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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS: New Formatting Dialog

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 10, 2011, 05:39 PM »

I've uploaded a new version that will also work with tools that write out the changes to the input file  ... make sure you change the argument string to just "%infile%" (instead of "%infile%" "%outfile%").

-mouser (October 10, 2011, 04:08 PM)

That works very nicely and hands stuff out for processing by an editor that has many years' worth of Rexx macros built into it.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Recommend host for slide shows?

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 10, 2011, 04:54 PM »

How about one of the screensaver programs as an inexpensive option? If mouser's doesn't do the trick I think gPhotoShow would.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS: New Formatting Dialog

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 10, 2011, 04:32 PM »

it's failing because you are passing in both the input and the output file

-mouser (October 10, 2011, 03:59 PM)

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS: New Formatting Dialog

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 10, 2011, 03:48 PM »

chs_sampletool.exe wants a .dll that I don't appear to have. The Perl script does its best but is thwarted by the fact that I haven't Perl installed 
As far as I can see, though, the mechanisms work as intended — FWTW. Items set that don't call those tools work fine, as with the old, single panel.

It must be my setup. I just set the external tool to be an editor and the editor is looking in the wrong place for the file.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS: New Formatting Dialog

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 10, 2011, 03:22 PM »

To test: if you are in notepad, select some text and hit Ctrl+Q, does anything happen?

-mouser (October 10, 2011, 02:37 PM)

Entirely my fault, same as usual. 

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS: New Formatting Dialog

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 10, 2011, 02:06 PM »

The Preset Hotkey Trigger doesn't want to take Ctrl+Q (which was set in the previous version).
Can someone else see if that's so?

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N.A.N.Y. 2012 / Re: NANY 2012 Idea Suggestion: Change Monitor

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 10, 2011, 08:37 AM »

whether you want mealtime tracking, or, say, a twenty-four  hour summary, i.e., a regular scan to determine - and log - current location, or an activity summary scan.  That latter one could get pretty intense

-barney (October 09, 2011, 10:30 PM)

A  real dog's dinner 

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 10, 2011, 08:30 AM »

I downloaded Screenshot Captor as the first program to work with.

-larryhawkins (October 09, 2011, 12:32 PM)

Doesn't that also apply to some terror movies?

-jgpaiva (October 10, 2011, 04:25 AM)

So, you did watch those highly recommended Screenshot Captor movies 

 

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS: New Formatting Dialog

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 09, 2011, 05:30 PM »

i don't think there is any going back from this new tabbed approach

-mouser (October 09, 2011, 03:55 PM)

Fairy Nuff. I can see that it opens the door to further enhancements. 

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS: New Formatting Dialog

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 09, 2011, 03:08 PM »

what's faster than vice?

-rjbull (October 09, 2011, 02:26 PM)

If you're into Devil worship, I'd say sin apses. Now you mention it, not so different from those one might find in LV cathedrals of ...

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 09, 2011, 01:01 PM »

Hi all I am a 67 yr old male from Louisville KY ... not sure what I hope to get out of it though.

-larryhawkins (October 09, 2011, 12:32 PM)

Welcome, Larry!

I hope you get a lot out of DC.  Screenshot Captor is a good start 

Browse around the various forums/topics, and don't hesitate to join in!

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Main window font size

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 09, 2011, 11:51 AM »

I would prefer to use Firefox (my preferred browser), but I have not yet found a similarly useful script/add-on.

-IainB (October 08, 2011, 11:05 PM)

It's easy enough to toggle this one any number of ways. Have you tried and rejected it? It's not perfect.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Main window font size

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 09, 2011, 11:44 AM »

you might also consider setting the system default background colour from white to a sort of light mustard colour

-IainB

I'll second that one! Been doing it ever since it was possible. I don't want to be snow-blind.

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General Software Discussion / Re: display first page of pdf, when hovering over the pdf file

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 09, 2011, 11:27 AM »

Win7 is a big no for me
how about text files, images, etc?

