")

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So make sure that these 3 core fonts are properly installed in Windows. It's possible that you have incorrect versions of these fonts, or copies that were not built for Windows 98.

So you may need to reinstall the 3 standard Windows fonts from your Windows CDROM or from updates. Some softwares modify core fonts and replace them with fonts with identical names but different metrics:

Arial, Courier New, Time New Roman

Plus these 2 fonts from Internet Explorer, if you want to use the default theme on Windows:
Verdana, Georgia

Alternatively, you may want to try other themes:
- for example the "Windows" theme uses only the native fonts described in the Java installation in "font.properties". But the look and Feel is reset to use the default Windows coloring scheme of your Control panel, and buttons or menus corresponding to the standard Windows Look and Feel.

- or the "Amber" theme which was made to use the Java Metal Look and Feel but with only the default "dialog" virtual font. Without any forced bold character style (I created it for international users, so that they will be able to display the interface correctly with their language, notably for languages written with complex scripts like Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Thai and Arabic that are difficult to read when displayed with Bold characters).
A screenshot of this theme follows:

(Note that, due to the 256 colors palette (needed because of the progressive background shading), the image is a bit darker than it is in reality with more colors and a more dominant bright yellow). I could have used a 16-bit palette, but I wanted that the image views here keeps at reasonable size.

Note also that this is a development/test version, that has some unreleased items. Also the interface shows the French translation...

sberlin · #25 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

LimeWire 4.0.3 is released. 4.0.3 is a service release for 4.0.2, fixing various internal bugs. 4.0.3 also fixes the "too many peer connections bug" and should fix problems first-time Mac Classic users were experiencing. Approximately 30 internal (and rare) bugs have been fixed for this release.

arne_bab · #26 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

Here is a magnet-link to LimeWireWin 4.0.2 from the LimeWire page. You need to paste it into your browser, as the URL-Parameter adds "http:// ":

magnet:?xt=urn:sha1:RZ73ST6NRS45QIMGX2CIOVCWIJCBVJ JP&dn=LimeWireWin.exe&xs=http://edrikor.dyndns.org:6346/uri-res/N2R?urn:sha1:RZ73ST6NRS45QIMGX2CIOVCWIJCBVJJP&xs=h ttp://edrikor.dyndns.org:9845/uri-res/N2R?urn:sha1:RZ73ST6NRS45QIMGX2CIOVCWIJCBVJJP]LimeWireWin.exe

et voilà · #27 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

I've been wondering about something in the past days

Is there something different in the internationnal versus the english version on windows related in local connections? I'm asking that cause on os x, starting as a leave I easily get 3 fr connections, but on windows with the english version (but with the interface in french) I never get those fr connections (the prefs are on in options).

Merci

arne_bab · #28 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

LW now tries to connect mainly to your region.
Did you set teh english LW to run in Frensh?

et voilà · #29 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

arne, I wanted to have the confirmation from LW devs that the language used for the interface is the one that receives preferencing (normally it is, but the english windows made me wonder, I'll try the internationnal later). Yes of course the GUI is in french. BTW it connects by language not by region AFAIK. ie even if I'm in Québec I connect to lots of nodes in Europe.

Ciao

stief · #30 (**permalink**) May 19th, 2004

Can files that get manually added to the shared folders after LW has started be uploaded, or is a Refresh first required?

btw--4.0.3 on 10.3.3 looks fine so far. Should we look for the changelog for the 30 fixes (whew! probably takes longer to document than fix

) here or the CVS logs? FWIW, http://www.limewire.com/english/cont..._history.shtml only shows up to 3.9.12