[Coco] Full GUI DriveWire 4 beta
    Steven Hirsch 
    snhirsch at gmail.com
       
    Wed Dec 29 18:19:07 EST 2010
    
    
  
On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
>> BTW:  What does the "Write to.." button about?  Not clear at all what the
>> function is.  Ditto for the red button next to it.
>>
>
> Write to.. lets you write the disk image to an alternate location.
> handy if you are using an image that comes from an unwriteable source
> like HTTP, and want to make some changes and then save them locally,
> or if you just want to make a quick backup before trying something on
> the live copy.  it does not change the active path like a "Save As.."
> would in a typical program, so I didn't want to call it that.  if
> there is another label that seems more intuitive let me know.
>
> the red button is actually "Refresh", it updates all the info in that
> panel from the server.. use to see current LSN, read/write/dirty stats
> etc. or if you arent sure if you changed the disk from the coco side,
> stuff like that.   Exactly the same results as if you just clicked on
> the disk# in the table on the left.  for some reason it draws a red
> box on linux, on windows it draws the typical arrows in a circle thing
> like the refresh button in a browser.
Any chance of "hover help" eventually?  Or, is it supposed to have that 
currently?
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