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Find And Run Robot / Using tab to complete an alias is stopping the search

« on: June 20, 2008, 10:27 PM »

And this is causing a massive slow down of invoking and running of the alias. Basically I have an alias setup here which I use to pass an argument to an exe file. In the previous versions once I press tab to complete the first hit (an alias in this case) I could pass my argument and search would never occur after tab. Right now search is not stopping. I am using 2.10.01

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Find And Run Robot / How to get best juice out of FARR?

« on: June 16, 2008, 07:29 PM »

No I do not know the answer but I was hoping that someone like mouser could give us some straight tips for increasing speed of search especially. It would be great if someone can give us the best heuristic score settings.

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Find And Run Robot / Feature request: Quick stay on top button

« on: June 12, 2008, 09:25 PM »

I use Farr without stay on top option. But once in a while I want to keep it on top of other windows. I normally have a script running that would let me keep windows on top if needed. Since Farr does not have any standard top right windows buttons except "close" my script is useless(I manage on top option by middle clicking on minimize). I can modify my script but I personally hate to have exceptions to keep things consistent and simple. So it would be really cool if Farr has a stay on top button (a pin icon for example) that sits next to close would be great.


thanks

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Find And Run Robot / Tip: Htmlviewurl works for local files too! :)

« on: June 11, 2008, 10:38 PM »

This is good news, this way we can view simple txt, images etc 

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General Software Discussion / Rightnote, commercial alternative to abandonware Keynote

« on: June 11, 2008, 10:20 PM »

I am testing it  and it  works very nice so far. They seem to get it right as far as referencing the original Keynote goes.


http://www.bauerapps.com/

"RightNote is a multi-page notebook that allows you to store and organise an unlimited number of notes. With RightNote you'll know where to store all those little bits of information and find them too. Features word processing, spreadsheet and syntax highlighting type notes."

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Find And Run Robot / Feature request: Sorting under browsing mode

« on: June 11, 2008, 04:32 PM »

It would be so great if we can sort when in straight browsing mode

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Find And Run Robot / feature request : shift+enter=internal html viewer

« on: June 09, 2008, 10:23 PM »

I think this would be very handy if it is implemented. For example I would type "search launchers", which would normally take me to firefox-google. How about if I press shift enter instead of enter and that would open the result window in farr`s internal viewer instead of firefox/ie/safari?

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Find And Run Robot / More responsive Esc and enter?

« on: June 09, 2008, 03:32 PM »

Maybe I am pushing the limits but I use Farr to search 10 folders(with alot of subfolders). During any keyword search Farr is not very responsive and sometimes I need to wait until the search ends until I can press enter or esc. Is there a way to force Farr to be more responsive?

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Find And Run Robot / Farr should not ignore files in browsing mode?

« on: June 09, 2008, 12:44 PM »

I see that Farr would  ignore certain file types-files if they have minus rules in browsing mode. That is really usefull for searching but not when browsing.

For example if I have a rule for *.py that is -8000, Farr would not show them if I try to browse (ie c:\python\lib). Is there a way to make this work differently for different situations like searching versus browsing?

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General Software Discussion / ScanFs is updated!

« on: June 05, 2008, 09:14 PM »

Scanfs is one of my favorite search tools and it is free. It looks like there is a new version. The programmer is really working hard on this one, it gets so much updates. Check it out!!

And here are my Farr Scanfs aliases.

File search
1000>>>scanfs>->scanfs $$1 $$2 | E:\Program Files (x86)\Saleen Software\scanfs.exe path=$$1 file=$$2>+>^scanfs (\S*) (.*)

Grep(inside files) search
1000>>>grep>->grep $$1 $$2 | E:\Program Files (x86)\Saleen Software\scanfs.exe /path=$$1 /contents="$$2">+>^grep (\S*) (.*)

http://www.saleensof...ware.com/ScanFS.aspx

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build 115: 03 Jun 2008
  addition: can search for text in .mp3, .wma tags
  improvement: program now displays preview of files, even if there is no search text
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build 114: 03 Jun 2008
  addition: can search for text in .pdf, .doc, .xls files
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build 110: 25 Mar 2008
  supported command line options are:
  /file=<fn>       filename mask (supports multiple expressions separated by
                   ( you can also use exclusions e.g. *.txt;-term1 )
  /path=<path>     path mask (supports multiple expressions separated by
                   ( you can also use exclusions e.g. c:\temp;-term1 )
  /s               search in subdirectories (DEFAULT)
  /ns              do not search in subdirectories
  /da=yyyy-mm-dd   file date is after <date> (date format: yyyy-mm-dd)
  /db=yyyy-mm-dd   file date is before <date> (date format: yyyy-mm-dd)
  /dt=<c|m>        date type, dt=m (modification date) dt=c (creation date)
  /size_min=       minimum file size (K/M/G modifiers supported)
  /size_max=       maximum file size (K/M/G modifiers supported)
                   (size can contain one of the K/M/G modifiers,
                   e.g. /size_min=10M means size must be at least 10MB)
  /contents=       find files containing the specified text
  /output=<fn>     write results to file <fn>
                   (if you also search file contents a 2nd file with content
                   results will also be created)
  /exit            exit when search is done
  note: the "/" before the parameters is optional
  for regular expressions
    1. instead of /file use /file_regex
    2. instead of /contents use /contents_regex
  examples:
  scanfs.exe path=c:\temp file=*.avi size_min=10m size_max=12m
  scanfs.exe /file=*.txt /path=c:\temp /s
     /da=2007-1-1 /db=2008-1-1 /dt=c /size_min=20m /size_max=30m /contents=123
     /output=c:\results.txt /exit

