Recent Posts
I don't recall the DOS program name that became InfoSelectTornado Notes. It was mentioned in another DC thread recently.-barney (September 15, 2011, 07:51 PM)
Getting online into mailbox systems with 300 bd, later with a lightspeed modem at 1200 bd and a software that somewhat sounds like Qemm, don't askQModem?-TomD101 (September 15, 2011, 04:26 PM)
It was a little more than just kinaesthetic (if I understand that term correctly) - at least for the 'core' navigation keys. [...] This idea of placing the commands to mirror the action works well enough that I could remember the actions of those particular keys even after not using the Wordstar layout for more than a decade (which I think is unfortunate, but I got tired of fighting to have to configure every last bit of software to respect the Wordstar commands).That's true, there is an "intellectual logic" to the WordStar Diamond, if not always the other keys.-mwb1100 (September 16, 2011, 03:48 PM)
Nothing masochistic about WordStar. The command sequences were considered arcane by many but had a certain amount of logic [...]Exactly, the logic was kinaesthetic, not intellectual. Once you'd trained your fingers, they knew what to do without needing your brain thereafter.
But far and away the most important thing about WordStar was the fact that you could do everything without moving your hands away from the home keys.-oblivion (September 16, 2011, 03:54 AM)
Most of my repetitive keystrokes are scripture verse references, where I use a software program to find copy and format. So if "1T316" expands to a formatted copy of the verse 1 Timothy 3:16 (RTF would be niceAs an alternative, you might find it useful to consider one of the clipboard extenders and/or code-snippet holders, like mouser's Clipboard Help+Spell, or AceText, or one of the many others.-Steven Avery (September 15, 2011, 11:51 PM)
Do we have a super "text expander-- autocomplete -- autotext" thread somewhere ?-Steven Avery (September 15, 2011, 11:51 PM)
Take a look at these:As well as being the world's leading supplier of printed camera manuals, OTC also offers reviews from two of the leading photographic magazines and, for a limited period, you can download the last three months of reviews free of charge.
Free Camera Reviews
If you are thinking of buying a new camera or lens you should first read what the experts think. OTC now offer compilations of reviews from both Amateur Photographer and What Digital Camera and supply them as downloadable, bookmarked files.
As a special offer, available only until September 17th, you can download every review from Amateur Photographer from June to August this year - http://srv.ezinedire...7228&s=125036813 - and every review from What Digital camera from June to August this year - http://srv.ezinedire...7229&s=125036813 - free of charge.
Printed Portable Camera Manuals
Don’t forget about our manuals, which are now supplied as small bound books which will fit into your camera bag or your pocket.
Don't underestimate how much it will cost you to print a 150 plus page manual yourself. Buying a proper printed manual from us will cost you far less than you would spend in paper and toner if you printed the manual yourself.
We can supply a printed manual for almost every camera ever made. It doesn't matter if your camera is new or 50 years old - we will have the manual for it. Visit our website - http://srv.ezinedire...7230&s=125036813 - to find the manual for your camera or accessory today.
Training DVDs
DVDs are a great way to increase your knowledge of your camera and how to use it. These instructional DVDs offer a comprehensive guide to using your camera.
The information on the DVDs is presented in an interesting and in-depth way. The high production quality provides easy-to-understand and well-illustrated video footage covering all the key features of your camera.
These DVDs are available for most digital SLRs. A full list can be found here - http://srv.ezinedire...7231&s=125036813 - or you can go to our website search - http://srv.ezinedire...7232&s=125036813 - for your model of camera and see the DVDs listed under the printed instruction manual for your camera.
Contact us
We welcome hearing from our customers. Either email us at [email protected] or call us on 01707 273773. We are open 9.00 to 5.00 Monday to Friday. When you call us you will speak directly to a person - you will never have to deal with an automated switchboard!
