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Browser shows HIDDEN items (Name starts with '.' or SYSTEM/HIDDEN attribute)
This menu items allows toggling the option to either SHOW any
HIDDEN directories or files or to leave them out of the listed
files in the DFSee Browser, the default is to SHOW them.
What 'hidden' directories or files are, depends on the filesystem:
Most Linux / macOS : File/dir names starting with a '.' character
Dos/Windows/OS2 etc: File/Dir with a SYSTEM or HIDDEN attribute
This option can be set from the SET menu, or the Browse startup-dialog
and once in the browser, <F11> toggles this setting
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NO questions asked, automatic YES to confirmations. See 'batch' command help
This will toggle the 'Batch' status for DFSee, that auto-answers
all confirmations with 'Yes', allowing batch-wise operation most
useful from scripts
When set to ON, it will automatically answer all confirmations
with 'Yes', allowing batch-wise operation, which is useful
from recovery or partitioning scripts
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NO writing to opened objects for safety, do allow writing log or image-files
This will toggle the 'Read-Only' status for ALL objects that
might be opened using DFSee. The current status is indicated
in the menu itself, in the first column for the menu-item.
When set to Read-Only, no changes are allowed that write to
the opened object. This will save you from unintended actions
that could cause problems.
Writing to normal files like logfiles and imagefiles is still
possible, so you can make imagebackups, or PSAVE backups even
when working Read-Only.
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Ignore read/write and other errors, continue operation with next sector(s)
This will toggle the ERROR Strategy setting, that controls the way
read- write- and other low level errors are handled while performing
operations like WIPE, CLONE, IMAGE, RESTORE and similar commands.
When 'checked' the error strategy is IGNORE, meaning errors are ignored,
and any non-zero returncodes will be suppressed (made 0) so they will NOT
surfeace in a script.
When 'unchecked', the ERROR strategy is either CONFIRM (user confirmation)
or it is QUIT, in which case the running operation will be aborted and the
non-zero returncode surfaces to the script or DFSee user-interface level.
The startup default (Strategy CONFIRM) can be changed using the startup
'-E:i' or '-E:q' switch, it can be overridden just for the CURRENT command
using the option '-E:i' or '-E:q' with that command, and finally the global
strategy can be modified on-the-fly using the 'SET ERROR confirm/ignore/quit'
command from the commandline or a script
You can put a command like 'set error quit' in your profile.dfs to
set the error strategy without a startup-switch when starting DFSee.
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Automatic interpretation of GPT-style disks, hiding the 0xEE protective MBR
This will toggle the 'gptAuto' setting, that controls the way
the partitiontables for GPT style disks are interpreted by DFSee.
When 'checked' gptAuto is ON, and the actual GPT-style partitions
will be retrieved from the GPT database and displayed in DFSee.
This is the most useful way of looking at it, and is the default.
When 'unchecked', gptAuto is OFF, and the GPT databse in ignored!
Instead the 'protective MBR' entry in the regular tables is shown.
The startup default (gptAuto ON) can be changed using the
startup '-gptauto-' switch, and can be modified on-the-fly
using the 'SET GPTAUTO on/off' command, as this menu does.
You can put a command like 'set gptauto OFF' in your profile.dfs to
disable this feature without a startup-switch when starting DFSee.
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Get disk geometry from disk contents (tables and LVM) instead of the OS/BIOS
This will toggle the 'geocalc' setting, that controls the way
the disk geometry to use for each disk is determined by DFSee.
When 'checked' geocalc is ON, and disk geometry is calculated
from the actual disk contents like partition tables and LVM info.
This is often the most reliable way, and is the default.
When 'unchecked', geocalc is OFF, and disk geometry is queried
directly from the operating system (or the BIOS for DFSDOS).
You may need this in situations where the disk-contents does NOT
represent the desired disk geometry, including the disk size.
This may happen with disk damage (garbage contents) or when
the disk is cloned/imaged from a different size disk.
Note: Unchecking the 'geocalc' setting, and using the menu item:
Mode=FDISK ->
OS/2 LVM and BootManager ->
Set LVM-Geo to DFSee L-Geo ->
... select disk to be updated
Will update the new disk size after a disk-to-disk clone for
disks that have LVM information on them (in eCS, OS/2 4.50).
