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Title: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on December 12, 2009, 01:58 PM
NANY 2010 (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?board=273.0) Entry Information

Application Name Anuran
Short Description A rotating, automatic-prompting personal text log.
Supported OSes Windows 7.  Might work, but not tested, on Windows XP/Vista/8/10.
Web Page Anuran (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php)
Download Link Zip file (portable) (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
System Requirements Windows OS
Version HistoryChangelog (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/changelog.txt)
Author Jody Holmes (Skwire) (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=3924)
Screencast (courtesy of mouser, thanks!)
  • http://donationcoder.com/nany2010/sc/anuran/anuran.html
  • YouTube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bf8ps1wgWg


Description
Anuran is rotating, automatic-prompting personal text log.  The original idea came from a request from doctorfrog (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?action=profile;u=128748) on this thread (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=20516.0).

Features

Planned Features
I cater to the people so suggest something.   :D

Screencast


Screenshots
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Usage
Installation
Unpack the archive to its own folder and run Anuran.exe.

Uninstallation
Delete the folder you unpacked the archive to.  Nothing is written to the registry.

Known Issues
It wouldn't be software if it didn't have issues.  Let me know if you find any.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Final Release : Anuran
Post by: mouser on December 12, 2009, 02:14 PM
what an icon!  ;D ;D
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Final Release : Anuran
Post by: skwire on December 12, 2009, 02:19 PM
Agreed...they're fantastic.  You can find that icon and others at: http://turbomilk.com/downloads/zoom_eyed/
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: Shades on December 12, 2009, 03:13 PM
It appears to me that the center two screenshots are the same...and I have the impression that you wanted us to show the content of each tab from your application. (tab 'Popup' is missing, btw.)

But as always...you created a nice solid application  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on December 12, 2009, 03:27 PM
It appears to me that the center two screenshots are the same...and I have the impression that you wanted us to show the content of each tab from your application. (tab 'Popup' is missing, btw.)

Doh!  Fixed!  Thank you very much.   :Thmbsup:

But as always...you created a nice solid application  :Thmbsup:

Thanks for the kind words.  I appreciate them.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mouser on December 31, 2009, 02:03 AM
Anuran is great!

One thing i would suggest for next version:
When user hits Close button on the popup, it should:
1) check if any text has been input in the box -- if not, just discard entry.
2) if text HAS been put in box, save it;
3) OR prompt user and say: hitting close box will abandon the note -- in order to save notes just hit enter.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 01, 2010, 03:01 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.13 - 2010-01-01
    * If you close the popup via the X button, any note text will be saved.  If
      the entry is blank, it will be discarded.  (Thanks, mouser)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mediaguycouk on January 04, 2010, 10:21 AM
I don't many credits left but you can have them because this is awesome.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 04, 2010, 11:28 AM
Thanks for the compliment and the credits.  I appreciate both.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: boo_radley on January 04, 2010, 12:50 PM
This is a super app! When you're adding entries, the textbox should recognize ctrl+backspace as "delete previous word" though.

keep up the great work!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 04, 2010, 02:31 PM
Cool, I just watched mouser's screencast of the proggie. Also, first mention in the Wrap Up (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=21276)!  High five ;D
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mediaguycouk on January 05, 2010, 09:44 AM
Could I suggest that the time in the pop-up box update?

It correctly logs then time when submitting but it seems strange to come back to my desk at 15:00 to see a message saying log entry 12:29

Just a minor feature request, so if you don't think it's worth it I'll just try and edit it so the time doesn't show.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 05, 2010, 10:24 AM
the textbox should recognize ctrl+backspace as "delete previous word" though.

Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.14 - 2010-01-05
    + Ctrl-Backspace should now delete the previous word in the popup entry box.  (Thanks, boo_radley)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 05, 2010, 10:29 AM
Could I suggest that the time in the pop-up box update?
It correctly logs then time when submitting but it seems strange to come back to my desk at 15:00 to see a message saying log entry 12:29

I was aware of this issue and, sure, I can make it so the titlebar updates.  This entails updating the titlebar every second and, while it's not nearly as CPU intensive as it may sound, there will be a bit more CPU used while the popup is active.  Honestly, I don't think it'll even be an issue but I'd like to hear what others think before I implement this.

Just a minor feature request, so if you don't think it's worth it I'll just try and edit it so the time doesn't show.

You can modify the timestamp format of the popup box to not show the time in the meanwhile.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mediaguycouk on January 05, 2010, 10:33 AM
As the seconds are not displayed on the title screen is it worth updating it every second? You could delay it for 60 - date(seconds) then every 60 seconds.

Also seeing as you have asked for new comments to be made in this thread you may want to change the forum link in the about section to this page rather than the coding snacks section.

As always  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 05, 2010, 10:43 AM
As the seconds are not displayed on the title screen is it worth updating it every second?

Actually, I do, since the user can configure a timestamp that includes seconds.

Also seeing as you have asked for new comments to be made in this thread you may want to change the forum link in the about section to this page rather than the coding snacks section.

Doh!  Fixed in v1.0.15!  Thanks!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 05, 2010, 02:22 PM
Lovely program, thanks, skwire, small but appreciative credits donated.

Bug report. If I open the options dialog while the popup is visible, then it becomes permanently impossible to use Enter to submit the log entry, though with v 15 it can still be logged by closing the popup with X. Also the popup hotkey stops working (though the Anuvu hotkey keeps working.) These problems disappear if I exit the program altogether and restart.
(Anuran 1.0.15 build 1, Win XP SP3)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 05, 2010, 02:44 PM
My $.02 on updating the title bar time:

1. I think it's important that the title bar be the same as the logged time. Now, it's misleading/confusing; I was actually entering my notes to match the time on the title bar! This was useful because sometimes I was away from the computer for several hours and it was good to have to think back what happened then. After entering that, I have next been doing a manual note for right now (the time of return to the computer).

So either update the title bar, or use the old time as the log entry.

2. If you do update the title bar, then surely doing so every minute suffices? If you really want to support people who want to track their time to the second (:down:), then you could update it every second only for those who enable logging of seconds.

3. BUT if you do make the title bar update regularly, I then lose that useful forced realization "my god, I've been away from the computer for 2 hours!". So what would be ideal would be an elapsed time counter too, which shows how long since it popped up.

4. If you don't want to add a display of elapsed time, then I would vote for leaving the title bar as is (showing the original time of popup), but having *that* (not *now*) be the logged time. Then the user could make a manual entry for *now* if desired (as I have been doing). Or perhaps have an option that if more than the normal popup interval has elapsed since the time of the popup that had been sitting there, then immediately follow it by a "now" popup.)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 05, 2010, 02:47 PM
Smaller points:

1. Anuview. It seems awkward that the log files are arranged newest first, but the entries in each file are arranged oldest first. It would be great to have an option to show the entries newest first too. If you don't like that, then an option to show the files oldest first. In that case, Anuvu should open with the current entry checked (as now) but also with it scrolled to the end so that the most recent entries can be viewed without extra work.

2. It would be very nice to be able to specify the archive time (mod the archive interval) as an option. For example, I would like the archives to be organized by day, i.e. archive in the early morning. I figured out that this can be done by exiting the program, editing G_Last_Archive in the ini file, and restarting the program. But this is not user-friendly, and is fragile because if for some reason I decide to archive mid-day, then that will become my new archive time every day.

3. FYI... DCUpdater saw that an update was needed from 13 to 15 but "get updated failed" repeatedly. I updated manually. DCUpdater always works ok for me with FARR.

4. Suggest that About and maybe Update Check commands be available from tray menu.

Thanks again!!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 05, 2010, 04:05 PM
3. BUT if you do make the title bar update regularly, I then lose that useful forced realization "my god, I've been away from the computer for 2 hours!". So what would be ideal would be an elapsed time counter too, which shows how long since it popped up.

4. If you don't want to add a display of elapsed time, then I would vote for leaving the title bar as is (showing the original time of popup), but having *that* (not *now*) be the logged time. Then the user could make a manual entry for *now* if desired (as I have been doing). Or perhaps have an option that if more than the normal popup interval has elapsed since the time of the popup that had been sitting there, then immediately follow it by a "now" popup.)
Another idea, maybe more useful, for reminding the user how long it has been since the last log entry: have the top half of the popup show the most recent entry (including timestamp), and the bottom half be the text entry field.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 06, 2010, 11:41 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.16 - 2010-01-06
    * The popup now updates the timestamp in the titlebar.  (Thanks, mediaguycouk)
    + The intial popup time is now shown in the popup's statusbar.
    + Added "About" and "Check for updates" to the tray menu.  (Thanks, jdmarch)
    ! All hotkeys were not properly disabled when the Options dialog was open.  (Thanks, jdmarch)
    ! Enter/ctrl-enter for the popup was improperly disabled while the Options dialog was open.  (Thanks, jdmarch)


1. Anuview. It seems awkward that the log files are arranged newest first, but the entries in each file are arranged oldest first.

Do you mean the log filenames in the list?  If so, mine are listed oldest to newest (top to bottom).  The initial listing is going to be dependent on the filename/timestamp format you've chosen for the log files.

It would be great to have an option to show the entries newest first too.

This is actually somewhat harder than it sounds since the format is so plain-text.  I've added it to my ToDo, though.  I should be able to add it to the next version.

It would be very nice to be able to specify the archive time (mod the archive interval) as an option.

This is a really good idea and I've added it to the ToDo as well.

3. FYI... DCUpdater saw that an update was needed from 13 to 15 but "get updated failed" repeatedly. I updated manually. DCUpdater always works ok for me with FARR.

Hmmm...seemed to work for me on my production install.

4. Suggest that About and maybe Update Check commands be available from tray menu.

Added in v1.0.16 above.  I also fixed the bug you reported in your earlier post.  Thanks for the feedback.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 06, 2010, 01:05 PM
Thanks, skwire, speedy as ever!

1. Hotkey handling is still an issue. Try this:
* show popup
* show options
* cancel popup.
* cancel options
Now the popup hotkey is dead until restart.

2. Update installation apparently caused/includes an Archive Now, which screwed up my attempt to divide up my logs consistently by day.

3.
Do you mean the log filenames in the list?  If so, mine are listed oldest to newest (top to bottom).
...[option to show the entries newest first too.]...I've added it to my ToDo
Yes, you are right about archived logfile order. I was just comparing the current log with one archive log, which are listed in the opposite order by default. To be clear, my fundamental goals with this issue are to have the ordering of the log files internally consistent, and consistent with the ordering of the entries. This is for general clarity, and also so that when multiple log files are viewed at once, the overall entry order will be monotonic not old-new-old-new.