Yeah, I only remember testing a version of ArsClip a long time ago. [...] if there is a special menu command to initiate search, it's probably not the kind of "instant search" that I am after.You have to hit a key on the popup to invoke Search. After that, it is what I think people mean by an "instant search" feature. That is, press "d","o","n" and you get everything that includes those, add an "a", and you start to see only those entries with "donation coder" in them. The more letters you add, the more you close in on your target, and removing letters widens it in real time, the list of possibles widens to match.-tranglos (September 12, 2011, 09:01 AM)
Question 1: Is there software I could use to make the OS transition less onerous? In other words, does software exist that would catalog my current programs so re-installation wouldn't be the nightmare it currently is? (I've already purchased Recover Keys)-MamasBoy (September 11, 2011, 10:18 AM)
One suggestion, [...] would be to have a preview of how the text will be formatted before it is pasted.Text Monkey gives you a preview, but, sometimes it gets in the way. You end up doing extra Alt-Tabbing between apps. Clippy has a particularly nice approach in that you can set up one or several operations in a group, and apply the entire group in one go with a hotkey. You change between groups with a right-click on the tray icon, but, I think you can only have one hotkey at a time. I haven't tried FDC.-nudone (September 11, 2011, 04:58 AM)
I am quite curious to see how much could be done to better integrate scripting with GUIs. There are in fact GUIs specifically designed to *create* scripsmouser's Drag and Drop Shell Robot is sort-of related. I felt that the real work lay in figuring out the command lines of the programs, and I'd then have put everything in a batch file, so the idea of using drag + drop to feed in files didn't quite gel.-JavaJones (September 08, 2011, 01:29 PM)
what if i export to xml format -- so presumably any number of conversion tools could post-process the export file.I realise that real programmers are able to get to grips with XML, so that would be a nice addition. The trouble is that I don't understand XML. It's a more complex format that I meant [...] I'd like a really simple format that ordinary computer users with modest skills can work with easily.-mouser (September 07, 2011, 02:45 PM)-rjbull (September 07, 2011, 03:10 PM)
what if i export to xml format -- so presumably any number of conversion tools could post-process the export file.I realise that real programmers are able to get to grips with XML, so that would be a nice addition. The trouble is that I don't understand XML. It's a more complex format that I meant, and one would have to find tools to do what one wanted. On the other hand, even I can write simple AWK scripts, and used to use a lot of them. Very convenient for modest data-twiddling tasks.-mouser (September 07, 2011, 02:45 PM)
Offer a configuration option to include the URL on a line at the bottom of a clip, so that when you want to paste the clip into a document, the URL automatically comes along with the text, without needing any extra action?-rjbull (August 21, 2011, 03:58 PM)
Tags Open[X] Closed [ ]
Column Tag
Excerpt {Title:}
Notes {URL:}
Tags Open[ ] Closed [X]
Column Tag - start Tag - end
Excerpt [Title] [/Title]
Notes [URL:] [/URL]
Do you think it may need to made into a commercial exercise, so that it could be profitable?Well, that's up to mouser, who doesn't seem supremely commercially-minded-IainB (September 05, 2011, 10:32 AM)
But if it's going to be the King PIM, and will take work, effort and expenditure on tools and libraries to maintain, then it could command a fair price. Of course, there are so many PIMs out there already.Virtual views with user-defined sort order and filters
@rjbull:Inconsistent, perhaps... but while I don't feel too bad about asking mouser for "another little feature," or what seems to me a little one, I'm less comfortable about making this look like a big commercial project. It's just one of mouser's personal projects: and just one of the ones he doesn't make any money on. What mouser really needs to do is
1. Requirements: Your requirements are included in the [...] @mouser will be able to easily identify from that which requirements he might not want to implement.-IainB (September 04, 2011, 11:55 AM)
I remember being quite impressed with 12ghosts backup-iphigenie (September 04, 2011, 05:19 AM)
+! for 12Gosts, it's the best thing I've found for individual files, or for folders.-cranioscopical (September 04, 2011, 07:08 AM)
Special offer!
12G-Complete™
(including all our tools) $74.95$49.95
12G-Security™ $49.95$34.95
12G-SysTools™ $49.95$34.95
12G-Automation™ $49.95$34.95
12G-Files&More™ $49.95$34.95
12G-Backup $29.95$19.95
There are 21 or so items that he would need to review to see whether he is prepared to change CHS to meet the defined requirement.Be aware that there have been suggestions - not, I think, recently - that mouser should merge CHS with his other program, The Form Letter Machine. That might present synergies, but it would more likely move CHS away from your requirements.-IainB (September 03, 2011, 08:57 AM)
I can't see that there's any need for you to "read tomes on relational database theory", though.That's what you said you you were doing, in another thread!-IainB (September 03, 2011, 08:57 AM)
the use if IT for information management - and especiallly knowledge management - is something that I find quite absorbing, but it's not everybody's cup of tea.Just as long as the IT staff truly understand end user requirements, rather than imposing a solution from above without consultation because "they know what the user wants."-IainB (September 03, 2011, 08:57 AM)
improving CHS as an application for keeping permanent notes, particularly when they're Web clips.And that's all, really. I'm certainly not going to read tomes on relational database theory.
"De Bono though is a child of the Enlightenment: he really believes that people can do better, and only shoddy thinking prevents them from so doing. He has no idea that much inefficiency is deliberately caused by the power-hungry, paranoid, back-stabbing, glory-hunting, spiteful, grudge-bearing human beings who infest the world of organised work."
- Robin Potts, reviewing Edward de Bono's "Simplicity" in The Guardian, 5 Sept. 1998.
AHK and AutoIt3 have the same roots. I use both.You know the watch-my-fingers automatic script generating utility that comes with AHK? Does it work any better with AutoIt3?-MilesAhead (August 11, 2011, 09:56 PM)
Now, I'm reading the Kindle edition of China Mieville's Perdido Street StationThe Ur-text of New Weird? I also read the sequels, of sorts, The Scar and Iron Council. I'd rate Perdido Street Station the best, though the others have their moments.-kyrathaba (August 30, 2011, 05:15 PM)
Support graffitti. Sign a partition.
[Meyer Lansky]: "You read much, Bernie?"
"More and more," I admitted. "And for me it's like the French Foreign Legion. I do it to forget. Myself, I think."