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 while using a filter to insert only those owners in the database that satisfy certain conditions, test selected owners whether they have an application with corresponding name within the search path and remove the ones that don't 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.
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.
License
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This is Mailware. If you like it, send any mail to: brouwer@minnie.informatik.uni-stuttgart.de
Help File Notes
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The Preferences and DefaultsSystem help files reside in different directories. The help panel has access to only one index information at a time: to the index of the directory of which the last help file was loaded from. Also the "click for help" feature depends on the right directory.
If you want "click for help" to work for the DefaultsSystem module load any of its help files or click the "Help..." button on the module. If want "click for help" back to other Preferences modules load any other Preferences help file.
The help files take a lot of disc space. You may remove any *.lproj directory (within the .preferences wrapper) of any language you don't use to save about 260KB per language.
The Author
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Klaus Brouwer studies computer science at the University of Stuttgart since 1991. He is programming computers since 1985.