[Coco] Full GUI DriveWire 4 beta

[Steven Hirsch]

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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