[Coco] Full GUI DriveWire 4 beta

Aaron Wolfe aawolfe at gmail.com
Wed Dec 29 21:03:37 EST 2010


On Wed, Dec 29, 2010 at 6:19 PM, Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, 29 Dec 2010, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
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>>> BTW:  What does the "Write to.." button about?  Not clear at all what the
>>> function is.  Ditto for the red button next to it.
>>>
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>> 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?

It's a possibility, but there is none at this time.  I keep hoping
some talented writer who enjoys doing documentation (or at least
tolerates doing it better than I do) will raise their hand.

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