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General Software Discussion / Re: Compare text files and keep only the DIFFERENT lines?
« Last post by rjbull on November 19, 2008, 09:08 AM »
If I understand you (and the comm utility) correctly, I think you might want comm rather than diff.  It's another non-GUI command-line tool ported originally from Unix.

[Select]
Usage: comm [OPTION]... LEFT_FILE RIGHT_FILE
Compare sorted files LEFT_FILE and RIGHT_FILE line by line.

  -1              suppress lines unique to left file
  -2              suppress lines unique to right file
  -3              suppress lines that appear in both files
      --help     display this help and exit
      --version  output version information and exit.

Report bugs to <[email protected]>.

You'd want the -3 switch, leaving only the lines that aren't common to both files.  Usually, you have to sort the files first for this kind of utility to work as expected.

Available here:  GNU utilities for Win32

2177
Living Room / Re: Free printable shopping lists - neat idea
« Last post by rjbull on November 17, 2008, 07:46 AM »
I use HandyShopper, freeware for Palm.  There's a Windows Mobile version too.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Transmute Bookmark converter - free & works with most browsers
« Last post by rjbull on November 11, 2008, 10:29 AM »
Out of curiosity, does anybody know of a good standalone bookmark manager?  Preferably a portable app that could also export its list as a tab-delimited or CSV file rather than a html page?
-40hz (November 11, 2008, 09:46 AM)

Have you checked the DC thread Multi-browser Bookmark Synchronization Tool and Other Multi-Browser Ideas?

The problem is likely to be your requirement for CSV output.  I'd like that, too.

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General Software Discussion / Re: phraseexpress: how does it work?
« Last post by rjbull on November 11, 2008, 05:37 AM »
sri seems to be the chief PhraseExpress enthusiast; try a PM?

Otherwise, have you looked at these?


External links:
2180
General Software Discussion / Re: Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?
« Last post by rjbull on November 10, 2008, 09:25 AM »
Thanks, folks!   :)

The company decided to go with Acrobat 9 Standard Edition, which claims to be able to convert things into Microsoft Word format as well as do minor editing on the PDFs directly.  If the Word conversion works, it'll be useful in itself, as the third-party programs and services I'd tried for that have been hit or miss.  If there was less urgency to get the job done, I'd have looked harder at alternatives.

@tomos
Take a look at the Wayback Machine Internet archive.  The trouble is, you need the original URL (or you did last time I looked) and of course, you're unlikely to still have it when you need it.

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General Software Discussion / Editor for PDFs: recommendations, please?
« Last post by rjbull on November 10, 2008, 04:02 AM »
At work, it looks like we will have to edit finished PDFs generated by a proprietary program.  Does anyone have any experience with the full version of Acrobat, or one of the other programs that claim to edit PDFs?  Is there anything that works like a normal editor/word processor does but with PDF as its standard format?

Thanks...

2182
Living Room / Re: R.I.P. Michael Crichton
« Last post by rjbull on November 07, 2008, 05:38 AM »
probably done more than any fiction writer to raise a genuine interest in real science.
-Carol Haynes (November 07, 2008, 04:25 AM)

You might try Paul McAuley, especially Fairyland and White Devils.

[Edit]  Oh, and Adam Roberts, of course.  On no account miss Adam Roberts, especially his first three books, the monosyllabically-titled Salt, On, and Stone.
[/Edit]




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General Software Discussion / Re: multi string search in file
« Last post by rjbull on November 06, 2008, 04:42 AM »
Freeware - WanyWord.

If you're prepared to spend money - HFFR Text Workbench.  It's meant for search and replace, but you can use it in search-only mode.  I haven't looked at the cheaper editions.

Not sure either of them will present the results in exactly the format you suggest, but both will search for multiple strings.  You can still find the last free version of HFFR around the Net, but it doesn't match your criterion because it will only search for a single string.
2184
General Software Discussion / Re: What's your favorite launch bar? Your favorite features? Missing Features?
« Last post by rjbull on November 05, 2008, 10:11 AM »
Have been using KeyLink
-saxydan (November 05, 2008, 05:56 AM)

How would KeyLink compare with SlickRun?
2185
General Software Discussion / Re: Reliable web page capture...
« Last post by rjbull on November 03, 2008, 08:25 AM »
It was fixed. You need to restart the program after changing the hot key. What hot key did you set it to?
-PPLandry (November 02, 2008, 09:59 PM)
I sure wish that there was a way in Windows to see all hotkeys that are already assigned to applications. "free" one.
-J-Mac (November 02, 2008, 11:12 PM)

Nir Sofer's ShortCutsMan (Short Cuts Manager) is pretty good, but you're lost if you start defining things in a hotkey program.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Locate 3.0 - great *FAST* HD search tool!
« Last post by rjbull on October 31, 2008, 12:15 PM »
waiting for TC plugins support in Locate32 (it is on its ToDo list).
-fenixproductions (October 30, 2008, 05:42 PM)

Have you tried FSE?  I don't have a URL, but it's in the TC forums.