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General Software Discussion / webcam as mouse?

« on: June 02, 2008, 07:05 PM »

Does anyone know any application that will let me use my webcam as a mouse? I searched internet for a while but it turned out fruitless. Any ideas?

thanks

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Find And Run Robot / Instant infos via aliases?

« on: May 30, 2008, 10:45 PM »

I have started using farr as info keeper via aliases. For example I have put all the ip adresses of my computers in my network as aliases in farr. So if I type "laptop wireless" it shows what the wireless and wired ip is. This is just an example to use farr as instant info desk. However creating aliases is not that instant. Would there an easier way of creating aliases for this kind of purpose? Any plugin to achieve such thing?

example

1000>>>laptop wireless>->laptop wireless 192.168.1.102


thanks

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Find And Run Robot / List of commandline tools that works well with Farr

« on: May 29, 2008, 10:04 PM »

Here are the ones I use with Farr daily


Sendemail http://caspian.dotco.../Software/SendEmail/

Scanfs (file search, grep) http://www.saleensof...ware.com/ScanFS.aspx

Quick shutdown http://www.winutility.com/qsd/

1Time (timer countdown) http://www.download3...com/download_46.html

Aliases

scanfs-grep
1000>>>grep>->grep $$1 $$2 | E:\Program Files (x86)\Saleen Software\scanfs.exe /path=$$1 /contents="$$2">+>^grep (\S*) (.*)

scanfs-file search
1000>>>scanfs>->scanfs $$1 $$2 | E:\Program Files (x86)\Saleen Software\scanfs.exe path=$$1 file=$$2>+>^scanfs (\S*) (.*)

1 time countdown
1000>>>countdown>->countdown $$1 | "PATH TO/1Time.exe" /t00:$$1:00 /n /s>+>^countdown (.*)

sendemail (my favorite)
1000>>>sendmail>->sendmail $$1 $$2| PATH TO/sendEmail.exe -s smtp-server -xu username -xp password -t "$$1" -u "$$2" -f email adress>+>^sendmail (\S*) (.*)

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Find And Run Robot / How can I use another alias command inside another alias?

« on: May 24, 2008, 01:40 PM »

I have created an alias command sends emails. And I would like to use this alias command in other aliases. Is that possible?

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General Software Discussion / Keyboard Extensions, launcher-shortcut editor-screenshot tool-alerts

« on: May 23, 2008, 11:55 PM »

This is a tool that combines launcher and autohotkey(mainly hotkeys) in a rudimentary way. Some people may find it useful. I personally use auto hotkey and powerpro for my mouse keyboard programming but this one offers launcher, nice shortcut editor and another editor where you can define sending keyboard activity to certain applications.

http://www.saleensof...boardExtensions.aspx

Also check out their other tools like scanfs and filepro. They are very useful.



General
   ▪ Quickly locate and launch programs, documents, mp3s and other files
   from system folders   (e.g. start menu, quick launch folder), or other
   user defined locations.
   ▪ Enhanced Start/Run replacement dialog that includes searchable history
   ▪ Create global or application-specific keyboard hotkeys
   ▪ Integration with Windows Explorer, to compare directories/files, copy file names,
     launch command prompt etc
   ▪ Captures screenshots in PNG format, and manage using tags
   ▪ Save/restore desktop icon positions, and other explorer folders
   ▪ Notification alerts (one-off / recurrent alerts)
   ▪ Task scheduler (one-off / recurrent tasks)
   ▪ CS-RCS Integration. One keystoke away from checking-in your files into
    the CS-RCS database from Windows Explorer
   ▪ WinRar Integration. Backup a window folder and its subfolders with only a keystoke.
   
