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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by kartal on June 05, 2008, 10:15 PM »

sorry to hear that. I have never had any issues installing it. I use it on both xp64bit and 32bit.

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by kartal on June 05, 2008, 09:34 PM »

Scanfs has just been updated as well. Would you guys mind give a try and compare it to others? I use it here and I am happy but I do not have searchgt etc. I do not have any affiliation just a happy user

Btw it is free!

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=13567.0

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

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General Software Discussion / ScanFs is updated!

« Last post by kartal 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 / Re: Is there an alternative for Babylon Rightclick Translation software?

« Last post by kartal on June 05, 2008, 11:06 AM »

I use Farr

Create your alias that searches dictionary. Then create a special hotkey version of Farr(hotkeys tab in advanced config). Put t "name of your alias" %cliptext% into ext edit box. This will activate farr and put selected text into farr.

There are already preset dictionary aliases in Farr. In this case you can just put "lookup %cliptext%" in hotkeys window if you do not want to go through alias creating hassle.

I know this is online method but free and efficient.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: RecentX at Bits du Jor, 4-Jun-2008

« Last post by kartal on June 05, 2008, 02:16 AM »

Free recent files.

http://www.nirsoft.n...cent_files_view.html


From what I understand Recentx is not actually tracking files itself rather checking the registry. This is a minus to me because there are cases registry does not record opened files like video files if you use gom or kmp players.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Post your FARR v2 Plugin Idea Requests Here - Plugin Writers Read In

« Last post by kartal on June 04, 2008, 01:45 PM »

It would be amazing if farr could show image thumbnails(optional) while listing files.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop state snapshot & recall software

« Last post by kartal on June 04, 2008, 11:02 AM »

No that does not keep documents.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Recentx at Giveawayoftheday

« Last post by kartal on June 04, 2008, 12:00 AM »

Btw a Recentx Farr plugin would be awesome addition to recentx and farr

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Recentx at Giveawayoftheday

« Last post by kartal on June 03, 2008, 11:57 PM »

Recentx is nice for tracking recent documents. However, it is missing one crucial feature which is selecting files-folders from the list and dragging-dropping into custom favorites folders. Live search based favorites is ok but to me it is useless because it is limiting. I can already track recent files with free Nirsoft recent files view. http://www.nirsoft.n...cent_files_view.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop state snapshot & recall software

« Last post by kartal on June 03, 2008, 11:16 AM »

I started using it but how does it save states of the open programs? I could not find a way to be honest.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop state snapshot & recall software

« Last post by kartal on June 03, 2008, 10:05 AM »

I have been already using virtualbox for certain things. But in this case it is useless to me because I use heavy 3d modelling animation and rendering applications.

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General Software Discussion / Re: webcam as mouse?

« Last post by kartal on June 02, 2008, 11:42 PM »

I have looked at all those pages already That one for example provides the source only no installer. Let me articulate myself better. I am looking for a software that has been tested and used by any dc member 

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General Software Discussion / Re: webcam as mouse?

« Last post by kartal on June 02, 2008, 07:34 PM »

Have you tried downloading it? That is what I meant by fruitless.


Note: The download links are currently disabled as I work to fix some bugs in the previous version and recover parts of the code I lost due to a hard disk failure. I estimate this to be back on in a week or two. I apologize for the inconvenience.


Get uMouse:

    * Download uMouse windows binary/setup
    * Download manual in pdf format

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General Software Discussion / webcam as mouse?

« Last post by kartal 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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General Software Discussion / Re: Need Virtual Desktop software recommendations

« Last post by kartal on June 02, 2008, 03:35 PM »

Thanks MKairys, but that would not be what I need.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Need Virtual Desktop software recommendations

« Last post by kartal on June 02, 2008, 03:19 PM »

Can any of virtual desktops save opened apps as a session to be restored later?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop state snapshot & recall software

« Last post by kartal on June 02, 2008, 03:14 PM »

Do you know any multi desktop software that can save open apps and their states?

