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- New Features in Binary Pump 2.11
-
-
- Automatically Checking Folders
- ==============================
-
- Sometimes, it's inconvenient or just not possible to drag-and-drop everything onto
- Binary Pump. For example, if your computer is unattended and is receiving files
- over the network or the modem. To solve this problem, Binary Pump can periodically
- check folders for changes, and automatically process the folder as if all the folder's
- items were draaged-and-dropped onto it.
-
- To have Binary Pump automatically check a folder:
-
- 1. Choose Check Folders… from the File menu.
- A window titled "Check Folders" will appear.
-
- 2. Click on the Add… button.
-
- 3. Select a folder for Binary Pump to automatically check.
- The folder item will be added to the list of folders to check along with
- two bullets to the right of the path. These dots represent Binary Pump's
- Identification process and Filing process.
-
- 4. Choose the type of processing you want Binary Pump to perform on the folder.
- For example, if you never want Binary Pump to move/duplicate/alias files
- from a particular folder, toggle the Filing bullet off. This also allows
- Binary Pump to scan a folder more quickly since Filing generally takes much
- more time than Identification.
-
- If you never want Binary Pump to Identify files, toggle the Identification
- bullet off. For example, if you know the folder will never contain unidentified
- items. The source of unidentified items is typically foreign files systems
- like MS-DOS or Unix. Thus, a folder which _always_ contains files of Macintosh
- origin (which should be typical on a Maintosh!) will never have unidentified
- items.
-
- 5. Click on the window's close box to dismiss the window.
-
- A few extra notes about automatic folder checking:
- 1) Binary Pump will begin automatically check folders oly if it is in the
- background. But,
- 2) Once Binary Pump has begun checking folders and it you bring it to the foreground,
- you will not be able to do anything else with Binary Pump until it is done.
- You can press command-. to stop folder checking. Binary Pump will then start
- over once it is in the background again.
-
- New things in 2.11:
- --------------------
-
- -- Automatically check folders
- -- Auto Replace preference
- -- Test rules
- -- Compiled in CW/6
- -- Uses Morefiles 1.3
- -- Bug fixed in New Folder button in Open dialog.
- -- Keypresses in a list works better
- -- In Folder Assist, set list updates more frequently
- -- Minor bug fixes.
-
-
- Auto Replace
- ============
-
- It is frequently the case where you make changes to a set and then close the
- Filer window without clicking the Replace button to make the changes permanent.
- The Auto Replace preference automatically "clicks" on the replace button for you
- whenever you make changes and then 1) load another set from the set list or 2)
- close the Filer window.
-
- Unfortunately, this also has the side effect of being less forgiving. If you
- make a mistake (e.g., you accidentally delete something) then the only way to recover
- is to Revert (fromhe file menu). Note that this will cause Binary Pump to "forget"
- any changes you may have made since you last closed the Filer window; this is when
- Binary Pump writes changes out to disk.
-
-
-
- Testing Rules
- =============
-
- Creating a set of rules to precisely select the files you want can sometimes
- difficult. To help make things easier, there is a "Test Rules" button next to the
- "New Rule", "Delete Rule", and "Clear all Rules" buttons.
-
- Upon clicking this button, Binary Pump will ask for a file/folder to test. When
- you choose one, Binary Pump will tell you whether or not the file passed the
- set of rules and what the last rule index was.
-
- The last rule index corresponds to the vertical position of the rule in the
- Filer window, the very first (top) rule being 1. It can be useful in determining
- why a set of rules is behaving improperly.
-
- For example, File A is supposed to pass the rules:
-
-
- 1: And ( Rule B
- 2: Rule C
- 3: Rule D
- 4: )
-
- But instead, does not and returns that the last rule index is 2. This indicates
- that Rule C (corresponding to index 2) is probably not set correctly or is too
- restrictive.
-
- In general:
-
- Within NOR/OR logic: if a file does not pass when expected, all the rules within
- are too restrictive. If a file passes when not expected to, the rule
- corresponding to the last rule index is the culprit.
-
- Within AND/NAND logic: if a file does not pass when expected, the rule corresponding
- to the last rule index is the culprit. If a file passes when not expected to, the rules
- within are not restrictive enough.
-
-
-
- New Stuff in v. 2.10
- ====================
-
-
- There are a few of the neat things new in this version of Binary Pump that
- aren’t readily apparent:
-
- -- The Filer window proportions are now adjustable, allowing you more room to view rules.
- -- Folder Assist allows you to very easy access to any folder of a Binary Pump set.
- This is a real handy feature to quickly access the files which Binary Pump filers away.
- -- Binary Pump comes with many icons to replace the default Diamond icon. Use the
- Icon Switcher application to view and change the icon. Note: You must restart the
- Finder in order to view the changed Icon.
- -- Binary Pump now supports preference files in the same folder. These preference files
- have precedence over the preference files located in the System Folder.
- -- Binary Pump 2.1 renames its tag file to "Binary Pump Tag File" and defaults its location to the preferences folder, although it can also be local.
- -- Binary Pump now places the log file in the system folder.
- --Support for speech (i.e., speaking log text) when used in conjunction with Speaker 1.14
-
- Oh, and a small reminder: Binary Pump always resolves aliases dragged to it.
- Thus, if you drag aliases to Binary Pump, Binary Pump will process the orginal
- file that the alias points to —- not the alias file itself.
- A workaround is to use the alias action instead of moving/duplicating an alias.
-
- Here's the rest of the changes from 2.01:
-
- Changes from 2.01
-
- -- Compiled in CW 5.5
- -- More Folder Rules
- -- SplitScreen window
- -- Revert sets or tags
- -- Memory tweaks
- -- Keyboard can be used to select sets in the Set Filer (Formerly Folder Filer) window.
- -- Folder Opener utility, a separate application to quickly open folders of applicable sets in the Finder.
- -- Interface tweaks
- -- Local Prefs option
- -- Log Window w/search capabilities
- -- Folder,Special Folder,Filter,Application, and Null Sets
- -- fixed bugs in the logic mechanism
- -- Uses MoreFiles 1.22
- -- can now abort within file copy operations
- -- fixed glitch in 'file contains' mechanism
- -- fixed glitch which cause "Don't know where to put…" message, even if the file was properly processed.
- -- Lots and Lots of other bug fixes.
-
-