DefaultsSystem ============== Purpose ------- 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 ---------------------- - 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 ------- 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 ------------------ 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 ----------------------------------- 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 ------------------------------------------ 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 ------- This is Mailware. If you like it send any mail to: brouwer@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de (no NeXTmail please!) Help File Notes --------------- 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 --------- 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!)