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Coding Snacks / Re: IDEA: micro macro
« Last post by rjbull on October 30, 2008, 04:54 AM »
Probably too late to the party, but even the last free version of PTFB appears to do this.  At least, it's in the docs of v.1.06.3.1.  I haven't tried it as I'm on PTFT Pro (shareware) now.  Might also be worth trying WinMacro, freeware and very small, but I haven't tried that either.  You have to open WinMacro's Options screen, where it gives you the ability to set a number of repetions.  The box will hold nine digits, which should be plenty...  WinMacro is mentioned on The Portable Freeware Collection.


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General Software Discussion / Re: save everything I type
« Last post by rjbull on October 17, 2008, 05:43 AM »
You need to apply the Nightly Tester Compatibility fix.
-patteo (October 16, 2008, 08:29 AM)

Thanks!

By the way, I'm using Firefox 3.03

Must work well, then, as the addon only says 1.5.

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General Software Discussion / Re: save everything I type
« Last post by rjbull on October 16, 2008, 08:08 AM »
Copyurl+ which is a Firefox that enables you to easily select text from a webpage together with the URL.
-patteo (October 16, 2008, 04:50 AM)

Hmmm...  won't install on Firefox 2, says it's only for 1.5...

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General Software Discussion / Re: save everything I type
« Last post by rjbull on October 16, 2008, 04:04 AM »
Smart Type Assistant
-patteo (October 16, 2008, 03:57 AM)

patteo,

Did you use Smart Typing Assistant to copy what you posted in the other thread?   :)

Ugh - URL blocked by company nannybot - will have to check when I get home...

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General Software Discussion / Re: save everything I type
« Last post by rjbull on October 16, 2008, 04:01 AM »
I run PowerPro, which has a built-in *Exec LogKeys feature.  I wouldn't say it was the simplest possible application, though.  What you're looking for is a benign (we hope) keylogger.  You might try  Emsa Save My Work (not checked by me).

Emsa Save My Work is a quite simple but useful typed data recovery program. It works on a principle similar to usual key loggers but in a different fashion and purpose. Instead of spying on other people keystrokes, this program is designed to be fully visible and used by the actual computer owner and record the keystrokes typed into the computer, in order to provide a backup of all this typed data, should any problem occur. The program is very helpful because it saves all your typed data while you work. How many times you have lost your work because of power failure, blue screens, computer accidental reset, internet failure, user mistake or kids hitting the computer cables and any such unexpected events?

Suggest you also look at this DC thread: pls recommend a good benign keylogger.  That's where I heard about Emsa.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / XYplorer 7.70 has been released on 15-Oct-2008
« Last post by rjbull on October 15, 2008, 06:15 AM »


XYplorer 7.70 has been released on 15-Oct-2008. Here's a quick introduction to the main new features:

New Address Bar Deluxe with icons and optimized usability. It...
... supports Unicode.
... optionally auto-completes path names.
... optionally auto-completes recently used items.
... supports TAB-bing through the items.
... supports select-all-by-triple-click.
... is highly configurable.
... shows icons for edit box and list items. Icons help you to easily distinguish the various types of items that are supported by the Address Bar: Folders, Files, Drives, Servers, Quick Searches, Visual Filters, URLs, Scripts.

The edit box icon instantly adjusts to the text while-U-type, thus giving you immediate feedback about the existence of a path or the nature of an item:

Color Filters 2.0. Now you can define the backcolor of items.

Scripting. Now with math, logic, and functions. 
As a little demonstration here's how to abuse your favorite file manager as a basic calculator: ...

Unicode support is now complete for all parts of the application.

Speed. Browsing folders and finding files got faster again. Also switching tabs is now incredibly smooth.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Internet-Style Email Indenting / UnIndenting on Selected Text
« Last post by rjbull on October 15, 2008, 05:59 AM »
would wish for an application-independent way to apply the following to selected text:
-Christian.Eitner (October 15, 2008, 02:44 AM)

There're quite a few small utilities for cleaning and reflowing (reformatting) grunged e-mail, some of them listed on the AskMisterEmail.com Other mail tools page, many of them free.  They usually work through the clipboard.  I recommend Clippy, which I sometimes use myself for minor text transformations.  Another program well spoken-of (but not tried by me) is Boxer Software's TextMonkey, which comes in freeware Lite and payware versions.  Watch their online demo!

Some clipboard enhancers have similar tools built in, e.g. none other than mouser's own ClipBoardHelp+Spell (CHS).  In this case you need more mouse clicks to invoke them, compared with Clippy's hotkey approach.  Recent versions of XRayz Software's (payware) ClipCache have similar features.  Full-fledged clipboard enhancers might offer more than you want, though very useful to have in themselves.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Auto click windows dialog
« Last post by rjbull on October 14, 2008, 05:47 AM »
now you tell me that PTFB also has been offered at Bits du Jour - and I didn't see it !!!   even though I get their email every week!   :(
-Curt (October 14, 2008, 05:00 AM)

It was back in May, longer ago than I thought.  I posted it in the Found Deals and Discounts section, here

I have given up on beer, so I may be stuck with paragraphs #1 and #2 when I finally take my new Vista into use. I assume you are not running Vista, or are you accumulating an addiction to beer?

