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!ProFiler/Dox/Future
This website contains an archive of files for the Acorn Electron, BBC Micro, Acorn Archimedes, Commodore 16 and Commodore 64 computers, which Dominic Ford has rescued from his private collection of floppy disks and cassettes.
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| Filename: | !ProFiler/Dox/Future |
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| File size: | 08AB bytes |
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<title>ProFiler future</title>
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<h1><center><u>ProFiler future</u></center></h1>
There are certain features which are not yet implemented, but will be in the future. Some of these are so close to implementation, that they can be seen in the windows, even though they are (or should be) shaded. Therefore this list, so you can see which things are known to be missing:
<ul>
<li>Automatic selection of multitasking filer operations. This might be either after a certain time of singletasking, or as a result of a calculation. The calculation would take FS, Drive and the operation type into account.
<li>Some other fileop preferences are currently ignored (see below).
<li>Minimum width on full info is ignored at the moment.
<li>The selection is cleared a bit too often when updating.
<li>Interactive help! This is easy, but boring and time-consuming.
</ul>
There are also many suggestions, from various sources, too many to list here.
<h2>File operation options</h2>
This is a map over which options are currently supported:
<pre>
* = Fully supported
S = Only supported in ST mode
M = Only supported in MT mode
! = Not supported in this version
- = Not applicable
Opt bits cm de ac sp cn fn st
0,1 Status display
0 None * * * * - * *
1 Only when MT * * * * * * *
2 Always * * M M M M M
3 *Undefined*
2 Always confirm * * M M - - M
3,4 Locks
0 Prohibit M * - - - - -
1 Confirm force ! ! - - - - -
2 Force * * - - - - -
3 *Undefined*
5 Restamp copy S - - - - - -
6,7 Stamp mode
0 Ignore * - - - - - -
1 Newer * - - - - - -
2 Confirm older ! - - - - - -
3 *Undefined*
8,9 Poll mode
0 ST * * * * * ! *
1 ST, then MT ! ! ! ! ! ! !
2 MT * * * * * * *
3 *Undefined*
16-31 Singletask time ! ! ! ! ! ! !
Escape enabled * * * * * - *
Abbreviations:
cm=copy & move de=delete ac=access sp=stamp
cn=count fn=find st=settype
ST=Singletask MT=Multitask
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