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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR Alias "f"
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 08:11 PM »
ok so just update the core stuff with lanux's latest?
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Google Boomerang / Re: Odd characters ...
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 06:22 PM »
your image is showing the "Debug Information" tab selected -- if you switch to "Translated Text" tab is it still messed up?
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General Software Discussion / Re: Popup Translator Shootout?
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 04:36 PM »
Very nice thread  :up:
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General Software Discussion / Have default printer set differently from within different applications
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 04:11 PM »
We've talked about this before on DC -- i have no idea why it hasn't been done before (that i know of) long ago.  Actually i'm not sure why i didn't code it long ago.

But anyway, this seems like a very useful application.  With it you can have different default printers set automatically based on the application you are currently using, regardless of any support from within the program itself for choosing a printer.

From a ghacks article today.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: An Extremely Simple Gmail Tasks Plugin
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 03:45 PM »
nice work jennifer  :up:
sounds like it might be nice to have an option in the next release of gmail tasks plugin to let user specify a custom domain.
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Google Boomerang / Re: Odd characters ...
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 03:12 PM »
i remember seeing odd characters at some point.. can you tell when in the process they start getting introduced?
can you give me an example of a phrase that results in them?
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Unicode Image Maker / Re: Unicode Image Maker: Some Questions
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 01:09 PM »
im not sure i understand what the problem is regarding the sizes.. it sounds like it has nothing to do with unicode image maker, but with the other program.  if so then it's out of my control. or am i wrong?
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Unicode Image Maker / Re: Unicode Image Maker: Some Questions
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 12:15 PM »
any image should be usable.

let me know how the new version works:
https://www.donation...eImageMakerSetup.exe
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Unicode Image Maker / Re: Unicode Image Maker: Some Questions
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 10:47 AM »
options to change drag file format: done.
option to set exact text panel size: done.
option to set background bitmap image: done.

new version not uploaded yet but will go up tonight.
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Find And Run Robot / Re: Just uninstalled FARR!
« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2010, 07:38 AM »
Congratulations on the new job  :Thmbsup:
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Programmer Libs / Re: MwImporter php script - Batch import html site into MediaWiki - v2.0 - 5/26/10
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2010, 07:38 PM »
i have uploaded a first version.. i don't anticipate much use for this, but it's there for those who want to try it.
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Unicode Image Maker / Re: Some Questions
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2010, 06:59 PM »
here's a little write up that concerns my grandfather (Frank Matejka) as a ham radio operator in Texas in 1921:

The situation at Texas University was relatively simple; and with the exception of more persons in the room and the addition of an audio amplifier and horn speaker, it could well have been the location of another radio amateur listener. The Gray brothers (now deceased), Clark and Endress manned the transmitter and receiver positions, copying the abbreviations sent from Kyle Field and on occasion, communicating with Saunders. Slips of paper with received abbreviations were passed over a long table to Matejka, who relayed the decoding over a horn speaker through an open window to the many interested University students who had gathered outside to keep up with the progress of the game.

http://w5ac.tamu.edu/5xb.php
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Unicode Image Maker / Re: Some Questions
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2010, 06:34 PM »
i might just use no compression for the jpg, and allow you to set in options whether drag file will drag a .png, .bmp, or .jpg file.
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Unicode Image Maker / Re: Some Questions
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2010, 02:36 PM »
we have a couple of ham radio operators on the forum (my grandfather was a big ham radio operator), so it's always nice to see another stop by.

setting image size explicitly is very easy to add, but if you're always wanting the same size you should be able to do what you want with a little trial and error.  that's because the image size will be exactly the size of the text panel in the program window, and it should be remembered between runs.  so with a little experimentation you should be able to get it exactly the size you want.  but i don't mind adding an easy function for that.

