The #WineHQ #Wine development release 1.9.1 is now available for #Linux and #Mac

The Wine development release 1.9.1 is now available.
What's new in this release:

• A few more deferred fixes.
• Support for debug registers on x86-64.
• More Shader Model 4 instructions.
• Support for the Mingw ARM toolchain.
• Various bug fixes.

The source is available now. Binary packages are in the process of being built, and will appear soon at their respective download locations.

 Bugs fixed in 1.9.1 (total 38):

  10919  GetLargestConsoleWindowSize() should not return hard coded constants
  11372  Geoplan / Geospace popups cannot be accepted or dismissed
  22581  Internet Explorer 3.01 crashes on some web pages (unimplemented function ole2disp.dll16.VARIANTINIT)
  23298  Windows utility 'relog.exe' crashes on unimplemented function 'pdh.dll.PdhGetLogFileTypeW'
  23642  Before You Know It crashes
  24061  Drag & Drop doesn't redraw on Stars! 2.60b
  28082  OCCT Perestroïka needs hal.dll.READ_PORT_ULONG
  28696  ieframe/tests/intshcut.c: Uninitialised value in test_ReadAndWriteProperties
  28698  ieframe/tests/intshcut.ok: uninitialized value in PersistFile_Load, found during test_ReadAndWriteProperties
  30260  Office 2010 SP1 & SP2 installers report failure
  32088  KODAK Share button app wants SETUPAPI.dll.SetupDiSelectBestCompatDrv
  32692  Clones (game) crashes when starting a single-player game (without native d3dx9 libraries)
  33121  wineconsole: Ignores height/width window size specified in program's external configuration file
  33937  [EA Origin]Pictures don't display correctly with Wine set to win7
  34405  AkelPad 4.8.4 crashes in Options->Plugins menu
  36298  valgrind shows several leaks in msxml3/tests/domdoc.c
  36302  valgrind shows several leaks in msxml3/tests/saxreader.c
  37030  Visual Basic 6 - Listbox shows scrollbar when there isn't any
  38230  3D Ultra Pinball Thrillride: Intro movie fails to play; causes hang
  38736  Volume Shadow Copy Service (VSS) Backup/Restore Test Tool from Windows SDK 8.1 needs api-ms-win-security-lsalookup-l1-1-0.dll
  38737  'makeappx' tool from Windows SDK 8.1 crashes on unimplemented function ntdll.dll.RtlInitializeGenericTableAvl
  38738  VSS Agent from Windows SDK 8.1 needs api-ms-win-security-lsalookup-l1-1-1.dll
  39034  SuperTux 0.3.5a crashes on startup
  39035  The Forest: Game fallbacks to 64 MB VRAM
  39074  IXMLDOMDocument::cloneNode crash
  39195  msvcr120.dll.nextafter is needed by Sonkwo
  39295  Saints Row 2 crashes on unimplemented function x3daudio1_4.dll.X3DAudioInitialize
  39454  64-bit StarCraft II v3.0 client crashes immediately on startup (SetThreadContext on self with only DRx registers/CONTEXT_DEBUG_REGISTERS provided)
  39475  PhysX 9.15.0428 installer does not run ('advapi32.RegOpenCurrentUser' must return a real handle instead of 'HKEY_CURRENT_USER' for user root key)
  39486  Unused value in CFn_WMCommand (Coverity #1225886)
  39563  Oddworld: Stranger's Wrath HD crashes when starting a new game
  39579  iNode 3.6 client needs ndis.sys.NdisAllocateMemoryWithTag
  39660  some *-config scripts in configure.ac are not crosscompiling friendly
  39750  Sonic Generations: Crash due to stack overflow
  39752  The elder scrolls IV: Oblivion issues
  39823  "fixme:nls:CompareStringEx semi-stub behavor for flag(s) 0x10000000" appears thousands of times in terminal when running the Lego Mindstorms EV3 software
  39861  Windows utility 'relog.exe' crashes on unimplemented function 'pdh.dll.PdhBindInputDataSourceW'
  39892  UFile crashes with runtime error when rendering certain pages

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Codeweavers CrossOver 15.0.1 has been released

I am delighted to announce that CodeWeavers has just released CrossOver 15.0.1 for both Mac OSX and Linux.  CrossOver 15.0.1 has important bug fixes for both Mac and Linux users.