   
   Hotkeys
   ▪ Define your own global keyboard hotkeys (shortcuts) for launching applications
  and/or focusing open applications to prevent opening multiple instances
  of a program
   ▪ Define your own application-specific hotkeys that can map into more complex shortcuts
   in any application.
   ▪ Global Keyboard hotkeys that allow you to easily search in google, wikipedia,
   newsgroups from any program, with the click of a button
   ▪ Customizable newsgroups list
   ▪ Predefined shortcusts
   

    - Google search
    - Wikipedia search
    - Google groups search
    - List open explorer folders
    - Notepad
    - Launch Media Player
    - Open Command prompt
    - Launch Internet Explorer
    - Open URL

   Alerts
   ▪ Define notifications alerts by time offset or absolute time
  e.g. notify me in 45 minutes or at 16:30
   
   
   Scheduled tasks
   ▪ Run specific tasks on a specified time or at recurrent invervals
   
   
   Screenshots
   ▪ Print-screen button captures screenshots in PNG format
   ▪ Preview and manage screenshots by adding tags
   
   
   Windows Explorer Integration
   

    - Create Folder (F7)
    - One level up (new window) (Ctrl-Backspace)
    - Command Line here  (F8)
    - Sort by name,size,type,modified (Shift+1,2,3,4)
    - Treesize (Ctrl+T)
    - ScanFS (Ctrl-S)
    - Backup folder (Ctrl+[)
    - Add to CS-RCS (Ctrl+])
    - Preview in ASCII mode (Ctrl+P)
    - Open in notepad (or custom editor) (Ctrl+N)
    -: Mark file or folder #1 (Ctrl-1)
    - Execute file or folder #1 + #2 (Ctrl-2)
    - Copy all selected file paths (Ctrl-Shift-C)
    - Open mirror/backup folder (Ctrl-Shift-B)
    - Save icons positions to file (Ctrl-Alt-Shift-S)
    - Restore icons positions from file (Ctrl-Alt-Shift-R)

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Find And Run Robot / Suddent takes forever to open plugins window

« on: May 23, 2008, 10:31 AM »

I have no idea why it is happening this way. Is there any way to find it out? It was working fine. I just restarted my computer and getting very bad farr plugin window performance.

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Living Room / best web site for generating rss?

« on: May 22, 2008, 05:53 PM »

Hi
I am looking for a web site that would create rss feeds from web sites that do not offer rss service. I tried couple but I was not happy or some gave errors. Do you gave any suggestion?

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Find And Run Robot / Running multiple commands with one alias

« on: May 21, 2008, 12:09 AM »

I want to run multiple commands, apps, or docs with onyl one alias

For example I want myalias to run all those lines below all together

-do search *.cfg
-notepad.exe
-goto www.yahoo.com

any ideas?

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Find And Run Robot / Is it possible to add custom Farrs to Farr toolbar?

« on: May 17, 2008, 05:18 PM »

I want to add pkill, timer etc plugins to Farr toolbar. So if I click on the icon pkill it will put pkill to farr edit box automatically thus I would not need to type pkill all the time. I know I can set a shortcut but It is overkill to waste shortcuts for all the plugins. Would there be some kind of commandline optionto invoke or call certain plugins from toolbar?

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General Software Discussion / AxCrypt is updated.

« on: May 16, 2008, 01:36 PM »

At the moment I do not use this one but I have used it in the past it is very handy and easy to use. Great for individual files and folders.

http://www.freewaref...t_program_17497.html

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Living Room / Laptop security and border crossing.

« on: May 16, 2008, 01:33 PM »

I saw this thread on slashdot otherday. I am sure it will interest many DC visitors. I find it outrages that border agents can download content of your harddrive. I hope that this ruling will be turned down

http://yro.slashdot....1551246&from=rss

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Find And Run Robot / Where does Farr keep all the settings?

« on: May 13, 2008, 12:13 AM »

Where does Farr keep all the settings?

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General Software Discussion / Page Scrapecan be used to Screen Scrape specified data from a given target web

« on: May 11, 2008, 12:51 AM »

http://www.webscrape.com/


It looks and sounds interesting. It is a command line utility. Maybe someone can find  a nice Farr use of this tool.

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Find And Run Robot / How can I enter 2 seperate arguments?

« on: May 10, 2008, 11:30 AM »

Hi
I am having little issue here. I use $$1 and $$2 to pass 2 arguments to command line emailer. First one is an email adress second one is the title of email.
I can send email successfully If my title is just one word. If my title is more than one word Farr only passes first word of the title. I want Farr to pass the full title to emailer. I use
sendemail-tab-email adress-space-title(may contain spaces)

1000>>>sendemail>->sendemail $$1 $$2| PathTo\sendEmail.exe -s mail.mymail.com:2025 -xu [email protected] -xp password -t "$$1" -u "$$2" -f [email protected]>+>^sendemail (.+) (.+)

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General Software Discussion / Do you know any sofware that is like Powerpro?

« on: May 09, 2008, 01:32 PM »

I use it I love it. However developement of PP has stopped. I am wondering if there is anything close to PP that is easy to use ? I use Ahk as well. But PP is easier to modify with many options.