The startup default (geocalc ON) can be changed using the
startup '-geocalc-' switch, and can be modified on-the-fly
using the 'SET GEOCALC on/off' command, as this menu does.
You can put a command like 'set geocalc OFF' in your profile.dfs to
disable this feature without a startup-switch when starting DFSee.
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Always sync LVM Driveletters to LVM Engine; Avoids reboot, may cause traps!!
This will toggle the 'SyncLVM' setting, that controls the automatic
synchronisation of the OS/2 LVM-Engine with new DFSee information.
When 'checked' SyncLVM is ON, and all changes to driveletters etc
are passed on to the LVM-Engine dynamically, without the need to
reboot the system to make changes visible.
WARNING: Synchronising LVM information from DFSee to the LVM Engine
is known to cause TRAPS on some systems, most often when
REMOVABLE media are present (like USB disks/memory sticks)
Because of this, using it is NOT RECOMMENDED!
When 'unchecked', SyncLVM is OFF, and you need a system reboot before
any change to driveletters of volumenames is visible in LVM and the
rest of the operating system. For safety reasons, this is the default.
The startup default (SyncLVM OFF) can be changed using the
startup '-synclvm' switch, and can be modified on-the-fly
using the 'SET SYNCLVM on/off' command, as this menu does.
You can put a command like 'set synclvm ON' in your profile.dfs to
enable this feature without a startup-switch when starting DFSee.
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Include diskettes, Floppy A: or B: in volumelists, used in menus and dialogs
This will toggle the 'floppy' setting, that determines if diskettes
are included in the volume/driveletter lists in menus and dialogs.
Having diskettes in those lists can cause delays of several seconds
when presenting the main DFSee menu.
The startup default ('floppy' OFF) can be changed using the
startup '-floppy' switch, and can be modified on-the-fly
using the 'SET FLOPPY on/off' command, as this menu does.
You can put a command like 'set floppy ON' in your profile.dfs to
enable this feature without a startup-switch when starting DFSee.
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Automatically number logfiles as name001..999, added to filename from dialog
This will toggle the 'logAuto' setting, that controls the way the
name for the logfile specified in the LOG dialog screen is handled.
When 'checked' logAuto is ON, and a sequence number from 001 to 999
will be appended to the specified filename, incrementing it each time
a log is started (typically at DFSee startup).
When 'unchecked', logAuto is OFF, and the filename is unchanged.
(unless modified by the logDate setting)
The startup default (logAuto OFF) can be changed using the
startup '-logauto' switch, and can be modified on-the-fly
using the 'SET LOGAUTO on/off/num/date' command, as this menu does.
You can put a command like 'set logauto NUM' in your profile.dfs to
enable this feature without a startup-switch when starting DFSee.
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Automatically add '-YYYMMDD' DATE postfix string to log filename from dialog
This will toggle the 'logDate' setting, that controls the way the
name for the logfile specified in the LOG dialog screen is handled.
When 'checked' logDate is ON, and a DATE string formatted -YYYYMMDD
will be appended to the specified filename, causing a SINGLE logfile
unique for that one day, to be be created or appended to
When 'unchecked', logDate is OFF, and the filename is unchanged.
(unless modified by the logAuto setting, or manual ~N substitues)
The startup default (logDate OFF) can be changed using the
startup '-logdate' switch, and can be modified on-the-fly
using the 'SET LOGAUTO on/off/num/date' command, as this menu does.
You can put a command like 'set logauto DATE' in your profile.dfs to
enable this feature without a startup-switch when starting DFSee.
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Handle primary partition table type 0x00 as a valid partition, not freespace
This will toggle the 'pt0' setting, that controls the way type 0x00
entries in the MBR partition table for primaries is handled.
When 'checked' pt0 is ON, and type 0x00 entries are handled as PARTITIONS
allowing all sorts of manipulation of such 'hidden' partitions/filesystems.
Note that for a type 0x00 entry to show up, it MUST have a valid size and
start-location in the partition table!
Also note that as long as the 'pt0' setting is ON, you will not be able to
create a partition in this 'freespace', since it is seen as a partition
When 'unchecked' (the default), pt0 is OFF, and type 0x00 entries are
seen as regular FREESPACE, available for creation of new partitions.