now about your other program not accepting drag and drop of the file from unicode image maker.. that is strange because dragging from the "Drag File" area should behave exactly as dragging a file from your desktop..  perhaps the problem is the file format? when you save it to your desktop do you use the .png file type or a different file type?  if you are using a dif file format for dragging from the deskop, try saving a png to desktop and dragging that.  if the problem is simply that your destination wont accept png files i could add an option to have it use a different file format when dragging.

also let's make sure you are using that "Drag File" correctly before we conclude it's not working.  The way you use it is you press down on the left mouse while the cursor is over "Drag File" and don't let go -- just drag from there while the left mouse is still held down, and bring it to your target program, then let go.  Like i said on my testing i seem to be getting a black image sometimes (if i resize the unicode image maker window before using Drag File it seems to work), and i'll fix that -- but the main question is really whether your target program tries to accept the dragged file or not.
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Unicode Image Maker / Re: Some Questions
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2010, 02:12 PM »
very good questions.

#2 should be possible by clicking and dragging fromt he area on the right hand side that says "Drag file".. though i think something may be making that work sporadically so i'll have to look into it a bit.

the other things aren't possible in the current version, but i think i could add them all quite easily.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Not so pointless clickometer!
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2010, 12:01 PM »
i think we are relaxing the definition of "new app" a little this year.. as long as it stays in a kind of non-widespread release state until then it will qualify.
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Developer's Corner / Re: Vista/Windows 7 install locations. Discuss.
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2010, 11:37 AM »
Here is what i do, for better or worse:

  • Make my programs so that the installer does not have to install any files that won't always go into the Program Files\Application\ directory (ie the program creates its settings file on first use).  The installer then defaults to installing in the Program Files\Application\ directory, and there is no need to decide anything important at install time.
  • When the program runs, it does 2 checks to see where it should store the configuration/settings files:  First, it looks for a configdir.ini file in the installation directory, which the user can edit to manually specify where the settings file should be stored -- this is how a user forces the application to run portably.  Second,  if there are is no such configdir.ini file or if it doesn't specify anything, then the program checks the operating system -- if its Vista or later, it uses AppData\Application\ directory for settings file, if it's xp or earlier it uses the installation directory.  Always defaulting to AppData would be fine too i think.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Not so pointless clickometer!
« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2010, 10:39 AM »
this might be a good program to keep developing and extending for NANY 2011.
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Feature request: Automatic Modify Format based on application
« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2010, 04:10 PM »
Alternatively, how about assigning a hot key to apply a preset and paste?
this i can and will do -- i will try to make a chs release in the next couple of weeks with this hotkey support.

as far as applying a format modification based on application.. i'm trying to think of a simpler and more generic approach.. maybe a way to say when a copy event from "application X, optionally matching pattern Y" is triggered, launch some external script and provide it with the clip info.  that way you could write a script in perl, python, powershell, or whatever to do what you want.  i suppose i could also let it trigger a built in transformer too.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Not so pointless clickometer!
« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2010, 04:00 PM »
it's great fun to hear the kids like it.
i think the future ideas are great :up:

almost makes you wonder about a future tool where a teacher could customize the different controls on it in various ways..
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General Software Discussion / Re: Chromium Nightly Build Updater for Mac
« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2010, 12:06 PM »
wow! this might be the first native mac application posted to dc -- hopefully it won't be the last.  :up:
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Living Room / Re: What happened to my DC forum avatar?
« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2010, 05:10 AM »
 :P
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Annoying border..
« Last post by mouser on May 23, 2010, 01:35 PM »
yes, i can add this.
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Living Room / Re: What happened to my DC forum avatar?
« Last post by mouser on May 23, 2010, 09:57 AM »
that's strange.. i didn't think we made any such change..
you can't upload a new  image?
anyone else have this problem?
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Find And Run Robot / Re: how can i disable the status bar in farr window?
« Last post by mouser on May 23, 2010, 08:18 AM »
request heard.. i will look into this again in a bit -- it's just pretty low on my todo list is all.
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