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Find And Run Robot / [tip] use new multiple run feature to play a sound

« on: June 11, 2008, 08:34 AM »

if you want to play a sound when using an alias, just do the following :

Localhost | http://localhost/;;;...\path...\playwav.exe "C:\path...\CuckooClock.wav" /WINHID

you can download playwav here : http://www.muconsult...m/playwav/index.html
i guess there are better command-line sound player (playing also mp3...)

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Find And Run Robot / [bug report] when in html view mode : escape does not work anymore

« on: June 11, 2008, 03:11 AM »

a few releases ago, when in html view mode, escape would put the cursor in the search box
as of last release this does not work anymore, however if you click inside the html view, escape works as expected
so i guess the fix is to focus the html view

same goes with wheel... before wheel was working right away, now you have to click in the html view to focus then wheel works

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Find And Run Robot / [bug report] hotkey does not work when FARR is already opened/focused

« on: June 10, 2008, 05:01 AM »

before this new release when FARR was opened you could still use FARR hotkey to trigger special aliases, now when FARR is focuses, hotkeys does not work anymore

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Find And Run Robot / [bug report] historys does not work anymore

« on: June 09, 2008, 05:43 AM »

when you type historys, you see your past searches
but when you select one, it just closes FARR (instead of putting the past search inside the search box)

since i use historys (through a simple alias), noresults, and google search around 50 times a day, this release have been completely unusable for me at this point.
i really really hope those bugs are gonna be fixed asap

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Find And Run Robot / [bug report] urgent : 3 or more keywords and FARR crash

« on: June 09, 2008, 05:19 AM »

create the following alias :
regex :
^g ((?:[^-]|-(?!-))*)(?:\s*--\s*(.*))?()

result :
$$c | http://www.google.com/search?q=$$c&btnG=Search /ICON=icons\google.ico

if you search with 3 or more keywords, FARR crashes, you have to kill it and restart

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Find And Run Robot / [bug report] noresults does not work anymore

« on: June 09, 2008, 05:01 AM »

the noresults command does not work anymore :
i had :
noresults (.*)
result :
restartsearch g $$1

which worked like a charm
until the new release

i tried changing the regex as per help file :
^noresults (.*)$

still no luck

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Find And Run Robot / Today is release day !!!

« on: June 08, 2008, 04:15 AM »

don't know if you are as anxious as me, but today the new FARR version is released !
i can't wait 

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Find And Run Robot / is it possible to search the search history ?

« on: May 27, 2008, 07:05 AM »

i'm wondering if it's possible to search the search history
i use the command historys every day, maybe 10 times day, through the simple "h" alias : dosearch historys
it's much quicker to type only h

i would also be great to have more results, not only 20...

since i launch every single thing on my computer using FARR (url, programs, google search, etc.), i think it would be very powerful, having a few hundreds items in the history and a way to filter them ...

same for launch history ?

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Find And Run Robot / [feature request] how to get information from FARR window ?

« on: May 07, 2008, 10:35 AM »

don't know if it's a feature request or not ?

i'm desperately trying to get informations from FARR window...
in particular the status bar... i'd like to use it to create a previewing script using autohotkey for a few aliases (using dosearch command)

unfortunately, i cannot get it using autohotkey

is there a way to get it ?
could you add some kind of standard windows (hidden?) that autohotkey can access ?

thanks for your answers
cheers, nitrix

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Find And Run Robot / [bug report] multiple runs for urls...

« on: May 06, 2008, 05:24 AM »

hi again mouser

could you fix this small bug... when you have an alias using an url like this one for instance :

l
^l$
Localhost | http://localhost/

if you press Enter a long time then FARR will open one or few or several times the requested url : http://localhost/

it's no big deal, but i'd be nice if it was fixed

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Find And Run Robot / [bug report] infinite loop ? with alias

« on: May 06, 2008, 04:33 AM »

say you have this alias :

g

^g ((?:[^-]|-(?!-))*)(?:\s*--\s*(.*))?()

$$c | http://www.google.com/search?q=$$c&btnG=Search /ICON=icons\google.ico

if the clipboard contains the string $$c then FARR stops responding, you have to kill it...
i guess it goes into an infinite loop g g g g g g ... $$c

i forgot about this bug, and this morning i copied and pasted an expression with $$c in my post regarding the showhtml command... a few minutes after i google something... and FARR stopped responding...
i took me quite some time before remembering the bug...

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Find And Run Robot / how to change the sorting ?