Type 0x00 'partitions' are useful to HIDE such areas (temporarily) for
the operating system, so it does not get mounted/attached or locked as
long as it is being manipulated (by DFSee :)
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Adapt window size, Set color-scheme/palette; Show Kbd/Mouse generated codes
This menu contains a few selections that change the
appearance and behaviour of the DFSee user interface.
Changes made in this menu will only affect the current
DFSee session. On the next startup of the program the
default settings will be active again.
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Select and set number of available colors, B/W or 16 from a larger palette
This will present a menu with the available number of colors
both for the windowing system as the output-window itself.
It will be either MONOCHROME, with 1 foreground, 1 background color,
or 16 FG on 8 or 16 BG colors, from a palette of 16
The current number of colors will be highlighted on opening the menu.
Use the '-C:xxx' EXE switch to start with a specific nr of colors.
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Selection of this item leads to a dynamic created submenu, to select a color palette to be used
Select and activate any of the available window-color schemes
This will present a menu with the available color schemes to be used
for all the windowing parts of the user interface.
It does NOT change the colors used in the main output window!
The current color scheme will be highlighted on opening the menu.
Use the '-scheme:xxx' EXE switch to start with a specific scheme.
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Selection of this item leads to a dynamic created submenu, to select a colorscheme to be used
Re-initialize the DFSee windowing system to use the full (resized) window
This will re-initialize the windowing component in DFSee to take
advantage of a new, probably larger, OS window size.
On Windows, it is useful after changing window 'properties' manually
You can also resize and initialize in one go by using a command like:
mode 90,45
directly from the DFSee command-line.
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Re-initialize DFSee, using a simple command-driven non-windowed interface
This will change the user-interface to e very simple command-driven
one without any output scrolling. Commands may be typed, and resulting
output will be displayed but scrolls off the screen eventually.
You can also startup in this mode by using the switch '-w-'.
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Cycling of color-scheme/line-styles using arrow keys, terminated with ENTER
Change appearance of the user interface using:
- Arrow-key UP/DOWN: change overall color scheme
- Arrow-key LEFT/RIGHT: change output-window colors
- Page Up / Page Down: change line-style scheme
Note: Also activated with Shift+<F12> when the menu is open.
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Test UI, displaying ANSI color-set, character-set and Box-drawing characters
Check display of the following UI scrollbuffer capabilities:
COLORS PC/ANSI color set, 16 foreground/background colors
CHARSET Display all possible (256) ASCII codepoints
CBOXES Display pseudo-graphics using 'box' characters
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Test UI, detection of keyboard and mouse activity incl Esc-sequences on UNIX
Test generated (DFSee/Txlib) keyboard codes and mouse response
Will display a keycode for each key pressed, with the TxLib/DFSee
assigned name for that key, or 'unknown' as well as a timstamp in
seconds from the start of the program.
For the mouse it shows the X and Y char position (top left is 0 0),
the mousebutton pressed and the state of the modifiers (Ctrl/Alt)
and the timestamp, followed by '(DBLCLK)' if the click was within
the double-click time
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Right-Mouse-Button click opens main/popup menu by simulating
File dialogs show HIDDEN items (Name starts with '.' or SYSTEM/HIDDEN attr)
Use inverted colors on the scrollable output screen
Use bright foreground colors only on the scrollable output screen
Use blue (or brown inverted) background instead of classic black or white
Use 7-bit ASCII character only, avoid non-standard 'drawing chars'
Use ANSI-like colored text string on the scrollable output screen
Display two-line status prompt after all command-line and most menu commands
Automatically open menu pulldown on selecting menu-heading in the MenuBar
Only automatically Drop-down on MOVING between menus, not
Right-arrow moves to next Dropdown menu, open submenu requires an
This menu items allows toggling the option to either SHOW any
HIDDEN directories or files or to leave them out of the listed
files in the File Dialogs, the default is to HIDE them.
