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SOFTWARE: WPS TrashCan 2.4 (New release)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Kai Sommerfeld)
Wed Apr 3 22:54:15 1996
To: os2ann.DISCUSS@bloom-picayune.MIT.EDU
Date: 4 Apr 1996 02:26:10 GMT
From: ks1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Kai Sommerfeld)
Reply-To: ks1@irz301.inf.tu-dresden.de (Kai Sommerfeld)
Reply-to: ks1@irz.inf.tu-dresden.de (Kai Sommerfeld)
Submitted by: (Kai Sommerfeld)
Source: (Kai Sommerfeld)
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Workplace Shell TrashCan Version 2.4 has just been released.
What is WPS TrashCan?
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WPS TrashCan is a replacement for the OS/2 Warp Version 3 (or higher)
Shredder object. It brings a Macintosh-like trash can to your desktop. Unlike
the Shredder, TrashCan won't immediately delete objects dropped on it. You
can delete them yourself later, or configure TrashCan to delete them
according to options in its settings notebook. This way, you will be able to
recover Trashed objects and get them back for normal use.
TrashCan's main features:
- Use of 3 different icons to easily detect the current state of TrashCan.
These icons can be replaced by your own favorites.
- Additional drag and drop features like 'Shred objects on drop' or 'Remove
objects from LaunchPad'.
- Modified views providing information about Trashed objects, current size
of trash, number of Trashed objects, and more.
- Ability to restore Trashed objects to their original location.
- Destruction of objects which are generally not deletable.
- Capacity adjustable from 1 MByte to 'Unlimited'.
- Ability to delete old Trashed objects automatically when the capacity set
is exceeded.
- You may select the drives to be supported by TrashCan.
- Interception of 'Delete' operations for ALL WPS objects. When activated,
objects will not really be deleted but appear in TrashCan.
- Optional use of MMPM/2 system sounds when adding new objects, empty trash,
etc.
- Interface to DeskMan/2 to backup and restore ALL the common and private
settings of TrashCan.
- and more ...
How TrashCan differs from Undelete programs:
Only Workplace Shell software can deal with every object on your desktop.
TrashCan not only handles files and directories but also recognizes other
objects such as shadows, program objects, and color palettes, ... which are
not represented by files on any storage media.
Available languages:
- English (US)
- German
- French
System Requirements:
To use Workplace Shell TrashCan you need OS/2 Warp Version 3 (or higher).
It will not run on previous versions of OS/2.
How much to pay for WPS TrashCan ?
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Workplace Shell TrashCan is Shareware. The registration fee is from US$ 20.00
to US$ 30.00 (depending on the method used to register).
What's new with this release?
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- TrashCan is now available in English, German and French.
- TrashCan now can deal with many items which are not WPS objects exactly
like the Shredder does, for instance:
- Support for "DragText" by Rich Walsh: Delete text on drop.
- Destroy broken LaunchPad items (those with a ? icon) on drop.
- Remove Smartitems from Lotus "SmartCenter" on drop.
- Cooperation with other applications which use the Shredder.
- The "Delete support" can be overridden, if the 'CTRL' key is pressed when
'deleting' objects.
- Small bug fixes in "Delete support for WPS objects" feature.
- Multithreading when shredding trashed objects avoids blocking of WPS while
performing this task.
- Improved memory management for TrashCan's icons.
- Some other small bug fixes and changes.
Where to get the new version?
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file name: trshcn24.zip
FTP site upload dir proposed dir
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ftp.cdrom.com /pub/os2/incoming /pub/os2/wpsutil
ftp.leo.org /incoming/os2 /pub/comp/os/os2/wpstools
ftp.wilmington.net /bmtmicro/incoming /bmtmicro
... or any sites which mirror these servers.
An upload to hobbes.nmsu.edu was not possible so far (they were out of disk
space!), but will follow next days.
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