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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend portable word processor, please?

« Last post by Target on February 11, 2010, 05:37 PM »

Angel Writer looks pretty good.  I'd never used it before but it appears lightweight and functional.  QJot is also a good alternative.

-jaden (February 11, 2010, 04:54 PM)

thanks jaden!! I figured as much, but I was too lazy to do the math

@Target: thanks...  how would you rate Angel Writer against the alternatives?

-rjbull (February 11, 2010, 08:54 AM)

I couldn't say as I pretty much only use a text editor (Notepad++), but I do seem to recall seeing positive reports on it

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend portable word processor, please?

« Last post by Target on February 10, 2010, 04:28 PM »

I'd noticed mention of it  here on DC, but their Web site doesn't (as far as I can see) mention that it's portable, something I'd have expected them to say if it was.

-rjbull (February 10, 2010, 03:41 PM)

if you 'unpack' the installer using UniExtract the application can be found in the APP folder - you can run the app from there, or copy the files to a folder of your choice and delete the folder you unpacked to

Portable freeware also advises to rename HELP1.CHM to HELP.CHM and to delete HELP2.CHM - not sure why, but it may or may not make a difference...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend portable word processor, please?

« Last post by Target on February 09, 2010, 09:59 PM »

Open office is also available as a portable app - see http://portableapps.com

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend portable word processor, please?

« Last post by Target on February 09, 2010, 09:19 PM »

Portable freeware lists a few more

2 that could be worth a look are Angel writer (this ones been mentioned here before) and Q Jot (I've seen favourable reports on this one, though ymmv)

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Developer's Corner / Re: developers cheatsheets

« Last post by Target on February 03, 2010, 07:43 PM »

you're most welcome!!

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Developer's Corner / developers cheatsheets

« Last post by Target on February 03, 2010, 04:54 PM »

found this this morning, and it may be of use/interest to others

lots of quick reference/cheat sheets for a wide variety of languages and applications

http://devcheatsheet.com/

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DC Member Programs and Projects / Re: Live Screensaver

« Last post by Target on February 02, 2010, 05:44 PM »

what about just moving the window every so often, eg 10mm to the right, then 10 down, 10 left, 10 up, etc

(i assume it's a windowed app )

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software support - am I losing my mind?

« Last post by Target on January 31, 2010, 05:17 PM »

To keep within screaming distance of the topic, Palm support is unfortunately similar to that which you experienced from Roboform.

-cranioscopical (January 30, 2010, 07:04 PM)

actually, screaming distance in these cases is fair way so there's quite a bit of latitude...

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General Software Discussion / Re: What would life be like without Windows?

« Last post by Target on January 29, 2010, 12:16 AM »

draped in glory, as you wished...

-Target (January 28, 2010, 08:24 PM)

I'm  flagging, must be my advanced years...

-cranioscopical (January 28, 2010, 11:56 PM)

none the less, we salute you...

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Living Room / Re: Yea, I won't be getting an iPad anytime soon

« Last post by Target on January 28, 2010, 10:33 PM »

couldn't agree more, apple need to get a grip on reality and make something useful, maybe an iCar would be ideal, or an iPlane.

-Stephen66515 (January 28, 2010, 10:16 PM)

they seem to be producing plenty of iDiots...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software support - am I losing my mind?

« Last post by Target on January 28, 2010, 08:27 PM »

Darwin, I wonder if your or anyone really been far even as decided to use even go want to do look more like?

-f0dder (January 28, 2010, 08:21 PM)

Darwin

Good News!!  looks like your inquiry been escalated to management

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General Software Discussion / Re: What would life be like without Windows?

« Last post by Target on January 28, 2010, 08:24 PM »

I'm afraid I'm going to have to grille you for that...

-Target (January 28, 2010, 06:17 PM)

Uh, oh! It's curtains for me.

-cranioscopical (January 28, 2010, 08:03 PM)

draped in glory, as you wished...

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General Software Discussion / Re: What would life be like without Windows?

« Last post by Target on January 28, 2010, 06:17 PM »

At least it is not by Apple.

-Tuxman (January 28, 2010, 05:41 PM)

take one tablet and call us in the morning...

I'm no great admirer of yours, more a fan light!

-cranioscopical (January 28, 2010, 05:20 PM)

I'm afraid I'm going to have to grille you for that...

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Living Room / Re: Yea, I won't be getting an iPad anytime soon

« Last post by Target on January 28, 2010, 06:12 PM »

not being terribly interested I haven't been following the development, but from what I've seen and heard to sounds like all they've done is produce an iPod (or touch) for the vision impaired

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software support - am I losing my mind?

« Last post by Target on January 28, 2010, 05:33 PM »

Passwords beginning with 'F' and ending in 'you' are no longer allowed in version 6.9.98.

-cranioscopical (January 28, 2010, 05:18 PM)

please ensure your capslock is set to off

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General Software Discussion / Re: What would life be like without Windows?

« Last post by Target on January 28, 2010, 04:47 PM »

yawn... one look and already I'm glazing over...

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Circle Dock / Re: Start CircleDock via Desktop Context Menu?

