Transient 2.09 released

Hi All,

Transient 2.09 is now available for download from: http://www.stronged.iconbar.com/fjg/

Transient is a utility which provides a temporary directory on your hard disc, creating a new subdirectory every day to help you organise files.

You can use it like a RAM disc – drag files to it, save files to it – but the files will remain on the hard disc until you delete them.

If so desired, the directories can be expired automatically when they’ve reached a certain age.

Changes from v2.07

• Creating a directory that already exists generally doesn’t error on RISC OS filing systems but on foreign FSes it might. This came to light when a user used a NAS for Transient’s temporary directory.
   
• Transient no longer asks if it should create a directory for a user if the directory doesn’t exist. Now it simply goes ahead and creates the directory.
   
• Use the index of a string set to work out what to do rather than the text for the selected item. This allows translation of the string set.
   
• Added some more robustness in places. Removed some dead code. Fixed minor errors.
   
• Adjusted code in places to account for my changes to AppBasic’s libraries.

As always all feedback is welcome.

Have you any plans to update the 208 version with TrapDelete?

Haven’t made a decision on that yet. I have noticed that the code has diverged quite a bit so it’s going to take some work to get the 2.08 version up to date.

The main question is whether to keep two separate versions or merge them into one. Obviously one version is easier to update but not everyone may want the extra stuff if they don’t use TrapDelete.

Haven’t made a decision on that yet. I have noticed that the code has diverged quite a bit so it’s going to take some work to get the 2.08 version up to date.

Understood.

The main question is whether to keep two separate versions or merge them into one. Obviously one version is easier to update but not everyone may want the extra stuff if they don’t use TrapDelete.

I’d say merge:

1. Ease of update with only one code set.
2. TrapDelete is an obvious include when dealing with Recycle bin functionality.

Perhaps the functionality could be part of the OS build at some point, visitors from other OS environments expect something to automatically catch their delete (unless they press shift).

visitors from other OS environments expect something to automatically catch their delete

Not on Android it doesn’t. What’s gone is as gone as gone could be.
https://www.heyrick.co.uk/blog/index.php?diary=20170925

Not on Android it doesn’t.

Hmmm, phones and overweight/oversize phones.
Remember the days when you made phone calls on a shirt pocket sized unit that lasted all week on one charge?
Now you put something approaching the size of the original bricks to you ear for the same pose value of those original bricks.

Brick, handy, brick. Should be something small along soon.