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General Software Discussion / Re: Searching a Text-Table tool...

« Last post by rjbull on July 28, 2009, 07:44 AM »

Where're your tables coming from?  Is is a screen clip, or can you export your data as CSV?  Some editors - e.g. UltraEdit, and Boxer - can convert CSV into properly-spaced columns.  You could get more control over the appearance from Bruce Guthrie's CONVERT, which is a DOS command-line program for doing similar tasks, and more.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Looking for a note taking app that can link relative paths.

« Last post by rjbull on July 27, 2009, 04:54 AM »

Anyway, I think I might have finally found something, its called MemPad.
http://www.portablefreeware.com/index.php?id=889#comments
[...]
Cons:
2. ) Export is limited to just .txt output. (Though it doesnt look too bad, and I can "work" with it easily enough.)
3. ) Export to .html tree, .csv, or a folder structure with text files in them for nodes.

-orange386 (July 26, 2009, 06:05 PM)

Send the author an e-mail and ask him if he'll send you a copy of his Qhtml utility:

Qhtml receives MemPad's export, and produces a HTML page, taking care of the following jobs:

• use a HTML template where the exported text will be embedded
• handle line breaks and paragraphs
• pass HTML tags, which are required in square brackets
• handle some special tags like current date and titles

4. ) Making a link to a file requires me to replace all spaces in the file name with underscores. (Though this is minor because I can mass rename this through XYplorer easily.)

I think that's a limitation of Windows, which allows you to include spaces in file paths, and then won't honour them    Happens to me at work when trying to e-mail links to UNC files on the network.

4. ) An "insert file link option" instead of having to write links into the node by hand.

Not sure what you mean by that, but, you use XYplorer.  I've assigned Ctrl-U in XYplorer so that if the cursor is on a file, the UNC path+filename are sent to the clipboard, so you can instantly paste them into MemPad or whatever editor.  Go to Tools -> Customize Keyboard Shortcuts (Shift-F9 brings this up directly) -> Item UNC Path/Name(s), and assign your chosen hotkey.

1. ) Multiple notebooks support with a tab bar.

F7 instantly toggles between current and last-used notebooks, but you probably mean all notebooks (or a chosen set) on a tab bar.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Note Taking Software

« Last post by rjbull on July 24, 2009, 04:50 AM »

But it takes you to NoteHolder when u click link at bottom to buy?

-CleverCat (July 23, 2009, 10:09 AM)

Yes, I see.  The Table of Differences is very like the Notesholder one.  Rather odd rebranding experiment...  Still, I like the application, especially as it's small and can be portable.

Haven't tried CintaNotes.

@sajman99:  I felt a bit uneasy at sharing a private e-mail, but as QuotePad Pro would take you to A!K Research Labs anyway, don't suppose they'll mind too much.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Note Taking Software

« Last post by rjbull on July 23, 2009, 09:11 AM »

I think I bought my license when they had a discount, or it might have been a Bits du Jour discount.  But you can't rely on discounts...  I don't see anything about a payware version of QuotePad?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Note Taking Software

« Last post by rjbull on July 23, 2009, 04:43 AM »

I asked A!K Research Labs about this, because it looks so close to their program Notesholder Lite.  If I understand their e-mail correctly, QuotePad is a rebranding experiment of Notesholder Lite.  I haven't tried it yet, but if the screenshot is anything to go by, some people may prefer QuotePad's permanent filter box.

I am a registered user of Notesholder Pro.  Don't like the alarm system of either version much, but otherwise they're nice.  Main advantage of Pro over Lite is being able to have categories of notes - sort of parallel ribbons.  You can install both Lite and Pro as portable.  Main disadvantage of Pro is, last time I tried it via a USB stick at work, Trend OfficeScan deleted it, yet another false positive     Lite is OK, though.

BTW you don't have to make Notesholder dock to the screen edge, you can hide that and just us hotkeys.  I don't know why they add an extra hotkey slot ot hide the program, just pressing the "new note" hotkey twice or Esc once does just as well.

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Living Room / Re: Apollo conspiracy's doom

« Last post by rjbull on July 21, 2009, 04:38 AM »

Nor how they got the cameras to operate so well under the conditions on the moon...

-Ehtyar (July 20, 2009, 07:10 AM)

They paid Hasselblad a lot of money for space-proof cameras...  (you have to pay a lot of money to Hasselblad for ordinary cameras, so what did they expect)

1957

Found Deals and Discounts / Re: Lightcraft Aurora - intuitive image editor; free - today only !

