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DefaultsSystem
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Purpose
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This is graphical administration tool for the NeXTstep defaults database
realized on a Preferences module. It stresses the administration of owners:
save selected owners for backup reasons in a .defaults file (the package
contains a Workspace contents inspector for that format), reload those files
using a filter, search a string in the database, look for owners without a
corresponding application in the search path and remove the obsolete ones with
a single mouse click. Of course you can add/remove/inspect defaults of selected
owners. You may also read .dset-files but without the ability to use the open
filter.
Changes To Version 1.2
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- quad fat (thanks to Hadar Pedhazur)
- adopted to Preferences new module size (Version 3.3)
- new Test panel (you *will* like it)
- smaller Find panel
- recursive owner search paths
- backup the whole database with a single mouse click
- new menu structure
- better help
- specify additional owner types
- more preferences
- bug fixes
- DefaultsInspector has new sort order
Summary
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Version: 1.3a
Application Type: Preferences module & Workspace contents inspector
Supported Architectures: Motorola 68K, Intel 486, HP/PA, SPARC
Supported Languages: English, German
Supported File Types: .defaults, .dset (read only)
System Requirements: 3.1 or above (tested using 3.2)
Installation:
DefaultsSystem.preferences in:
~/Library/Preferences
/LocalLibrary/Preferences
/NextLibrary/Preferences
/NextApps/Preferences.app
DefaultsInspector.bundle in:
~/Apps
/LocalApps
/NextApps
~/Apps/WMInspectors
/LocalApps/WMInspectors
/NextApps/WMInpectors
Installation Notes
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Use "gnutar" to unpack!
You can use DefaultsSystem.preferences without installing it through double
clicking the bundle icon.
To register a Workspace inspector you must choose "Update Viewers" or log out
and log back in.
Note For Users of NS 3.1 and NS 3.2
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The height of the NEXTSTEP 3.3 Preferences modules is smaller then those in
prior versions. To get the old height set it to "192" in the "General Settings"
preference.
Note For German Users of NS 3.1 and NS 3.2
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Leider hat sich in 3.3 auch die Breite geŁndert. Im Verzeichnis
"German.lproj/Resources" von DefaultsSystem.prefences befindet sich eine ".nib"
Datei mit der alten Breite.
License
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This is Mailware. If you like it send any mail to:
brouwer@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (no NeXTmail please!)
Help File Notes
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Due to a bug in the AppKit (the use of the "compresshelp" utility is not
possible for supplementary help) the help files take a lot of disc space. You
may remove the *.lproj directory (within DefaultsSystem.preferences) of any
language you don't use and save about 1.4MB per language.
The Author
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Klaus Brouwer studies computer science at the University of Stuttgart since
1991. He is programming computers since 1985.
e-mail: brouwer@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (no NeXTmail please!)
These are the contents of the former NiCE NeXT User Group NeXTSTEP/OpenStep software archive, currently hosted by Netfuture.ch.