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Finished Programs / Re: MoveToParent

« Last post by AndyM on September 26, 2010, 10:15 AM »

You can add an item to the Folder Context menu thru the Folder Options dialog, File Types tab.

Find the Folder file type, click Advanced, and you'll see a button to add a New item.  Name it (eg MoveToParent) and have it call your short batch file (move "%1" ..), which you already wrote and named (eg moveparent.bat).

A word of caution.  The Folder (and File Folder) file types act a bit differently than other file types in the File Options dialogs.  For example, to delete a Context Menu entry for the Folder file type, you have to delete the registry key you created in the above process (easy to do).  For other file types (.txt, .doc, .xls, etc) the "Remove" key is not greyed out in the File Types Advanced dialog box the way it is for Folder and File Folder (hence the need to remove a menu item through the registry for Folders).

Sorry, none of what I said was wrong, but it answered the wrong question and was incorrect for what you need.  You'd want to modify the context menu for files, not folders, so the %1 parameter would point to the proper file.  This can be done, but not thru the File Types dialogs I don't think. 

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Living Room / Re: Would someone mind recommending a good laser printer?

« Last post by AndyM on September 26, 2010, 10:03 AM »

(when did I become such a curmudgeon??)

-superboyac (September 25, 2010, 10:40 PM)

This was not a curmudgeonly comment!  It was well put, concise and to the point.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Drupal is f*cked

« Last post by AndyM on September 24, 2010, 08:32 AM »

one doesn't make money selling such things, though i suppose you could make a career of supporting users if the userbase grew large enough.

-mouser (September 24, 2010, 12:57 AM)

How many programmers out there are like you?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Drupal is f*cked

« Last post by AndyM on September 23, 2010, 11:57 PM »

Or would you just write your own?

-AndyM (September 23, 2010, 11:53 PM)

And if you did, could you sell it?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Drupal is f*cked

« Last post by AndyM on September 23, 2010, 11:53 PM »

I can't really answer that in a way that would meaningfully help someone who is considering using a CMS (content management system) for their site.

-mouser (September 23, 2010, 11:30 PM)

I was asking for a different reason, but I think what you had to say along those lines would be helpful to anyone who was looking into CMS's.

Re your dilemma, I could have asked this hypothetical question first:  If every other CMS vanished tomorrow and Drupal was all you were ever going to be able to use, what would you or could you do to make it more personally useable? 

After reading your last paragraph, I would have to add "Or would you just write your own?"

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General Software Discussion / Re: Drupal is f*cked

« Last post by AndyM on September 23, 2010, 11:06 PM »

...as for why i "keep" using it -- i've actually used it now on 2 projects that involve me creating serious custom modules for it ...

-mouser (September 23, 2010, 02:55 PM)

Hypothetically, if Drupal vanished tomorrow and you had two more similar projects to start from scratch, what would you use?

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2009 / Re: Why Trying to be Productive is a Huge Waste of Time

« Last post by AndyM on September 20, 2010, 08:50 AM »

Another drain on one's "productivity" is explaining to anyone else the nature of one's "productivity".

(and stay out of my head Scary Taskbar Girl  )

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Skrommel's Software / Re: Alt edge script

« Last post by AndyM on September 17, 2010, 06:49 AM »

I seem to remember changing this script to limit the "hot" area, but I don't have time to look at the original script so I can see what I modified.

This looks like the part with the "hot" area defined.  Let me know if that doesn't help and I'll look again tonite:

[Select]

Loop
{
  MouseGetPos,mx,my
  GetKeyState,lbutton,LButton,P
  If (mx=1919) and (my>750) and (my<875) and (lbutton="D")
  {
  keywait,LButton
  MouseMove,1917,my
  }
   If (mx=1919) and (my>750) and (my<875) and (lbutton="U")
  {
    If tabbed=0
    {
      Send,{Alt Down}{Esc}
      SetTimer,TAB,500
    }
    tabbed=1
  }
  Else

My "hot" area is a part of the lower right edge of the screen (1920 x 1200).

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Windows Text Editor that transposes last 2 characters typed on Control-t ??

« Last post by AndyM on July 24, 2010, 11:16 AM »

There is no need to use the clipboard.

-skwire (July 24, 2010, 01:40 AM)

That's much better!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Windows Text Editor that transposes last 2 characters typed on Control-t ??

« Last post by AndyM on July 23, 2010, 08:13 PM »

Or if  you already have a text editor you like, write an autohotkey script that is only active when that editor has focus.  You'd still overwrite the current clipboard contents but you wouldn't have to worry about a Ctrl-t conflict.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Windows Text Editor that transposes last 2 characters typed on Control-t ??

« Last post by AndyM on July 23, 2010, 08:10 PM »

If transposing the last two letters of a word only happens in your text editor, then by all means write a Control-T macro for that editor.  I use Boxer and Word and it would be easy to write a macro for either.

But if it happens elsewhere, I'd still think about a system-wide macro.  If Control-t is too general, pick something more obscure (Shift-Ctrl-1, Ctrl-Alt-q).

If the cursor is already at the end of the word, seems like the code would be a simple SelectOneCharacterToLeft,Cut,CursorLeft,Paste - only four keys to send:  ShiftCursorLeft/Ctrl-x/CursorLeft/Ctrl-v .  This should work regardless of which clipboard is used (system or editor) if the editor uses Ctrl-x and Ctrl-v to cut and paste using it's internal clipboard (Boxer does this).
 