« Last post by rjbull on July 16, 2009, 05:50 AM »

Thanks, Lutz_ !   

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: CCCCtrlC - simple multiple clipboard utility

« Last post by rjbull on July 15, 2009, 04:43 AM »

I'm currently using ClipX, but since it sometimes stops adding clipped text to its history I'm more or less searching for an alternative. But I need a search function.

-brotherS (July 14, 2009, 07:54 AM)

brotherS, if you want a search function, try out ArsClip as well.  And, of course, mouser's Clipboard Help+Spell.

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 28-09

« Last post by rjbull on July 15, 2009, 04:34 AM »

Really I'm not sure how the free email services manage to keep a viable business model going after enabling POP3/IMAP/SMTP.

-Ehtyar (July 14, 2009, 07:06 AM)

Yes, that's a good point.  Maybe they get enough Web business to deliver ad revenue.  I hope they won't take your comment to heart   

Is it possible to have your CompuServe email forwarded to your Gmail/Yahoo account?

Don't think so.  I didn't think to look for that specifically, but there certainly wasn't anything obvious, and I've skimmed through the options.  It has a calendar and spam controls, but is pretty bare-bones.

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 28-09

« Last post by rjbull on July 14, 2009, 04:22 AM »

That's gone if you ask me, they're just letting everyone keep their email addresses

-Ehtyar (July 13, 2009, 03:53 PM)

Could still be useful to me for legacy reasons.  Some programs and forums I bought/signed up for when CI$ was the only Internet address I had, and can't always remember which they are.  Some of them send information on updates, but only on rare occasions.  I thought it would be easier to keep that address than trying to change everything.  I wish CompuServe'd added POP3 like Google, Yahoo UK and GMX, but there you are.

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Living Room / Re: Tech News Weekly: Edition 28-09

« Last post by rjbull on July 13, 2009, 09:45 AM »

CompuServe isn't exactly gone.  It's changed into another Webmail system, i.e. supply your own ISP instead of using CompuServe itself.  There's no option for POP3 that I can see, which is a pity as most of the alternatives I've tried do have POP3.

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Living Room / Re: Free file hosting services - any thoughts?

« Last post by rjbull on July 09, 2009, 08:24 AM »

Thanks, folks!  I signed up with MediaFire for now.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: Hound: a grep-alike that searches inside PDFs

« Last post by rjbull on July 09, 2009, 08:12 AM »

For sure an over-enthusiastic false positive. What does it say is wrong with it??

-fiddyschmitt (July 07, 2009, 06:53 PM)

I can't remember what OfficeScan said the first time.  I just downloaded E-MailChecker.zip again and tried once more, but the only message in OfficeScan's log is "Possible_Virus."  That's oh, so helpful   

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General Software Discussion / Re: Structured outliner w/PPC support

« Last post by rjbull on July 09, 2009, 03:48 AM »

Not free, and the PPC version is still beta, but maybe Natara Bonsai?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Sticky Notes - Freeware Roundup

« Last post by rjbull on July 02, 2009, 04:38 AM »

Windows PowerPro (http://powerpro.webeddie.com/) has a sticky note component.

-Doppelganger (July 01, 2009, 12:12 PM)

I run the excellent PowerPro and don't disagree with anything you say - but I started with a shareware sticky notes program (Magic Notes) before I had PowerPro, and have to say I found dedicated sticky notes programs easier to use than PowerPro's sticky notes feature.  If you want freeware, Zhorn Software's Stickies is hard to beat, and I most probably wouldn't have paid money if I'd found it first.

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Skrommel's Software / Re: AutoClip and Windows 95

« Last post by rjbull on June 25, 2009, 11:21 AM »

Giampy,

I thought I was a dinosaur and I use Win98SE    I don't know about AutoClip, but you might want to try some of the older clipboard enhancers.  I don't know for certain that they'll all work on Win95, but they should on Win98 so there's hope.  I've only tried the first two myself.

• ArsClip (version 3.0.2 was the last one that worked on Win98SE for me)
• ClipCache 1.41 (last freeware version) OS: Win9x/NT/ME/2000/XP
• Clipomatic  "works on any modern version of Windows."
• Oscar's MiniCLIP  "this was written in a time when NT 4.0 was a hot beta and Windows 95 was gaining popularity"

There are many other DC threads mentioning clipboard extenders: try a forum search.

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General Software Discussion / Re: List of the best available software

« Last post by rjbull on June 25, 2009, 07:54 AM »

I have edited the Wikipedia page and now EditPad Pro is also present.

