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Min RK asked a question in MIT Media Lab on August 22, 2009 18:10:
inconsistent resutsrunning one name a few times produces wildly different results. Does each run only use a random (or not random) sample of data for a name? How much data does it use and how is it selected for each run?
Min RK replied on May 21, 2009 03:23 to the idea "Extended "Open Terminal Here" Finder button to detect ExpanDrive volumes and ssh to the remote host" in ExpanDrive:
Nevermind, I did that part myself, it was easier than I thought:
http://minrk.net/scripts/OpenTerminal...
I added ctrl for ssh, and added shift to the obj-c so you have all 4 meta keys available if you want to change options by editing Application.scpt (which is not locked to run-only).
options:
New Window - opt - default off
Use Tab - cmd - default on
Use SSH on ExpanDrive - ctrl - default off
Min RK replied on May 21, 2009 02:48 to the idea "Extended "Open Terminal Here" Finder button to detect ExpanDrive volumes and ssh to the remote host" in ExpanDrive:
With the exception of the shared credentials, I modified the original OpenTerminalHere to do this. It's pretty crude, and probably doesn't work in every case, but it works for all my drives and might be , and with shared-key passwordless login, it's reasonably convenient.
Just get the enhanced script here:
http://minrk.net/scripts/expandrivenO...
and replace the main.scpt in OpenTerminalHere.app:Contents:Resources:Scripts/
Then you will get ssh sessions if the file exists on an ExpanDrive sftp mount.
The only additions I made are to check if it's an sftp mount, and if it is change the 'cmd' that gets passed to Terminal, so the compatibility of all of the 'Tab instead of Window' or meta-key behavior switch modifications should not be affected.
Of course, with this it's not optional, but you could easily put the same modifications in the enhanced OTH from http://jo.irisson.free.fr/?p=59, and use ctrl for ssh.
Min RK replied on February 24, 2009 23:35 to the idea "Feature Request: host information in Drive Manager" in ExpanDrive:
Since it would be extra information, and probably most users do not have duplicate drives, maybe it should be optional, and default off. Normally, I only have 2 of each for internal and external, but currently, with testing the beta of sftpv2, I have 3-4 of each - which is getting confusing.
I suppose it would also be enough information if I just sorted the list (easier if I don't have to drag around manually, but technically possible now), so that I could know the external.ip version comes before/after the 192.x.x.x version.
Another alternative could be to check for duplicate drive names, and only display the extra information on drives that have a twin. That way, the extra info would only appear when it could be useful. If you do that, then you could display just the delta, rather than the whole:
sftpv2:user@host:port:/path
so a list could look like:
S3
iPhone
media - host:192.168.1.1
media - host:external.ip
myserver
server - u:minrk
server - u:jeffm
etc...
I think I would go with having this be an option where you can choose either no extra info, info on all, or delta on twins, with the last being the default. Then nobody would get clutter unless they had indistinguishable drives (like me) or specifically asked for it.
I also think in the drive manager, having the extra info be in a relatively low-contrast gray would at least reduce the sense of clutter when you aren't looking for it.
Min RK shared an idea in ExpanDrive on February 12, 2009 22:46:
Feature Request: host information in Drive Manager
I have duplicate entries of many drives so I can mount them fast using local IP when I am on a LAN, and using external address when I am away from the machines (must have the same name to be transparent for things like iTunes/Boxee/Front Row). So my Drive Manager has many pairs of apparently identical drives. There is lots of unused whitespace next to each drive name, and I would like to see some additional information about the drives in that space, like hostname, etc.
I can easily handle my usual swapping in/out with the applescript support, but sometimes I want to use the Drive Manager to do this, and I have to open the Edit panel to determine which one I want, which is less than ideal.
even just the hostname would be enough for me, but I can see username or other things being useful to others.
-MinRK
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