-kalos (October 09, 2011, 07:10 AM)

Following up on the post by CleverCat, Windows XP, Vista and Windows 7 (32-bit and 64-bit) Quick PDF Tools

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CHS: New Formatting Dialog

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 09, 2011, 11:19 AM »

mouser,

I can see your reasoning but I have to agree that the new layout that you showed above seems counter-intuitive. On the existing panel, I can use your cleverness to create some useful items in a trice (only a little slower than a bice but certainly faster than a vice). By the time I stumbled through the new layout I'd have forgotten what I was trying to do. I have found it useful to see all of the options in one place. Keeping together as many items as possible would be an advantage, as seen from my purely selfish perspective.

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Living Room / Re: win7 wifi shows as disconnected when actually connected

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 08, 2011, 10:41 PM »

Well done!

It's amazing just how annoying we let the small things become.

 

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Finished Programs / Re: Release: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands: WinButtonEdit 1.0.5.1

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 08, 2011, 05:29 PM »

I added an Image parameters configuration window to WinButtonEdit.

-Ath (October 08, 2011, 09:37 AM)

This is good stuff, Ath  

Next up, mind reading?

I think the next requirement for me will be a bigger touch screen. I can use my file manager by touch on the MIMO, even though it's tiny, so accuracy isn't a problem. Size defeats function, however, in that I need visible labels for the buttons that I use now, unless and until I can come up with enough meaningful button images. For me, 12 point type seems to be comfortable and that eats up screen real estate.

Thank goodness for @LF@ 

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE: On Screen Button That Sends Keyboard Commands

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 08, 2011, 12:09 PM »

Thanks, I'm off to have a game with it!

 

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Living Room / Re: Buying a fast new PC, anyone have a favorite US system builder?

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 08, 2011, 08:44 AM »

also a source of the background noise I'm trying to drown out.

-nudone (October 08, 2011, 03:50 AM)

You could always try the Van Gogh method.

I've had system-silent environments and you're right, a lot depends on the amount and types of background noise. I think the soundproofing discussion's been around before  —  it's very difficult to do properly with a retrofit. Pink noise is probably a good solution. I'm with 40HZ, though, avoid running water at all costs... unless your office is of the smaller variety and furnished with porcelain

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Living Room / Re: Buying a fast new PC, anyone have a favorite US system builder?

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 07, 2011, 09:14 PM »

Something loud enough to drown out the external sounds but pleasant enough to have on all day - is there anything like that I wonder

-nudone (October 06, 2011, 06:12 PM)

There is; you need a large diameter cooling device in your machine that emits the sound of applause. Apart from any other benefit, you'll find that it's a big fan of yours.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Is this a worthwhile idea for a program?

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 07, 2011, 04:09 PM »

no one ever uses this feature

-mouser (October 07, 2011, 03:56 PM)

But I use your built-in stuff umpteen times a day (and here I use "umpteen" in its pure form).

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Scrolling capture is not working

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 07, 2011, 01:13 PM »

I'm beginning to see why you had deferred this 

I tried keeping SSC locked in place and moving the monitor up and down but that didn't work either. 

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Scrolling capture is not working

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 07, 2011, 12:13 PM »

Non Aero - notepad - loses the bottom line.

do you mean it loses the bottom line from every page, or it does a successful scrolling capture but fails to grab the very last line in the file?

-mouser (October 07, 2011, 10:14 AM)

Actually, it's worse than I thought.
From a file of 534 lines I get this and only this, i.e. no other pages at all.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Scrolling capture is not working

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 07, 2011, 09:56 AM »

Bad news from me.
Non Aero - notepad - loses the bottom line.

Sorry for delayed response, my ISP vanished for >24hrs — charming!

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Living Room / Re: When you make your 100'th Post

« Last post by cranioscopical on October 07, 2011, 09:41 AM »

I'll make my 1000th a special one
 (see attachment in previous post)

-Ath (October 06, 2011, 02:25 PM)

I see you did the mAths on that post!