4. The DCUpdater error was mine... obsolete default download directory.

Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 07, 2010, 11:32 AM
Another suggestion: have the default contents of the popup's text box be the same as the previous entry's, but pre-selected, so that if the user starts typing it will be replaced by the new text, but if the user presses End and Enter, it will repeat (or even more helpful but trickier for you, just Enter to repeat.) This would be useful when one is working on the same project for a long stretch of time. Thanks!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 07, 2010, 01:50 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.16 - 2010-01-06
    * The popup now updates the timestamp in the titlebar.  (Thanks, mediaguycouk)
    + The intial popup time is now shown in the popup's statusbar.

Can you add options to toggle these? The titlebar updating causes the window to flicker every second when using bblean+bbleanskin, and I like the cleaner look of the original popup. (Yes, I know I'm one of two, maybe three dudes using bblean and Anuran.)

Minor request: Using hotkey to toggle popup timer pause should trigger sound event (auditory feedback).
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: ewemoa on January 07, 2010, 06:16 PM
I'm not having much luck using Korean text with Anuran.

Anyone else have a similar experience?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 07, 2010, 07:55 PM
Another suggestion: have the default contents of the popup's text box be the same as the previous entry's, but pre-selected, so that if the user starts typing it will be replaced by the new text, but if the user presses End and Enter, it will repeat (or even more helpful but trickier for you, just Enter to repeat.) This would be useful when one is working on the same project for a long stretch of time. Thanks!

I can make an option for this.

Can you add options to toggle these? The titlebar updating causes the window to flicker every second when using bblean+bbleanskin, and I like the cleaner look of the original popup. (Yes, I know I'm one of two, maybe three dudes using bblean and Anuran.)

I actually tested it with bbLeanSkin and it didn't flicker for me but, yes, I can make them options.  I wasn't totally happy with the statusbar, either.

Minor request: Using hotkey to toggle popup timer pause should trigger sound event (auditory feedback).

Can do.

I'm not having much luck using Korean text with Anuran.
Anyone else have a similar experience?

Anuran is not Unicode capable at this time.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: ewemoa on January 08, 2010, 02:37 AM
Anuran is not Unicode capable at this time.

Ah, ok.  Thanks for the feedback -- I hope it becomes so at some point :)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: ceebu on January 08, 2010, 03:23 AM
I just became a DC member to appreciate this REALLY REALLY wonderful program - Some credits coming your way :-)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 08, 2010, 04:07 AM
I just became a DC member to appreciate this REALLY REALLY wonderful program - Some credits coming your way :-)

Thanks for the kind words and the credits.  I appreciate both of them.  =]
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 08, 2010, 04:10 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.17 - 2010-01-08
    + Added a "Show previous entry" option.  (Thanks, jdmarch)
    + Configured sound now plays if user pauses popup timer.  (Thanks, doctorfrog)
    * Made titlebar timestamp updating an option.  (Thanks, doctorfrog)
    - Took out the status bar on the popup.
    ! Hotkeys were not re-enabled if user cancelled out of the Options dialog.  (Thanks, jdmarch)


I'll work on the set-time-archival feature next.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 08, 2010, 09:11 AM
+ Added a "Show previous entry" option.  (Thanks, jdmarch)
Thank you!

Took out the status bar on the popup.
  :down: I was expecting this to become an option, not be eliminated altogether! I don't see an alternate solution in place, to the problem I posed earlier: returning to the computer after a long absence, how do I quickly know how long I've been gone? Yes, I can pop up Anuview. And yes, the "show previous entry" might give a clue but there's a difference between knowing what I was last working on, and knowing how long ago it was. If I was working on "big project" and it pops up and says "big project" then I won't get a kick in the pants that says "yes, you were working on big project 2 hours ago and you are about to work on big project, but what were you doing in between?"

I'm trying a (temporary, I hope) workaround in which I disable updating the title bar so I can can see when it popped up, then press the popup hotkey so the popup's time will be updated, hope that I remember the first time, and proceed accordingly... hmm, not much of a workaround. Maybe better to pop up Anuview so I can see the previous entries.

I'll work on the set-time-archival feature next.
:up: Great!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 09, 2010, 06:04 PM
:down: I was expecting this to become an option, not be eliminated altogether! I don't see an alternate solution in place, to the problem I posed earlier: returning to the computer after a long absence, how do I quickly know how long I've been gone? Yes, I can pop up Anuview. And yes, the "show previous entry" might give a clue but there's a difference between knowing what I was last working on, and knowing how long ago it was. If I was working on "big project" and it pops up and says "big project" then I won't get a kick in the pants that says "yes, you were working on big project 2 hours ago and you are about to work on big project, but what were you doing in between?"

My personal preference is to keep the popup (and indeed the program itself) as simple and passive/polite as possible, Spartan, even. In coming up with the idea for Anuran, I was trying to get away from apps that behave as icy taskmasters, and have something that politely perked up and asked what I was doing. I could easily ignore Anuran if I want, because it never gets in the way, and I never feel like I'm watched or penalized (kicked in the pants) for not sticking to an inflexible schedule. There are other apps (and people) that do this quite well. (EssentialPIM for basic taskmastering, ManicTime for all-seeing-eye app watching.)

This spirit may or may not explain why the option was removed, but knowing Skwire, you may see it or a similar option in improved form. :)

(Now, of course, my personal preferences shouldn't necessarily limit the program's scope as it gains in popularity, and it wouldn't surprise or dismay me if it turned into more of a taskmaster app. Indeed, the very first moment I made the app request, I also gave up control over the idea, so it'll be interesting to see where it goes.)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 09, 2010, 06:53 PM
Ok, I thought of a way around this:

1. On popup, show the time per usual, static. Do not update. This retains the popup time.
2. When the popup is actually selected, update the time to current. Keep static.
3. Repeat 2 whenever popup is selected, updating the time.
4. NO CHANGE: Retain the behavior that uses the current timestamp upon recording the entry. (ie. the moment you hit ENTER, that's your log timestamp.)

If it's important to someone to know how long the popup hung around waiting for attention, they can see it, since it's always on top. If it's covered by another window that's always on top... well... that's a sign that you have too many windows on top.

Note also that this is possible entirely because Anuran doesn't ever steal your focus (my very favorite feature) :)

No added jewelry to the popup, no real need for a toggle (I think), but there will be a need to explain this in a readme. Most peeps won't even notice it unless they're looking for it.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 09, 2010, 07:07 PM
I hear you, docfrog, and I do support KISS. But the notion that, if the user wants to know 2 data values, then the program shows the first one, then disappears it permanently, then shows the other, is really not very user-friendly. A simple status bar notice hardly seems gaudy and it avoids that nastiness.

I agree that Anuran should not be a taskmaster, scheduler, etc. But that's not to say that it shouldn't give you simple info relevant to its purpose, which is to let you record what you were doing. How far back is "what were you doing?" YMMV.

Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: ceebu on January 10, 2010, 07:10 AM
Would be great if you can build a feature where you can assign hotkeys for different "tags" - when the popup opens - more like the tags feature on google picassa. Is this possible ?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 10, 2010, 07:23 AM
I was expecting this to become an option, not be eliminated altogether!

I'll be making the statusbar an option; I just didn't have time to test it as such before the last version.  We had to do emergency upgrades at work this weekend so I've not been able to do any coding.  I should have some spare time today/tonight to get that in as well as your archive time request.

it wouldn't surprise or dismay me if it turned into more of a taskmaster app.

Hehehe...not from me, it won't.  :P :P  I really have no desire to make it into something like that since there are so many more capable and complete applications out that do exactly this.  Right now, it's unique...and I like unique.

Would be great if you can build a feature where you can assign hotkeys for different "tags" - when the popup opens - more like the tags feature on google picassa. Is this possible ?

I've had the tags idea in the back of my mind ever since I wrote in the search field portion of AnuVu.  I think it's a natural extension of something like that and it's been on my ToDo for a while now.  What I need to do is just sit down and think of an elegant way to implement it that keeps within the spirit of this app.  Thanks for the feedback.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 11, 2010, 08:09 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.18 - 2010-01-11
    + Added popup statusbar back as an option.
    + Added a second archive method.  You can now set a specific time each day for archiving.  (Thanks, jdmarch)


With the addition of the new archiving method, I hope I didn't break anything with the old one though I'm sure you all will let me know if I did.   :P
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 11, 2010, 10:12 AM
Thank you, skwire!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 11, 2010, 07:57 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.18 - 2010-01-11
    + Added popup statusbar back as an option.
    + Added a second archive method.  You can now set a specific time each day for archiving.  (Thanks, jdmarch)


With the addition of the new archiving method, I hope I didn't break anything with the old one though I'm sure you all will let me know if I did.   :P

I like the new archiving addition.  :) :up:

Suggestion for tagging (which I won't be using, myself. I like this as a freeform mental catchall app.):
Feature requirement: Keep the popup exactly the same if possible, with no new widgets. This keeps things simple for folks that won't be using tags, and (I believe) keeps the popup streamlined for those who will be using tags by keeping all user input in a single box. Dropdowns are speedbumps!
Feature requirement: Retain the dead simple, human-readable format for the logfiles.

With the above in mind: Use a text syntax for tags. Example possibility:

Surround tags in single or double colons, with no spaces (underscores ok). Separate multiple tags with a single colon. Colons are on the home row and easily tappable, which aids quick input.

User input looks like this:
::work:: working on code sample for mr. hapablap
::fun:: played some WoW

Multiple tag example, where work and fun are both applicable tags:
::work:fun:: designed a new title page

The double quotes and lack of spacing should screen out normal human colon usage, if I'm not too much mistaken. Anuran should regard anything string that includes a space as normal user input.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 11, 2010, 11:13 PM
Suggestion for tagging (which I won't be using, myself. I like this as a freeform mental catchall app.):
Feature requirement: Keep the popup exactly the same if possible, with no new widgets. This keeps things simple for folks that won't be using tags, and (I believe) keeps the popup streamlined for those who will be using tags by keeping all user input in a single box. Dropdowns are speedbumps!
Feature requirement: Retain the dead simple, human-readable format for the logfiles.

With the above in mind: Use a text syntax for tags. Example possibility:

Surround tags in single or double colons, with no spaces (underscores ok). Separate multiple tags with a single colon. Colons are on the home row and easily tappable, which aids quick input.

