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451
@_ak
i think it has to do with your options (interface tab, second checkbox)
since i'm on a notebook with no numeric keyboard, i never use numpad...

452
perhaps we can remedy that.. it seems to me i should set up some default folders like MyMusic, MyPictures, etc, using keyword modifiers to make it easier for sharing this kind of thing -- then you'd just have to share an alias file which would work for anyone.

nice idea !

453
well in fact it seems i cannot control anything  :(

@Nod5
F12::
ControlGetText, xvar, TEdit1, %A_space%Find and Run Robot v2 ahk_class TMainForm
ControlGetText, xvar2, TPanel1, %A_space%Find and Run Robot v2 ahk_class TMainForm
Msgbox %xvar% %xvar2%
return

i'm trying to access the TPanel1 text (the status bar)
the code above does not work 
do you have an idea ?

same question for the result list...etc.

454
Thanks Nod5

i thought i could not control Find and Run Robot with autohotkey until now....
there is a space before the title... i missed that !

cheers

455
so here is how to create a nice alias for searching music collection organized in folders (one folder = one album)  ;D

1) create a new entry in the search folders tab
  • directory = your music folder
  • use an optional keyword (ex: folder_music)
mp3_1.png

2) create a new action alias (this one is to invoke different actions on the selected result) VERY POWERFUL FARR TRICK
mp3_2.png
one could add actions to play/enqueue in itunes or windows media player, etc.

3) then create the search template using the dosearch command VERY POWERFUL FARR TRICK
mp3_3.png
the regexp mask is
^m (.*)
so that "m " triggers the alias
the search template is
Music album search $$1 | dosearch -alias +folder_music +open_winamp +\ $$1
  • -alias means i don't want to search alias
  • +folder_music tells FARR, i just want results from my music folder
  • +\ tells FARR i just want folders
  • +open_winamp is the action modifier


Notes :
  • you can in matter of seconds create a second music alias for searching a networked drive, call it "mn" for music network, create a new search folder entry with the UNC path \\network\my music... this is a very handy way to play music on a networked drive...
  • regexp aliases + dosearch + action modifier is VERY POWERFUL and IMHO makes FARR unique
  • it would be great to be able to select multiple results then invoke the action... (we could enqueue multiple albums...)
  • i cannot really share this alias since this trick uses a search folder entry, an action alias, ... so i made a step-by-step explanation

hope it will be helpful

456
Is support for selecting multiple results items (similar to selecting multiple files in Explorer) planned?
very good idea, i would love it for my music search alias ... select multiple and then do action on it...

even better, select multiple items in a file explorer (windows explorer, total commander, directory opus, ...)
invoke FARR (with a specific hotkey)
FARR opens with all the selected files/folders as a result list...
then perform actions (zip, email, image resize, etc...)

Regarding "+sall": two natural hotkeys for adding/removing that phrase from the textbox could be CTRL+PAGEDOWN/PAGEUP (if there's no other planned use for them that is)
very good idea

457
Hi mouser, i'd like to suggest a small feature but which would be very useful for some complex alias

i have an alias to search my music, since all my music is organized in folders, i only search folder, then i can play it or enqueue it to winamp thanks to the action keyword "open_winamp" :

Music album search $$1 | dosearch -alias +folder_music +open_winamp +\ $$1

see capture when i search music (m + keyword) : m mar
music1.png

when i select a result, i get the action keyword triggered, i then have to choose between the different action
music2.png
what i'd like to do is Play my selected folder, keep FARR opened (thanks to /stayopen) THEN go back to the result list (to be able to enqueue further albums...)

how could we do it ? i thought through a restartsearch command.... (see capture)
maybe restartsearch $$searchbox

the thing is, the result list (all the albums) must be still there (i guess), so we don't want to really RESTART the search, since it could take a few seconds (even more on a network drive)





