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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 16, 2012, 06:12 AM »

It seems that the resolving the shortcut doesn't work.

-ecaradec (April 16, 2012, 05:18 AM)

This was a good hint.

I created a shortcut to Qatapult.exe and got the shortcut to appear in pane 0 -- that made it so that Quit and Reload appear in pane 1.

Output from DebugView included:

[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true
[2920] Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = PUTTY.EXE => false

What had been appearing in pane 0 here until this test was not a shortcut.

Does this help at all?

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 16, 2012, 06:08 AM »

can you check with putty if you have it ?

-ecaradec (April 16, 2012, 05:13 AM)

I don't use putty, but I got it temporarily and did similar tests.  The results were:

[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2572] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false

This was with Windows XP Pro SP3.

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 16, 2012, 03:26 AM »

Just performed a similar test with Windows XP Pro SP3 and got:

[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[2960] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 15, 2012, 08:29 PM »

I've also uploaded a new version that has a combobox for selecting skin. This is a powerful feature of Qatapult, it was too badly hidden.

-ecaradec (April 15, 2012, 01:57 PM)

I appreciate this feature -- thanks!

On a related note, it feels a bit odd that the 'default' skin does not appear to be the default

Also did I say that you can now enable and disable plugins from the settings UI. I can't really find that in my comments ?

I don't remember reading about it.  Definitely appreciate this too 

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 15, 2012, 08:23 PM »

Also chrome is reporting this as potentially harmful. I checked it against virus total and everything is ok. That's a false check, might be coming from the weird name ?

-ecaradec (April 15, 2012, 01:53 PM)

I don't know -- FWIW, I checked with jotti.org and that didn't report any problems.

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 15, 2012, 08:21 PM »

can you check this version http://emmanuelcarad.../ewemoa_Qatapult.exe

I added traces to detect what's your issue, you should get a line like that if everything is ok :

Testing equal predicate : QATAPULT.EXE = QATAPULT.EXE => true

-ecaradec (April 15, 2012, 01:53 PM)

I tested with Windows 7 Pro 64-bit and what I see via DebugView is:

[204] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = QATAPULT.EXE => false
[204] Testing equal predicate :  = PUTTY.EXE => false

What I did was to bring up Qatapult, type 'qat', press down to select Qatapult.exe and press tab.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: [Feature Request] Grab Region to Capture Mouse Cursor

« Last post by ewemoa on April 13, 2012, 06:52 PM »

Thanks for the beta.  Appreciate being able to see more easily and make finer adjustments  

I found some of the features nicely summarized at:



Thanks for the New Zoom Magnification Panel In Selecter Region Capture Mode screencast too.

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Living Room / Re: Comparison of eReader devices

« Last post by ewemoa on April 13, 2012, 04:48 AM »

130 (!!) devices listed at:

  http://ereaderlookup.com/product/fulllist

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Screenshot Captor / Re: LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - ScreenshotCaptor - v3.03.01 - Mar 20, 2012

« Last post by ewemoa on April 13, 2012, 12:53 AM »

Pre-emptive thanks for the ability to see the selection in the zoom window 

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 12, 2012, 08:43 AM »

In case it wasn't clear, what I meant by getting the same results was that I still don't see Reload and Quit.

Sorry if that was confusing.

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 12, 2012, 06:25 AM »

The MD5 of the zip file I just downloaded is:

  614f0ec74c5ccdf48b6af2574d341858

FWIW, I tried with FF and IE and got zip files with the same MD5 checksums.

I got the same results for pane 1 with pane 0 being Qatapult.exe.

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 12, 2012, 06:20 AM »

I think that your version of Qatapult.exe is old, it probably didn't copied correctly or something like that. The new version has an hi-resolution icon when you focus it.

-ecaradec (April 12, 2012, 06:16 AM)

I will try again, but I tend to install from scratch before testing.

I was using Windows XP Pro SP3 -- perhaps that's related?

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FarrSpell - Spelling and Thesaurus Plugin for FARR

« Last post by ewemoa on April 12, 2012, 04:58 AM »

An additional data point...just verified above steps with Windows 7 Pro 64-bit.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FarrSpell - Spelling and Thesaurus Plugin for FARR

« Last post by ewemoa on April 12, 2012, 01:54 AM »

Just tried installing it.  Seems to work here.

• Downloaded the zip file.
• Created folder under FARR's Plugins subfolder named FarrSpell.
• Extracted the content of the zip file into newly created folder -- so the contents include dict\, icons\, etc.
• Brought up FARR and typed rplugins and pressed Enter key at dialog box.
• Saw FarrSpell (v1.04.01 - Februrary 14th, 2012) as one of the results.
• In FARR's main window, after clearing the existing text, typed fspell necesary followed by the Enter key.
• Observed that the first result was CORRECT: necessary.

FARR version 2.105.1 (Portable) on Windows XP Pro SP3.

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 11, 2012, 06:45 PM »

Thanks for the explanations regarding the 2 bits of code.

