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electronixtar: Though not all, I've addressed some of your points in my blog post.-sri (May 26, 2008, 10:08 PM)
Welcome to the site electronixtar!
ps.from your signature and coding ability, i wonder if you might be the perfect person to try making a Twitter plugin for FARR, as requested here.-mouser (May 27, 2008, 12:35 AM)
Thank you.Hi everyone, I am from Chengdu China-electronixtar (May 26, 2008, 11:40 PM)
Welcome!
You live on "shaky ground", electronixtar... how's the mood down there?-PhilB66 (May 26, 2008, 11:57 PM)
There are minor aftershocks but ppl here are getting used to it now.Welcome aboard, electronixtar.
I have had FARR (great name in my opinion) lurking in my system tray off and on for months: I've been too lazy or unconcerned to explore it.
You have already found out more about it than I. To be honest, I think it takes some detective work to discover how best to exploit FARR (not that I would say so if I thought mouser were listening).
-cranioscopical (May 26, 2008, 11:53 PM)
Sometimes it's tiring learning new things. Is it humanity to be LAZY? LOLOK. What's the .ini filename? I didn't find itit's in the Farr's root folder: FindAndRunRobot.ini-electronixtar (May 26, 2008, 11:26 PM)-lanux128 (May 26, 2008, 11:43 PM)
@electronixtar: also, be sure to read this thread as it will give you a nice insight of Farr's ability.
• Find And Run Robot (FARR) - Features You Should Know About-lanux128 (May 26, 2008, 11:26 PM)
>2. Index registry "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App Paths" so Launchy acts exactly as Win+R
farr already looks in all the right places so I wonder what positive change would that make. Could be interesting to implement... don,t know.-Armando (May 26, 2008, 08:45 PM)
>3. Support indexing Google Bookmarks, Live bookmarks, Del.icio.us bookmarks
Did you look at the addons ? I don't use these , but Del.icio.us bookmarks are "supported"
The plugin is really cool!>4. Support Opensearch like firefox do.(Something like Google Suggest)But no plugin doing the exact thing
There are already some plugins doing similar things.
The C# version Google Suggest turned out an .NET error on my Server 2008+IE8beta PC. It's a .dll & difficult to modify. A js/python script would be easier to MOD >5. I strongly recommand "launchy"-like two-column UI design. On the left you type command, the right display program name, the middle display an icon. The advantage of this is, you can type 1+1 on the left while display 2 on the right. Another example: Left for word input right for spell check or dictionay? LOL.
I personally very much prefer farr's UI : you can see more info at once (creation date, path, etc.), not to mention, more results, if you wish. Much more precise. To browse directories, it's more convenient.
>6. Now the most intersting part, if user's input matches a file, and a icon appears, display Explorer menu when right click the icon. :-)
This is already the case & more. Have you tried it?
but I learned this now. FARR really rocks>7. When a exact file/folder matches, support drag & drop operations compatible with Explorer. e.g. I type C:\Tools\Notepad.exe and then drag 1.txt from desktop to FARR so FARR launch 1.txt with notepad.exe :-)
Some of that can be achieved. But can't you just double click on your txt file ????
>8. Index IE, Firefox, Opera history URL's & Webpage titleGot it :-)
Much of that can already be achieved through addons, and just plain configuration.
>9. Options for store settings in Registry, .ini in %APPDATA% and in FARR directory to make FARR "portable"OK. What's the .ini filename? I didn't find it
Settings are already strore in an ini file in farr's directory. I don't know how portable it is though as I've never tried it on different machines.
>13. I strongly disagree using Ctrl+Space as the default FARR toggle hotkey cauz many CJK Windows use Ctrl+Space as default hotkey for IME switching
All hotkeys are customizable. IIRC Ctrl+space is the default toggle hotkey in many launchers (like Quicksilver).
I think the number one suggestion should be changed to "The name of the launcher itself"haha. It's really reasonable to change such a geeky name to a more simple one.-Josh (May 26, 2008, 10:41 PM)
yes, you're right mouser. It's a nice list electronixtar.-Armando (May 26, 2008, 10:44 PM)
you should do that.
also, the Screenshot Captor.
maybe it's always a good idea to creat program with seperated language files.If people really want this, i could add it without much trouble.-mouser (May 24, 2008, 02:15 AM)-xbeta (May 25, 2008, 08:39 PM)
I used to be a launchy 2.0 user now I am switching to FARR. FARR is one of the best & most customizable launch programs :-) I recommend it to lots of my friends EditPad Pro and UltraEdit 32 cover most of your list save the autohide/autodock feature. They both allow you to run regex searches, highlight text, configure external tools and feature tabbed interfaces. I am less sure about the hotkey requirement. As for the autohide/autodock feature but you might look to Actual Tools and Stardock as one or the other of them may offer a solution. Stardock has a simple text editor of its own that is part of Object Desktop called Object Edit. It will highlight syntax and so on, but it is much less feature rich than either EditPad or UltraEdit.
I suspect that these options may well be overkill for you, but offer them nonetheless...-Darwin (August 08, 2007, 03:36 PM)
There is a program that will dock a window to autohide on the edge of your screen: Panel Hider
Just make sure you know this trick, just in case you lose a window offscreen and can't get it back.-app103 (August 08, 2007, 02:39 PM)
First of all..
Hi there! And welcome to the forum
Here's the most interesting thread on DC about notetaking software. It's definitelly an overwhelming thread, but if it exists... It's there
From what i understand, though, you're looking for something very specific. You're looking for a program that'll allow you to add new notes directly to OneNote?
How about a program that allows you to take notes and then export it to OneNote?-jgpaiva (August 08, 2007, 10:14 AM)