Any tagging I implement will be a very simple free-form type of tagging so the user can come up with the types of tags that fit for their workflow.  Some people like @tags, others like ::tags, etc.  The tags themselves will simply be part of the note.  Basically, all it's going to do is save some typing when entering a note.  Does that make sense?  Again, I'm trying to keep it simple for myself and the user.  If somebody wants a note-taker that deals heavily with tags, I urge them to check out the fantastic CintaNotes (http://cintanotes.com/).  I doubt I'd ever implement tagging in Anuran to the level that CintaNotes has. 

Feature requirement: Retain the dead simple, human-readable format for the logfiles.

I've no desire to change up the current .anu file format.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 11, 2010, 11:37 PM
Tags: not an issue for me, so my comments may not be relevant, but why not just suggest that anyone who wants to use tags, can add the relevant shortcuts into their default AHK script?

BTW, speaking of clean text files, Anuran has quite a few superfluous LF (^J) characters in the file, at the end of entries. Seems that maybe they are an artifact of the "default to previous text" feature. Doesn't seem to affect Anuview, but can be a small nuisance when editing the file. How about removing leading and trailing white space before appending to the log file?

Thanks.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 11, 2010, 11:46 PM
Tags: not an issue for me, so my comments may not be relevant, but why not just suggest that anyone who wants to use tags, can add the relevant shortcuts into their default AHK script?

Well, not everyone uses a default AHK script.

BTW, speaking of clean text files, Anuran has quite a few superfluous LF (^J) characters in the file, at the end of entries. Seems that maybe they are an artifact of the "default to previous text" feature. Doesn't seem to affect Anuview, but can be a small nuisance when editing the file. How about removing leading and trailing white space before appending to the log file?

Yes, I can do this.  However, it will remove the ability for the user to add in extra linefeeds of their own at the end of a note.  I don't see this being a huge issue, though.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mediaguycouk on January 12, 2010, 06:00 AM
I like this release!

I like the remember last comment but have disabled it as I have to grab the mouse to delete the last entry if it isn't the same. Is there a way for the text to be pre-highlighted? That way if I start typing then it is replaced but if I hit enter it is saved. And is only a delete enter away from being left blank.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 12, 2010, 06:04 AM
I like this release!

Thanks.  This project has turned out to be more popular than I initially thought it might.

I like the remember last comment but have disabled it as I have to grab the mouse to delete the last entry if it isn't the same. Is there a way for the text to be pre-highlighted? That way if I start typing then it is replaced but if I hit enter it is saved. And is only a delete enter away from being left blank.

It should already be pre-selected.  However, if you activate the window by clicking within the edit field, it will deselect it.  Try activating the popup by clicking the titlebar...the text should remain pre-selected.  Let me know...
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mediaguycouk on January 12, 2010, 06:41 AM
OK, it worked that time. I wonder what happened. I'll leave it running for the rest of the day and see if it was just me mistaking what happened.

Also if I don't want to write anything (i.e. I blank the window and press enter) the next entry is blank. This sort of makes sense, but I was wondering if that was the design or not.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 12, 2010, 07:28 AM
Also if I don't want to write anything (i.e. I blank the window and press enter) the next entry is blank. This sort of makes sense, but I was wondering if that was the design or not.

Well...technically...it was the last entry, right?   :P  I assume you would like it changed so that if an entry is blank it still uses the last known good entry?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mediaguycouk on January 12, 2010, 07:48 AM
Also if I don't want to write anything (i.e. I blank the window and press enter) the next entry is blank. This sort of makes sense, but I was wondering if that was the design or not.

Well...technically...it was the last entry, right?   :P  I assume you would like it changed so that if an entry is blank it still uses the last known good entry?

I'm not sure to be honest. If I don't want to write anything then it is unlikely that I'm still doing the same thing as before. To be honest when I write nothing it's because I'm on here, facebook or messenger and don't really want to admit it in a log
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 12, 2010, 08:47 AM
I assume you would like it changed so that if an entry is blank it still uses the last known good entry?
I thought (and liked) that the spec was that if an entry is blank then no log entry is made.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 12, 2010, 08:54 AM
I assume you would like it changed so that if an entry is blank it still uses the last known good entry?
I thought (and liked) that the spec was that if an entry is blank then no log entry is made.

Sorry, I should have been more clear.  What I meant was that, if the entry was blank, it would re-use the previously known good entry to populate the next popup.  Does that make more sense?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 12, 2010, 11:27 AM
I assume you would like it changed so that if an entry is blank it still uses the last known good entry?
I thought (and liked) that the spec was that if an entry is blank then no log entry is made.
Sorry, I should have been more clear.  What I meant was that, if the entry was blank, it would re-use the previously known good entry to populate the next popup.  Does that make more sense?

Yes, that would be nice! I had not considered that.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: pseudus on January 13, 2010, 11:32 AM
 :P  Awesome little app!!!  I was wondering if you might be willing to create something similar or based of Anuran to serve a specific purpose i have in mind.   Your app seems like it's basic framework would be perfect.  This app could eventually help a lot of people with a particular disease.

Please PM me if you are interested. 

Thank you.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: boo_radley on January 13, 2010, 11:55 AM
Anuvu has started crashing on me:


The thread 'Win32 Thread' (0x3fc) has exited with code 0 (0x0).
Unhandled exception at 0x7732cdc9 in AnuVu.exe: 0xC000041D: An unhandled exception was encountered during a user callback.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 13, 2010, 06:12 PM
Anuvu has started crashing on me:
The thread 'Win32 Thread' (0x3fc) has exited with code 0 (0x0).
Unhandled exception at 0x7732cdc9 in AnuVu.exe: 0xC000041D: An unhandled exception was encountered during a user callback.

This is the first report I've had of this but it's rather strange since I haven't touched the AnuVu code since 2009-11-18.  I googled "0xC000041D" and there are tons of hits regarding Windows 7 and this error code.  Are you running Windows 7?  If so, maybe one of those Google entries holds a solution for you.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: boo_radley on January 13, 2010, 06:47 PM
Hm. I think it might be because I recently turned on DEP on this machine. I'll try disabling it and let you know what happens.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: boo_radley on January 13, 2010, 06:58 PM
Yyyyep, turning off DEP "fixed" the problem. Maybe you could enable DEP on your dev machine and see what happens? I'd really like to run with as few exceptions as possible.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 13, 2010, 11:39 PM
I could turn it on but the problem is that I wouldn't have any idea how to fix the issue.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 14, 2010, 06:50 AM
Re DEP: this post (http://www.autohotkey.com/forum/post-291919.html#291919) might be helpful.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 14, 2010, 11:49 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.19 - 2010-01-14
    + Added "Go to pause mode after startup" option to the General tab.  (Thanks, M. Gumm)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: kamiller42 on January 14, 2010, 04:57 PM
This is a great little app. I found my pop-up sound. Enjoy.
http://www.freesoundfiles.tintagel.net/Audio/free-wave-files-animals/frog_1.wav

There is this one, but it's a little much.
http://www.freesoundfiles.tintagel.net/Audio/free-wave-files-animals/frog_2.wav
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 15, 2010, 12:00 AM
Hm, yes, Anuran still doesn't 'ship' with any sound files.

Request: bundle at least one .wav file with Anuran, and have it pre-selected as the default event sound.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: 2legs on January 15, 2010, 02:05 AM
I tried this on my XP laptop at home, and decided I needed it at work, too. When I tried to run it on my old Windows 2000 desktop at work I got the error shown.

Anyone else got it working on Win 2k??
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 15, 2010, 02:48 AM
I tried this on my XP laptop at home, and decided I needed it at work, too. When I tried to run it on my old Windows 2000 desktop at work I got the error shown.
Anyone else got it working on Win 2k??

Yes, I have at least one reported person using it successfully on Win2k.  When you first start the Anuran.exe, it should create two folders: res & archive

Within the /res folder, it should extract the following files:


Can you confirm the files and folders are created?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 15, 2010, 06:15 AM
[...] if the entry was blank, it would re-use the previously known good entry to populate the next popup.  Does that make more sense?

Yes, that would be nice! I had not considered that.

+1

I finally got to update - I kept downloading new updates & 'forgetting' to install them. I know I can check for updates via systray context menu (but I havent been using app in a while).
I'm wondering should it not show in the dcupdater window? (It doesnt here).
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 15, 2010, 06:21 AM
I'm wondering should it not show in the dcupdater window? (It doesnt here).

It should if you launch the update check from the "Help, Check for updates" menu entry.  Is that what you're doing?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 15, 2010, 06:31 AM
I'm wondering should it not show in the dcupdater window? (It doesnt here).

It should if you launch the update check from the "Help, Check for updates" menu entry.  Is that what you're doing?

no, I was just opening dcupdater (or maybe it opened itself..)
It would be helpful though (but no big deal!) if it were in there by default - or can it be added manually - that way, whenever dcupdater does open, it would check if Anuran needs an update
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 15, 2010, 06:49 AM
no, I was just opening dcupdater (or maybe it opened itself..)
It would be helpful though (but no big deal!) if it were in there by default - or can it be added manually - that way, whenever dcupdater does open, it would check if Anuran needs an update

I believe that, if you use the option within Anuran one time, it will show up when you launch DCUpdater manually.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 15, 2010, 06:53 AM
I'm wondering should it not show in the dcupdater window? (It doesnt here).
It should if you launch the update check from the "Help, Check for updates" menu entry.  Is that what you're doing?

I had a similar question, but maybe this is a really a DCUpdater feature request (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=21383.0)?

Edit: (A feature request to which the all-seeing mouser responded instantly and positively.)

Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 15, 2010, 07:02 AM
no, I was just opening dcupdater (or maybe it opened itself..)
It would be helpful though (but no big deal!) if it were in there by default - or can it be added manually - that way, whenever dcupdater does open, it would check if Anuran needs an update

I believe that, if you use the option within Anuran one time, it will show up when you launch DCUpdater manually.

ahh, you're right (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/WHISTLE.GIF) (https://www.donationcoder.com/forum/esmileys/gen3/1Small/gwizd.gif)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 15, 2010, 07:07 AM
Two bug reports and a comment:

1. I just checked with Anuview and see that even though I set the option to archive at 3:30 a.m. each day, my current.anu has now accumulated 4 days of entries.

2. When I look at the change log in the about folder, it only shows changes through "v1.0.11 - 2009-11-18" i.e. the changelog which is in the res folder, not the correct one which is in the program folder.