At the moment, not running Vista  :)  Long may that continue...

As an afterthought, the last free version of PTFB doesn't have an installer.  You just unzip it into a folder and go.  It's a pity that the payware version, and ClickOff, both have to have installers.  It's true that payware-PTFB does more, so maybe it needs an installer, but an up-to-date, portable, no-install button pusher would be nice.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Auto click windows dialog
« Last post by rjbull on October 14, 2008, 03:53 AM »
- a "s" was missing, so here is the corrected link:
-Curt (October 11, 2008, 04:48 AM)

Oops, sorry, thanks for the correction...

I use ClickOff all of the time... I almost *LOVE* this little program :-*

There's a grateful comment on ClickOff on TinyApps Blog.

I myself bought a license for PTFB Pro, when it was featured on Bits du Jour.  I notice that Johannes Huebner, author of ClickOff, says his users report that ClickOff doesn't work very well with Vista.  I suspect that that isn't ClickOff, it's Vista.  PTFB Pro's help file contains an entire section on Vista, including the fact that PTFB Pro can't currently automatically press the "Elevation Prompt" because Microsoft deliberately made that nearly impossible to do for "security reasons."  It goes on to suggest various ways of coping with the situation, saying, in part:


1) Turn off UAC (User Account Control) ... NOT recommended.

2) Tweak UAC settings

3) Have a beer, and try to put up with it. However, be aware that this solution could lead to a long-term dependency on alcohol. It wouldn't be the first time that Windows has driven someone to drink.

Steps for an easier life in Vista:
The following suggestions ...



Note No. 3    :)


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Living Room / Re: Mouser's new book
« Last post by rjbull on October 10, 2008, 03:33 AM »
I tried to buy the book but the website stops responding on the order confirmation page... :-\
-Deozaan (October 09, 2008, 10:28 PM)

High demand crashed the server?   :)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: text-only clipboard without separate hotkey.
« Last post by rjbull on October 01, 2008, 10:18 AM »
The user-definable newline collapsing would helps tremendously when copy-pasting from an email.
-milesmonk (October 01, 2008, 05:09 AM)

You might want to look at mouser's Clipboard Help and Spell because it can accept user-defined filters, so you can roll your own.  Or try Clippy, dedicated clipboard modifier, which offers these features:

  - Align center
  - Align fill
  - Align left
  - Align quote
  - Align right
  - Case capitalise
  - Case invert
  - Case lower
  - Case upper
  - Count of characters
  - Count of lines
  - Count of words
  - Convert all spaces to tabs
  - Convert leading spaces to tabs
  - Convert tabs to spaces
  - Quote
  - Remove blank lines
  - Remove duplicate lines
  - Remove line
  - Remove line breaks
  - Strip HTML
  - Trim leading spaces
  - Trim trailing spaces
  - Unquote
  - Remove duplicate blank lines
  - Convert DOS to Unix
  - Convert Unix to DOS
  - Delete to end-of-line from column
  - Delete to end-of-line from string
  - Sort lines
  - Search and replace
  - Quote
  - Left margin
  - Right margin
  - Tab width
  - Ascending
  - Search
  - Replace
  - Position
  - Number
  - Append

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Living Room / Re: Avoid DABS.COM for online shopping.
« Last post by rjbull on October 01, 2008, 10:02 AM »
In the past I have enjoyed using DABS.COM for shopping and got products at good prices.
-Carol Haynes (October 01, 2008, 08:37 AM)

I've had good experience of Dabs, but only had to return something once, and that was two years ago.  I think I'd have ended up using snail mail with recorded delivery, but then, I didn't need the parts for a customer.  Uhh - that might be a crib from your long-ago post about complaining about things...

The problem is - what online shopping companies can you trust?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best search and replace software discussion
« Last post by rjbull on September 30, 2008, 03:58 AM »
gotta learn me some Regex! [...] Any decent learning resources?
-J-Mac (September 30, 2008, 12:36 AM)

I got started with the succinct explanation in a book, The AWK Programming Language, by Aho, Kernighan and Weinberger, published by Addison-Wesley.

There's also the following freeware from SilverAge Software, makers of Handy File Find and Replace:

Regular Expression Laboratory - FREEWARE !

Regular Expression Laboratory is an assistant simple to use tool to help you learn and prepare regular expressions.

If you are a developer or just concerned with text processing tasks, the Regular Expression Laboratory is a tool that you need. In fact, you felt that you need a program like this but could not formalize your needs. We have done this job for you. Now you can construct your regular expressions with much ease and test them by applying to an arbitrary text.

Regular Expression Laboratory support the incredible size of a stored regular expression: 2MB!

I'd hate to face a regular expression 2 Mb in size   :o
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General Software Discussion / Re: Best search and replace software discussion
« Last post by rjbull on September 30, 2008, 03:48 AM »
rjbull - it's an auto-link to ehtyar's post - the new forum software adds it to quoted posts, rather than duplicating pictures and attachments everytime a post is quoted.
-Darwin (September 29, 2008, 08:24 AM)

Thanks...  It only appeared when I used quote-reply, so makes sense that far, but it isn't obvious.

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