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Free space in MUT
Free space in MUT
How about having MUT display free space as well as total size? Maybe integrating partview or freememapplet? It would be good to have all the information is one place.
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firstly, it's an absolutely fantastic idea**
i can't imagine why it wouldn't be possible, barry has taken up the noble task of keeping mut up to date (best mounter util i've seen, one of the cooler features of puppy.) and he could probably add the feature... the normal caveat being that it's up to someone to actually take the time to code it in, and on that note i should say-
**i honestly don't care either way, if it gets added or not, but it's still a great idea. the other caveat being that if the "wrong method" is used, it may not provide information that does as much good as it does mislead the person using the util. potential for some confusion, as different methods return different results. BUT, i don't think it's a bad idea- see my first point.
i can't imagine why it wouldn't be possible, barry has taken up the noble task of keeping mut up to date (best mounter util i've seen, one of the cooler features of puppy.) and he could probably add the feature... the normal caveat being that it's up to someone to actually take the time to code it in, and on that note i should say-
**i honestly don't care either way, if it gets added or not, but it's still a great idea. the other caveat being that if the "wrong method" is used, it may not provide information that does as much good as it does mislead the person using the util. potential for some confusion, as different methods return different results. BUT, i don't think it's a bad idea- see my first point.
right on each count... pmount is maintained by members of this community, mut is by someone else, whoever wrote pmount. but barry really did take over mut. i suggested someone do so, but it had already happened. and they're both great utils, but i know i prefer mut for showing people how to mount that aren't familiar with the task, and i prefer it for my own use.
I prefer it also (like the english language buttons rather than buttons with meaningless pictures). It says right on MUT that Jesse Liley wrote it; apparently he's dropped support. Allegedly, maintenance of it is "difficult" because it is written in tcl. However in my experience, "see one scripting language, you've seen 'em all". If all you want to do is fix a small bug or add a small feature such as has been suggested, it's no big deal to dig out a tcl manual and get it done. I think I might even have a tcl manual - only 1000 miles away. 
Here's another idea, probably easier than putting it in with the individual drives: Maybe a button, near refresh button or down the bottom, which just runs partview? That would be almost as good.
Tcl looks hard, I had a look at a few tutorials and stuff, and I can't figure it out. Does it run from source (like bash scripts) or do you have to compile it (like C)?
Tcl looks hard, I had a look at a few tutorials and stuff, and I can't figure it out. Does it run from source (like bash scripts) or do you have to compile it (like C)?
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when i read... i think it was barry... say that tcl/tk was The language in which to code for puppy, i had a look at every tut i could find. this was months ago.Allegedly, maintenance of it is "difficult" because it is written in tcl.
tcl looks to be an EXTREMELY irritating language, that makes sense to some people, and i go as far to say it's a language that "only an aussie could love." i find with all the idioms, the french seems just a "oui" bit less foreign than australian, speaking as a merkin.
but barry is then a proponent of tcl/tk, and the things it produces- mut included- are not too shabby. i still think more highly of puppybasic, of course. but i would.
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