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eggsactly
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Target: some problem in the initial start-up (code below) but restarting the 2nd time turns out ok.
Error: Submenu does not exist.  The current thread will exit.

clearly more work needed here - I guess I was a bit enthusiastic posting this morning (note to self - do your own damn testing!!)

error is caused because you don't have any MRU entries - I'm still working on this bit but this is some progress

not a biggie but in the 'set length' gui, the text is not quite viewable..

what resolution are you running? it's fine here (laptop @ 1280 x 800)

I'm having a little difficulty but I think it's what I'm doing. 
-cranioscopical (April 13, 2009, 10:30 PM)

welcome to my world...
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No need to thank me for this, I know how dull your vacation would have been without it.
-cranioscopical (April 07, 2009, 10:52 PM)

indeed...

another update - worked out the MRU business (last 10 items)

could do with a bit more testing to be sure, but let me know how it goes
1504
another update, in case anyones interested...

fixed the aforementioned error, and added a dropdown list that shows the loaded folders (you can delete from this list as well)

still haven't made much progress on the MRU, but I'm not done quite yet...
1505
what can I say (I can't stay away!!!)

resize should be easy, and I'll look into the other when I have the opportunity
1506
an update - I fixed the mid functionality (my bad syntax!!) and I'm working on the MRU (a bit here, a bit there...). 

Resizing the GUI is now possible thanks to Skwire (for incorporating the functionality via Titans's anchor script)

And you can now also load as many folders as you like (though I expect some common sense will apply here...).

Curt - it was never my intention to produce anything like what this seems to have become - I'm not a coder, so these things are an opportunity for me to learn.  There are already many (many!) well crafted and highly capable renaming apps available (I have and use several myself) and I am under no illusion that this is going to turn into a killer tool (or even a capable tool!!).  In fact, I would be surprised indeed if anyone even used it at all (even I probably won't), but that's not the point.  The sheer number of views this thread has generated would indicate that others are getting something out of it as well, though I have no idea what  :o

And if your going to recommend a piece of software (yours or someone else's) it's nice to at least include a name (I couldn't google it 'cos I didn't know what I was looking for) or a link (I visited your website but I don't speak Danish so it didn't help much either...)
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I'll look at it over the next couple of weeks (hopefully)

and I'm thinking about your preview request, maybe if I...

The really interesting part of this exercise (for me, and quite apart from the learning experience) has been the realisation that the development process is really about the details - getting a rough working solution is relatively easy (!!) but it's all the little things that take the time (both to implement and to troubleshoot) 
1508
try this then -

EDIT - removed some pesky debugging code
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OK, how about if I ditch the betweens, and add a 'mid' option - same theory as the left/right trim, but with a starting position and the number of characters
Sounds great to me! Just the job.
-cranioscopical (March 26, 2009, 10:26 PM)
I've got a better idea...
 
(the GUI is getting kind of squeezy  :tellme:)
Don't be Bashful, Doc, even if you are getting Sleepy.
Sleepy! That's a beauty! (though Dopey is undoubtedly closer to the mark...)

and thanks for the helpful advice (nothing like 2 brisk 75km walks a day!!
Aren't you making giant strides?
more like the Alzheimers shuffle (FYI it's called OldSimon's at our place...) (and apologies to anyone I might have inadvertently offended with these remarks)

EDIt: speling correction
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[If you need more time to work on this, feel free to walk to work  ;)
-cranioscopical (March 26, 2009, 08:14 PM)

and thanks for the helpful advice (nothing like 2 brisk 75km walks a day!!)
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OK, how about if I ditch the betweens, and add a 'mid' option - same theory as the left/right trim, but with a starting position and the number of characters (the GUI is getting kind of squeezy  :tellme:)


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no, the issue was mine, I just started doing without actually thinking about what I was trying to do (DOH!!)

have you tried the fix? it should be working as expected now
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Living Room / Re: Should we have a yearly Best Avatar award on DC?
« Last post by Target on March 26, 2009, 01:35 AM »
Josh's bug avatar would get my vote were it to include a Pythonesque foot stomp!
-cranioscopical (March 25, 2009, 10:04 AM)
but to get the gong it would have have the relevant sound effect as well
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If I drag and drop files onto the list when its populated, that clears the list. (Doctor, it hurts when I do this.)
-cranioscopical (March 25, 2009, 07:57 PM)
take 2 asprin and sue me in the morning... actually this is/was intentional as I felt (at the time) that there could be issues with paths changing - I can change this though, I just need to assess it against everything else to try and minimise any potential conflicts

I haven't the hang of between. If I want to remove something between pos 5 and pos 9 how do I go about that?
between works using the left and right trim spinners, eg characters between the left trim and right trim values are retained... actually, having read what I've just written that is the same as trimming left AND right, so obviously I misunderstood that part...

having made a goose of myself on that point, I've now fixed the betweens (no, really) so download it again and have another go...
 
