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- FTP menu
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- The FTP menu allows quick access to files on a remote ftp server, useful
- for those that work on both unix and mac systems. Files downloaded and
- opened in Alpha with the help of the FTP menu are automatically uploaded
- again when they are saved.
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- The FTP menu work together with the two ftp clients Anarchie and Fetch.
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- Activating the FTP menu
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- The FTP menu is activated in the dialog "Config->Preferences->Menus and
- Features…" Check the checkbox 'Ftp Menu' among the global menus.
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- You must also choose either Anarchie or Fetch as your ftp helper
- application. Do this using "Config->Preferences->Helper Applications".
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- Basic usage
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- The first you need to do is to get a list of the files at a remote site.
- This can be done by using the menu item 'Browse…'. A dialog is now opened
- where you fill in the host, path (optional), user id, and password. (Alpha
- doesn't support text fields in dialogs where the text is replaced by
- bullets. Therefore the password box is made so small that nobody can see
- what you type.)
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- Your ftp client (Anarchie or Fetch) will now get a listing of the files at
- the remote site. The list is display in a list dialog.
- • Selecting a file in the dialog will download it and open it for editing
- in Alpha. Once you save the changes, Alpha tells your ftp client to upload
- the file.
- • Selecting a directory in the list (indicating by a trailing / in the
- name) will get the listing of that directory and display it in a new list
- dialog.
- • Selecting '..' in the list will get a listing of the parent directory.
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- A menu item with your remote machine is added to the FTP menu. Selecting
- this menu item will the display the file list again. This to allow you to
- quickly download another file from the same place.
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- Cache
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- Alpha saves the directory listing in a cache to be able to quickly display
- them again without having to download them every time. Whenever new files
- are added to the remote site the cache becomes out of date. You can clear
- the cache by selecting 'Flush Cache' from the FTP menu. The cache is also
- flushed when you quit Alpha. This forces the directory listing to be
- downloaded again. If you don't want to use a cache at all, uncheck 'Use
- Cache' in the FTP menu.
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- Mount points
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- The point where you start browsing a remote site is called a mount point.
- There are two types of mount points: temporary and permanent.
- • Temporary mount points are mount points which only exist during the
- current session with Alpha. Whenever you use 'Browse…' to browse a new site
- a temporary mount point is created. All temporary mount points are listed
- at the bottom of the FTP menu for quick access.
- • Permanent mount points are mount points, which are saved between sessions
- with Alpha. You create a new permanent mount point by using 'Add Mount
- Point…' in the FTP menu. You can later remove it using 'Remove Mount
- Point…'. The permanent mount points are listed in the FTP menu just above
- the temporary ones.
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- A temporary mount point can be made permanent by using 'Make Permanent…'.
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- Titlebar click
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- Clicking on the title on a window downloaded from a remote site, displays a
- popup menu with the path for the file at the remote site. Selecting a
- directory in this popup menu opens a directory listing dialog with all files
- allowing you to download another file. This gives you quick access to the
- remote files.
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- Ftp filesets
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- An ftp fileset in a set of files in a remote directory, which will be put
- in a submenu in the Fileset menu. Selecting a file in the Fileset menu
- will download and open it for editing in Alpha.
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- You create a new ftp fileset by using 'Create Fileset' in the FTP menu or
- by using 'New Fileset…' in the Fileset menu and choosing the type 'ftp'.
- • First you specify a name for the fileset, which will be the name of the
- submenu in the Fileset menu, and information about the host, userid etc.
- • Then you are asked to specify a pattern which determines which files to
- include in the fileset, e.g. you may only wish to include all .html files.
- This pattern must be entered as a regular expression. Some examples how to
- specify the pattern:
- .* all files
- .*\.html all .html files
- .*\.[ch] all .c files and all .h files
- • You are finally asked if you want to save the fileset. Doing so will keep
- it available next time you run Alpha.
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- Now the listing of the files in the fileset is downloaded and the fileset
- is inserted in the menu.
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- Passwords and Security
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- All passwords which are saved between sessions are saved as plain text
- in Alpha's preferences folder. Thus, only give your password when defining
- permanent mount points or filesets if nobody else have access to your
- computer.
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- All menu items
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- This section list all menu items in the FTP menu giving a short
- description of their functionality.
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- Help Opens this file.
- Browse… Browse a remote site.
- Browse Current… (option) Browse the mount point of the frontmost window.
- Browse Mounts… Lets you pick a mount point to browse from a
- list of all your mount points both temporary
- and permanent.
- Add Mount Point… Add a new permanent mount point
- Make Permanent… Make a temporary mount point permanent.
- Remove Mount Point… Remove a permanent mount point.
- Save As At… Lets you 'Save as' the frontmost window at any
- of your mount points.
- Use Cache If checked all directory listings are stored in a cache.
- Flush cache Deletes all files in the cache. The cache is
- also flushed when you quit Alpha.
- Create Fileset Create an ftp fileset.
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