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diff --git a/l10n-ta/mail/os2/README.txt b/l10n-ta/mail/os2/README.txt new file mode 100755 index 0000000000..bb43a4bd2a --- /dev/null +++ b/l10n-ta/mail/os2/README.txt @@ -0,0 +1,214 @@ +================================================================================ + += = = = = = = = = = = = = Thunderbird Read Me = = = = = = = = = = = = = = = + +================================================================================ + +Thunderbird is subject to the terms detailed in the license agreement +accompanying it. + +This Read Me file contains information about system requirements and +installation instructions for the OS/2 build of Thunderbird. + +For more info on Thunderbird, see http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/. +For more info on the OS/2 port see http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2. To submit +bugs or other feedback check out Bugzilla at https://bugzilla.mozilla.org for +links to known bugs, bug-writing guidelines, and more. You can also get help +with Bugzilla by pointing your IRC client to #mozillazine at irc.mozilla.org, +OS/2 specific problems are discussed in #warpzilla and in the newsgroup +mozilla.dev.ports.os2 on news.mozilla.org. + + +================================================================================ + + Getting Thunderbird + +================================================================================ + +Official Milestone builds of Thunderbird are published on the release page at + + http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/releases/ + +OS/2 releases are not created by Mozilla.org staff and may appear on the page +http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2 before the releases page. Be sure to read the +Thunderbird release notes linked on the releases page for information on known +problems and installation issues with Thunderbird. + + +================================================================================ + + System Requirements on OS/2 + +================================================================================ + +- This release requires updated C runtime DLLs (libc-0.5.1) from + http://www.innotek.de/products/gccos2/download/gccos2download_e.html + in order to run. By default the installation routine places them in \OS2\DLL + on your bootdrive, but you can put them in the same directory as Thunderbird's + executable, or somewhere else in your LIBPATH. + +- Minimum hardware requirements + + Pentium class processor + + 64 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space + + 35 MiB free harddisk space for installation + plus storage space for disk cache + +- Recommended hardware for acceptable performance + + 500 MHz processor + + 256 MiB RAM plus 64 MiB free swap space + NOTE: Thunderbird's performance and stability increases the more physical + RAM is available. Especially for long sessions 512 MiB of memory is + recommended. + + Graphics card and driver capable of displaying more than 256 colors + +- Software requirements + + Installation on a file system supporting long file names + (i.e. HPFS or JFS but not FAT) + + OS/2 Warp 4 with Fixpack 15 or later + + MPTS version 5.3 + + TCP/IP version 4.1 + + INETVER: SOCKETS.SYS=5.3007, AFOS2.SYS=5.3001, AFINET.SYS=5.3006 + NOTE: Do not attempt to use MPTS & TCP/IP versions below these INETVER + levels. Although Thunderbird may seem to start and run normally with older + stacks, some features Thunderbird needs are not implemented correctly in + older MPTS versions, which may result in crashes and data loss. + + + Convenience Pack 2 or eComStation 1.0 or later meet these requirements + out of the box. + + +================================================================================ + + Installation Instructions + +================================================================================ + +For all platforms, unpack into a clean (new) directory. Installing on top of +previously released builds may cause problems with Thunderbird. + +Note: These instructions do not tell you how to build Thunderbird. +For info on building the Thunderbird source, see + + http://www.mozilla.org/build/ + + +OS/2 Installation Instructions +------------------------------ + + On OS/2, Thunderbird does not have an installation program. To install it, + download the .zip file and follow these steps: + + 1. Click the "Zip" link on the site you're downloading Thunderbird from + to download the ZIP package to your machine. This