-muntealb (June 25, 2009, 07:07 AM)

All I'm seeing is a link to a blank page, unless it takes time for an edited page to appear.  However, a rudimentary page for EditPad Pro is here on the TextEditors.org Wiki.

I don't know if it helps, but WebSite-Watcher can import lists of URLs from various browsers, from text files with one URL per line or one name and a URL per line, and also import RSS feeds from an OPML file.

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to create relative shortcut for a USB drive?

« Last post by rjbull on June 24, 2009, 09:07 AM »

You might try Horst Schaeffer's Qsel or PopSel launchers.  Both have automatic drive letter handling on flash drives, CD-ROMs etc.

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General Software Discussion / Re: easy saving text

« Last post by rjbull on June 24, 2009, 08:52 AM »

kalos, I haven't yet tried this freeware myself, but it looks like it might be what you are seeking:
Quotepad at http://quotepad.info/

-sajman99 (June 23, 2009, 08:24 PM)

That's very suspicious.  The quotepad screenshot looks almost identical to Notesholder Lite, apart from the filter, and even uses the same hotkey.

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Living Room / Free file hosting services - any thoughts?

« Last post by rjbull on June 24, 2009, 05:20 AM »

Free file hosting services - any thoughts on which are the best, most convenient, whatever?  Or, any links to reviews?

TIA...

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General Software Discussion / Re: easy saving text

« Last post by rjbull on June 24, 2009, 04:25 AM »

Take a look at these two similar threads on DC:

Clipboard type programme to collect together snippets of text

Really simple clipboard extender/note taking software?

Looks like Mike Sanders' PasteBoard has vanished from the Net again.  I must have a copy available somewhere: let me know if you want to try it, and I'll either attach it to a post or e-mail it to you.

Another possibility you might like to try is Notesholder by A!K Research Labs.  Even the freeware Lite version now has basic clip ability.  Mark your text in your browswr, press the Notesholder hotkey, and you have an instant new note, complete with the URL too.

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General Software Discussion / Re: List of the best available software

« Last post by rjbull on June 23, 2009, 06:11 AM »

A software that spots differences in the pages could be useful, but it generates too many false positives, because each time that a software page is updated (new version) I will receive an alert, not only when a page disappears or is replaced with one from a parked domain.

-muntealb (June 23, 2009, 03:51 AM)

I use WebSite-Watcher from respected DC member aignes (Martin Aignesberger) to do exactly that, tell me when something has been updated.  But, you could set its filters to ignore changes in version numbers and dates, so you could see when something else about a page had changed, such as its disappearance.  It gives you a "Page not available?" warning in such cases.  You might also try running one of Martin's other programs, AM-DeadLink, a freeware for link checking.

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General Software Discussion / Re: any word autocompleter working fine under Vista/2008? All I can think of don

« Last post by rjbull on June 22, 2009, 04:19 AM »

Comfort Keys says it's Vista-compatible.  There's both Lite and Pro versions, both payware, different prices.  Its smaller brother Comfort Typing might do, but check versions of all these carefully to make sure you pick one that has all the features you want.

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General Software Discussion / Re: fully free software utilities for biz use

« Last post by rjbull on June 18, 2009, 08:34 AM »

TED Notepad - excellent Notepad-replacement editor with vast number of features
NoteTab Light - good tabbed interface multi-file editor with "clipbook" support, useful for boilerplate text, etc.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Screenshot tool with built-in OCR?

« Last post by rjbull on June 18, 2009, 05:19 AM »

@Steven Avery:

Amazing list, thanks, though only some of them are of interest owing to needing to read PDFs.  The ABBYY ScreenShot Reader looks a good deal if you only want a (possibly better) equivalent of JOCR.  Thanks to Darwin, I reported Nuance's success at reading a complex page here on DC

pre-processing through Fox-it PDF editor, and that is one of many methods.  I wonder if a .pdf editor is the best method for increasing text size, this is a bit hard to automate, I presume you could get the same results with an image editing tool but that Fox-it was easy to use ?  However the editor is a $100 product so for beyond trial that is pricey.

Foxit PDF Editor: I have a licence for Foxit PDF Editor already, for other reasons.  I used it for this job because it renders PDFs at least as well as the other PDF utilities I tried (Adobe 9 Standard, PDF-XChange Viewer and Able2Extract Pro), and is by far the fastest to load.

In an unexpected (by me) new development, the latest version (4.25) of IrfanView has an OCR plugin, as noted here on DC.