Digest KolibriOS # 13

Between the issues a lot of time has passed and there have been enough changes in 2017.

System-wide changes (kernel, drivers, libraries)

• UNICODE. A very big and important change - the SysFn80 file API now fully supports Unicode (UTF-8, UTF-16LE). And all file systems are supported - NTFS, FAT, ext2
• NTFS. In the process of developing file utilities, the NTFS driver was severely tested, and with the exception of some unsupported functions (encryption, compression, access rights), it works quite stably
• ext2. Bug fix, added support for large files> 4 GB
• C_layer The library of C-interfaces for the main system libraries brought to logical Beta
• libimg. Support system save library in PNG
• KF-font. Font library support from Oberon
• TCP fixes. Network stack error correction
• Disk subsystem. GUID Partition Table (GPT) disk layout support
• Memory subsystem. Automatic heap initialization when first allocating memory

Development tools

• Gcc Ported version 5.4, UNICODE support added to libc
• Tiny C. Added generation of debug string information for using MTDBG
• Freebasic. Added test use case
• Delphi7. KolibriOS.lib, a library of Hummingbird system calls from D7 and various assemblers (below), is expanding. Usage examples added (only console and Kolibri API applications are supported)
• Assemblers. Added examples of calls to the above library from various assemblers GoAsm, UASM, Tasm
• Gentee. The compiler of a new programming language is ported to Kolibri

Application Software Changes

• NetSurf. The graphical browser is being finalized, the web installer is made. Watch the video on the channel in the last section of the article.
• unzip6 is ported for creating installers and testing FS
• Fb2 reader Reader and a great program written in Oberon under Hummingbird
  
• VFC. Visual Text Comparer / Diff tool. The file comparison program. Gifka here
• Clipboard Viewer. View / clear system clipboard
• Shell Minor bugs fixed, copying speed increased
• Kolibri Image Viewer. System image viewer, added large image autoscaling
• File utilities. In the process of testing, the file navigators Eolite, fNav, KFM were “pulled up”

Other

• fillScr New utility randomly fill the desktop background.
  
  
• The Bus Animated Toy
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• Youtube Playlist Kolibri OS Private video channel using Hummingbirds