458
Find And Run Robot / Re: [FARR tip]
« on: July 23, 2007, 06:21 AM »
you can now do this without the need for nitrix clever trick, and solve the need to hit enter as well, by simply creating a hotkey with set searchtext of: %cliptext%
very true

but the trick still holds if you want to build some "structured" aliases
i personnaly use it as the first result for my generic "clipboard" alias... named "c" which offers me different other aliases to choose from

so i invoke FARR with the "c" alias thanks to the new hotkey system...
if a press enter it replaces "c " in the search box by the clipboard content
handy if you don't want to have to many hotkeys...

i personnaly have two :
one to invoke FARR
one to invoke FARR with my "c" alias (and selected text copied to the clipboard)

459
i vote non-selected text

... and i'm still suggesting an {enter} command
it would allow us to create great hotkeys:
select text, hotkey which searches google...
select a word, hotkey to get it defined...
select a mathematical expression, press hotkey, get result in clipboard (thanks to fc)

 :D

460
Find And Run Robot / Re: [feature request] new keyword modifier
« on: July 20, 2007, 12:02 AM »
yes, it is already great as it is...

but i thought a keyboard modifier would make the experience more consistent, so that for one alias it does not switch from one to the other depending on the number of results...

i personnaly use the small icon mode all the time

but i would love to be able to specify the use of the big icons display for actions

it would visually differentiate search results from actions

Anyway this is already great as it it ;)
Cheers, Nitrix

461
Find And Run Robot / [feature request] new keyword modifier
« on: July 19, 2007, 07:10 PM »
Hi Mouser,

i think it'd be great if we could have a new keyword modifier to switch from small icons display to big icons display

for instance :
when you have an alias with few results (let's say the windows management alias of jgpaiva)

you could set up a "super" alias using a dosearch command :
dosearch WindowManagement +showbigicons

or for a alias with lots of results (let's say one that finds mp3...)
dosearch +folder_mp3 +open_in_winamp +mp3... +showsmallicons

i would be very nice ! and makes FARR even sexier  :D

Keep up the good work !
Nitrix

"dosearch using keyword modifiers" really makes FARR unique  :-*


462
Sounds great !  :D

I hope we will be able to have that kind of "search string"
fc $$c{Enter}

that is using the dynamic variable $$c
and an "Enter command"...

it would really be powerful... with the correct settings :
just select an mathematical expression, press the hotkey
that's it you have the result in the clipboard !


whouah, that would be awesome !

463
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« on: July 19, 2007, 01:57 AM »
Seriously though, thank you for those words of support -- I needed to hear that people still want FARR

of course we still want FARR  :D it is the best launcher !

Therefore, it lacked the user interface and got so technically bloated, IMH, with features some of which is repelling for users e.g. RegExp aliases
i'm not sure RegExp aliases are repelling, what they can do is really of use even for regular users... but it's true that how it is being set up is quite complex...


There is always lots to learn from other programs.
yes, mouser, it will only make FARR better

Cheer up !
FARR is still the best  :Thmbsup:

464
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« on: July 18, 2007, 05:01 PM »
i also like the fade out effect...
it makes more sense to me than the fade in effect of FARR

it's funny to see that the choices for the sound and the fade effect are the exact opposite of FARR

FARR = fade in and sound at the begining
DASH = fade out and sound at the end

but i'm sure that it would be very easy for mouser to add 2 new options  :D
then FARR > DASH !

465
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« on: July 18, 2007, 04:47 PM »
PS: i do know quicksilver, but haven't had a chance to really use it...

here is a very good screencast on the lifehacker site :
http://lifehacker.co...ravaganza-250949.php

i have just used quicksilver a few minutes
but it seems to be the Graal of launchers....nothing less  :D

466
That's great ! :Thmbsup:

467
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« on: July 18, 2007, 04:22 PM »
for example if I type "pee" the first result being "Pop Peeper"
it shows : Pop Peeper
That is, if you had already searched with google for "Pop Peeper", right? ;)

nope, nothing to do with google
it's just the way they show the first result

you should really see the video they made
http://www.trydash.c...ome/dash-video-tour/

they are much better than me explaining their product  :D

PS: don't you guys know Quicksilver ?  :-[

468
@mouser

i think the +action trick is trying to be clever and detect that there is only one result, and so it should show you text about the action.  that's normally what you want, so that you can see what action will be applied to what file.

will you change this or make an option ?

it is not urgent at all, but i would really really want it to be fixed

when using an action alias in an dosearch alias
this "clever" behavior is very very odd, since the only thing you want to see is the result, not the action you set up in the dosearch alias...

469
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« on: July 18, 2007, 04:06 PM »
the way it presents what you search against the current search result (like quicksilver)

can you elaborate on this a bit?

for example if I type "pee" the first result being "Pop Peeper"
it shows : Pop Peeper

470
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« on: July 18, 2007, 03:23 PM »
i'm trying Dash, and i have to say the ergonomy is quite amazing...

  • Folder navigation is great ! when you enter a folder, the sorting is alphabetical, then if you search, the more relevant results come first... then you choose a folder, again the sorting is alphabetical, etc.
  • the way it presents the command you choose, then the argument(s) (after pressing tab or space) is really nice (above the search box it shows : Google Search > keyword)
  • it is VERY fast (which i doubted before trying...)
  • the way it presents what you search against the current search result (like quicksilver)
  • there is a sound when you select an action, which makes more sense to me than when invoking the launcher, and it actually makes you wait a little bit  :D

i think there are great ideas there !

IMHO, it puts any launcher to shame except for our beloved FARR  :Thmbsup:

471
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« on: July 18, 2007, 02:02 PM »
few things that seems great :

the ability to select files to perform actions on them (zip) ...

Farr also does, it's only a matter of making an alias action to do that

to my knowledge you cannot select files in the explorer, invoke FARR and zip files
i agree that you can make an alias to zip files but FARR is not aware of selected files out of the box

image resizing
Also a matter of making an action, but trickier since there's no preview. (also, i don't find this very useful)
again you cannot, same reason as above

Contextual history
I'm not sure what this means..
it seems that if you search Google using their google command, it will show your past searches (using that command)
i find this very useful

Maybe we should also mention what makes FARR unique !!
from the top of my head :
  • alias with regex mask
  • dosearch, restartsearch, /strayopen, $$cc
  • action alias << very very important !!!

472
Find And Run Robot / Re: new launcher just released
« on: July 18, 2007, 01:27 PM »
yes it does look amazingly good, i've just seen the video and i will try it out soon

few things that seems great :
  • the ability to select files to perform actions on them (zip) ...
  • image preview
  • image resizing
  • it just looks gorgeous
  • Contextual history


473
Find And Run Robot / new launcher just released
« on: July 18, 2007, 01:11 PM »
Wouah !

i must say it really looks impressive

if i had to take a guess i would say this is the closest alternative to quicksilver on windows

http://trydash.com/home/

474
maybe the best solution is to be able to assign hotkeys to a restartsearch commands it would allow anything...

  • any text... even with space at the end thanks to the new /s variable
  • any text with special variables...$$c

and if you add features they would be available right away...

thoughts ?

475
That is just perfect i think...

It would be even more perfect if :
  • we could add a space at the end ;) (like the restartsearch command)
  • we could add an {Enter} command at the end (somehow it would allow commands to hotkeys...)

related to my post concerning the "clipboard trick", if one could add an {Enter} command, you could then assign an hotkey to paste the clipboard content in the search box

hotkey1 <---> clip{Enter}

imagine you create the following "fcc" alias
^fcc$
$$c | restartsearch fc $$c

then you could create this pair :
hotkey2 <---> fcc{Enter}

just select an mathematical expression... press hotkey2 ... FCalc gives you the result

it would be even more perfect  :D if we could add the special variable $$c, we would just have to do :
hotkey2 <---> fc $$c{Enter}

Nitrix





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