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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)
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[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."
I have been trained to take a rigorous view towards optimising the ergonomics of computer systems, especially where the improved efficiency and effectiveness of data management could be effected.I think you're herding cats. Everybody has different data handling needs - well, preferences and perceived needs, but often vehemently held. Have you looked at the immensely long thread on notetaking software? It eventually petered out without a definitive answer. There isn't a one-size-fits-all solution.-IainB (August 30, 2011, 11:02 AM)
I do feel that the UI should simplify things - e.g., like the use of Boolean searches/filters - as long as the facility for people like me to construct SQL statements is retained in the VFs.I don't want to have to learn another language. I am/was an experienced Dialog searcher, so am used to constructing Boolean searches, but only using the simpler syntax suggested earlier. So, please, indeed a simple UI.
I'm amazed at what you've been able to do with this, which I certainly didn't realise was possible!
- A record will go into a VF:
(a) If it gets filtered in there (e.g., with a Boolean search)
(b) If you force it in there (e.g., by dragging/dropping a record into the VF icon.
Look at this:
One question, though. Virtual folders are "only" a way of tagging/displaying the data, aren't they? A particular way of displaying a subset? In that case, you will presumably lose the data eventually to the automatic purge feature (assuming you have it set). If so, I refer back to my OP where I wanted a separate hotkey to put the current clip into a special folder that isn't automatically cleaned up, so that data you want to keep stays kept.Back years ago I tested ClipCache for a while. [...] revisited CC and bought it when on a special deal. It has been on my main laptop for a long time time now and has never crashed and I dont purge very often so there are a lot of clipsMy impression was that it crashed on me not because of the number of clips, but something to do with the OS, and whatever other programs I have running. Whatever the cause, I rarely run it now.-iphigenie (August 29, 2011, 11:09 AM)
Ejem : a coding snack ? to convert or extract emails from eml files and put together into a txt file ?I've no idea how hard it would be, but it's worth suggesting a coding snack. If it is hard, it can always be ignored-Contro (August 29, 2011, 11:55 AM)
As I said, Google found some payware ones.I really wanted to like Clipmate but something in the many modes of operation keeps confusing me.I found it too complex. It offers too much, which makes it hard to get to grips with.-iphigenie (August 29, 2011, 02:02 AM)
Clipcache - has a "power paste" like feature and I though CHS tooI don't use ClipCache much because it seems to crash so often. The last freeware version, 1.41, did very well on Win95, 98, and (I think) 2K, but started to crash readily on XP, particularly if I ran Outlook or an application that had to be accessed by Citrix. To my disappointment, so did the registered v.3 series.
I have noticed though, that whether with CHS or clipcache - I don't seem to use the features much. Perhaps I should do a concerted effortI don't either, though it might be a different story if I had to transfer data between two different databases or something like that.
Thanks very much, rjbull, for the "powerpaste" features in CHS and ArsClip. I'm glad to know about these. Now I have a place to start looking if I ever decide to replace ClipMate.If you're a dedicated ClipMate user I doubt you'll really want to, but they offer very competent freeware/donationware alternatives to recommend to others.-cyberdiva (August 28, 2011, 11:36 PM)
Arhgg, I said it wrong again, didn't I.I've done a lot of that myself lately-Curt (August 28, 2011, 06:07 PM)
I'm glad to hear that CFi Clipboard+ can be operated with the keyboard, which I much prefer to mouse.I was trying a few moments ago [...] Am-DeadLink is perfect for bookmarks or favourites.The Web site says it can accept tab-delimited or comma-separated text files, so I thought of it as a two-step process, first extract the links and paste them into a file, then run AM-Deadlink. I couldn't quickly find a freeware that would extract links from EML files, though Google found some payware ones.-Contro (August 28, 2011, 05:25 PM)
That's a lot of EULA's to trawl through-Darwin (August 29, 2011, 08:51 AM)
AM-DeadLink detects dead links and duplicates in browser bookmarks and text files. If a bookmark has become unavailable you can verify and delete it permanently. Additionally you can download FavIcons for all your Favorites and Bookmarks.
AM-DeadLink is Freeware!