3. I think it's unwise to default to putting log files under program files, since they contain user data. Many backup protocols do not backup any Program Files. Likewise it would be more friendly if the config.ini were under one of the Application folders.

Don't know whether this is relevant, but:
a. Anuran is installed 2 levels down in my Program Files folder, not immediately under Program files.
b. My log folder is in my data hierarchy, not in the default under the program folder.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 15, 2010, 09:25 AM
1. I just checked with Anuview and see that even though I set the option to archive at 3:30 a.m. each day, my current.anu has now accumulated 4 days of entries.
2. When I look at the change log in the about folder, it only shows changes through "v1.0.11 - 2009-11-18" i.e. the changelog which is in the res folder, not the correct one which is in the program folder.
3. I think it's unwise to default to putting log files under program files, since they contain user data. Many backup protocols do not backup any Program Files. Likewise it would be more friendly if the config.ini were under one of the Application folders.

1) Hmmm...I will do some more testing on this.  Sorry about that.  May I assume you run your computer 24/7 i.e. it's actually on at 3:30 a.m.?
2) Maybe something went screwy with my build process.  The current changelog.txt gets compiled into the Anuran.exe and extracted into the /res folder each time you start up Anuran.  I can't seem to make it act like you're describing.
3) We're going to have to disagree here.  I much prefer my apps to keep their stuff in their own folder.  At the very least, this keeps them portable.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 15, 2010, 10:24 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.20 - 2010-01-15
    + Included default frog_1.wav file in the /sounds folder.  (Thanks, doctorfrog)
    ! Fixed, hopefully, an archiving bug where Anuran wouldn't archive at the specified time.  (Thanks, jdmarch)


@jdmarch: Please let me know if that fixed it.  Thanks.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 15, 2010, 03:18 PM
A quick heads up. Have not had a chance to install v 1.0.20 yet, but v 19 has not popped up automatically since I installed it this morning. Been rushed, so did not realize this until just now.

Edit: I restarted Anuran, and later it did pop up, but without remembering the previous entry - I guess that's to be expected.
Edit2: And it's now remembering previous entries as well.
Edit3: Actually it's inconsistent: sometimes it remembers the previous entry, sometimes not! I can't see a pattern.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 15, 2010, 09:13 PM
I installed v *.20, will see how the archiving goes later tonight -- yes, the computer is on all night, adding to my carbon footprint :down:

This morning I deleted the old change log in res (no, it was not read-only), and when I installed *.20 just now, the new one was copied into res as it should be. Go figure.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 17, 2010, 01:47 PM
The daily scheduled archiving is still not working (v *.20) - missed its scheduled archive the past 2 nights.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 17, 2010, 01:59 PM
Another build? I need to sleep less.

BUG: Anuran>Archive>Archive logs daily at: I like the "Archive logs daily at" option, but it doesn't seem to work if Anuran isn't running at the very moment the logs are supposed to rotate. On startup, Anuran should check to see if that point in time has passed, and archive the current.anu. This is (or should be) the behavior for the "Archive logs every" option as well. Times should be based on current.anu's origin date.

Might need someone to confirm the above bug.

E: looks like jdm's experience is the same as mine.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 17, 2010, 03:15 PM
Another build? I need to sleep less.

BUG: Anuran>Archive>Archive log I like the "Archive logs daily at" option, but it doesn't seem to work if Anuran isn't running at the very moment the logs are supposed to rotate. On startup, Anuran should check to see if that point in time has passed, and archive the current.anu. This is (or should be) the behavior for the "Archive logs every" option as well. Times should be based on current.anu's origin date.

Might need someone to confirm the above bug.

E: looks like jdm's experience is the same as mine.
Actually, in my case, I expect that the popup would have been open/running when the archive time passed unheeded.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 17, 2010, 07:28 PM
Gah...I really don't know what is causing it not to archive since all the tests I've done have worked for me. 

1) You mentioned that your computer is on 24/7 (so is mine) but it's not in some kind of sleep/hibernate mode at 3:30 a.m., right? 
2) Does the "Archive now" button work for you?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 17, 2010, 07:45 PM
1) You mentioned that your computer is on 24/7 (so is mine) but it's not in some kind of sleep/hibernate mode at 3:30 a.m., right? 
No, it's not.
2) Does the "Archive now" button work for you?
Jackpot!!! I should have tested this. It worked on the early releases, but does not now.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 17, 2010, 07:52 PM
Jackpot!!! I should have tested this. It worked on the early releases, but does not now.

Are you running Vista or Windows 7 and are running Anuran from the Program Files folder?  If so, maybe Anuran is having trouble writing to that folder?  If that turns out to be the case, could you try testing it from another folder outside of the Program Files one? 
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 17, 2010, 08:11 PM
No: Windows XP, full admin rights, had no trouble archiving earlier.

<exploring>... Aha! Last time, I tried "Archive Now" from the tray icon. This time, I tried it from the options dialog, and saw the error message "current.anu file not found. Nothing to archive." Recall that my data files are not in the default location. So the popup and anuview have no trouble finding them, but apparently the archiver is not so aware.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 17, 2010, 08:20 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.21 - 2010-01-17
    ! Fixed, AGAIN, an archiving bug where Anuran wouldn't archive at the specified time.  I can't code.  =]  (Thanks, jdmarch)



Please try this version...   :-[
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 17, 2010, 09:14 PM
well, the archive button is working now!
I'll see whether the archive happens tonight.
Thanks, skwire!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mohamedm on January 19, 2010, 05:24 AM
Thank you for the nice program.

It would be nicer if it supported Arabic as my entered text appears as question marks.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 19, 2010, 05:56 AM
scheduled archiving is working now!
Thanks, skwire!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 19, 2010, 05:59 AM
scheduled archiving is working now!
Thanks, skwire!

Finally, eh?   ;)  Sorry for the hassle and thanks for sticking with it.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 19, 2010, 05:32 PM
Thank you for the nice program.
It would be nicer if it supported Arabic as my entered text appears as question marks.

You're welcome, mohamedm.  Apologies for the lack of Unicode support.  The last time I checked, the Unicode version of AutoHotkey didn't support file I/O yet so I'm not sure I could make it work even if I compiled Anuran with that version.  I'll try to find some time to check into it.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mediaguycouk on January 20, 2010, 08:17 AM
You may know about this but the program is causing the 'return' key to be a carriage return before it is a 'ok' command.

This doesn't cause too many problems normally, just an extra line in the AnVu software. However if you remember the last entry it means that the cursor starts underneath the sentence the next time it appears. It also means that if you remove something from the beginning of the sentence you end up with blank lines

   (2010-01-20 @ 01:10:49 PM)
      Lunch
      
      
      
   (2010-01-20 @ 01:41:14 PM)
      Tickets and VHS digitisation
 
 
 
   (2010-01-20 @ 02:11:18 PM)
      
      VHS digitisation
      


I think this is the following

   (2010-01-20 @ 01:41:14 PM)
      Tickets and VHS digitisation
[blank line added by fault in return key]
[blank line added by AnVu at the end of message]      
[blank line added by AnVu at the start of the next message]
   (2010-01-20 @ 02:11:18 PM)
[blank line as I removed 'Tickets and' and pressed Enter   ]
      VHS digitisation
      
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 20, 2010, 09:38 AM
Yes, this is a recurring issue that is sporadic enough that it's hard to code around.  Let me see what I can do about stripping any trailing newlines.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 20, 2010, 10:13 AM
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Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 20, 2010, 10:24 AM
Yes, this is a recurring issue that is sporadic enough that it's hard to code around.  Let me see what I can do about stripping any trailing newlines.
That would be great. It's not very sporadic here... my log files are filed with blank lines.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: pseudus on January 20, 2010, 10:51 AM
Just a suggestion, but how about requiring a SHIFT+ENTER for a new line/carriage return? Seems to me, most users of this program do not need a new line often.

Just my $.02
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 20, 2010, 11:50 AM
Just a suggestion, but how about requiring a SHIFT+ENTER for a new line/carriage return? Seems to me, most users of this program do not need a new line often.

have a look in the options :) - on the pop-up tab you can set the Enter/Control behaviour (choice is Ctrl+Enter or Enter for new line & the other for close popup)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: pseudus on January 20, 2010, 12:30 PM
 :-[   Sorry, wonder where the extra lines are coming from then....
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 20, 2010, 02:21 PM
Just a suggestion, but how about requiring a SHIFT+ENTER for a new line/carriage return? Seems to me, most users of this program do not need a new line often.

have a look in the options :) - on the pop-up tab you can set the Enter/Control behaviour (choice is Ctrl+Enter or Enter for new line & the other for close popup)

Yes, but that doesn't work properly. Even with the default setting (Enter for close popup), pressing Enter often inserts a spurious newline into the log file.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 20, 2010, 05:33 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.22 - 2010-01-20
    ! Trailing newlines are now stripped from notes before saving.


Give this version a shot, folks, and let me know if the "extra lines" issue is resolved.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 20, 2010, 08:05 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.22 - 2010-01-20
    ! Trailing newlines are now stripped from notes before saving.


Give this version a shot, folks, and let me know if the "extra lines" issue is resolved.
So far so good. Thanks, skwire!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 21, 2010, 12:43 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.23 - 2010-01-21
    + A real honest-to-goodness helpfile is now included with Anuran.  Many thanks
      to doctorfrog and mouser for their contributions and feedback.  Bring up the
      Options panel and choose Help, Contents from the menu.



So far so good. Thanks, skwire!

Cool...thanks for the report.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 21, 2010, 03:30 AM
I'm just getting back to using this now (well, as of yesterday evening)

I want to archive log daily, It's currently set to:-
Archive logs every: [1] [day(s)]
Does that archive then: 24hrs after the first entry, or at midnight (the latter doesnt seem to be the case here so I will have to wait till later to check the former*)

I hibernate evenings btw - yes yes my computer I mean :p    :)
I should probably better use the second option (Archive logs daily at:) but thought I would follow this up as I found it confusing...


* will report back later if that works
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 21, 2010, 04:19 AM
I want to archive log daily, It's currently set to:-
Archive logs every: [1] [day(s)]
Does that archive then: 24hrs after the first entry, or at midnight (the latter doesnt seem to be the case here so I will have to wait till later to check the former*)

It will archive 24 hours after you click OK.  You would be better off using the second option where you can specify a daily time to archive.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 21, 2010, 04:32 AM
It will archive 24hrs after you click OK.  You would be better off using the second option where you can specify a daily time to archive.

gotchya  thanks Skwire
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 21, 2010, 04:50 AM
here's a minor problem with the viewer

I right click an archived log. Context menu shows.
I then right-click any other log.
The app uses 100% cpu (well, one full core) for a few seconds, and only then shows the context menu for that item

XP SP2 home
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 21, 2010, 05:33 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.24 - 2010-01-21
    * AnuVu v1.0.8
        ! Successive right-clicking the listview sometimes resulted in a 100% CPU race condition.  (Thanks, tomos)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 21, 2010, 07:10 AM
Bug: several times a day, Anuran popup text field is blank upon popup even though previous entry was not blank.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 21, 2010, 07:58 AM
Is this new with the latest version or has this been an ongoing thing?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on January 21, 2010, 08:25 AM
Is this new with the latest version or has this been an ongoing thing?
Certainly with last night's version (..23). Not sure how much earlier because I have been assuming user error and not paying much attention (sorry), but if I had to guess I would say maybe a few versions earlier?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mohamedm on January 21, 2010, 11:36 AM
You're welcome, mohamedm.  Apologies for the lack of Unicode support.  The last time I checked, the Unicode version of AutoHotkey didn't support file I/O yet so I'm not sure I could make it work even if I compiled Anuran with that version.  I'll try to find some time to check into it.

Thanks, hopefully it will work with the Unicode version.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 21, 2010, 12:07 PM
Bug: several times a day, Anuran popup text field is blank upon popup even though previous entry was not blank.
I noticed that earlier today - i.e. with last but one version:
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.22 - 2010-01-20
    ! Trailing newlines are now stripped from notes before saving.


Give this version a shot, folks, and let me know if the "extra lines" issue is resolved.

wasnt using previous version so cant say...
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 22, 2010, 01:21 PM
I want to archive log daily, It's currently set to:-
Archive logs every: [1] [day(s)]
Does that archive then: 24hrs after the first entry, or at midnight (the latter doesnt seem to be the case here so I will have to wait till later to check the former*)

It will archive 24 hours after you click OK.  You would be better off using the second option where you can specify a daily time to archive.

I'm afraid it's not archiving here if computer is shutdown or hibernated at scheduled archive time... settings "Archive daily at:" (hibernated last night & tried again today via shutdown)
Version 1.0.21 build one - oh :-[ I see newer versions (but none that relate to this problem?)

I've updated & will report back in the next couple of days


[edit] forgot to say I did a test earlier & it archived okay when pc running [/edit]
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 22, 2010, 02:09 PM
Currently, Anuran has to be running at the time of scheduled archive.  In other words, if your computer is off or hibernated, it won't archive.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on January 22, 2010, 03:09 PM
Currently, Anuran has to be running at the time of scheduled archive.  In other words, if your computer is off or hibernated, it won't archive.

I hadn't realised that Skwire - sorry for pestering you!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 22, 2010, 04:00 PM
No worries...I've added it to my ToDo.  Thanks, as always, for the feedback.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: 2legs on January 23, 2010, 03:38 AM
I tried this on my XP laptop at home, and decided I needed it at work, too. When I tried to run it on my old Windows 2000 desktop at work I got the error shown.
Anyone else got it working on Win 2k??

Yes, I have at least one reported person using it successfully on Win2k.  When you first start the Anuran.exe, it should create two folders: res & archive

Within the /res folder, it should extract the following files:

  • about.png
  • changelog.txt
  • dcuhelper.exe
  • icon.ico
  • resources.dll

Can you confirm the files and folders are created?

Yes, I checked that the folder and files are all there. I tried starting it a couple of times, and it "runs", although it never pops up by itself, and can't be configured (same error pops up when I try). I can see the space where it should be in the systray, and the context menu is active when I right-click on the vacant spot in the systray. I tried the latest version but no change. My system is Windows 2000 Pro SP 4.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 23, 2010, 07:15 AM
Yes, I checked that the folder and files are all there. I tried starting it a couple of times, and it "runs", although it never pops up by itself, and can't be configured (same error pops up when I try). I can see the space where it should be in the systray, and the context menu is active when I right-click on the vacant spot in the systray. I tried the latest version but no change. My system is Windows 2000 Pro SP 4.

Does the same error happen with the latest Anuran?  I added some code a few version back that tried to address the tray icon issue in Win2k.  Also, you say the tray menu does appear.  Does anything happen when you choose Options from the menu?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 23, 2010, 07:50 AM
I busted out my Win2k install discs and am installing them in a VM as we speak.  I'll let you know if I find anything amiss.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 23, 2010, 08:54 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.25 - 2010-01-23
    ! Lots of tray icon fixes for Win 9x/ME/2k.
    * AnuVu v1.0.9
        ! Lots of icon fixes for Win 9x/ME/2k.


2legs, let me know if that seems to solve the issues for you.  Thanks.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 25, 2010, 11:32 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.26 - 2010-01-25
    + Added hotkey for manual archiving.  (Thanks, M. Gumm)
    + Added a third archive method.  You can now choose manual-only archving.  (Thanks, M. Gumm)
    * AnuVu v1.0.10
        + Added a "Delete selected" option to the Edit/context menu.  This will delete the actual .anu file(s).  (Thanks, M. Gumm)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: 2legs on January 28, 2010, 12:08 AM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.25 - 2010-01-23
    ! Lots of tray icon fixes for Win 9x/ME/2k.
    * AnuVu v1.0.9
        ! Lots of icon fixes for Win 9x/ME/2k.


2legs, let me know if that seems to solve the issues for you.  Thanks.

I tried it today and it works fine on my Win 2k PC at work (although the systray icons look slightly different). Now I have it at home and at work!

Great software.

Thanks,

Geoff
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 28, 2010, 12:13 AM
I tried it today and it works fine on my Win 2k PC at work (although the systray icons look slightly different). Now I have it at home and at work!

Great to hear; thanks for the report.  You can apply this patch on your 2k system to get them looking more similar:

http://www.dr-hoiby.com/TrayIconIn256Color/
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: migounanounet on January 28, 2010, 07:19 AM
Hi,
First of all, thanx for this tool, great and useful software  :Thmbsup:

I have a feature suggest: what about a schedule telling Anuran when to popup ?
Something like : 0800-1200;1400-2000@(mon-fri) to tell Anuran to pop-up between 8am and 12pm, and then between 2pm and 6pm from monday to friday.

So, what do you think about it ?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 29, 2010, 03:42 PM
That sounds like it might be complicated to implement within Anuran, and at that point it starts to become an appointment minder, which I'm always going to try to respectfully argue against.

If you already use an appointment minder like EssentialPIM or Outlook these have the kind of popups you want, plus they can execute programs if you tell them to. If you don't have or want EPIM or Outlook, I use Pegtop PStart's launcher, which very reliably can automatically launch programs based on an hourly, daily, yearly schedule. It's good stuff and I recommend it every time I get a chance to.

So, where I'm going with this, if we program Anuran with the ability to launch the popup if Anuran is ever re-launched when it is already running, we can patch in this behavior without adding to the complexity of the software.

One benefit of this is that if you already have a schedule set into appointment software, there's no need to duplicate it within Anuran. Just add Anuran.exe as a program to run on the appointment.

Of course, if this is a fairly easy thing to implement, that's a different story.

As far as implementation goes, we could do worse than uTorrent's scheduler:

(http://i193.photobucket.com/albums/z221/ashishmohta/2007/08/utorrent_scheduler.png)

Just substitute "Full speed" and "Limited" with "Popup Enabled" and "Popup Disabled."
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 29, 2010, 03:49 PM
I've been meaning to reply to migounanounet's post.  Migounanounet, I really appreciate the feedback and feature suggestion but I have no plans to implement any sort of scheduler in Anuran.  Apologies.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: AEngineer on January 30, 2010, 08:40 AM
Like most here I was most impressed by what I saw, but won't be using it till I have the ability to export readily in either CSV or Tab format, ready for analysis in a spreadsheet or DB.  My quick review didn't show those capabilities - apologies if I missed them.  My suggestions specifically:
- Export option in CSV and/or Tab format - single line to allow importing each record
- Timestamp output option compatible with spreadsheet (Excel) import

Enhancements I'd love, but not as important
- A project field - with pull-down and ready editing - with default persistence of last project

Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 30, 2010, 03:21 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.27 - 2010-01-30
    * AnuVu v1.0.11
        + Added option to keep "current.anu" at the top of the list during sorting.  (Thanks, doctorfrog & M. Gumm)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 30, 2010, 03:34 PM
Like most here I was most impressed by what I saw, but won't be using it till I have the ability to export readily in either CSV or Tab format, ready for analysis in a spreadsheet or DB.  My quick review didn't show those capabilities - apologies if I missed them.  My suggestions specifically:
- Export option in CSV and/or Tab format - single line to allow importing each record
- Timestamp output option compatible with spreadsheet (Excel) import

1) CSV export shouldn't be difficult, I'll add it to the ToDo.
2) I'll try to finagle this in as well.  Which format did you have in mind?

The reason that number two is not as simple as it may seem is that Anuran has no concept of dates.  From the beginning, it was decided to keep the timestamp options as free-form as possible in staying with Anuran, in general, being as free-form as possible.  In other words, a user could configure Anuran with no timestamps if they wished.

Enhancements I'd love, but not as important
- A project field - with pull-down and ready editing - with default persistence of last project

This may be outside the scope of Anuran but I'll add it to my ToDo as well.  Thanks for the feedback.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: AEngineer on January 30, 2010, 04:25 PM
Thanks for the quick response and willingness to try and push it further.

The date stamp algorithim in Excel is the days since January 1st, 1900 + Military Hours/24

e.g.  40198.5291666667  is 1/20/2010  12:42:00 PM
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 30, 2010, 06:39 PM
The date stamp algorithim in Excel is the days since January 1st, 1900 + Military Hours/24

Ugh...the lovely "1900 date" format.  Honestly, what might be better would be for the user to choose a timestamp format, in Anuran, that Excel can recognise and convert itself.  Your thoughts?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: AEngineer on January 30, 2010, 08:30 PM
Sure. 
You might have to help some people with the documentation on how to make the conversion. 

If you can provide an output in CSV or Tab form that gives:
Year (4 digit)
Month
Day
Hour
Minute
Second

then it's easy to use the Date & Time formulas to create the timestamp in Excel.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 30, 2010, 09:00 PM
The next couple questions are regarding the CSV format itself. 

1) The CSV RFC says that linebreaks must be preserved.  However, a LOT of so-called CSV readers will choke on this (thinking it's a new record).  Your thoughts?
2) Did you want a header line?

Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: AEngineer on January 30, 2010, 09:07 PM
No line breaks please, one line per record
I think a header line would be nice although my memory is that most csv and tab outputs don't have one.

You're amazing - it's Saturday night and you should be out carousing.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 30, 2010, 09:13 PM
No line breaks please, one line per record
I think a header line would be nice although my memory is that most csv and tab outputs don't have one.

Cool...no line breaks makes things easier.

You're amazing - it's Saturday night and you should be out carousing.

Hehehe...I'm married with two daughters.  No carousing here.  =]
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 30, 2010, 09:41 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.28 - 2010-01-30
    * AnuVu v1.0.12
        + Added capability to export current view as CSV format.  Choose "File, Export current view to CSV format" from the menu.  (Thanks, AEngineer)



Jim, see if this is what you were after.  Double-quotes and commas within a note should be handled properly.  If you want a header line, it's no trouble to add.  Thanks.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 30, 2010, 09:54 PM
Glad to see CSV export is going to work out. I can see how this will add significant value to the app for some people.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 30, 2010, 11:27 PM
Glad to see CSV export is going to work out. I can see how this will add significant value to the app for some people.

Were you able to test it out and see if it exported properly?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: AEngineer on January 31, 2010, 06:44 AM
What a great use of a Saturday night (for me)!
Yes, it works splendidly. 

For documentation purposes here's the formula that produces a timestamp, assuming that the date output field is in A1

=DATE(LEFT(A1,4),MID(A1,6,2),MID(A1,9,2))+ TIME(MID(A1,14,2),MID(A1,17,2),MID(A1,20,2))

Many thanks indeed.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 31, 2010, 01:02 PM
Works on my end as well. Nice addition.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on January 31, 2010, 02:37 PM
Request: Audio feedback when using "Archive now" hotkey. I think two "ribbits" will do for this, instead of just one, since the action is more "momentous."
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: AEngineer on January 31, 2010, 04:39 PM
Suggestion for others who want to import this to a database.  I'm adopting a convention that I'll put my "category" at the beginning followed by a "-"  That way I can easily parse the category in Excel.

e.g
Soccer - Watch Arsenal go down to Manu   :mad:
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on February 02, 2010, 05:34 PM
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I threw together a quick proof of concept for a tail program for Anuran. I'm not a programmer, so I'm cribbing from other established tools, tail-f.exe from http://cybertiggyr.com/tlf/tlf.html#SECTION00040000000000000000 and console 2 from http://sourceforge.net/projects/console/

All it does is call forth a translucent terminal that tails ..\current.anu. To use it, unzip into a new directory inside your Anuran directory, and run Console.exe. To change how the window behaves, right click on the black space for a menu; I've hidden all of Console 2's widgetry. Also, the program will terminate if it doesn't find ..\current.anu.

This is by no means meant to be distributed, just something I've been thinking about for a bit as an addon for Anuran. It's meant as an always-on-bottom or desktop widget that allows you to quickly refer to your anuran log to see what you've been entering for the past n entries, without having to bring up AnuView.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mouser on February 04, 2010, 05:53 PM
anuran featured on pcworld today:
http://www.pcworld.com/article/187521/log_your_activity_with_freebie_anuran.html

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Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on February 06, 2010, 12:04 AM
Awesome. Congratulations, Skwire!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on February 06, 2010, 12:36 PM
Thanks, froggy, and thanks to everybody for shaping Anuran into what it is today.  =]
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: AEngineer on February 06, 2010, 01:00 PM
More on converting to Excel Timestamp.
I found, somewhat to my embarrassment, that AM/PM and the fact that noon is labeled as 12:00PM not 00:00 PM exported info fouled up my prior Excel timestamp.  The following does work (I know it's ugly, but it's necessary), assuming that the exported timestamp is in A4. 

=DATE(LEFT(A4,4),MID(A4,6,2),MID(A4,9,2))+ TIME( IF( AND(RIGHT(A4,2)="PM",VALUE(MID(A4,14,2))<12),MID(A4,14,2)+12,MID(A4,14,2) ),  MID(A4,17,2),MID(A4,20,2))

It would be MUCH cleaner to export the time in military (24 hour) units.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on February 06, 2010, 01:39 PM
It would be MUCH cleaner to export the time in military (24 hour) units.

You know that you can use a military timestamp in your log entries, right?  Simply use "HH" instead of "hh" in your timestamp format.  Click the "i" information buttons for all the tokens you can use within your timestamp.  Apologies if you were already aware of all this.  =]
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: AEngineer on February 06, 2010, 02:54 PM
Ummm.  I guess I saw it and didn't register.  Thanks for informing me!  ;)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on February 06, 2010, 02:54 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.29 - 2010-02-06
    * AnuVu v1.0.13
        + Added toolbar button for CSV export format option.
        + Added option to play sound on archival.  Options, Archive tab.  (Thanks, doctorfrog).
        * Changed the icon look from the Silk set to the Fugue set found at http://www.pinvoke.com.  This affects both Anuran's options and AnuVu's toolbar and configuration dialog.



New look:

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Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: DeVamp on February 23, 2010, 10:03 AM
I  :-* :-* the program.  :Thmbsup:

It's perfect, because at work i always forget to stay up to date with what work i did for what client.

the only thing i have with it, is the way of archiving.

My archive log format is : yyyy_MM_dd_dddd

I used to set it to archive 1 day.

But then according to if my computer was running or not or sometimes anuran was not running, i ended up with entries from yesterday in the logs of today.

when i changed the archivetime to every 10 minutes, but now i get a new file every 10 minutes.
It's in the format Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[number].anu
like Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[1].anu and Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[2].anu and Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[3].anu

isn't it possible to just append to the file if it already exists in the format.

That still doesn't solve the fact that if i enter something just before closing the PC, it will be archived the next day.
For that, perhaps you can use the timestamp of the entry to calculate the timestamp of the archivefile.
And then just append to that file.

If i'm making it to complicated, no worries, i will find a way around it. :-)
Perhaps that the export to CSV gives me possibilities.

Tnx anyway for the program.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on February 26, 2010, 02:44 AM
I  :-* :-* the program.  :Thmbsup:

It's perfect, because at work i always forget to stay up to date with what work i did for what client.

Thanks for the compliment and sorry about the delay in replying.

the only thing i have with it, is the way of archiving.

Hehehe...yeah, I know what you mean.  ;D  It's kind of tough to cover everybody's ideas regarding archiving without it becoming a huge mess of options.

when i changed the archivetime to every 10 minutes, but now i get a new file every 10 minutes.
It's in the format Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[number].anu
like Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[1].anu and Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[2].anu and Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[3].anu

isn't it possible to just append to the file if it already exists in the format.

This is actually a very elegant way to solve the issue.  Anybody else have thoughts on this?

That still doesn't solve the fact that if i enter something just before closing the PC, it will be archived the next day.
For that, perhaps you can use the timestamp of the entry to calculate the timestamp of the archivefile.
And then just append to that file.

Another option is to use the Archive hotkey or the Archive entry in the tray.  Thanks for the feedback.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on February 26, 2010, 03:29 AM
when i changed the archivetime to every 10 minutes, but now i get a new file every 10 minutes.
It's in the format Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[number].anu
like Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[1].anu and Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[2].anu and Log_yyyy_MM_dd_dddd[3].anu

isn't it possible to just append to the file if it already exists in the format.

This is actually a very elegant way to solve the issue.  Anybody else have thoughts on this?

would that mean that you might archive every 10 minutes, but you would only have one archived text file for each day if your Log timestamp doesnt include hours or minutes ?

If so sounds very good to me
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on February 26, 2010, 03:33 AM
would that mean that you might archive every 10 minutes, but you would only have one archived text file for each day if your Log timestamp doesnt include hours or minutes ?

If so sounds very good to me

Correct.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: doctorfrog on February 27, 2010, 02:23 AM
Sweet crispy crap, why didn't I think of this?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on February 27, 2010, 08:33 AM
Sweet crispy crap, why didn't I think of this?

You and me, both, my friend.   :P  Everybody, let me know if the following build breaks anything.  Thanks.

Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.30 - 2010-02-27
    * If an archive file already exists, the current.anu contents will now be appended to it instead of a new_file[1].anu file being created.  (Thanks, DeVamp)

Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: DeVamp on March 01, 2010, 04:30 AM
Well, at first it looks like it is working. :Thmbsup:

We'll see the following days :-)

Another option is to use the Archive hotkey or the Archive entry in the tray.
Ah yes, i'll archive right after every entry. Great tip!

Thanks for the feedback.
NP :-)
I even got a compliment at work because my timekeep was completly filled on time. :-)

So it sure is a very awesome program.
Tnx again.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on March 01, 2010, 05:38 AM
Another option is to use the Archive hotkey or the Archive entry in the tray.
Ah yes, i'll archive right after every entry. Great tip!

Hopefully, with the latest build, you won't have to do this.  Just set your archive time to something very small...one minute or so.  The time and CPU used for an archival is negligible and shouldn't cause any hit on your system.

I even got a compliment at work because my timekeep was completly filled on time. :-)

Hahaha...very nice.   :D
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: DeVamp on April 01, 2010, 02:42 AM
Here i'm back, with another suggestion:

I have put the popup to show every 15 minutes.
Because mostly i have to do short things for short periods for different clients.
So it's easy to just enter the name from the client i'm working for.

But sometimes it happens that i work a whole morning or afternoon or even a whole day for the same project or same client.
Then i don't need to be reminded every 15 minutes.

so my idea is to put a little snooze possibility to the popup.
The value of the snooze is the one that is defined in the options.

It's just an idea. :-)


Check attachment.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: DeVamp on April 06, 2010, 04:18 AM
Ow, another idea: possibility to re-show/keep the previous entered message as default.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on April 06, 2010, 04:26 AM
so my idea is to put a little snooze possibility to the popup.
The value of the snooze is the one that is defined in the options.
It's just an idea. :-)

It's a good idea.  Currently, you can "freeze" the popup so that it doesn't pop up.  However, the sound will continue to play at the popup to remind you that Anuran is still working.

Ow, another idea: possibility to re-show/keep the previous entered message as default.

