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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Extended Help for Dinfo ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- DINFO is a small utility the purpose of which is to show you the size of
- SWAPPER.DAT and, optionally, how much space you have left on your swap
- partition.
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- You have a variety of choices for output display.
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- The settings options dialog will show you more help for this.
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- There are a few things you can do without selecting the Settings notebook
- control:
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- o Press CTRL+S to save the current position of DINFO
- o Double click mouse button 1 (usually the left button) to:
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- Hide the frame controls if they are currently showing
- Show the frame controls if they are currently hidden
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- o Single click mouse button 2 (usually the right button) to bring up the
- settings notebook control.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Extended Help for swapper options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The swapper page will assist you in making choices pertaining to your
- swapper.dat display choices.
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- These selections will be applied immediately as you select them and you may
- save them (including the position of the application window) by selecting the
- Save page and pressing the Save button.
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- These are the elements available for you to choose from:
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- Show the size of swapper.dat
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- Show the maximum size of swapper.dat during your session
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- Show the size of swapper.dat as bytes
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- Show the size of swapper.dat as kilobytes
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- Show the size of swapper.dat as megabytes
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- Show the size of swapper.dat in megabytes with 1, 2, or 3 decimal points
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Help for Show Swapper ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you check this box the swapper.dat size will be shown.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Help for Show Maximum Swapper ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you check this box the maximum swapper.dat size during your session will be
- shown.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Help for Show Bytes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you select this button, the swapper size output will be shown as bytes
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Help for Show Kilobytes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you select this button, the swapper size output will be shown as kilobytes
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. Help for Show Megabytes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you select this button, the swapper size output will be shown as megabytes.
- You will be given the choice of selecting how many decimals (up to 3) will be
- shown.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6. Help for Decimals ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you have selected the swapper size to be shown as megabytes you may use the
- spinbutton control to select how many decimals (0-3) will be displayed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Extended Help for free space left ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The free space left page will assist you in making choices pertaining to your
- display choices for the swap space left.
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- These selections will be applied immediately as you select them and you may
- save them (including the position of the application window) by selecting the
- Save page and pressing the Save button.
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- These are the elements available for you to choose from:
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- Show how much swap space remains on your swap partition
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- Show the minimum space left during your session
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- Show the space left as bytes
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- Show the space left as kilobytes
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- Show the space left as megabytes
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- Show the space left in megabytes with 1, 2, or 3 decimal points
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Help for Show Free Space ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you check this box the amount of free space left for swapper.dat will be
- shown.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Help for Show Minimum Space Left ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you check this box the minimum free space left for swapper.dat during your
- session will be shown.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Help for Show Bytes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you select this button, the remaining free space left for swapper output
- will be shown as bytes
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Help for Show Kilobytes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you select this button, the remaining free space left for swapper output
- will be shown as kilobytes
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.5. Help for Show Megabytes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you select this button, the remaining free space left for swapper output
- will be shown as megabytes. You will be given the choice of selecting how many
- decimals (up to 3) will be shown.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.6. Help for Decimals ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you have selected the remaining free space left for swapper to be shown as
- megabytes you may use the spinbutton control to select how many decimals (0-3)
- will be displayed.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Extended Help for misc. options ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- On this page you may set your preferences for some more options. Remember that
- you must save the options to have DINFO remember them next time you start the
- program. As you select the options they are in effect at once for the current
- session.
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- The following options are available to you:
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- Hide frame controls
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- Beep when swapper.dat shrinks or grows by 1 megabyte
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- Hide DINFO until a certain minimum free space threshold is reached
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- Select the minimum free space you want to have left before DINFO surfaces from
- hiding
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- Hide or show DINFO on the Window List
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- Enter the amount of milliseconds DINFO will pause between updating the display
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Help for Hide Frame Controls ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you check this button the frame controls will be hidden. The frame controls
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- o System menu icon
- o Title bar
- o Minimize button
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- Remember to position the program window before you hide the frame controls, or
- you will not be able to move the window to a new position.
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- Remember that you can toggle the frame controls by double clicking mouse button
- 1 (usually the left button) whenever the pointer is positioned on DINFO's
- client window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Help for Boundary Beep ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you check this button, Dinfo will beep once every time swapper.dat grows or
- shrinks by one megabyte
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3. Help for Hide until Minimum Space reached ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you check this button, Dinfo will remain hidden until a certain minimum
- space left for swapping is reached. Activating this button will display a
- spinbutton, allowing you to dynamically set the number of megabytes (2-100)
- that you want remaining before Dinfo surfaces.
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- Please note that you cannot activate this button and at the same time
- deactivate the Show on Tasklist button, because this could result in your
- inability to close DINFO!
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4. Help for Select free space ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use this spinbutton control to select how many megabytes you want left for
- swapper.dat before Dinfo surfaces from hiding
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5. Help for show on tasklist ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you activate this button, the Window List will show 'Dinfo'. This entry will
- be invisible if you deactivate the button.
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- Please note that Dinfo will force a check in this box if you also select that
- Dinfo must remain hidden until a certain minimum space is reached. The reason
- for this is that you might otherwise find yourself with a Dinfo that cannot be
- closed because it is not visible and it cannot be selected from the Window
- List!
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6. Help for Milliseconds ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Please enter the number of milliseconds that Dinfo should pause between
- sampling Swapper.dat's size.
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- Please note that you must shift the focus from the entry field before the
- change is effective.