AM-DeadLink can check the following resources:
* Internet Explorer Favorites
* Firefox 3.x bookmarks
* Opera bookmarks
* Chrome bookmarks
* HTML files
* URLs from tab delimited text files
* URLs from comma separated text files
"Should" is here used more technically than morally. The programmers aren't necessarily the users, and don't necessarily have the same priorities. I would like to be able to store all data in the one file, for ease of back-up, and portability. I realise this may not be ideal in some ways. I suppose the best system would be the ability to set a default storage method that could be overridden on a note-by-note basis.It should be possible to store everything within the database, even if only a copy, to make the database portable and easier to back up.Whenever I read that such-and-such "should" be the case, it usually means that what I have read is an arbitrary, unsubstantiated opinion (unless there is some special law or rule that supports it). The case would seem to be no different here.-rjbull (August 25, 2011, 08:29 AM)
I would recommend that we leave the design of the database to the engineers who are building the thing - or, as my mother used to say to me, "Don't teach your grandmother to suck eggs." The engineers are usually far from stupid, and are likely to be able to fully appreciate the need for portability and backup and a few other things, some of which we might not even have thought about, as well.-IainB (August 26, 2011, 11:38 AM)
Stick is a Windows application (Windows XP/Vista/Windows7 only) which offers utilities such as folder explorers, web browsers and notepads in tabs that attach to the sides of your screen (called ScreenTabs). ScreenTabs are super customizable tab-shaped windows that let you access the aforementioned utilities quickly and easily.
Uranium BackupThe payware versions are moderately to seriously pricey. Do you use one of them, or the free one?-joiwind (August 28, 2011, 03:43 AM)
What I like most about CFi is the speed and simplicity.Is it keyboard-centric, or mouse-centric? I prefer keyboard, and noticed that BdJ had textBEAST on offer (again) the other day. That looks to me very mouse-centric.-Curt (August 26, 2011, 06:28 PM)
It has what I need.I find that with ArsClip
CFi is about ShellToys: right-click access to 53 context-sensitive shell extensions, and 25 small special programsI think they could be clearer about licensing. I eventually decided that the license was for all their tools, though if you look at their main page, you might think they are licensed individually.
Sadly CFi will not accept to be delayed.Could you set it to not start with Windows, then start it with a batch file, which presumably could be delayed?
rjbullSorry, I overlooked that. Do you use Opera? Sanity check - I haven't tried this - but there's MakeLinks for Opera:
As mentioned earlier FF screwed my system some time back, so is rarely used, and lives on a stick-magician62 (August 27, 2011, 10:12 AM)
MakeLinks is an extension for the web browser Opera that will search for all web addresses in text form and display an in-page popup of clickable links. Optionally, there is a mode for automatic detection of text web addresses on the entire page.
ClipMate. One feature that I use a lot and that I haven't found in other programs I've tried is ClipMate's PowerPaste. It will automatically paste each item from the clipboard in order (ascending or descending) into any document.-cyberdiva (August 26, 2011, 06:14 PM)
CHS now has a stack system that will let you easily copy multiple clips into a stack (queue), and then paste them back out individually (or as a block) in a First-In-First-Out (FIFO) order.
[...]
In addition to pasting as a solid text block, you can paste items with simulated TAB keypresses between then, which is useful for form filling.
Form Mode
ArsClip supports pasting multiple items into a program by Form Mode (popup -> Misc -> Form Mode). When in Form Mode, you click an item on the popup, ArsClip pastes the item, simulates a TAB keypress, and then displays the popup again. This process repeats until you press Cancel. The TAB keypress will move focus to the next form field in a web page, or in a program. Sometimes a non-text item will receive focus in a web page, so you can press the "Next Field" option on the popup to skip to the next text field.
The Keystrokes option in Permanent Items is a more flexible way of pasting items and simulating keystrokes for items you paste often.
I only half-understand your concepts, which leads me to be concerned that, should you have your way, CHS might become too hard for ordinary folk to use. cf. Ultra Recall, where I have a license for an old version, but never really got into it because it looks too complex.If I have these applications installed, I don't really need anything else.Does that mean you're going to donate all your other licenses to charity?-Darwin (August 27, 2011, 09:59 AM)
HALF a zillion, rjbull ;-)So modest-Curt (August 26, 2011, 07:38 AM)
My first concern is if the program is easy to use, and stable.These are important points. I have ClipCache installed, but rarely use it because it tends to crash too often.
CFi ShellToys Clipboard+". I like this one the best.I haven't heard of that one before
What do you specially like about it?
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I want to be able to repeat this action so as to build a list of URL's for later processing, with each entry on a new line.-magician62 (August 26, 2011, 05:46 AM)