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General Software Discussion / remote ubuntu

« on: September 02, 2012, 08:46 PM »

hello!

at lab, there is an ubuntu pc that many people use
I am logged in and when I physically leave, I just lock the screen (that means I am still logged in, right?)

the question is, can I have access to that pc from my home pc?
preferably without anyone can see it

thanks!

327

General Software Discussion / the most lightweight pdf editor

« on: September 02, 2012, 05:43 PM »

hello!

which is the most lightweight pdf editor?

thanks!

328

General Software Discussion / learning programming

« on: August 31, 2012, 06:35 PM »

hello!

I have difficulties learning programming, although I have written various autohotkey scripts myself

just now, I found this website:

http://www.programmingbasics.org/
http://www.programmi.../gettingstarted.html

I think it is what I was needing! it is brilliant and excellent!

it explains programming without any prerequisites

my question is: is it complete/enough? are there any general programming concepts not been covered?

thanks!

329

General Software Discussion / xpdf, pdftk, etc

« on: August 20, 2012, 12:24 PM »

hello!

manipulating pdf has always been a hard work for me, mainly because of lack of tools
now, I can do alot of things with these:

xpdf
pdftk

can you help me complete this list with other useful free cmd/gui pdf tools?

also, which are the best xpdf and pdftk gui versions?

thanks!

330

General Software Discussion / fast research

« on: August 17, 2012, 06:23 PM »

Hello!

I do alot reading, that requires me to search for specific text in wikipedia, web, google translate, some pdf files, etc

Is there a way to get results from all these in one window?

Thanks!

331

General Software Discussion / screen for reading and browsing

« on: August 17, 2012, 03:49 PM »

hello!

as most monitors nowadays, my monitor is very wide

this maybe good for movies and games, but my main usage is text reading and web browsing, which should be better to have long vertical dimension and short horizontal (so that eyes wont get tired moving from one edge to the other)

is there a way that can split my screen vertically and display each window to each area?

placing my screen in portrait mode, makes it ridiculously elongated

thanks!

332

General Software Discussion / most powerful web automation

« on: August 17, 2012, 10:19 AM »

hello!

while I am quite (not completely though) satisfied with GUI automation (I use AHK for this), I still havent find an easy way for web automation

learning JS, Greasemonkey and such is kinda cumbersome and has severe limitations (eg. cannot write data to a simple text file)

I have so far, found these tools:
Mechanize
UBot
Selenium
Watir

are there any more?

which is the best? the most powerful? even if I have to learn more

thanks!

333

General Software Discussion / recognize blocks in pdf, align them and edit them

« on: August 17, 2012, 07:09 AM »

hello!

I want to edit pdf files of textbooks as I read them

nothing special, just remove some garbage sentences, add some text, etc

however, as you all know, working with pdf is troublesome

i wonder if a program exists that identifies blocks of pdf, that contain text or graphics, put them in line sequencially, and let you edit the text as in msword, without messing things up

thanks!

334

General Software Discussion / lazy click

« on: August 14, 2012, 10:35 AM »

hello!

this firefox addon extends the clickable area around clickable controls, so that you wont miss the control you want to click
https://addons.mozil...le/addon/lazy-click/

it is brilliant and very convenient, so I wonder if there is such thing or similar for general mswin gui???

thanks!

335

General Software Discussion / create pdf forms

« on: August 14, 2012, 09:32 AM »

hello!

in an existing pdf file, I want to insert editable forms in specific positions, for example in this :

http://www.walgreens...rescriberFaxForm.pdf

I want to specify the fonts, the wrapping, the input (eg. only digits allowed in specific form and only specific number of digits), etc

how can I do that?

thanks!

336

General Software Discussion / programming language for math

« on: August 11, 2012, 04:28 PM »

hello!

which programming language is more fast at calculating math?

maybe machine language?

thanks!

337

General Software Discussion / my pc anywhere

« on: August 09, 2012, 04:58 AM »

hello!

I want to literally have my pc with me, without having to carry the hardware

ie, i want to somehow be able to make in any pc, my own winxp installation to appear, with its settings, its shortcuts, its macros, its customizations, its programs, its files etc

it should work flawlessly in any pc, it should save all possible actions i may do, eg manipulate files, install software, etc

it should leave no trace to the pc i work on, and it should be secure (not being able to be monitored by the host pc, or to get virus, etc)

is this possible?

thanks!

