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Global Preferences
The preferences in RBrowser have two levels: global and connection specific settings.
Global preferences apply to all remote connections. Use the Info/Global Preferences... menu item to bring up the panel:
GENERAL TAB:
Always Open Local Viewer
On Windows the Local File Browser is always on the screen, since it is the initial window. On other operating systems, like MACH, this option defines whether or not the Local File Browser appears as the program starts up.
Logging Level:
If you want to see how RBrowser is communicating with the remote host, turn on logging. The choices are:
No Logging
Commands Only: Print outgoing commands
Returned Data: Also print data returned
Diagnostics: Print more diagnostic information
This could be very helpful in diagnosing problems. On MACH the log output goes into the console.log. On Windows, the logfile is in $(TMP)/RBLOGxxx.rbl. If $(TMP) does not exist, the logfile goes into the home directory.
Anonymous Password:
If you are connecting to an FTP server that allows anonymous logins, RBrowser will automatically enter the string defined here into the password field in the Login Panel. Normally, the email address is used here.
Ignore .com:
Normally, a file name extension (also known as suffix, like .html or .doc) is used to identify the application that will open a particular file. If a directory has a suffix it is considered a file package, like a nib file for instance which is actually a directory. File packages are shown and generally treated by RBrowser as a single file. .com is a possible exception from this, since it usually is a name of a directory not a file package document of an application. If this option is turned on, directories with the .com suffix are treated as regular directories (NOTE: if a directory is treated as a file package, you can still browse its contents by selecting the File/Open As Folder menu.
Beep when file transfer is finished:
If set, RBrowser will give a sound alert when a file transfer is finished.
Use high ports for data connections:
If set, RBrowser will attempt to use the high range of ports available during file transfers. In most cases this is not necessary, but some remote systems will not accept data connections in the lower port range.The width of each column in RBrowser is constant. If the window is resized, you will change the number of columns. This field will change the width of each column. The settings will take effect when RBrowser is restarted.
Default: 140
Default Sort By:
Any directory in the File Viewer can be displayed sorted by name, date or size. The sort popup button is in the inspector window. Here you can set the default sorting for the browsers.
Show Login panel at Startup:
If set and there are no auto logins, the Login Panel will come up at startup.DOCUMENT TAB:
Default Open App:
If a document if opened from a remote host, and RBrowser cannot find an app on the local host that claims this document as its own, this app will be used.
Default: Edit on Mach/Rhapsody
TextEdit on Windows
Default app for hidden files:
Hidden files are any file whose name starts with '.' (like .cshrc for example). These files are usually treated differently on most systems. By default, RBrowser will open them in Edit/TextEdit.
Return Opens Files:
If set, pressing the return key will open the selected document.
Application Search Path:
When the Tools tab is selected in the inspector (Command-2) RBrowser shows the list of applications that are capable to open the selected document. This list is compiled by searching a known list of directories for applications. The default is a reasonable list, but if you have other directories, you can enter them in this list. The directories are spcified as a full path, separated by semicolons.
Set the new settings.
Cancel, keep the old settings.
The next two tabs have to do with Firewall Options.
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