Unless you meant something else: Options > Popup tab > Show previous entry in popup checkbox
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: DeVamp on April 06, 2010, 09:49 AM
Currently, you can "freeze" the popup so that it doesn't pop up.  However, the sound will continue to play at the popup to remind you that Anuran is still working.
I don't understand this one.  :-[

And yes, I need to check the options before asking redundant things  :P
It was exactly that what i was suggesting. Tnx for being faster than fast  :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on April 06, 2010, 10:27 AM
I don't understand this one.  :-[

What I'm saying is that, during those times when you're working with a single client, you can freeze the popup via hotkey or tray menu.  During the time it's frozen, the popup will not pop up but any sound effect you have configured will continue to play as a simple reminder that Anuran is still running.  If you hear this sound and you realise that you're done working with that single client, simply unfreeze Anuran and it will resume normal pop up behaviour.  Does that clear it up some?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: DeVamp on April 06, 2010, 10:32 AM
Ah yes, I get it.

That must be the "pause popup timer" option.

Splendid!!! :-)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on April 06, 2010, 11:21 AM
Splendid!!! :-)

May I assume this is acceptable as an alternative to a snooze option?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: DeVamp on April 06, 2010, 04:37 PM
May I assume this is acceptable as an alternative to a snooze option?
Yes you may.
I will try it a couple of days. :-)

Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on April 26, 2010, 11:11 AM
I just updated Anuran for the first time since January (I do wish that DCUpdater were able to include Anuran in its automatic update list). Very nice that we can now sort the log files in reverse order, keeping the current log at top.

But my dream Anuview sort would let me quickly see all recent entries (across several log files) in entry order (ascending or descending, don't really care). We're almost there now, but FWIW, here are the small remaining issues:

1. The file sort order is not persistent, have to re-sort every time AnuView is opened (ok, only 2 clicks!)

2. Then the files are in descending date order, but the entries within each file are in ascending time order, so the merged entry list is up/down/up/down.

3. An alternative which works around (2), using the default ascending file order, has 2 problems: The current log is out of sequence, and it takes lots of scrolling to get down to the most recent files. So another solution would be an option to keep current.anu at the end of the file list, and to open anuview with the list pre-scrolled to the end of the list.

Thanks!
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jdmarch on May 06, 2010, 06:36 PM
One other small issue, really just aesthetic... if the same description is used for multiple consecutive entries, and each is accepted by pressing arrow key then Enter, then the the CR characters accumulate.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: migounanounet on August 10, 2010, 10:18 AM
Hi,

I appreciate the fact that the previous entry appeared when a new anuran entry pops out... very usefull, but could you add an option to have this text selected so it would be replaced automatically with the new one?
It'll prevent the "no wanted" duplicates which could accenditly occured in the log :)

Thx for your software... really usefull and well thinked.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: mouser on September 21, 2010, 01:53 PM
you know what would be cool is a way to add entries to farr via sending windows messages -- or via commandline; then we could have a farr alias that added an item to anuran.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on September 21, 2010, 05:54 PM
As in, via WM_COPYDATA messages?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: Greybrow on October 11, 2010, 01:50 PM
Great idea, I was just looking for program like this :)

I found quick two bugs for this frog:

- Using most common in Poland "polish programmers keyboard" to get those strange letters, Right Alt (or Alt Gr) is used, which is mapped as ctrl+alt.
But AltGr+a instead of writing polish letter ą (a,) acts as ctrl+a.

- giving 0 seconds/minutes/hours/days for popup, keeps the popup on the screen all the time, instead of not showing it at all (or maybe it is a feature not a bug ;) )
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on October 21, 2010, 10:55 PM
- Using most common in Poland "polish programmers keyboard" to get those strange letters, Right Alt (or Alt Gr) is used, which is mapped as ctrl+alt.
But AltGr+a instead of writing polish letter ą (a,) acts as ctrl+a.

If I understand you correctly, I don't think there is anything I can do.  Anuran doesn't capture ctrl-a at all.  This is handled natively by the edit control itself.

- giving 0 seconds/minutes/hours/days for popup, keeps the popup on the screen all the time, instead of not showing it at all (or maybe it is a feature not a bug ;) )

Thanks, I'll try to find time to fix this.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: Greybrow on October 29, 2010, 06:09 AM
So it's not possible to influence edit control to not to use ctrl-alt-a as ctrl-a? :(
Now I have to have "ą" letter in clipboard and remember to paste it instead of pressing altgr-a.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on October 29, 2010, 07:31 AM
So it's not possible to influence edit control to not to use ctrl-alt-a as ctrl-a? :(
Now I have to have "ą" letter in clipboard and remember to paste it instead of pressing altgr-a.

Do other standard edit controls behave this way?  Notepad, for instance?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: Greybrow on November 01, 2010, 05:21 AM
No, only Anuran.
Whole Windows XP SP3 is Polish with most commonly used Polish Programmers Keyboard setup.
Sometimes, rarely some programs (I had similar problem with English version of MSOffice, and Notepad++) have problems with altgr, usually when they use hotkeys with alt.
Maybe it's the same this time that Anurans edit control use those. But I turned off any hotkeys in Anuran but it didn't help.

Also strangely it started to put 5 new lines, after one enter keypress. After I switched it to ctrl+enter as new line it was ok. After changing it back to enter as newline it's again 5 new lines :/
Even more strangely after restarting Anuran it came back to normal :)
Halloween or sth? ;)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: Paul Keith on February 17, 2011, 03:41 AM
Suggestions:

1. Pop-Up Wisdom Book Format Export of the Texts

2. Forms (when the note pane opens there are some default texts already)

3. Smart Time
      -timer doesn't move unless the PC is active and not idle
      -note doesn't open if a certain mb of space is being used
      -spaced repetitive time (say a user sets it to 5 min./30 min./2 hrs. everytime they leave a note blank, the next pop-up comes up sooner and everytime they write something long the note comes up much later until it reaches the max time or vice versa)

4. Archive/Skip to next log button on the pop-up pane
      I don't really know how logs work but I'm more of a copy paster then a searcher so often times I tend to put single entries into separate text files rather than one huge note.

5. Option to open pane in full screen (not maximized) - could work in conjunction with spaced repetitive time

6. Option to send to twitter or facebook
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: jeromy on February 25, 2011, 05:19 PM
This might be overstepping your intended use of program, but what about adding the functionality to have separate timers for specific user created prompts?

For instance:

-Daily Diary
-What is your weight today?
-How much cheese did Mouser eat?
-etc..

Obviously, if this was to be added a way to differentiate between the logs would be needed as well.

Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on February 25, 2011, 05:52 PM
Hi jeromy.  Welcome to the site.  Regarding your requests, I'd have to agree and say that it would over-complicate the program.   :(
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: Paul Keith on February 26, 2011, 03:17 AM
Not necessarily. You could just have multiple instances of Anuran but one single AnuViewer directory collecting those logs.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: rgdot on March 26, 2011, 05:15 PM
Only recently really started using Anuran, wondering how and if I could troubleshoot it missing popups. I have it pretty much at default values, every 30 minutes popups.
For example, yesterday I was away from computer and came back and the popup was there, I dismissed it without typing anything. It is still in the tray of course but haven't seen pop ups since (whether or not computer is idle)
I may be missing something. Any thoughts?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on March 26, 2011, 05:46 PM
Did the icon stay green or turn blue?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: rgdot on March 26, 2011, 07:29 PM
It is green and has stayed green
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on March 26, 2011, 07:31 PM
I can't think of a reason that it won't pop up.  I'm going to assume restarting Anuran solves the issue?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: rgdot on March 27, 2011, 01:56 PM
Restart solved it until my computer was left idle. Wish I could give more info but nothing is happening that I can see.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on March 27, 2011, 02:04 PM
When your computer goes into idle, do you just lock the desktop (similar to the Win-L hotkey)?  Or, are you suspending/hibernating it?  Also, how are you dismissing the popup?  Escape key?  Click on the X button?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: rgdot on March 27, 2011, 03:05 PM
It's only the system's power settings, after 10 minutes turn off hard drive (XP computer)
I have clicked X to dismiss it.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on April 03, 2011, 11:28 AM
rgdot, I have tried but I can't reproduce the issue you're having.  Any other users of Anuran having the same issue as rgdot?

Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.0.31 - 2011-04-02
    + Added an option to disable the default Ctrl-A behaviour in an Edit
      control.  Setting this option means that Ctrl-A no longer will select all
      text in the control.  However, this option can be beneficial for
      non-English keyboards that rely on Ctrl-A for certain accented characters.
      (Thanks, Greybrow)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: Greybrow on April 03, 2011, 11:40 AM
Thank you! ;D
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: panzer on January 11, 2012, 03:07 AM
http://www.addictivetips.com/windows-tips/anuran-record-archive-custom-logs-in-chronological-order/
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 11, 2012, 09:57 AM
Nice.  Thanks.  =]
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: cschw on April 17, 2012, 11:18 PM
Looks like I'm a bit late to the ball here, but I just came across DC and have started trying out some of the programs.  I've found this to be a very useful time tracker, and could see using it in conjunction with a text expander and/or tags for tracking billable work (which would make filling in my weekly timesheet a breeze).

Seems like a couple of the earlier posters were using Anuran in a similar fashion.  If so, I'd be interested in hearing if/how you automated the logfile -> timesheet process. 

In my case, timesheets are filled in using a corporate web app that uses fairly rigid spreadsheet import rules.  Seems like logfile->spreadsheet->timesheet could work if I was consistent with the entry formatting.

Thanks much skwire.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: hamradio on June 26, 2012, 09:59 PM
I found and meant to post this on the 25th but Anuran was listed here on the 25th...
http://dottech.org/windows/windows-software-of-the-day/73006/windows-software-of-the-day-june-25-2012/
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on June 27, 2012, 10:12 AM
Thanks for the heads up, hamradio.   :)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on December 17, 2012, 12:55 PM
Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.1.0 - 2012-12-12
    ! Worked around some 120 DPI issues.  (Thanks, A. Arace)
    ! "Pause popup" tray menu item would become unchecked if the Options panel was opened and closed.  (Thanks, A. Arace)
    ! Fixed, hopefully, an issue with the popup where pressing Enter for a newline would create two newlines.  (Thanks, A. Arace)
    * AnuVu v1.1.0
        + Added check/uncheck buttons to AnuVu's toolbar.
        ! Worked around some 120 DPI issues.  (Thanks, A. Arace)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: migounanounet on July 05, 2013, 10:50 AM
Hi Skwire,
Great work ! I use Anuran every day and thanxs to it I really knows when I didn't done anything during the day :-))
More seriously, simple and efficient tool. thanx.