Mac customers with active support entitlements will be upgraded to CrossOver 15.0.1 the next time they launch CrossOver Mac.  Linux users can download the latest version from https://www.codeweavers.com/.

Change Log For CrossOver Mac and Linux :

 15.0.1 CrossOver - January 13, 2016

• Mac OS X:
  • Fixes for various user interface bugs on OS X 10.8
• General Improvements
  • The final, release version of Wine 1.8 has been merged into this release.
  • We now have better support for display of Chinese characters in situations where not all Chinese fonts are available.
  • Various non-English translations have been improved.
• Application Support:
  • The backup feature in Quicken has been fixed.
  • Quicken versions 2004 and earlier are again able to open database files.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented StarCraft from running on OS X.
  • Fixed a bug which prevented South Park: Stick of Truth from running.
• Linux:
  • CrossOver will install successfully on CentOS 6.7.
  • CrossOver will install successfully when D-Bus fails.

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Mariner Software StoryMill Review

When I was researching scientific information for my novel, I found that my typical journal technique simply became a mess as I scratched out ideas that won't work and kept jotting ideas around the margins. I like neat notes and I like physically writing my ideas, but writing them quickly became a bigger mess than ever before.

That's what happens when you write a complicated, detail-necessary work! How do I get organized? How do I make it easy to find my ideas without a ton of Word files in my research folder? I'm still trying to find a good solution that works for me, and during this process, I've come across quite a few writing tools that sound interesting. The first one on the list:
StoryMill.

StoryMill is one of a few software packages by Mariner Software that work to help writers. While StoryMill is dedicated to various aspects of overall novel writing, Persona (character management) and Contour (story outline) are two other options that focus on specific areas of novel development. I'll be honest: Contour is not something I'll try because I am not the type of writer who outlines in any detail whatsoever. I have a general idea, pit stops along the way, and an endgame; however, my characters direct me better than any outline I've ever done. In other words, you won't see a review of it here because it won't be unbiased. With that being said, Persona is on my list because it has what I wished StoryMill did for characters: detail, detail, detail!

Character Screen

This is one of my problems with StoryMill. The most you have under the info block is what you see above: role, height, hair, race, weight, and eyes. You can add photos, tags, links, and blah blah blah, but the majority of your information is going to be typed in a blank word-like document. It's not very organized other than being under the name of the character. This is why I'll be testing out Persona for my characters; however, if I'm going to drop money on software ($40 a pop!), I don't want to have to buy something else I would think should be included.

It does have some simple planning features that make Contour unnecessary for many writers. The main screen for "Scenes" gives you a list of your scenes and the ability to pull up a timeline of your novel's scenes:

Scene Main Screen

In each scene's page, you can write the scene, make notes, add photos, select the chapter, choose the characters in the scene, pick the location, and choose the date and time it starts and ends.

Individual Scenes

When going back and adding the information for my novel, the most helpful parts for me were the chapter, date, and time. I was able to get a timeline going and really think about the amount of time that was passing in each scene and how plausible certain things were in the scheme of that time frame. On the other hand, the timeline feature is only so helpful. Rather than stacking scenes chronologically for each date, everything falls in a line to scroll horizontally no matter how short of a time frame you select.

Timeline

Notice above that the first time shows "The Ex....Dealing". This is because there are multiple scenes in that time period. It would be much more helpful if it was more of a calendar format where each day's scenes stacked in a straight line and then you could scroll right for the following days.

Locations

The locations option is helpful but still basic. You can add pictures, take notes, create tags, save links for files or websites, and see which scenes are related to the location. This is helpful for keeping together information for each location, but there's nothing special about it. The research tabs are similar. The only difference is that the "scenes" tab is missing. You can also create a list of tasks that you want to complete and use tags for them.

There are a lot of small features having to do with formatting, exporting, etc., but they are what you would expect from writing software. A few mop-up features of interest:

• Word Frequency - See how many times you use certain words in each chapter or the novel overall.
• Progress Meter - Set a word count goal and you'll see a meter at the top of the screen that shows your progress to the selected goal. It can be progress for the current session or the whole novel's completion.
• Highlight Cliches - Find possible cliches in your writing.
• Snapshot - Take a snapshot of your work before you make big edits or changes. 

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