Regarding the "for in" construct, I remember something about possible problems in some circumstances if hasOwnProperty is not used to check that an iterated key is not inherited.  I'm not sure of what the precise details are, but FWIW, the following is from the Options page of jshint:

This option requires all for in loops to filter objects' items. The for in statement allows for looping through the names of all of the properties of an object including those inherited throught the prototype chain. This behavior can lead to unexpected items in your object so it is generally safer to always filter inherited properties out as shown in the example:

for (key in obj) {
  if (obj.hasOwnProperty(key)) {
    // We are sure that obj[key] belongs to the object and was not inherited.
  }
}

For more in-depth understanding of for in loops in JavaScript, read Exploring JavaScript for-in loops by Angus Croll.

I wonder if it is relevant in this case.

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 11, 2012, 06:21 PM »

I was considering doing a global history. May be there should be some way to narrow the history to things that have the same start as the current selection so that we could get an history of math results and an history of operations on some file.

-ecaradec (April 11, 2012, 06:39 AM)

Narrowing / filtering history sounds like an interesting idea.  May be it's worth trying if it's easy to implement.

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 11, 2012, 06:19 PM »

Thanks for the response

Reload, Quit and Options should now appears under the Qatapult entry.

...

Is it different from what you have

-ecaradec (April 11, 2012, 06:39 AM)

Yes.  I get:

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Ruby In Steel 2 - Bits du Jour .. goes with Visual Studio Express

« Last post by ewemoa on April 11, 2012, 03:17 AM »

On a side note, a bit back I started to work through:

  Ruby on Rails Tutorial: Learn Rails by Example

As far as I got, I found it to be pretty decent -- but then I discovered alternatives to Rails and got side-tracked

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General Software Discussion / Re: AutoHotkey v2 & other changes

« Last post by ewemoa on April 10, 2012, 10:10 PM »

Thanks for the post, lanux128

I've been using the 1.x series of AHK_L for a bit now and I find the Object (similar to JavaScript's) support to be nice.

More info about AHK_L (1.x) at:

  http://l.autohotkey.net/docs/AHKL_Features.htm

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 10, 2012, 06:23 AM »

In plugins\commands\clipboard.js there are a few lines that I don't understand well.  Please explain what the following were meant to do:

Code: Javascript [Select]

1. for(var a in args[i]) { break; }

Code: Javascript [Select]

1. this.length+=desc[t].size;

For the second bit, I don't see any desc anywhere else in the file.  I see that Struct is defined in lib\stdutils.js, so may be I should be ignoring some or all of clipboard.js?

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Ruby In Steel 2 - Bits du Jour .. goes with Visual Studio Express

« Last post by ewemoa on April 10, 2012, 05:32 AM »

IIUC IronRuby is Ruby integrated with .NET, while Ruby In Steel is an IDE for Ruby.  No idea whether the latter can be used for the former.

http://www.sapphires...l-developer-overview

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 09, 2012, 09:13 PM »

There are new functions that you can use by doing a require("lib/clipboard.js") : they are clip and paste. Paste can optionally take a text to paste. You can also do a sendinput but it's currently limited to printable characters only. If you feel like improving it, I'll be happy to take your version and put it in Qatapult.

Both functions are built with direct call to win32 dll from javascript using the dynamic wrapper. Have a look to clipboard.js in lib if you want to see what it looks like.

-ecaradec (April 09, 2012, 05:18 PM)

I found clibpboard.js and test.command.js in plugins\commands -- taking a look now.

Thanks for this example code.

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 09, 2012, 09:11 PM »

There is a new jsmath plugin that eval javascript as a way to evaluate mathematical expression. Start a query with = on the first pane to trigger it.

-ecaradec (April 09, 2012, 05:18 PM)

I like that I get an immediate result displayed 

[Select]

=Math.sin(Math.PI)

Now how to get a history thing working...

BTW, any chance of functionality for clearing the current pane's input?  May be there is already something...

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 09, 2012, 08:59 PM »

please use now collector.js for your plugins now.

-ecaradec (April 09, 2012, 05:18 PM)

FWIW, in the latest download, I see the following file names:

• jsmath.collecter.js
• putty.collecter.js
• snippets.collecter.js
• uninstall.collecter.js

Also, in Qatapult\Lib there is FileGetVersionInfo.ahk -- I think this is unnecessary.

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Ecaradec's Software / Re: Qatapult

« Last post by ewemoa on April 09, 2012, 07:56 PM »

I moved all Qatapult verbs under the Qatapult file : type Qatapult and look at the available verbs

-ecaradec (April 09, 2012, 05:59 PM)

I typed 'qatapult' (no quotes) and I see three results in pane 0:

• qatapult.png
• Qatapult.exe
• qatapult

None of the associated verbs for any of these (in pane 1) appears to be 'Quit' nor 'Reload'.  May be I misunderstood?

FWIW, the currentversion.txt file contains:

  20120410010112

and MD5 of the zip file is:

  614f0ec74c5ccdf48b6af2574d341858