I take your point about bumping whatever was originally in the clipboard.  I use a clipboard manager with quick hotkeys to jump to an earlier clip.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Windows Text Editor that transposes last 2 characters typed on Control-t ??

« Last post by AndyM on July 23, 2010, 02:09 PM »

Or you could write a short Autohotkey script that would fix your typo with a Control-t no matter where you were typing (eg the Quick Reply in a DonationCoder forum    )

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Looking for 'new email' using Thunderbird

« Last post by AndyM on July 19, 2010, 08:31 PM »

I don't use FARR, but mailto: will probably work in a FARR alias just like a path and filename.

Or make an alias that will point at the Mailto: shortcut (eg NewMail.lnk).

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Looking for 'new email' using Thunderbird

« Last post by AndyM on July 19, 2010, 06:42 PM »

A start:

right click on your desktop or in a folder and select New and then select Shortcut.

Where the wizard asks for "location of the item" type in "Mailto:"  without the quotes but with the colon.

At the next prompt type in a name (eg NewMail).  When you doubleclick the shortcut, it should open up a new email for editing, using your default mail client.

At least that's how it works for me, using XP SP3 with Outlook Express.

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General Software Discussion / Re: monitor network usage?

« Last post by AndyM on July 15, 2010, 09:30 PM »

there was a recent thread that might cover this:
    
https://www.donation....msg170355#msg170355

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by AndyM on June 30, 2010, 10:10 PM »

.... I'm no finishing off "Oath of Fealty" by Elizabeth Moon, having devoured the first three books in the Deed of Paksenarrion series earlier this month. ...

-Darwin (June 30, 2010, 09:42 PM)

Thanks, those look good.  I will definitely check them out.

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Living Room / Re: What books are you reading?

« Last post by AndyM on June 30, 2010, 08:41 PM »

Currently reading Greg Bear's "Blood Music". ...

-Darwin (June 03, 2010, 03:13 PM)

Haven't yet read a Greg Bear book that wasn't excellent.

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General Software Discussion / Re: how they create such beautiful graphics?

« Last post by AndyM on June 19, 2010, 10:47 PM »

I'm amazed that you'd ask what a leaflet is, and not, "What's a lipid?"

-Deozaan (June 19, 2010, 10:30 PM)

Had a yen a few years ago to learn about metabolism, which meant spending some time reading about cell biology and biochemistry.  It's awe inspiring stuff, secrets of life.

Reminds me that one advantage to living in our times is the huge amount of knowledge available to us.  I'm an average person and Isaac Newton was a genius.  But he'd have given his right arm to know what I know.

---------------

You think the graphic with the viral hairpins was hand-drawn?  Looks painstaking.  You couldn't do it faster with some kind of drawing software? 

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General Software Discussion / Re: how they create such beautiful graphics?

« Last post by AndyM on June 19, 2010, 10:35 PM »

Thanks ewemoa, interesting article.  

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General Software Discussion / Re: how they create such beautiful graphics?

« Last post by AndyM on June 19, 2010, 10:21 PM »

they are in numerous biology/medicine articles, books and slides

-kalos (June 19, 2010, 10:06 PM)

My textbook is old, no leaflets in the lipid bi-layer.

Edit:  Got it, each half of the lipid bi-layer is a leaflet.  I thought it was another component in the membrane.

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General Software Discussion / Re: how they create such beautiful graphics?

« Last post by AndyM on June 19, 2010, 10:00 PM »

Don't know, but it's a cool picture.

What are Leaflets?

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Open command prompt at current directory

« Last post by AndyM on June 18, 2010, 05:02 PM »

That gives me an idea to relegate a lot of context menu items I rarely need to that Shift key..wonder if it works in reverse.

-daddydave (June 18, 2010, 11:50 AM)

You are hereby directed to research, experiment, and report back. 

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: Open command prompt at current directory

« Last post by AndyM on June 16, 2010, 08:34 PM »

Thanks for the help, everyone.

I found out from the comments in this blog (the blog itself wasn't very specific) that Windows 7 (and Vista) already has this built in by following these steps:

1. Select the directory so that it is highlighted
2. Hold Shift and Right Click the directory
3. Select Open Command Window Here

-Deozaan (June 16, 2010, 05:27 PM)

I wasn't paying attention (still running XP), but one of the links I checked said something about a registry entry that would show "Open Command Window Here" even when the Shift key wasn't being held down.  If that's of any interest...

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: Open command prompt at current directory

« Last post by AndyM on June 16, 2010, 02:22 PM »

Google

Open Command Prompt Here

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General Software Discussion / Re: Word 2007: Are Table Styles safe to use now?

« Last post by AndyM on June 03, 2010, 03:24 PM »

When you need more than one line per record is when I stop looking at tabs and start looking at tables.

I suppose you could have several types of "lines" (actually one-line paragraphs).  One line would be set up with a style (styles include tabstops) to always be the first line in a "record", the other(s) to be the second, third, etc, with different tabstops if you wanted the second line indented, etc.

But then your records would be multiline and multiparagraph, which would make sorting (manually or automatic) a nightmare.  For me, generally in this scenario a borderless table would be the right tool for the job.