file is typically called + thunderbird-*-os2.zip where the "*" is replaced by the Thunderbird version. + + 2. Navigate to where you downloaded the file and unpack it using your + favorite unzip tool. + + 3. Keep in mind that the unzip process creates a directory "thunderbird" + below the location you point it to, i.e. + unzip thunderbird-1.0-os2.zip -d c:\thunderbird-1.0 + will unpack Thunderbird into c:\thunderbird-1.0\thunderbird. + + 4. Make sure that you are _not_ unpacking over an old installation. This is + known to cause problems. + + 5. To start Thunderbird, navigate to the directory you extracted + Thunderbird to, make sure that the C library DLLs are copied to the + installation directory or installed in the LIBPATH, and then double-click + the Thunderbird.exe object. + + +Running multiple versions concurrently +-------------------------------------- + +Because various members of the Mozilla family (i.e. Mozilla, Firefox, +Thunderbird, IBM Web Browser) may use different, incompatible versions of the +same DLL, some extra steps may be required to run them concurrently. + +One workaround is the LIBPATHSTRICT variable. To run Thunderbird one can create +a CMD script like the following example (where an installation of Thunderbird +exists in the directory d:\internet\thunderbird is assumed): + + set LIBPATHSTRICT=T + rem The next line may be needed when a different Mozilla program is listed in LIBPATH + rem set BEGINLIBPATH=d:\internet\thunderbird + rem The next line is only needed to run two different versions of Thunderbird + rem set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 + d: + cd d:\internet\thunderbird + thunderbird.exe %1 %2 %3 %4 %5 %6 %7 %8 %9 + +Similarly, one can create a program object to start Thunderbird using the +following settings: + + Path and file name: * + Parameters: /c set LIBPATHSTRICT=T & .\thunderbird.exe "%*" + Working directory: d:\internet\thunderbird + +(One might need to add MOZ_NO_REMOTE and/or BEGINLIBPATH as in the CMD script +above depending on the system configuration.) + +Finally, the simplest method is to use the Run! utility by Rich Walsh that can +be found in the Hobbes Software Archive: + + http://hobbes.nmsu.edu/cgi-bin/h-search?key=Run! + +Read its documentation for more information. + + +Separating profiles from installation directory +----------------------------------------------- + +To separate the locations of the user profile(s) (containing the bookmarks and +all customizations) from the installation directory to keep your preferences in +the case of an update even when using ZIP packages, set the variable +MOZILLA_HOME to a directory of your choice. You can do this either in Config.sys +or in a script or using a program object as listed above. If you add + + set MOZILLA_HOME=f:\Data + +the Thunderbird user profile will be created in "f:\Data\Thunderbird". + +If you are migrating from Mozilla, Thunderbird's import routine will only find +the existing Mozilla profile data if MOZILLA_HOME is correctly set to point to +it. + + +Other important environment variables +------------------------------------- + +There are a few enviroment variables that can be used to control special +behavior of Thunderbird on OS/2: + +- set NSPR_OS2_NO_HIRES_TIMER=1 + This causes Thunderbird not to use OS/2's high resolution timer. Set this if + other applications using the high resolution timer (multimedia apps) act + strangely. + +- set MOZILLA_USE_EXTENDED_FT2LIB=T + If you have the Innotek Font Engine installed this variable enables special + functions in Thunderbird to handle unicode characters. + +- set MOZ_NO_REMOTE=1 + Use this to run two instances of Thunderbird simultaneously (like e.g. debug + and optimized version). + +Find more information on this topic and other tips on + http://www.os2bbs.com/os2news/Warpzilla.html + + +Known Problems of the OS/2 version +---------------------------------- + +Cross-platform problems are usually listed in the release notes of each +milestone release. + +- Bug 167884, "100% CPU load when viewing site [tiling transparent PNG]": + https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=167884 +On OS/2, Mozilla's rendering engine is known to have very slow performance on +websites that use small, repeated images with transparency for their layout. +This might also affect HTML emails displayed in Thunderbird. + +Other known problems can be found by following the link "Current Open Warpzilla +Bugs" on the OS/2 Mozilla page <http://www.mozilla.org/ports/os2/>. |