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Post New Requests Here / Re: New Year, New Question!

« Last post by tomos on January 04, 2017, 08:19 AM »

to clarify:

A small but persistent challenge for me is to change the way folders are displayed in my Windows7 taskbar.
If I've got 6 folders open I'd like to color-code, number, or iconify each one for easy recognition.

-dglp (January 04, 2017, 03:30 AM)

do you mean: the folders you happen to have open at the moment, in different Explorer windows?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Google Nik Collection

« Last post by tomos on January 01, 2017, 09:17 AM »

For over 10 years, I happily used Photoshop 5.5 and a Nik plugin called sharpen edges.
It was very good, and avoided sharpening noise etc.

Have downloaded these but not tried out yet.

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: PDST Personal Development Score Tracker (Mobile app)

« Last post by tomos on December 31, 2016, 06:46 PM »

Sounds good Ath

Yet another reason for me to go Android . . .

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: NANY 2017: Scratchpad - A simple way of recording notes, with autosave!

« Last post by tomos on December 31, 2016, 06:38 PM »

thanks camerb
sounds good.

I tend to use Cinta Notes as a scratch pad which it isn't really designed to be. This sounds perfect for the job
will try it (probably be during the week at this stage)

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Living Room / Re: For 2017

« Last post by tomos on December 31, 2016, 06:26 PM »

Happy New Year to all !
fresh off the camera:

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Living Room / Re: Non IT Project Website

« Last post by tomos on December 30, 2016, 02:14 PM »

Yes, an entertaining read  :thumbsup:
in spite of not having much of a clue what goes on in engines etc, I love reading / watching this kind of thing.

Also liked the way you bought the manual *after* having worked on it for most of a year :-)

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N.A.N.Y. 2017 / Re: N.A.N.Y. 2017 Announcement

« Last post by tomos on December 29, 2016, 05:10 PM »

This design is really looking good.

-Ath (December 29, 2016, 01:40 PM)

agreed,
thanks oblivion

Now: while taking the point about multiple colours on board, would it be worth maybe considering a couple more versions of the text colour -- or shall I just leave it that if someone wants the mug design with different coloured text they can ask me and I shall reproduce it to order?

-oblivion (December 29, 2016, 11:40 AM)

I'm not getting a mug anyways, but if I was, would suggest a dark grey rather than a black -- it's not so harsh (but have no idea: would it affect the sharpness of the print? I dont think it should be a problem myself, but not sure)

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on December 25, 2016, 02:28 PM »

Merry xmas to you, Deo!

-mouser (December 24, 2016, 04:30 PM)

a bit late, but a big plus one

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General Software Discussion / Re: PC won't copy home recorded audio disk to HD

« Last post by tomos on December 24, 2016, 09:50 AM »

Some more info here:
https://answers.micr...ba-a190-4ab45d2f66cf

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General Software Discussion / Re: PC won't copy home recorded audio disk to HD

« Last post by tomos on December 24, 2016, 09:48 AM »

Copy from a CD?
That'll have to be ripped, (well there are other ways, but I'll stick with this one).
I dont know what still works on XP, CDBurnerXP I guess, yes, they have a 32bit version:
https://www.cdburnerxp.se/en/download

Audio usually gets ripped to mp3 file format, quality is slightly less, but shouldnt be a problem.

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Coding Snacks / Re: Drop file to rename it according to list of names

« Last post by tomos on December 23, 2016, 06:41 AM »

Do you know some way to drag a file from winexplorer and drop it to some spreadsheet program or text editor so the file name be pasted? msexcel does not allow to do such drag&drop

-kilele (December 22, 2016, 08:16 PM)

I used my file manager (Dopus) to copy the filenames. Other file-managers can do this too, e.g. XYplorer.

Note: for me it was also worth my time doing it in spreadsheet, because I needed to keep a record of old vs. new names.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any replacement for ac'tivAid?

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 06:27 PM »

TODO 2017: Read about AHK.

-Tuxman (December 22, 2016, 05:07 PM)

I read a couple of pages about it once, but didnt get very far

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Coding Snacks / Re: Drop file to rename it according to list of names

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 06:24 PM »

Yeah, things do need to be sorted in spreadsheet first: you need to have the correct names in the correct columns -
i.e.
A | B
C | D
where B & D are new names for A & C.
I sorted then by actual names in spreadsheet, then copied the new names (G00, etc. in example above) for pasting into renamer. I did not have to do any messing around in Renamer then. Might not be suitable for your needs, but was worth it for me.

So yeah, you need to do that work in advance.
Otherwise in Renamer, you can paste into or edit individual lines -- but I didnt use that capability myself.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Any replacement for ac'tivAid?

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 05:02 PM »

Not exactly what you're looking for I think, but
I got the AHK experts here working on Win+Q a few years ago -- this was my favourite version, it opens the Window's Shutdown dialogue:

[..] if you want to update to AHK_L the hotkey can become this:

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. #q::ComObjCreate("Shell.Application").ShutdownWindows()

-Winkie (August 19, 2011, 01:04 PM)

-
there are other variations in that thread (one that just killed everything without asking which was too much for me).

I also have Ctrl+Q to close active window (but not on this machine so cant check the script).

