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General Software Discussion / Re: Clever color folder

« on: March 02, 2014, 04:12 PM »

@Contro
Another way, outside Windows Explorer, to see if a folder has files is to use Eagle Mode. In it all directories, folders and files are viewable and you can zoom in on any. If any folder does not show files below it, there are none. You can use Eagle Mode from a CD to view contents of a hard drive or USB drive. There is also a PET package to add it to Linux Puppy.
Regards

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Living Room / Re: At last, KeyNote done better :)

« on: January 05, 2014, 11:43 AM »

KeyNote-NF has been made available for use in Puppy Linux and is described on the Puppy forum www.murga-linux.com and reportedly runs well in Wine.

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General Software Discussion / Re: text file editor personalyzable

« on: January 02, 2014, 04:07 PM »

I would like to find a text editor where I can personalyze the background colour of the lines.

By example each four lines change the colour.


Best Regards.

 

-Contro (December 30, 2013, 02:42 PM)

1. Could 'greenbar paper' be a help? Free samples in PDF form are downloadable at www.printablepaper.net/ . I don't know much about PDF. Greenbar has 1/2 inch wide rows that could be used to print 4 lines at 8 lines per inch.
2. Some have achieved a similar ability by using a transparent 'watermark' and entering text over it.
3. Others have used a scanned copy of a 'form', that might use 1/2 inch shaded bars. and using this as a graphic image for use under printing.
4. You could design, depending on the editor capabilities, a table with transparent lines and a background fill color of your choice for four rows, alternating with another plain four rows, etc.
5. WordPerfect can easily employ 'watermarks' for use as mentioned above. It also has a macro available that automates the process: greenbar.zip that I have not used.
6. 'Database Pro', my copy was about circa 2002, had the ability to design forms and enter text over shaded background areas.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mind mapping software

« on: December 28, 2013, 04:41 PM »

I have been trying Freemind and Freeplane for about six months. I prefer Freeplane. I like the SVG export ability in Freemind. When I installed them both under Linux Mint_14-64 Mate/Gnome it made using Freeplane impossible, Freemind took over and .mm files only opened in Freemind. On separate usb sticks or DVD-RWs they are fine. My difficulty was that I was stuck with an early version of both Freemind and Freeplane and not able to update without some risk, from what I might mess up. I have been trying to find more recent Mint versions or other 'live' Linux DVDs as they come out but without success. My difficulty is with how I download and burn the newer Mint versions, not with Freemind or Freeplane.

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Living Room / Re: Post Your Year End Top 5/10 List Here

« on: December 25, 2013, 05:06 PM »

Top 5 digital art & art site/forum

• Wetcanvas
  Krita
  blenderartist
  deviantart
  imgur

Top streaming radio
radiopecs.hu
A very wide range of international favorites in classical, folk, western and pop. Check schedules.

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General Software Discussion / Re: myWOT uninstall nightmare

« on: December 06, 2013, 12:46 PM »

I had some issues when switching to another operating system (linux variety) on the same box and trying to set up WOT. I tried lots of fixes and found one that seems to work. I use DuckDuckGo and set it up to enable WOT and it works without going through the WOT registration again. DuckDuckGo does not track so that might help.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: November 29, 2013, 04:22 PM »

@Arizona Hot ^reply #77, Nov 23:
Re: "Anyone here planning to convert an existing XP machine to Linux..."
Yes, my Toshiba Satellite laptop has been disconnected from the Internet for 22 months so I'm no longer bothered with updates. It has WordPerfect, ViaVoice_8 Preferred, backup files, printers and scanner. If the hard drive fails or XP becomes useless I will use a live Linux CD/DVD on it or try a copy of ReactOS, if they finish that .

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Living Room / Re: Leap Forward in Aviation Tech

« on: October 23, 2013, 03:21 PM »

^ and the Mosquito bombers that my grandfather helped build.

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Living Room / Re: Interesting "stuff"

« on: October 23, 2013, 03:13 PM »

This limited vision is unfortunate, because KDE includes many features that have no counterpart in any corner of the GNOME ecosystem. For example, you can:[end of quote]

non-quote, added by sword:
+1 and some great applications like Krita, very powerful for drawing,  are based on KDE. I have posted a few times on the Krita forum under my username: sword. It has some of the best help of any digital drawing thing out there IMHO  

-Arizona Hot (October 22, 2013, 04:17 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Swapping Out Software?

« on: July 19, 2013, 03:12 PM »

Windows app. ..........|  main use ..........|  Linux app.
 
Photoshop                |  draw                  |  Gimp, Krita, Alchemy, Inkscape, (Blender)

MS Access,               |  db, table, form, |  Kexi (recent use)
Database Pro            |  report, search

MS OneNote,             |  notes                |  Getting Things Gnome,
Dragon Nat. Spk.,      |                           |  org-mode
Via Voice Advanced    |

Wordperfect,                |  tags, outlines    |  Tagspaces, org-mode, FreePlane, Pyrenamer
(custom design)

Wordperfect Master     |  cheat sheets     |  Tgif (recent use)
Documents, OneNote  |  (hierarchical,
                                     |  navigate in)

Adobe Illustrator           |  svg, zui           |  Inkscape, DIA, FreeMind, Delineate (trace),
and line trace,               |                         |  Image Magic, Xara LX
Eagle Mode                   |

Partition Magic              |  partitioning      |  GParted

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Living Room / Re: Knight to queen's bishop 3 - Snowden charged with espionage.

« on: July 14, 2013, 03:55 PM »

Re. 40hz, Welcome to the Village, reply #149, 13 JUL:

“ The Prisoner” 1967-68, episode 6.
Who would believe that the villain in the plot could be a super computer,
doing military exercises, that promised to provide large quantities of
information, without any understanding or knowledge, through ‘Speedlearn’?
Or that the hero could be someone working in the intelligence community,
code name ZM73, who quits?

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Living Room / Re: Computers Outlawed in Florida

« on: July 13, 2013, 11:09 PM »

See, "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland", by Lewis Carroll

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: DC Mug/TShirt Designs that would be nice to have an artist for..

« on: July 13, 2013, 10:36 PM »

Krita drawing application using only four brush 'strokes' (holding left mouse down and moving it). Very highly customizable and excellent help files. (453 KB)

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Living Room / Re: digitising slides

« on: July 09, 2013, 03:43 PM »

I found flatbed scanners did a good job of capturing medium format black and white negatives if the flatbed can work at high resolutions. The only scanner I found suitable for slides is an Epson Perfection V600 Photo. It works with XP. It has plastic holders for 35mm and 6x6cm film and slides. If you have a photography club near where you live you might ask if anyone could help.

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: DC Mug/TShirt Designs that would be nice to have an artist for..

« on: July 02, 2013, 09:07 PM »

ArtistX_12.10 (live DVD): Alchemy_0.0.8.1 Beta (paint drops and footprints).

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General Software Discussion / Re: [IDEA] copy on select

« on: June 16, 2013, 02:25 PM »

I'm not sure if 'middle mouse click' was specifically available as an option in Advanced Clipboard Manager but it was *highly configurable*. You might check it out through the URLs I posted in:
"Any better Clipboard program", General Software Discussion, Reply # 40, Dec. 28, 2010

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shift to Linux

« on: June 08, 2013, 04:50 PM »

Re: [#31 pilgrim] live CD
For me, 'live' CD-R, CD-RW, DVD-R work with Puppy and Mint_12-32 bit, Mint_14-32 bit, 
but do not consistently allow app additions. 'Live' DVD-RW works perfectly for Puppy
and Mint_12-32 bit and 14-64 bit but not 15-64 bit. USB drives work well for Puppy_5.4.3
and Mint and allow package/application additions. [dedicated Linux PC, AMD-64 bit, two
internal DVD drives failed to work but an external usb 'Buffalo' DVD drive works well.]

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: DC Mug/TShirt Designs that would be nice to have an artist for..

« on: June 03, 2013, 06:12 PM »

codysave.png (1.1 MB)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Shift to Linux

« on: May 28, 2013, 04:22 PM »

tosim, yes, it is fun

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« on: April 19, 2013, 03:25 PM »

TagSpaces Beta firefox 17-20 add-on, latest_1.2.1284 (2013.03.29).
Add tags easily to local file system filenames in chosen directory. 
Search, filter display. Drag&Drop tagging and moving. 
See videos, youtube, features, evernote-alternative, comments
by ugg, uggrock, UggRock, tagstrator. Started Aug. 2012.

-sword (April 18, 2013, 02:13 PM)

not sure what you're saying there sword (?)
Had a look at the TagSpaces addon page, and I'm still not sure what it does - any more clues?

-tomos (April 18, 2013, 02:21 PM)

TagSpaces
Add tags to filenames.‭

Views:‭ ‬List,‭ ‬Search,‭ ‬Thumbs‭ ‬(svg,‭ ‬png,‭ ‬jpg,‭ ‬gif...‭)‬.‭
tabs:‭ (‬New:‭ ‬(file‭)‬,‭ ‬Tags:‭ ‬,‭ ‬Files:‭ )‬.
‎“‏Select a directory:‭ “ [ ‬any,‭  ‬I chose a USB flash drive‭ ]‬.
In List view,‭ ‬select Tags tab‭ > ‬click file,‭ ‬menu:‭  ‬Add Tags,‭ ‬Open File,‭
Show containing folder,‭ ‬Rename File,‭ ‬Delete File‭ ‬> clicking Add Tags:‭
Comma separated list of the Tags:‭ _______ ('‬Add tags‭' ‬OR‭ '‬Cancel‭')‬.
Tags are in two windows:‭ ‬Common Tags‭ & ‬GTD.‭ ‬Clicking‭ “*” ‬menu:‭
Create Tag,‭ ‬Duplicate Taggroup,‭ ‬Edit Taggroup,‭ ‬Delete Taggroup.

I renamed‭ '‬myoldfilename‭' ‬to genmyoldfilename[BAB‭] ‬using‭ '‬gen‭'
for genealogy and the tag‭ '‬BAB‭' ‬for the surname.‭

This will let me more easily rename files and add tags that can be‭
searched or changed.‭ Not just downloaded files but files in any directory.

[TagSpaces‎_‏1.3.1287‎ “‏latest‭” (‬from homepage‭)‬,‭ ‬Firefox‭_‬20.0,‭ ‬Linux‭
Mint‭_‬14,‭ ‬64bit on a USB flash drive.‭]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« on: April 18, 2013, 02:13 PM »

TagSpaces Beta firefox 17-20 add-on, latest_1.2.1284 (2013.03.29).
Add tags easily to local file system filenames in chosen directory. 
Search, filter display. Drag&Drop tagging and moving. 
See videos, youtube, features, evernote-alternative, comments
by ugg, uggrock, UggRock, tagstrator. Started Aug. 2012.

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Living Room / Re: Luxembourg cybersecurity team takes on China's hacker unit - and wins!

« on: April 15, 2013, 02:26 PM »

I can barely remember that number!

-TaoPhoenix (April 13, 2013, 07:42 PM)

613/June 13 1792/China Tsunami 8.6
6+1+3=10
10 9 8 /countdown

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?

« on: March 30, 2013, 06:00 PM »

+1 Curt. Here the snow let up so I repaired my snowblower

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Living Room / Re: LXLE Linux anyone?

« on: March 23, 2013, 05:46 PM »

@dantheman, +1 "...search and search before you find a solution..." (reply#4)
and when you do it *might* work with your OS version and D/E.

Re. 'windows explorer equivalent' (original post):
I don't have a need for that but I recently viewed some reported equivalents at:
www.winehq.org > appdb.winehq.org > [search: "explorer"]:
1. CubicExplorer (highest 'platinum' rating),
2. ReactOS Explorer (medium 'silver' rating),
3. Explorer++ (low 'bronze' rating.
 - note: latest wine_1.5.26, 463 pages of apps at about 25 apps per page.
 - note: the file system and file manipulation in Linux is still awkward for me
and I'm looking at solutions. I am trying Linux "recoll", Linux "tracker", only
for use under Gnome (.gnome.org/tracker/) and Linux "pyrenamer" and they seem
to work well. I can't find "Nautilus" to explore it :-) so I'm looking for a
good file/folder visualizer to use under Mint. Meantime I just keep everything
important on usb sticks and view files with Eagle Mode *live* or the default
text or image viewers in Mint and Puppy. Most people would probably not put up
with the inconvenience :-).

Re. "...easy way to install apps..." (reply#2):
Linux Mint 14 could not be easier.
 - note: I use version 14, 64bit upgraded to DVD edition on USB strictly *live*.
Linux puppy-precise_5.4.3 32bit is easy to add packages to but there are no
detailed descriptions or web link to see details, as in Mint.
 - note: I use puppy strictly *live* on DVD-RW but app upgrade or install is
often a problem so I use it on a usb drive, that I add apps to, then I 'remaster'
it to the DVD-RW.

Wine looks promising. ReactOS seems to be stuck at alpha stage and I could try
their livecd-58595-dbg.7z (27.93MB) of 2013-03-23 but I was waiting for beta.

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Living Room / Re: What are your favorite movies?

« on: March 13, 2013, 10:54 PM »

Best by date with my star ratings:

The 39 Steps 1935 (British thriller) Alfred Hitchcock, Robert Donat, Madeleine Carroll *

The Third Man 1949 (British film noir) Joseph Cotten, Alida Valli, Orson Welles, Trevor Howard *****

Born Yesterday 1950 (comedy) Broderick Crawford, Judy Holliday ***

Rashomon 1950 (Japanese crime drama) Toshirō Mifune, Masayuki Mori, Machiko Kyō, Takashi Shimura ****

North by Northwest 1959 (American thriller) Alfred Hitchcock, Cary Grant, Eva Marie Saint, James Mason ***

The Trap 1966 (frontier trapping drama) Rita Tushingham **

Bullitt 1968 (American dramatic thriller) Steve McQueen, Robert Vaughn, Jacqueline Bisset ***

Where Eagles Dare 1968 (World War II action-adventure spy film) Richard Burton, Clint Eastwood, Mary Ure ***

The Eiger Sanction 1975 (American action thriller) Clint Eastwood ****

Witness 1985 (crime drama) Harrison Ford **

Bagdad Cafe 1987 (American comedy) Jack Palance ****