What 'hidden' directories or files are, depends on the operating system:
Most Linux / macOS : File/dir names starting with a '.' character
Dos/Windows/OS2 etc: File/Dir with a SYSTEM or HIDDEN attribute
This option can be set from the SET menu, and once in a File-Dialog,
<F11> toggles this setting
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Fdlgs, show hidden Dirs/Files
From main menu: Set -> Fdlgs, show hidden Dirs/Files
This menu items allows toggling the option to either SHOW any
HIDDEN directories or files or to leave them out of the listed
files in the File Dialogs, the default is to HIDE them.
What 'hidden' directories or files are, depends on the operating system:
Most Linux / macOS : File/dir names starting with a '.' character
Dos/Windows/OS2 etc: File/Dir with a SYSTEM or HIDDEN attribute
This option can be set from the SET menu, and once in a File-Dialog,
<F11> toggles this setting
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Inverted output-screen
From main menu: Set -> Inverted output-screen
This will invert ALL colors used in the text-output window.
Both background and foreground colors are affected.
The resulting colors also depend on other settings like the
background black/blue and the bright-foreground setting.
Note that the colors used in the rest of the application like
menus and dialog windows does NOT change with this setting.
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Bright Foreground-text
From main menu: Set -> Bright Foreground-text
This will make any low-intensity color used as foreground to
be changed to high-intensity (bright colors).
The setting is most useful on lighter (inverted) backgrounds.
Note that the colors used in the rest of the application like
menus and dialog windows does NOT change with this setting.
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Blue/Brown background
From main menu: Set -> Blue/Brown background
This toggles between a default Black or Blue background color.
The default foreground color in both cases will remain white.
When combined with the 'Inverted output-screen' setting, it will
toggle between white (inverted black) and brown (inverted blue).
Note that the colors used in the rest of the application like
menus and dialog windows does NOT change with this setting.
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Use 7-bit ASCII only
From main menu: Set -> Use 7-bit ASCII only
This will restrict the use of ASCII characters to the range
of 0 through 127 decimal. This may avoid problems re-using
the text through cut-and-paste (to email or word-processor).
The setting is NOT needed to get a 'clean' logfile, since the
logfile in DFSee is 7-bit ASCII by default.
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ANSI colored texts
From main menu: Set -> ANSI colored texts
This will avoid the use of ANSI escape-sequences to be used
in the output-screen, avoiding possible problems when re-using
the text via the clipboard or otherwise.
The setting is NOT needed to get a 'clean' logfile, since the
logfile in DFSee is cleaned from ANSI sequences by default.
Also when using the DFSee clipboard integration (Alt-C), the
ANSI codes are stripped automatically as well
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Status Prompt after each CMD
From main menu: Set -> Status Prompt after each CMD
This toggles the display of the 3..4 line prompt after every command
executed from the command-line or from most of the menu selections.
These lines contain the returncode for the last command executed,
and some related sector numbers for 'likely interesting' sectors.
When switched off, there are 3 to 4 more lines of information that
fit on the screen, which could be very useful to show larger amounts
of data (like whole sector HEX-dumps) without having to scroll back.
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Automatic Menu Dropdown
From main menu: Set -> Automatic Menu Dropdown
This toggles the automatic opening of pull-downs from the main menu.
When ON, each menu-heading selected on the menubar will automatically
be opened, expanding to a list of menu-choices.
This is the default, unless -M:2 is given at startup
When OFF, the menu-heading selected will be highlighted but requires
another <Enter> or <Down> key to open.
This can be set at startup using the '-M:2' switch.
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Delayed (auto) Dropdown
From main menu: Set -> Delayed (auto) Dropdown
This toggles the delayed opening of pull-downs from the main menu.
When ON, automatic dropdown only works when MOVING between menuitems
not on initial activation with the <F10> key or a mouse-click
This can be set at startup using the '-M:4' switch.
When OFF, automatic dropdown works on initial activation AND moving
This is the default, unless -M:4 is given at startup
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Right moves to next Dropdown
From main menu: Set -> Right moves to next Dropdown
This toggles the behaviour of the Right-Arrow key on submenus.
When ON, the Right-Arrow key, when at a submenu, will NOT open that,
but instead MOVE RIGHT to the next dropdown menu. To open the submenu
an explicit <Enter> keypress is needed
This behaviour can be set at startup using the '-M:1' switch.
When OFF, the Right-Arrow key opens a submenu directly.
This is the default, unless -M:1 is given at startup
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