« on: April 29, 2008, 10:33 AM »

hi,

here is the result for the search "span" using the following dosearch command :

[Select]

Snippets $$1 | dosearch +folder_snippets +open_snippets -alias -.ini . +. ahk $$1

obviously i would prefer the second result "span.ahk" to be first

is it possible to do it by changing some of the heuristics ?
i have the impression that the leftmost match bonus is for each words...
maybe we could have a new heuristic : leftmost of the leftmost word ??

cheers, nitrix

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Find And Run Robot / feature idea : dosearch option to sort result by name not score

« on: April 24, 2008, 05:44 PM »

it would be great to be able to specify sorting in a dosearch command

my code snippet alias

[Select]

Snippets $$1 | dosearch +folder_snippets +open_snippets -alias -.ini +. $$1

i'd like to do

[Select]

Snippets $$1 | dosearch +folder_snippets +open_snippets -alias -.ini +. $$1 /SORTASC

it would sort snippets by name...

or say you have a huge folder full of music, each folder being an album

[Select]

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

you could still filter the result but the results would be sorted by name and not by score like it always does...

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Find And Run Robot / feature idea : "dynamic aliases"

« on: April 24, 2008, 05:37 PM »

hi mouser,

i can't let go this idea... (already suggested a few times)

i really really miss the possibility to create dynamic alias...

for instance, you work on a particular project, that project has folder shortcuts, internet favorites, code snippets, etc.
one cannot have aliases that will work on that particular project dynamically... one cannot create a dosearch alias with a changing folder search...

dosearch +searchfolder
you cannot change the path of +searchfolder... dynamically without going into FARR's options
even if you change the FindAndRunRobot.ini file, it does not work right away, it works after restarting FARR

i personnaly use FARR as a top layer in my workflow, i work on more that 150 projects
i switch from one to another using FARR with just a few keystrokes (by indexing autohotkey files, each one of them corresponding to a particular project, you run one, the current project is set)

when switching from one project to another (within 1 or 2 seconds <= i insist), i'd like to have some alias switching too (within that same 1 second !)

i guess there are many ways to do it
maybe it should be done through command-line ?

FindAndRunRobot.exe -changealias aliasname=dosearch c:\_snippets\projectname\ +open_snippets -alias -.ini +. $$2
FindAndRunRobot.exe -changesearchfolder folderkeyword=c:\newpath (not sure about this one, since keyword are optionnal, and you can have more than one...)

-changealias would change the alias AND "reload" it

then we can imagine -addalias, -deletealias

that would be so great, so many uses... 

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Find And Run Robot / FARR review

« on: January 31, 2008, 02:01 PM »

an article named : The Quicksilver-for-windows Showdown

http://lifehacker.co...for+windows-showdown

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Find And Run Robot / [bug report] multiple launch

« on: January 31, 2008, 01:58 PM »

Hi mouser,

i noticed that if you keep enter pressed FARR launches multiple results... (my repeat rate is maximum)
up to 5 or 6 when i launch an url !!

Cheers, Nitrix

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Find And Run Robot / [feature request] specify the result of an alias with a text file

« on: November 28, 2007, 02:46 PM »

Hi,

it would be great if one could specify the result of an alias in a text file :



it would allow people to create dynamic aliases...

practical example :

i have 100 projects...
i have code snippets, urls, texts, ... for all my projects
all those snippets are stored in 100 folders (1 project = 1 folder)

i'd like to use the same alias (an alias to copy the snippets into the clipboard...) for all my projects
since i already have a global project manager (global meaning system-wide)
i'd like to choose the current project then use the alias to paste the snippets BUT only the snippets of that particular project

to do that now i can (each time i change the current project) :
1) change the path of my dosearch command directly in the FARR alias xml file ... (i don't like that)
2) rename the snippet folder of the current project so that it matches the path in the alias... (or copy the snippets in the folder...)
hope you get the idea...

what i'd like to do :
change the content of the text file... much like 1)

benefits :

• it does not interfere with FARR
  
• easier to do

other example :
it's very easy to create an autohotkey script to add a line into a text file
let's say to save urls...
select an url, press the hotkey
then invoke FARR with the appropriate alias, there is your saved url !

Bonus !
there are many uses for this feature, i also suggest that one could specify multiple files in the result list
or even better mix files and actual results...
for example :
Google | http://google.com
file = c:/myfav.txt
Yahoo | http://yahoo.com
file = c:/myfav2.txt
file = c:/otherthings.txt

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Find And Run Robot / [feature request] quick way to modify an alias

« on: November 21, 2007, 02:23 PM »

i think alias editing (and managing options in general) is one of FARR's few weaknesses...

since you can have so many aliases it can become quite long to find the one you want to edit
what i suggest is to be able to choose an alias to edit directly from the search box...

maybe a command similar to the "agroups" command could work as follow :

editalias [piece of the alias name]

to find the alias your want to edit, and then just press enter

that would be very very handy

now maybe i'm the only one editing aliases everyday 

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Find And Run Robot / [feature request] dosearch modifier to show big or small icons

« on: November 20, 2007, 12:32 PM »

how about a new modifier for dosearch aliases to specify which kind of result display type you want...
that is big or small icons...