« Last post by Target on January 24, 2010, 07:03 PM »

Fast Explorer may also be a useful option

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Developer's Corner / Re: AHK Help

« Last post by Target on January 23, 2010, 03:03 AM »

the OutputVar (i.e. SourceFileName) need not be quoted..

-lanux128 (January 22, 2010, 08:11 AM)

DOH!! I should READ my posts before I send them...

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Living Room / Re: any (Nokia) mobile phone maven's out there?

« Last post by Target on January 21, 2010, 05:46 PM »

I may have identified the issue, but it's going to cost me to find out...

I noticed a reference in something I was reading (for another device) about the stated card capacity being 2G

On checking the spec's for my device it also states 'expandable to 2G', so maybe that's the problem

Gotta admit this never occurred to me (what's with the apparently arbitrary limt?)

Never thought of using it for an MP3 player, I've got a Zune I never use for that.

-Stoic Joker (January 21, 2010, 05:09 PM)

likewise I too have an audioplayer (an aging iRiver S10) but if I'm listening to that I can't hear the phone ring (on the odd occasion that it does), so using the phones functionality seemed like a natural solution

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Developer's Corner / Re: AHK Help

« Last post by Target on January 21, 2010, 04:50 PM »

Wraith

i think the correct syntax is

    FileSelectFile, %_SourceFileName%, 3,%_InputDirectory%, Select the file to be converted, Adobe PDF (*.pdf)

you were getting an error because you 'opened' a variable with your first % but didn't close it (at least that's how AHK see's it)

Also note that it's not necessary (in this case) to enclose your text values   

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Living Room / Re: any (Nokia) mobile phone maven's out there?

« Last post by Target on January 21, 2010, 04:41 PM »

I got rid of the OVI crap and am using PC Suite 7, which seems much more sane.

-nosh (January 21, 2010, 02:23 AM)

did you go back to an old version (7.0), or are you using the current version (7.1.40.1)?

the 'latest' version defaults to OVI 'player' for media 'management'

I thought afterwards that my post wasn't particularly clear - it was supposed to be a request for assistance/advice, but ended up being part rant.  Trouble is I don't really know what it is that I'm looking for here...

I mean is this normal behaviour for these devices?  I have a digital audio player and have never had an issue with it in >3 years (and you can't tell me the technology isn't the same)

I also appreciate that OEM software often leaves something to be desired, but in the case of these devices there doesn't appear to be a lot of choice.  The damn things aren't visible to your OS (windows in this case) except through their tools(why is this?  even if you wanted to protect the device, wouldn't it be simple enough to expose the memory card?), which means that you're basically stuffed and that this is as good as it's ever going to get...

does anyone know of any alternatives?

There seem to be no end of developers building alternatives for that other closed shop (i), but for some reason very few for any other brand device (why is that?)

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Living Room / any (Nokia) mobile phone maven's out there?

« Last post by Target on January 20, 2010, 08:36 PM »

anyone here have any knowledge or references for working with media (music) files on a nokia mobile?

I've just started using the 'music player' functionality on my Nokia 6120 and I'm finding the whole experience a little frustrating...

I added a 4G memory card (not unreasonable I felt) and sometimes the handset seems to hang/choke when scanning for files.  Sometimes the phone will recover after a while (5-10 minutes), and sometimes I have to reboot it to get back to normal operation.  Once it's working it's fine...

managing files using the supplied software (Nokia PC Suite - now OVI) is OK, but it's not inspiring confidence in me...

OVI is slow to just to load (a couple of minutes?), and scanning the device is also slow, and on occasions it also seems to choke (it scans and scans and scans)

Initially I copied files by removing the card and using a card reader, but the phone seemed to have a great deal of difficulty, ie some tracks wouldn't play at all, some would play partially, and some would cause the above hang, etc.  I then redid it using the supplied software which was marginally better (the tracks all play now) though the initial load took an extroadinarily long time (90 minutes for about 450 files - though subsequent attempts seem to have been much quicker) but the problem hasn't been resolved.

once completed OVI reports 349 files which clashes with the handset which reports 708 - browsing the phone using the 'file manager' would seem to indicate that the handset is correct, ie there are folders/track listed that don't appear in OVI

can anyone tell me if this is normal behaviour for these things or if I'm just fortunate

FYI both software and firmware are up to date...
 

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Search Subdirs for Missing File

« Last post by Target on January 19, 2010, 07:27 PM »

a further change - double click an entry in the list to open that folder in exploder

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DC Website Help and Extras / Re: is the chatroom borked?

« Last post by Target on January 19, 2010, 06:28 PM »

Yeah it's playing up for me too. I'd recommend using an irc client. typical favorites on Windows are mIRC and X-Chat, Linux would be X-Chat or irssi.

-Ehtyar (January 12, 2010, 11:36 PM)

the XChat program mentioned by Ehtyar above, does proxy setup and it's freeware. i've never tried it before but seems to be quite popular.

-lanux128 (January 17, 2010, 07:59 PM)

X-Chat did the trick - thanks to you both!!

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: Search Subdirs for Missing File

« Last post by Target on January 19, 2010, 12:25 AM »

a small improvement - added the functionality to print the list, or export it to a file

EDIT: redundant attachments removed