Undo worked in my quick test.
good to hear (at least I got something right...)

EDIT - removed old attachment
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General Software Discussion / Re: another mind/logic mapping tool
« Last post by Target on March 25, 2009, 06:21 PM »
will say though that I'm extremely biased to Compendium and I have often recommended that in many posts here that it might be shilling. Unfortunately by omitting that name, I also realize that someone can dig up a past many posts of mine mentioning that program and can use my avoidance of it's mention as an attempt to be secretly biased against this program.
damned if you do, and damned if you don't...
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an update (I can't believe the traffic this thread is drawing :o) -

this is very much a work in progress (hence the BETA tag) and as such will contain extraneous bits of code and maybe some stray messageboxes (apologies for this, they're used for debugging)

  - COPY from list (CTRL+C) functionality now works
  - the BETWEEN functionality now works
  - the UNDO functionality now works

PLEASE TRY IT AND LET ME KNOW HOW IT GOES - any feedback (good, bad, or indifferent) would be appreciated

ToDo -

  - clean up the GUI and resize to fit the width of the listview controls
  - I discovered a flaw in my logic for the file/folder and recursive checkboxes which I've yet to fix (DOH!! :-[)
  - UNDOing something out of sequence (ie picking a folder somewhere down the list) can (will?) break the undo functionality for some items (as the paths may have changed
  - block editing of UNDO list
  - MRU functionality to be added
  - more 'standard' hotkeys 2B added
  - 'preview' functionality (2B investigated...)

Most of these will fit into the current incarnation, while others (preview) may require a more extensive rewrite...
 
As stated above, I really need some feedback on how this is going.  I can (and do) a certain amount of testing, but I'm a bit close to the project for this to really be effective.
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General Software Discussion / another mind/logic mapping tool
« Last post by Target on March 25, 2009, 05:46 PM »
there seems to be a lot of interest in planning/GTD tools so this may be of interest to some - <a href="http://argumentative...tml>Argumentative</a>

from the site
Argumentative is open source Argument Mapping software.  It allows you to view and manipulate the structure of an argument.
A tree view allows the argument to be expanded and contracted in a format that is quickly navigated.

there are a lot of links off the site to relevant or associated materials so even if the softwares of no use the refence material may be...
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* yes, i meant the initial filter length.
* it'd be more like MRU; the user can right-click the add button and recall some of the last-used folders

* this shouldn't be a problem
* neither should this, though I'll need to think about how to incorporate it (and it's unlikely you'll see it for at least a couple of weeks... 8))
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Almost nothing that I do has significance  :)
-cranioscopical (March 24, 2009, 10:27 PM)

sounds like my resume...
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when you say user defined length, are you referring to the initial length filter (currently defaults to 64)?

I could save the last folder name, but what for?  (sorry, not trying to be difficult, I'm just trying to get this into context)

I'm working on an undo function, but i anticipated it being current for the life of the session only.  What would be the value of a persistent log?
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not a problem :up:

I'm still running, but i was looking for a bit more feedback from you on this...
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I guess that means it's intentional then (i thought it must have been some sort of rendering issue I was having...)

does it have some significance?
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Living Room / Re: Sound problems: help please?
« Last post by Target on March 24, 2009, 09:04 PM »
personally I'd be suppicious of a driver issue - try uninstalling it all, then (progressively) reinstall
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Also note that I'm off on holidays for a fortnight
Thanks for even considering these ideas. None was intended to cause a problem.

Have a good break!
-cranioscopical (March 24, 2009, 06:50 PM)

and none has.  If it does, I'll let you know (rest assurred!!)

and I intend to...

and veering OT for a moment, what's the deal with your avatar?  for some time now I've been seeing a faint image in a red(ish) square... (affects some others as well)
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what's happened to Lanux?  I thought he might be a bit more active on this...

Yes, I realize most of that belongs on the three-course-meal table.
I didn't intend to buffet you with requests.
-cranioscopical (March 24, 2009, 10:27 AM)

that's not a problem, I'll just keep nibbling away at it. 

FYI, I haven't posted an update, but I've got both the 'betweens' and the copy/paste bits working, and I'm working on the undo list.

The list width is an issue that I'm trying to resolve as part of the undo list as well...

I'm going to need to digest the other requests some more before I do anything with them (I'd much rather produce a palatable solution than spewing out something that no one wants)

Also note that I'm off on holidays for a fortnight from Friday (back after Easter) and as I do most of this stuff on the bus to and from work I'll be taking this offline for most of that time (I will check in but not often).

If you (or anyone else) has any suggestions or requests they need to post them before CoB Friday (Australian time...) else I probably won't get to them till I'm back...
 

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