Other than a hardcore virtualization approach... only simplistic solutions spring to mind

Use a multi-desktop software.

or

Create multiple logins and switch users?

Edit: Just tried Groupbar, it remembers the apps and their positions (I had KMPlayer and Firefox running but it didn't show me those in the list of apps I could add to the snapshot). It doesn't remember the program state.

-nosh (June 02, 2008, 02:12 PM)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop state snapshot & recall software

« Last post by kartal on June 02, 2008, 02:40 PM »

Yes it does not remember the open documents, only open programs. It has an option to put document name and path but for some reason it does not capture it automatically.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop state snapshot & recall software

« Last post by kartal on June 02, 2008, 02:09 PM »

I have found one from Microsoft and seems like they did a good job.

http://www.download....2346_4-10628461.html

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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop state snapshot & recall software

« Last post by kartal on June 02, 2008, 01:52 PM »

I am looking for something like this. Has anyone found one?

One idea is remembering which programs are open and where there windows are located.

-mouser (January 23, 2007, 02:32 AM)

Well, let's separate 2 ideas..
One idea is remembering which programs are open and where there windows are located.
It would be quite easy to write a program to save workspace configurations like this, and the idea has come up before here.  I think it's a good one i'd like to see someone take on.

The other idea would be to remember not only window positions but what files were opened and where you were in each, etc.  That is much harder and it may be that only by using a heavy virtual machine approach could you pull this off.

-mouser (January 23, 2007, 02:32 AM)

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Instant infos via aliases?

« Last post by kartal on June 01, 2008, 05:16 PM »

Btw I hope that Farr will support unicode and international characters in the info plugin?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Instant infos via aliases?

« Last post by kartal on June 01, 2008, 04:57 PM »

Having simple note text appending feature would not hurt in my opinion. My notes are in plain text and I would really use a faster way to enter text data, on the fly. As I mentioned before I already use addnote.exe from mouser but addnote`s formatting does not fit in my info formatting. So even a modified addnote.exe with little more formatting options would be beneficial to everyone I believe. This wont make sense to those who use note taking apps with special formats but people who use plain text for many things will benefit greatly.

One other method I was using is actually using notepad to create the text notes. Basically you can create an alias that passes predefined directory with file name. If the file exists notepad opens the file if it does not it creates a new one. This is nice and very quick method however notepad.exe does not provide appending to end or starting of the file as far as I know.



As far as plugin goes I would vote for note searching as first implementation.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Instant infos via aliases?

« Last post by kartal on June 01, 2008, 01:42 PM »

As a starter adding notes should be done based on appending to existing text files with controlled formatting then? I use your addnote.exe but having no formatting control makes it little useless. Because all I would need is one line of note but addnote would add multiple lines.

My suggestion is that add note should let us choose the formatting and what kind of info line(date, time etc) should be appended.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Instant infos via aliases?

« Last post by kartal on June 01, 2008, 01:34 PM »

Maybe user can create "template" pages. If user calls the template page name that means that the user wants to enter data.
For example my template page name is "hospital" and it looks like this
[template]
@title = Central Hospital
@phone = blah blah
@address = blah blah
@hours = blah blah

If I type "add hospital" Farr would ask the title, phone adress. Or I could type them in an order like we do with aliases. Farr can add the infos to existing template page. In this case template formatting needs to stay on top of the file whole time I would guess. Or it could create new files with template formating based on user settings.

If I type "look hospital Dr. Jones" Farr would do a text searc and display the info based on template page format.


 

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Instant infos via aliases?

« Last post by kartal on June 01, 2008, 01:10 PM »

I personally think that txt based formats should be read by the plugin. User  also should be able to choose whether they want to keep things in hierarchy files or one file. I keep most of my note files in text format so this plugin would be a breeze for me. One thing that can be cool is that user should be able to define which folders should be searched by the plugin. Also appending to existing text file could be great. We should have control over the formatting of the text that will be append. I like your addnote.exe but one drawback is that it does not have formating control and it is too bold for my needs.