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Present HELP item-list for one of several user-interface aspects
This submenu allows you to find help-items one one of several
user interface related subjects, like keyboard or mouse
Each will create and present a list of items present in all the help files (GREP) and allow you to select/toggle between them
using the Enter and F8 keys
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Select an item from the list to get Keyboard usage help for that module
This will present a list of Help-items on using the keyboard
inside various DFSee (or TxWindows) modules.
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Select an item from the list to get Mouse usage help for that module
This will present a list of Help-items on using the mouse
inside various DFSee (or TxWindows) modules.
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Select an item from the list to get Clipboard infomation from any help file
This will present a list of Help-items on using the clipboard
by searching all loaded helpsections for 'clipboard'
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Select an item from the list to get Menu pull-down info from any help file
This will present a list of Help-items on using the menu
by searching all loaded helpsections for 'pull-down'
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Overviews of most commands, and usage for the commandline and output window
This submenu will get you help on several aspects on using
the DFSee commandline, including overviews of most commands
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Help on the DFSee application use of the commandline and text output window
This explains the usage of the basic DFSee user-interface with
the command-entry field and the large text-output window.
It also directs you to the menu-related help.
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Descriptions for the generic command options that work for ANY command
This will show the options that can be used with ANY command
unlike the command-specific ones, that are documented with
those commands in their usage '-?' and DFSCMDS.TXT
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Descriptions for the generic DFSee commands that work for every FS (mode=..)
This will show the available commands that are generic, not
specific to the current mode or filesystem selected.
All these commands can be ecexuted from the DFSee commandline,
and most will give usage help when called with the '-?' option.
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Descriptions for the standard TX library commands, mainly user interface
This will show the generic that are part of the TX library
mostly related to the user interface
All these commands can be ecexuted from the DFSee commandline,
and most will give usage help when called with the '-?' option.
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Descriptions for the current filesystem (mode=..) with specific commands
This will show the extra commands that are available for the
curremt mode or filesystem (FDISK, HPFS, NTFS, FAT, JFS ...).
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Descriptions for executable startup switches, DFSee application specific
This shows the switches that can be used at startup of the
DFSee executable to modify some of its behaviour, that are
related to the DFSee application itself.
(for user-interface switches, see the corresponding item)
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Descriptions for executable startup switches, TxWin UI library specific
This shows the switches that can be used at startup of the
DFSee executable to modify some of its behaviour,
that are related to the TX library user-interface.
(for application switches, see the corresponding item)
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Overview for all generic plus the current filesystem-specific sector types
This will display both the generic as well as the filesystem
specific sector-types that can be used in several commands
such as 'find'.
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Overview of common partition types recognized by DFSee, incl. symbolic names
This describes the most used partition types as recognized
and used within DFSee, both as numeric and symbolic values
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Infomation on the TXScript language syntax and the DFSee specific variables
This submenu will get you help on several aspects on using
the TXScript language, how to run scripts, details on the
script syntax, and available TX/DFSee variables
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Shows the details on the 'run' command with parameters and option switches
This describes the usage of the RUN command, used to
run TXScript procedures from the DFSee commandline.
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Help on script Syntax, control structures, operators, pragmas and functions
This describes the TXScript syntax and layout, specifically:
- Parameters and pragmas
- Layout and control structures
- Operators and precedence
- Builtin functions
- Builtin statements
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Help on script variables and constants, incl. DFSee specific host variables
This describes script variables, and some constant definitions
that are available
It also shows a brief explanation for the host-variables that
are available with advanced (native) scripting in DFSee
These variables give access to many DFSee internals ...
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Present list of builtin or loaded help-sections to select from, for reading.
This lest you select and view any of the loaded help sections
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Present help 'find' dialog to specify a phrase to search the help texts for.
This will start the help viewer and present you with a find
dialog where you can specify a search phrase to be looked for
in all the loaded help sections.
All search hits are presented as a list, and you can toggle back
and forth between the list and the actual helptext using <F8>
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Select a file with additional help information, and load it as help section.
Lets you load an additional textfile with help information. This can be DFSee supplied files, or your own (hints and tips) For best usability, you can number your seperate help-items as:
Install program update, download stable/experimental updates or DFSPUPPY.IMZ
This submenu allows you to download and install various kinds
of updates to the DFSee program, including the DFSPUPPY.IMZ
image that is required to create bootable USB sticks.
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Download DFSPUP64.IMZ to make a 64-bit UEFI based Ubuntu 18.04 bootable USB
Download the DFSPUP64.IMZ imagefile, required to create a bootable
64-bit UEFI capable Puppy Linux based USB stick from the Scripts menu.
This version will NOT boot on an old 32-bit CPU system!
It should work fine with a normal non-UEFI BIOS as well.
Note that when you get the confirmation to start the download,
the (DFSee) version contained in, and the build date for the
DFSPUP64 image to download are displayed near the bottom of the
output window, enclosed with lines of '*******' characters.
This is a rather large download (about 400 MB)
It will download to the standard DOWNLOAD location for your
operating system, but the location can be changed in the dialog
This item requires the 'wget' executable to be available,
as well as a working internet connection.
If you have ArcaOS 5.0 or later, you can simply install the
required WGET by installing that from the package manager
called ANPM, which should be reachable from the desktop:
Computer -> Install/Remove -> Arca Noae Package Manager
Otherwise, you can download a ZIP (currently version 1.18)
from my own site:
https://www.dfsee.com/download/wgetos2.zip
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Download DFSPUP32.IMZ to make a 32-bit BIOS based Ubuntu 18.04 bootable USB
Download the DFSPUP32.IMZ imagefile, required to create a bootable
32-bit UEFI capable Puppy Linux based USB stick from the Scripts menu.