338

General Software Discussion / dual boot linux/win32 system

« on: August 08, 2012, 04:41 PM »

hello!

it has been a long time since i worked with a dual boot linux/win32 system, what is now the most convenient way to create one?

thanks!

339

General Software Discussion / mswin vs linux in academia

« on: August 02, 2012, 08:18 AM »

hello!

i know there are numerous mswin vs linux topics, but in a new workplace i am in (computational chem, biology, etc), they use mainly linux
is there anything in general (or particularly in specific sciences like these) that we cannot do it in mswin and can do it in linux?
i mean, okay, there maybe copyright issues that make linux definately more attractive, but practically do they have differences in abilities?
for example, vi, tex, etc are very much used in academia. arent there mswin counterparts that are the same or even better?

thanks!

340

General Software Discussion / scan and seperate

« on: June 05, 2012, 04:22 AM »

hello!

I want to load a pack of papers to a sheetfed scanner, but each document must be seperated

how can I do this?

is there a way to make it automatic, instead of me spliting manually the scans?

I saw some apps that require to place pages with barcodes between the documents, but are too much expensive

any cheaper or free solution, or a program I already own (Abbyy, etc) or any totally alternative solution?

thanks!

341

General Software Discussion / image editing tools

« on: June 03, 2012, 05:08 AM »

hello!

I want to select some items in a photo (raster) and delete them and then fill the void with colors of the surroundings

I want to draw an area that will not resemble rectangular, circle, etc (it will have complicated margins) and fill it with specific color or color pattern

I want to replace a photograph with its relevant sketch

how do I do these?

thanks!

342

General Software Discussion / which programming language is most powerful in automating/interacting with MS Wi

« on: June 02, 2012, 06:15 PM »

hello!

which programming language is most powerful in automating/interacting with MS Windows applications' GUI?

I mean to get info from third-party GUI controls, edit them, etc

thanks!

343

General Software Discussion / telephone by pc

« on: May 31, 2012, 03:30 AM »

hello!

I really need to select the text of a telephone number in my PC and send it to my landline phone and call it

is it possible?

thanks!

344

General Software Discussion / which programming/scripting language has the largest number of functions?

« on: May 30, 2012, 04:37 PM »

Hello!
which programming/scripting language has the largest number of immediately available functions?
either built-in or in repositories
Thanks!

345

General Software Discussion / let's gather all possible cmd and batch tools

« on: May 30, 2012, 03:06 PM »

hello!

here I make a start:

http://www.kilowatts...are.com/PoofPage.htm

 

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General Software Discussion / client side efficiency increase

« on: May 23, 2012, 04:27 PM »

hello!

there is a website/server which due to the fact that many people try to use/access it, it hangs up making a simple work with it to last several minutes

is there anything one can do from the side of the client, in order to decrease this delay?

thanks!

347

General Software Discussion / outliner

« on: May 23, 2012, 04:05 PM »

hello!

I want to create an outline like this:

is there a program or a way to easily create a program that can do this?

in a file that can be transfered to another pc and be viewed/edited there without the need to install anything, would be perfect!

thanks!

348

General Software Discussion / make a rectangular selection to a pdf file and copy that text only

« on: May 23, 2012, 05:51 AM »

hello!

I want to make a rectangular selection to a pdf file and copy that text only

is it possible?

the text is copiable (it doesnt need OCR)

thanks!

349

General Software Discussion / any aid to increase functionality and abilities of conditional format in EXCEL?

« on: May 23, 2012, 03:20 AM »

hello!

is there any aid to increase functionality and abilities of conditional format in EXCEL?

any code, script, plugin, or program, etc

thanks!

350

General Software Discussion / EXCEL - ACCESS hybrid without limitations

« on: May 22, 2012, 04:24 AM »

hello!

EXCEL has many limitations (eg 64,000 of rows max), ACCESS has other limitations, is there a hybrid, supporting VBA or other scripting/macro languages, without limitations?

thanks!