Thread :
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=9280.0

Original post :

Hi Mouser,

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

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

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

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

i would be very nice ! and makes FARR even sexier 

Keep up the good work !
Nitrix

"dosearch using keyword modifiers" really makes FARR unique 

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Find And Run Robot / [feature request] go back from action list to result list

« on: November 19, 2007, 09:53 AM »

when using an action keyword containing multiple commands... let's say an action keyword to listen to music :

PlayMusic
with two commands :
Enqueue
Play

there is no way for the moment to go from the action list (that is Enqueue or Play) to the result list (your music)
this is very annoying, since you have to retype you search if you want to enqueue/play multiple albums...

i suggest using ESC to go back from the action list...
i also suggest a new modifier for aliases : /STAYOPENANDGOBACK
as you would enqueue/play a result it would go back to your search...

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Find And Run Robot / [feature request] standard control to "pass" parameters to scripting software

« on: November 19, 2007, 09:44 AM »

This one is a MUST (yes again !)

@mouser, could you add a standard control to pass FARR parameters so that people like me which code using scripting app like autohotkey could develop "plugins" !

i think this is really worthwhile

first thing i would do... a preview window to show the content of the selected result when using my code snippet alias
people could also develop small .ahk script to preview images, mp3s...

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Find And Run Robot / [feature request] multiple run

« on: November 19, 2007, 09:38 AM »

Hi,

since i lost my PM to josh where there was about 10 feature requests...

i'm gonna do it again 

here is the feature request of the day :

multiple run !!!
in my opinion, this one is a must, since it allows :

1) multiple runs (obvious  )
2) On screen display (mouser could add an on screen display util, so people could make FARR a little bit sexier, by adding on screen display messages)
3) Sounds ! (play a sound when launching a result, that can be fun )

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Find And Run Robot / [feature requests]

« on: November 12, 2007, 06:43 AM »

@mouser, josh

i've sent a PM to josh few weeks ago regarding numerous feature requests (about 10 !) but he did not publish them (or maybe did not receive them)
how do i find this personal message, i don't know how to do it

Thanks in advance
nitrix

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Find And Run Robot / [feature request] option to open FARR centered in the active monitor

« on: November 07, 2007, 11:52 AM »

Hi mouser,

i'd like to make a suggestion regarding FARR and i think it would make a nice option (and i guess not so difficult to implement)

FARR would open (when invoked) in the current active monitor, the active monitor being the one where the mouse pointer is
i have a 2-monitor configuration, and i would love to invoke FARR in the monitor i'm actually looking at...

Since FARR is a power users tool of choice and that many power users have multi-monitor configuration, it would be a nice addition

Cheers, Nitrix

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Find And Run Robot / [bugs report] here is a list of outstanding bugs

« on: October 15, 2007, 12:13 PM »

Mouser asked me to post a list of outstanding bugs regarding FARR
Since as you know now, mouser is preparing an update !!! 

historys bug
======================
when you select a previous search through the historys command, a space is appended to it
so basically if your last search is : search keyword
then if you select your last search through the historys command you'll get
search keyword{space}


showmemo bug
======================
bug using the showmemo command :
only the first line break (\n) works ... after that it shows "\n" ...


folder with a dash bug
======================
F&R fails to list files in a folder with a dash in its name (b142)
reported by jzippo


clipboard bugs
======================

• $$c is empty if the clipboard content is too big (limit should be removed)
  
• the "restartsearch $$c" command crashes FARR when the clipboard content is too big (above 1024  characters ?)

search box bug
======================
since the 2.00.130 release and the new result display updating, there is no more flickering but the search box is not responsive as before...
it really really should be an option

in anycase the search box should feel completely free

for example when i use one of my (dosearch) alias which searches music on my network drive, it takes literally 10 seconds before i see the search terms i typed after the alias trigger... let's say my alias is triggered by music, if a type "music madonna"
i see music, then FARR stops for 10 seconds (i know it's working but it feels like it just crashed) then madonna comes up then the search ends (an other 10 seconds later)

i really (only?) notice it when using dosearch aliases


action trick bug
======================
in my opinion this is the most important bug
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=9161.0

the +action trick TOO clever

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

as i suggested the +action trick when used with dosearch command is way to clever it shoud just be fired when asked !

edit : an other problem with the action trick (when used in a dosearch)
is that if you want to use the shell contextual menu or simply the contextual menu on your single result (the action trick is triggered when only one result is found...) you CANNOT
it will open the contextual menu or shell menu of the action file
VERY BAD 


$$1, problem when passing "C:\" bug
======================
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=9222.0


keyword with capital bug
======================
MAJOR bug
https://www.donation...dex.php?topic=8338.0
keywords with capital does not work at all


same name bug ?
======================
when using the same name for a folder keyword and an alias
of a folder keyword and a action keyword
FARR does not work well
solution is to prefix keyword with : folder for folder keywords
action for action keywords


=================
i surely forgot some, if you know of other outstanding bugs please report them in this thread

Cheers, Nitrix