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Find And Run Robot / Re: is it possible to search the search history ?

« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2008, 10:31 AM »

right now it's not possible but i've been meaning to implement this so that one can filter any of the special commands like: search history list, plugin list, launch history list.

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2008, 09:34 AM »

Hi psionics, nice to see you posting here.

Let's try to keep the trend going and keep this thread alive -- anyone reading this who hasn't posted yet, tell us a bit about yourself.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Urgent security notice for all FARR plugin users

« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2008, 03:04 AM »

ps another question: If 3 plugin use 3 FScript.dll, then there's 3 copy of FScript.dll in memory?

i believe that is right.. until and unless ecaradec (the brilliant fscript author) decides to make a multi-script fscript version.  that's probably best discussed on the fscript thread though.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Urgent security notice for all FARR users

« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2008, 02:14 AM »

I could add a FARR feature to help plugins figure out where to store data,
but let me clarify a little what this security hole is all about for people reading this and nervous.

There is a FARR plugin called "Google Calendar Quick Add", and with this plugin you have to configure your login info.

Sri decided to make a package of his pre-configured aliases and plugins and upload them for others.  He made a slight mistake and included the options file for this plugin, which has his gmail login info in it.

So this is not something any normal FARR user needs to be concerned with -- but it is a reminder for plugin writers and others who might zip up and share their FARR plugin configuration directories, to make sure you dont upload any configuration files that might have sensitive data inside them.

Like I said, I could add a feature into FARR which a plugin could call to get a MyDocuments folder suitable for storing options files, so that they arent in the normal FARR directories, but then again it would be just as easy for a plugin to do that.

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Living Room / Re: OK - lets get to know each other... who are you, what do you do, where from?

« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2008, 12:35 AM »

Welcome to the site electronixtar!

ps.from your signature and coding ability, i wonder if you might be the perfect person to try making a Twitter plugin for FARR, as requested here.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: 10+ suggestions to make FARR the most interesting launcher

« Last post by mouser on May 27, 2008, 12:31 AM »

If you are using VISTA, all settings will be underneath your documents subdirectory by default (and in main program files\findandrunrobot subdir by default if using win xp or lower).

you can change this by editing the configdir.ini file in the program files\findandrunrobot directory.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: 10+ suggestions to make FARR the most interesting launcher

« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2008, 10:29 PM »

The first thing to say when reading a post like electronixtar's is: Thank You for taking the time to prepare such a list. 

Now we need to figure out which ideas are the best ones to put on the todo list.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Looking for a little help with arguments.

« Last post by mouser on May 26, 2008, 01:53 PM »

i think you are right in everything you are saying, and you've made a convincing case that FARR needs a simple way to provide arguments to a program you are about to launch.

can we come up with a general purpose syntax for this?

note that it cannot be as simple as saying that everything after the program name is an argument, because by default FARR wants to use additional typed words to filter the search.

it needs to be something like:

k-meleon :: args_go_here
C:\Program Files\K-Meleon\k-meleon.exe  www.google.com :: args_go_here

where :: is a special separator meaning EVERYTHING after this on the search string will be treated as arguments passed to an executable launched.

it might be nice if instead of :: we used something more flexible for other purposes, for example some syntax like:
k-meleon /ARGS args_go_here

So that we could use /KEYWORD for other special stuff

Or we could use our existing + prefix that we use for modifiers and say that some modifier keywords are reserved for special purposes.  this might make sense, so that
k-meleon +args args_go_here

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Developer's Corner / Re: Look For Premade Gallery Scripts/Generator

« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2008, 08:25 AM »

JAlbum is very good and has a lot of different templates.  It's free -- you run it locally and upload the files produced to your own website:
http://jalbum.net/

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Character Table

« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2008, 07:07 AM »

The update system was designed really to help you keep plugins updated, but wasnt designed to help you install new ones.  However it's clear that this area needs to be enhanced to make it so that the updater can be a way to install all new plugins.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Character Table

« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2008, 04:17 AM »

Grorgy sent me the screenshot, and it is indeed caused by the plugin reporting that an anomalous situation has occurred, namely that it has found multiple update files in its directory:


The solution to this might be to have the plugin detect multiple update files and report a more human readable error suggesting that the user may have inadvertently installed the plugin someplace improper.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Character Table

« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2008, 03:44 AM »

oh? unzipping it to main directory caused a crash? that doesn't seem right.  i dont see why it would be related to the updater files.. but still..