This version MAY boot on a UEFI style system, but the
64-bit variant DFSPUP64 seems to work better on those
Note that when you get the confirmation to start the download,
the (DFSee) version contained in, and the build date for the
DFSPUP64 image to download are displayed near the bottom of the
output window, enclosed with lines of '*******' characters.
This is a rather large download (about 400 MB)
It will download to the standard DOWNLOAD location for your
operating system, but the location can be changed in the dialog
This item requires the 'wget' executable to be available,
as well as a working internet connection.
If you have ArcaOS 5.0 or later, you can simply install the
required WGET by installing that from the package manager
called ANPM, which should be reachable from the desktop:
Computer -> Install/Remove -> Arca Noae Package Manager
Otherwise, you can download a ZIP (currently version 1.18)
from my own site:
https://www.dfsee.com/download/wgetos2.zip
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Download DFSPUPPY.IMZ to make a 32-bit BIOS-ONLY Slacko 6.3.2 bootable USB
Download the DFSPUPPY.IMZ imagefile, required to create a bootable
32-bit BIOS-only Puppy Linux based USB stick from the Scripts menu.
This version will NOT boot on an UEFI style system!
It is based on an older Slacko 6.3.2 Puppy distribution
which MAY work better on some older systems.
Note that when you get the confirmation to start the download,
the (DFSee) version contained in, and the build date for the
DFSPUPPY image to download are displayed near the bottom of the
output window, enclosed with lines of '*******' characters.
This is a rather large download (about 300 MB)
It will download to the standard DOWNLOAD location for your
operating system, but the location can be changed in the dialog
This item requires the 'wget' executable to be available,
as well as a working internet connection.
If you have ArcaOS 5.0 or later, you can simply install the
required WGET by installing that from the package manager
called ANPM, which should be reachable from the desktop:
Computer -> Install/Remove -> Arca Noae Package Manager
Otherwise, you can download a ZIP (currently version 1.18)
from my own site:
https://www.dfsee.com/download/wgetos2.zip
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Install a downloaded or copied dfsee_install.zip from the install-directory
This will INSTALL a program update from the dfsee_update.zip
to be found in the the specific 'dfsee' directory on the
DFSPUPPY memory stick, or the 'Downloads' directory under the
designated HOME directory for other platforms.
This item requires the 'unzip' executable to be available.
Note that this action is performed automatically when using
one of the 'Get latest ... update' menu selections.
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Download the latest STABLE release to the install-directory, and INSTALL it
Download the dfsee_update.zip file, required to update the DFSee
program to a new (major or minor) officiaal/stable version.
The download will be to the specific 'dfsee' directory on the
DFSPUPPY memory stick, or to a 'Downloads' directory under the
designated HOME directory for other platforms.
Note that when you get the confirmation to start the download,
both the version of the currently running DFSee as the version
contained in the download are displayed near the bottom of the
output window, enclosed with lines of '*******' characters.
This is a medium size download (about 10 MB)
It will download to the standard DOWNLOAD location for your
operating system, or when that is not available or not writable
will prompt you for a writable download directory.
This item requires the 'wget' executable to be available,
as well as a working internet connection.
When the download completes successfully, the script will
automatically start an 'install program update' for this
download, when confirmed by the user.
If you have ArcaOS 5.0 or later, you can simply install the
required WGET by installing that from the package manager
called ANPM, which should be reachable from the desktop:
Computer -> Install/Remove -> Arca Noae Package Manager
Otherwise, you can download a ZIP (currently version 1.18)
from my own site:
https://www.dfsee.com/download/wgetos2.zip
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Download latest EXPERIMENTAL / BETA to the install-directory, and INSTALL it
Download the dfsee_update.zip file, required to update the DFSee
program to a new EXPERIMENTAL or BETA build made available on the
DFSee site, using the Help menu 'Install a program update' item.
The download will be to the specific 'dfsee' directory on the
DFSPUPPY memory stick, or to a 'Downloads' directory under the
designated HOME directory for other platforms.
Note that when you get the confirmation to start the download,
both the version of the currently running DFSee as the version
contained in the download are displayed near the bottom of the
output window, enclosed with lines of '*******' characters.
This is a medium size download (about 10 MB)
It will download to the standard DOWNLOAD location for your
operating system, or when that is not available or not writable
will prompt you for a writable download directory.
This item requires the 'wget' executable to be available,
as well as a working internet connection.
When the download completes successfully, the script will
automatically start an 'install program update' for this
download, when confirmed by the user.
If you have ArcaOS 5.0 or later, you can simply install the
required WGET by installing that from the package manager
called ANPM, which should be reachable from the desktop:
Computer -> Install/Remove -> Arca Noae Package Manager
Otherwise, you can download a ZIP (currently version 1.18)
from my own site:
https://www.dfsee.com/download/wgetos2.zip
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Show DFSee program version details and copyright notices for used components
This displays a popup with detailed information about the version
of the DFSee executable currently running, including some of the
used tools and subsystems
It will also identify the operating-system it is running on to
allow better interpretation of analysis logfiles.
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| (Help page) | DFSee menu documentation for pulldown : Help |
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Created by Jan van Wijk: Aug 2007, last update: 23-Oct-2022 |
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