I would like to know if you could make it possible to specify the caption font in the options.

I'd like to use monospaced font when I'm describing what I'm doing.
It would be easier for me to use it like a Done/Ongoing/Todo instant list.

Best Regards
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on July 05, 2013, 10:55 AM
I would like to know if you could make it possible to specify the caption font in the options.
-migounanounet (July 05, 2013, 10:50 AM)

Thank you for your kind words.  As for the font request, did you mean the font used when entering a note in the popup window?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: migounanounet on July 05, 2013, 02:33 PM
Yes, exactly.
Is it possible/not too time consuming?

(kind words) De nada, it's just the truth.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on July 06, 2013, 12:10 PM
Give this a try, please:

Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/wb/pages/software/anuran.php) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.1.1 - 2013-07-06
    + Added custom font selection for the popup.  (Thanks, migounanounet)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: migounanounet on July 08, 2013, 08:24 AM
Yoohoo !! Nice, It works :)
Thanx for the reactivity :-D
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on July 08, 2013, 11:17 AM
Yoohoo !! Nice, It works :)
Thanx for the reactivity :-D
-migounanounet (July 08, 2013, 08:24 AM)

You are very welcome.   :)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: Greybrow on July 13, 2013, 01:07 AM
I just found something strange in my logs as I didn't check them for some time.
I updated today to 1.1.1.1 from 1.0.3.1 so I did view some logs by the way and it seems that since January 2013 Polish letters are saved as normal letters. For example 'a' instead of 'ą', 'z' instead of 'ż', 's' instead of 'ś' etc. The only letter not converted is 'ó'.
The new version also converts those letters.
I'm not sure, but maybe there was some Windows update that broke it. And it could have something to do with UTF-8 coding.
Here are suspected updates: http://i.imgur.com/w96Pof2.png
I didn't reinstall the system and didn't update Anuran since 2011, so I don't know what else could it be :/
I use Windows 7 x64 English version set to Poland in regional settings.

I'm going to install system on new disk soon and will post some updates then.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: migounanounet on July 30, 2013, 02:47 PM
Hi,
I noticed that the linebreaks into athe logs are losts when we export the logs to .csv.
Is it a way to fix it ?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on July 30, 2013, 02:55 PM
I noticed that the linebreaks into athe logs are losts when we export the logs to .csv.
Is it a way to fix it ?
-migounanounet (July 30, 2013, 02:47 PM)

No, the CSV library I use doesn't allow for line breaks.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: migounanounet on July 30, 2013, 03:21 PM
No, the CSV library I use doesn't allow for line breaks.

hum... ok... I'll deal with the text output then. Thanx
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: Greybrow on August 19, 2013, 03:07 PM
Somehow reinstalling windows helped. So problem solved.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on August 19, 2013, 03:13 PM
Apologies, Greybrow, I missed your previous post.  I'm glad the issue is solved, though.  =]
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: David.P on April 13, 2016, 08:59 AM
Hi forum and skwire,

first of all, thanks for this wonderful piece of software that has made detailed billing a snap for me for many years.

However, what I just realized (don't tell anybody because my clients will sue me with compensation claims) is that Anuran actually creates a perfectly normal entry in the logfile also when the popup window is simply dismissed (by clicking on the "X" botton)!

It must be untold times that I have dismissed the popup via the "X" button because I had not been working on a client project in the respective elapsed time period but was doing something else (for example, procrastinate).

Now I realize that every time the popup was dismissed, my client still was billed in the end because Anuran would create a log file entry also when dismissing!

Therefore, I'd strongly vote for a little code change that simply makes Anuran do nothing when dismissing the popup via the "X" button.

Thanks for listening,

Cheers
David.P

Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: David.P on April 15, 2016, 07:30 AM
aagghh...

Anuran even creates a new line in the log if the popup window is dismissed by pressing "Esc"!

Please, this needs to be fixed!

Cheers
David
--
PS: also, the time in the titlebar and status bar seems to be wrong. It should read 14:21 (or 2:21 pm), but not 04:21
(http://i.imgur.com/ag26nX4.png)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: David.P on April 19, 2016, 07:32 AM
skwire, are you there?

Sorry for ranting on and on, but the possibility to dismiss the Anuran popup without creating a log entry is so much needed in my view.

For example, I just came back from lunch, and of course there is the Anuran popup sitting and showing that (sophisticated) text about what I was working on just before lunch -- but there being no way not to create a log entry (without loosing the last text entry's wording, that is)  :(
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: wraith808 on April 19, 2016, 12:31 PM
Looks like he was on today.  Which lends itself to the interpretation that he's busy right now, as he's very responsive (so much more than others of us).  Give him a bit, and I'm sure he'll respond. :)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on April 19, 2016, 01:19 PM
Apologies, David.P.  As wraith guessed, I've been crazy busy with work travel these past few months.  Once I'm home, and have some time, I'll see what I can do about your reported issue.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on April 26, 2016, 01:21 AM
@David.P: Here you go.  Uncheck the new option and it should work how you like.  Apologies for the delay.

Website (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/fp/?page=anuran) | Download (http://skwire.dcmembers.com/apps/anuran/Anuran.zip)
v1.1.2 - 2016-04-26
    + Added an option to the Popup tab to allow the user to choose whether or
      not closing or using ESC on the popup saves the current text.  This is
      enabled by default to go along with the previous default behaviour.
      (Thanks, David.P)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: David.P on April 26, 2016, 03:18 AM
Thank you so much skwire!

Apologies for not responding earlier -- for some reason, I was not notified of the thread updates.

Although now my income will decrease somewhat :huh: OTOH my clients hopefully will not complain anymore about excessive bills 8)
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: helmar on May 02, 2016, 06:28 AM
skwire, quick question, is it possible to add an option to specify which monitor the pop up is displayed on?
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on May 02, 2016, 08:51 AM
skwire, quick question, is it possible to add an option to specify which monitor the pop up is displayed on?

The popup should remember its position so, the next time it pops up, simply move it to wherever you want, enter your note, and save the note like normal.  Please let me know if this works for you.

That said, I can see where I can improve this by remembering the location even if you move and simply close the popup.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: helmar on May 02, 2016, 09:16 AM
Thanks for your fast reply.  I moved it on the last pop up, should be due to pop up shortly - I will see what happens.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: helmar on May 02, 2016, 09:24 AM
Thanks for your fast reply.  I moved it on the last pop up, should be due to pop up shortly - I will see what happens.

That worked.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on October 03, 2016, 07:54 AM
hi skwire
havent used this in an age, so I may be doing something stupid :D

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as you can see, it's 14:40, but Anuran is showing 02:40

In Options, timestamp for titlebar is listed as:
yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm tt

Not sure what the tt is there (it not listed in the 'Tokens')

An Anuran restart didnt make any difference
Anuran v1.1.2 - 2016-04-26
Win.7 x64
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on October 03, 2016, 07:57 AM
In Options, timestamp for titlebar is listed as:
yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm tt

Change the hh to HH if you want 24-hour format.  The "tt" should set AM/PM.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: tomos on October 03, 2016, 12:29 PM
In Options, timestamp for titlebar is listed as:
yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm tt

Change the hh to HH if you want 24-hour format.  The "tt" should set AM/PM.

sorted thanks, I could have figured that out, couldnt I :-[ but in fairness, I was thrown a bit by the lack of AM/PM --
there was no sign of AM/PM in AnuVu with the above settings (well, Log entry timestamp also had seconds, otherwise same).
Log entry example:

   (2016-10-03 @ 02:39:32)
      Lunch till 14:39
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: rgdot on October 03, 2016, 01:04 PM
Not expecting you to support Wine but space key doesn't work when typing in the pop up, is the reason something known?

Latest stable Wine release and Mint 17.3
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on October 03, 2016, 04:14 PM
Not expecting you to support Wine but space key doesn't work when typing in the pop up, is the reason something known?
Latest stable Wine release and Mint 17.3

I haven't a clue.   :huh:  Apologies.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: rgdot on October 03, 2016, 04:24 PM
No problem, recent posts reminded me to use/test it and it works except that oddity. 
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: RainrooM on January 08, 2018, 01:47 PM
Hello,
How do I get the "search window" in Anuran AnuVu ?  I don't have it.  version 1.1.2 built 1
Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 08, 2018, 02:38 PM
Hi, RainrooM.  Would you please show me a screenshot of what you're seeing?  If the information is sensitive, feel free to private message me the image or simply redact the sensitive parts.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: RainrooM on January 10, 2018, 01:46 PM
Hey skwire, I don't have the search window in the bottom left.  See prnt scrn : https://imgur.com/s7MLfzr
Some shortcut to activate this ?
Thanks in advance.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 10, 2018, 02:30 PM
Some shortcut to activate this ?

Try this:


Let us know if that fixes things.
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: RainrooM on January 10, 2018, 02:54 PM
100% perfect !
Great support.  Thanks a lot. :Thmbsup:
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: skwire on January 10, 2018, 03:10 PM
100% perfect !
Great support.  Thanks a lot. :Thmbsup:

You're welcome.  I really should add some code to detect that condition and adjust accordingly.   :D
Title: Re: NANY 2010 Release: Anuran
Post by: oblivion on August 01, 2019, 06:17 AM
Hiya :>

I'm using this -- in a very, very basic way -- to track my movements. Brilliant. :)

So I have it set to pop up every 30 minutes and I use a little Clipboard-Help-And-Spell set of possibilities to paste in my current location from a list. And I have Anuran set to store the entry when I hit Enter, and to remember the previous entry.

So a couple of things I've noticed:

I'd kinda like Anuran to popup when it starts, and then every 30 minutes afterwards. Have I missed a setting?

The save and close thing with <Enter> adds the <enter> as well as closing the popup (which isn't what I'd expect.) So, with the previous entry being remembered, each one gets a new <enter> and consequently gets longer over time unless I do something else to stop it.

A corollary to that last bit: the new popup appears with the existing text selected, so to avoid blanking it I have to hit cursor down to clear the selection before hitting <Enter> or I've deleted the text I wanted to keep. I think I can think of situations where that might be preferred behaviour, but as previous entry data doesn't get kept if I've shut my laptop down, gone somewhere else and started it up again, I'm not sure it would ever be important. To me. So, should that (the selection of the text from the previous entry in the current entry, that is) be optional?