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Character Table

« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2008, 03:28 AM »

Thanks for catching that Armando.  Added.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Evolution of the launcher?

« Last post by mouser on May 25, 2008, 03:27 AM »

vitalyb that is a nice idea, it never occurred to me but i can see why such an approach would be useful.
ideally i think it would be nice to support both methods of extracting info (regex and dom/xml/xpath).

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: brand new version of Distance Check

« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2008, 12:59 PM »

the prefill is what i meant -- i thought i tried it and failed, but i might have tried it wrong.
you're always one step ahead of me 

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: brand new version of Distance Check

« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2008, 12:53 PM »

one thing that might be nice is let the url parameters specify only beginning or only end, and let it autofill that on query page, so that it would be easier for people to bookmark common ways to initialize the query page.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: brand new version of Distance Check

« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2008, 12:39 PM »

I forgot to comment on this thread originally since i sent you my comment by email -- but i think it's really great.  I love the way 3 maps are combined on one page.

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General Software Discussion / LifeHacker Roundup: Track Your Fitness Progress with Free Tools

« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2008, 11:34 AM »

Great idea to roundup these programs -- please add any other programs you know about.

You don't need to plunk down $90 for a Wii Fit to track your progress toward a healthier body—even if that downhill skiing game looks mighty fun. If you're trying to curb unnecessary calories and stick to an exercise plan, there are tons of free applications that want to see you succeed. Whether you're facing a fast-food menu or polishing off a light entree, you can log, track, and make healthy decisions from your desktop, or just as easily from a phone.

http://lifehacker.co...ress-with-free-tools

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Find And Run Robot / Re: How to use Plugins like Printerlist?

« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2008, 09:32 AM »

The first thing to do is reach over and punch the person who wrote a plugin without writing a readme

Then step 2 is to search on the forum for the thread about the plugin.  DonationCoder is such a "chatty" community that we sometimes forget i think that anyone uses any of this software who isn't daily visiting the forum and participating in discussions.  So the Printerlist Plugin forum thread is: here.

I think that thread tells you how to basically use it (and install it).

Alternatively, you can if you cant find a thread on a plugin, go to the plugin options tab, and open up the plugins configuration form, select the plugin and look at what it has listed as the trigger regular expression or keyword.

Lastly, apologize for punching the plugin writer and give them a hearty thank you for taking the time to write something nice and share it with all of us.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Keyboard Extensions, launcher-shortcut editor-screenshot tool-alerts

« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2008, 03:14 AM »

interesting find.

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Living Room / Re: Whats on your desktop?

« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2008, 02:23 AM »

That's pretty cool wreckedcarrz, you might have a future in art.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: FARR in other languages?

« Last post by mouser on May 24, 2008, 02:15 AM »

If people really want this, i could add it without much trouble.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: LifeHacker vote, stage 2, final voting

« Last post by mouser on May 23, 2008, 12:17 PM »

RocketDock may be a great program but it really is a totally different kind of program than the others and is out of place in this list in my opinion.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Evolution of the launcher?

« Last post by mouser on May 23, 2008, 12:15 PM »

it's an interesting direction to purse -- sort of an alternative window into the web.
the html display mode will be available this month.. perhaps i should think of providing some asynchronous web grabbing/scraping functionality built in that plugins can ask FARR to perform for them.. would make it a little easier for plugin writers to do stuff like this consistently and seamlessly.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Suddent takes forever to open plugins window

« Last post by mouser on May 23, 2008, 11:09 AM »

ah i see, it does take a while for that window to come up if you have a bunch of plugins installed.