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Coding Snacks / Re: Drop file to rename it according to list of names

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 08:45 AM »

^ okay,
let me see:
first I need the filenames, old and new correctly synced in spreadsheet



the second column are the current names,
I'm going to revert back to the previous naming system here.
Following does require having just the relevant files in a folder.

open Renamer,
select relevant folder - a doubled list shows in the main pane:
renaming is in the right column, so select that list



(I've reduced the tree pane on the left for the screenshot)

Copy relevant cells from your spreadsheet, and paste in Renamer (might be best to paste in text editor first and then copy again ensuring you have exactly the correct number of lines):



I think it was then:
menu: File > Apply changes to folder

Hope that works for you -- I did have to mess around a bit, but was doing it 'cold'

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Coding Snacks / Re: Drop file to rename it according to list of names

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 07:03 AM »

I can't see in Oscar´s Renamer how to rearrange files on the left panel to match the text lines from the right panel.

-kilele (December 22, 2016, 06:35 AM)

I did it in a spreadsheet first...

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Coding Snacks / Re: Drop file to rename it according to list of names

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 05:26 AM »

Thanks, I'll see if Oscar's Renamer works for me.
The problem is that new names and current ones are quite different and unrelated that's why I asked for a way to drag the file onto the list, since there is a column with descriptions so I can visually tell which file corresponds to the new name

-kilele (December 22, 2016, 04:26 AM)

I'll add a +1 to your request, would be very helpful to be able to do something like that

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.38.0 BETA - Dec 16, 2016

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 03:54 AM »

I'd really love to hear some more reports that the beta works well before I release it officially..

-mouser (December 21, 2016, 06:57 AM)

just installed and using in my usual very basic manner -- does seem much more responsive; everything working fine so far
Windows 7 x64

For the record:
I have WinAnti-Ransom [WAR] installed. It blocks every install: normally I click the Allow button, run the exe again, and it works fine.
CHS extracts to a different temp folder every times it's run, so keeps getting blocked by WAR (as the previous 'Allow' was for a different path).  I had to disable it in order to install.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Configuring Directory Opus for Fun and Profit

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 01:58 AM »

^ will update Dopus and report in their forums

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Coding Snacks / Re: Drop file to rename it according to list of names

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 01:53 AM »

Hi all,
How could I do the following?
I have a folder with files and a text file with a list of names (actually it's a spreadsheet with two columns)
What I'd want to do is to drag and drop each file to a listbox so it gets renamed

-kilele (December 22, 2016, 01:17 AM)

I had to rename a bunch of files using a text list just this week.
Used Oscar's Renamer after a 2006 (!) recommendation here on dc.
it isnt in development, but is still being sold
I used the trial -- it worked on Windows 7 x64
it was very fussy: wouldn't work for a while, I think possibly because of an extra carriage return at the bottom of the list of new names. But it did work in the end.

Also found a couple of sites showing how to do it using spreadsheet (and?). Can check my desktop history later and post link/s.

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 01:24 AM »

Bit more pixelated than I'd like

-4wd (December 21, 2016, 07:30 PM)

I think it's a great result -- you might get better image quality if you didnt use digital zoom, but enlarged with a good image editor afterwards. I guess will depend on the model, but digital zoom, in my experience, isn't great.

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by tomos on December 22, 2016, 01:15 AM »

BTW, if you ever have a question about whether a phone can do navigation then something to remind you, all the basic dedicated SatNav units have just a GPS receiver and some maps.

-4wd (December 21, 2016, 06:47 PM)

okay,
will keep in mind
thanks!

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Living Room / Re: Show us the View Outside Your Window

« Last post by tomos on December 21, 2016, 01:27 PM »

^ that's a really good quality image

I'm trying to sort out photos at the moment and came across this one from the same night (screenshot @100%) quality much poorer:



moon itself not that different even though the other side of the world -- it has rotated a bit.
time below is CET:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Configuring Directory Opus for Fun and Profit

« Last post by tomos on December 21, 2016, 10:20 AM »

RE rotating images in Dopus:
the default button in the image toolbar is:

Code: Text [Select]

1. Image ROTATE=90 HERE REPLACE
2. @nodeselect

but it compresses the image:
5.36MB => 4.74MB in a test

I'm pretty sure it didnt used to do this:
I'm on version 12.2
(will update to 12.3 and test again)
Anyone know if the button text needs to be changed or something?

before & after shots:

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Living Room / Re: Looking for smartphone

« Last post by tomos on December 21, 2016, 09:28 AM »

... current phone (Nokia 730) ...

-tomos (December 21, 2016, 03:20 AM)

Stick with it unless there's something on Android you want, (or just want a more powerful phone), since it's equipped with basically the same as my phone: GPS, GLONASS, BDS, A-GPS, and a compass.

-4wd (December 21, 2016, 06:28 AM)

gotta say: it is a great phone -- not powerful, but was perfect for my needs, with a very nice camera (in daylight at any rate).
There are definitely things on Android I'd like. Having just bought a camera (Panasonic GX85) which can be controlled via app (only android/iphone), makes it tempting -- but that app might end up being one of those toys that never really get used. Of course having just bought that camera probably means I should save any spare money in the bank for my next dentist visit or something responsible like that.
Will hold out another bit.

edit/ photo from Nokia 730: