http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=76707
The pupsaveconfig is now built in many puplets.
You can test the pupsaveconfig really working.
I know Barry made shutdownconfig and implemented it in Racy.
http://www.murga-linux.com/puppy/viewtopic.php?t=71911
The idea 'pupdialog' is nice, but i think the user interface must be different between keyboard base and the mouse in X.
I think my pausaveconfig is mature and it is time to release the stable.
Download pupsaveconfig-2.2.5.pet (2012-10-30)
(a bug is found in pupsaveconfig-2.2.4)
from http://shino.pos.to/linux/puppy/.
Install on any Puppy-4.x/5.x running with RAM only mode for precise test.
Think stable but still open for your feed back.
For pupplet developers:
If you want to, edit /usr/bin/pupsaveconfig for some ajustables at line 51-:
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# adjustables
EXT4SUPPORT="yes" # EXT4SUPPORT="" to disable ext4 support ("yes" to support if available)
HIDEADVANCED="" # 'yes' to hide advanced file options, ''(null) to show all options
TIMELIMIT=120 # in second, time limit before shutdown
MINMB=64 # smallest savefile size in MB, to show smaller than 64
STDMB=512 # standard savefile size
MAXMB=2048 # largest savefile size in choice, to show larger than 2048
The pupsaveconfig-2.0 makes ext4 internal file system of the savefile as the default if the kernel supports ext4.
The kernel of the Puppy-43x supports ext4 but the init script cannot read pupsave.4fs.
Solution:
Option 1 - Edit /usr/bin/pupsaveconfig and set EXT4SUPPORT=""
Option 2 - Update the init script in the initrd.gz to support pupsave.4fs.
INTRODUCTION
At the shutting down process after the first bootup of Puppy Linux, means without 'pup_save.2fs', it asks to create the personal storage file named 'pup_save.2fs' on its console. But it is not friendly to the users not familiar with Puppy.
PupSaveConfig is a GUI tool to setup the personal storage file, to customise the name of the file, where to save, password and etc. It can be done before going down to the console. One of the attractive idea is to launch the GUI at the BEGINNING of the first boot.
PupSaveConfig runs on X, and it is easy to internationalise like other Gtk programs. As for the multi-byte characters, most of asian languages, has the problem to display on the console (Think recent puppies cannot display non-ascii characters on console). But PupSaveConfig can.
A previous version of PupSaveConfig is embedded in the Japanese version of Puppy, Puppy Linux 4.20JP and 4.3.1JP. It is useful for Puplet (Puppy Linux derivatives) builders. It works on Puppy and puplets 4.x/5.x.
And as the new feature, the pupsaveconfig-1.9.x allows not to save session at shutdown for frugal install on flash.
WHATS THE NEXT
Next version of the pupsaveconfig should have more simple interface, all the settings at a glance.
Well documented help file, of course with translations.
I believe it shall be one of the key for the most user-friendly Puppy.
The test release is available above to see how the GUI works.
NEED YOUR HELP
Saving the session is the core feature of Puppy. Reliable work is expected.
The Puppy installation is very flexible, so the behaviour of the script is fairly complex.
Variety of the boot device, variety of the hardware, variety of the installation, some has multiple installation, etc. and etc.
PupsaveConfig home
Old topic
TRANSLATION:
The pot file is at '/usr/share/doc/nls/pupsaveconfig/pupsaveconfig.pot'.
The help document is at '/usr/share/doc/help/C/pupsaveconfig.txt'.
You can place the translated help document at '/usr/share/doc/help/??/pupsaveconfig.txt', where '??' is your language code.