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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: XYplorer File Manager
« Last post by rjbull on December 11, 2007, 04:34 AM »
XYplorer-free has that nice feature where you can clip a directory listing of files+paths to the clipboard or to a CSV file, but is there a way to make it use UNC paths instead of drive mappings, and to choose only the columns you want, in the order you want, instead of all of them?

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So is there a program that can rename files that either works by 'rename namechannel*.mpg to namechannel.mpg' or works by saying 'rename namechannel $todaysDay $todaysMonth $todaysYear'.

Suggest you run a command prompt and DIR > DIR.DIR.  Then redirect DIR.DIR through Horst Schaeffer's LMOD List MODifier and make a temporary batch file to cut out the bits you don't want.


LMOD 1.3 Filter (c) 2002 Horst Schaeffer
Syntax: LMOD options string_with_tokens
Options:
   /Ln[-m] line [range] to select (default: first non blank line)
   /L[n]*  all lines [starting n]
   /E      include empty input lines (default: no output)
   /S..    delimiters for word extraction, instead of default (,;=)
   /B..    as /S, but excluding blank space as delimiter
   /Nn     starting line number (for token
  • ), default: /N001

Insert from source line (expression in square brackets):
 [p,l $n U|L Rn]  default []: complete line
   p,l     from position p, length l (default rest of line)
   $n      word number n ("!" for last word); optionally ñoffset
   $n:m    range of words by number (blank space will be inserted)
   U|L     convert to upper|lower case
   Rn      right aligned in output field of size n
Other tokens:
   
  •      insert CR+LF
  • [-]     omit CR+LF at end of output
       
  •      line number (digits acc. to option, default:3)
  • [=n]    tab to position n in output line
       [~n]    ASCII code n (decimal)
       [".."]  quoted char/string (use for redirection symbols)
    [/tt][/color]
Other option; run one of the renaming tools that can recognise the date strings and remove them, e.g. BKrenamer, which recognises regular expressions.

[edit]
<sigh>  I should take notice of the little warning that tells you someone else has posted while you were still typing...   :-[
[/edit]

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best password manager?
« Last post by rjbull on December 09, 2007, 03:19 PM »
I am not really interested in trying others unless someone knows a good one that is also a form-filler AND syncs with Palm OS.

I admit KeePass isn't really a form-filler like RoboForm.  But, you can convert KeePass passwords for Palm via the KeePass to Keyring converter.



       
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General Software Discussion / Re: Find and replace from text file? Or similar?
« Last post by rjbull on December 09, 2007, 01:58 PM »
Surf to Eric Pement's home page.  Click the SED link from the main menu, and when it loads, page down to the section on command-line search-and-replace tools.  He says, very succinctly,  more or less everything that needs to be said on the subject, unless you like DOS applications, in which case you need the Free Software for DOS home page as well.  If you're attracted by MiniTrue, don't overlook Eric Pement's supplementary page of tricks and traps with it.



2405
GOE 2007 Challenge Downloads / Re: HowLong2It - GOE Challenge 2007 Entry
« Last post by rjbull on December 05, 2007, 09:20 AM »
Hmmm, an element of reinventing the wheel here.  Take a look at Horst Schaeffer's Date Reminder

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General Software Discussion / Re: FileBox eXtender now works under Vista
« Last post by rjbull on December 04, 2007, 04:18 AM »
They just released a native 64-bit Vista version, as well.  The one I mentioned yesterday is 32-bit Vista-compatible.

2407
General Software Discussion / Software for measuring resource usage?
« Last post by rjbull on December 03, 2007, 03:58 AM »
Lots of threads have remarks about the resource usage of various programs, so much CPU etc.  What's the best program for tracking resource usage?  Looks like you'd ideally need something like a chart with resource usage plotted against time.

TIA...


2408
General Software Discussion / FileBox eXtender now works under Vista
« Last post by rjbull on December 03, 2007, 03:43 AM »
FileBox eXtender  Free software, now also working under Vista. Navigate easily through the Windows folder maze with FileBox eXtender buttons added to your file boxes. Access your favorite and recently visited folders and documents with one mouse click. Adds push-pin button to keep windows on top, and roll-up button to hide window contents except for title bar.
Ver. 2.00.01 is now available.
2409
General Software Discussion / Re: Best password manager?
« Last post by rjbull on November 28, 2007, 04:22 AM »
One of those threads mentiones Darn! Passwords!, which is said to be good, and now owned by Thornsoft.

2410
Living Room / Re: Amazon's Kindle eBook Reader
« Last post by rjbull on November 22, 2007, 07:49 AM »
I heard from someone who claimed to read blockbuster nineteenth century novels on her Palm while waiting in line in queues!  Which makes me wonder why anyone would buy an eBook-only device, when they could have the functionality of a PDA.

Because reading a book from a PDA sucks.  It can be done, I have done it, but man... those things are not optimized for the task.  It's like watching a 2-hour movie on your phone.  Sure, people do it, but it's not exactly a pleasant experience.

Fair enough - she said you can easily increase the text size, but you'd be constantly paging down and it wouldn't be comfortable.  But there's no reason you couldn't have a Kindle-sized PDA with e-Paper screen, and that might be a better bet.

2411
Living Room / Re: Amazon's Kindle eBook Reader
« Last post by rjbull on November 21, 2007, 06:08 AM »
Finally would anyone choose to read a novel on this sort of device - there is no way I want to lie in bed with a glowing lump of plastic glaring at me instead of a comforting paperback that can happily drop on the floor without problems when I drop off to sleep!

I heard from someone who claimed to read blockbuster nineteenth century novels on her Palm while waiting in line in queues!  Which makes me wonder why anyone would buy an eBook-only device, when they could have the functionality of a PDA.

Don't think I'd have the patience for queues that long, though...


2412
General Software Discussion / Re: pls recommend a good benign keylogger
« Last post by rjbull on November 19, 2007, 10:23 AM »
What I'd like is a way of clipping a section of text from a Web page, and saving it with the URL included automatically.

If I'm reading this correctly, both Evernote and NetSnippets allow you to do this. If you can still find a copy of the free version of Netsnippets somewhere, it does this, brilliantly. Evernote does it as well and is available in a free version.

Darwin,

Do you mean that both of them will include the URL along with the clip, even when the the clip wasn't the whole of the page?

I should still have a copy of free NetSnippets somewhere; I seem to remember reading here that it's been abandoned.


2413
General Software Discussion / Re: pls recommend a good benign keylogger
« Last post by rjbull on November 18, 2007, 04:12 PM »
What I'd like is a way of clipping a section of text from a Web page, and saving it with the URL included automatically.  I do it now with a batch file that prompts me, but then I have to Alt-Tab back and forth to to Crl-L, Ctrl-C; quick and easy, but it could be quicker and easier still.

Hmmm...  going off topic...

2414
General Software Discussion / Re: roboform2go or sticky password?
« Last post by rjbull on November 18, 2007, 03:56 PM »
See Here for a list of supported browsers

Thanks...  K-Meleon NOT supported, though  <grump>  (closed Gecko engine)

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General Software Discussion / Re: links collector
« Last post by rjbull on November 18, 2007, 11:35 AM »
I doubt it will satisfy kalos, but don't forget this:


VisitURL: Flexible, efficient, lightweight bookmark manager

VisitURL is not a fully-fledged bookmark manager. It is not a replacement for Netscape's bookmark file or Internet Explorer's Favorites. It does not organize bookmarks into categories.

VisitURL is designed to help maintain a handy (as in: at hand) list of URLs that you intend to visit. For instance, if a friend sends you an email recommending that a particular URL, Visit is a good place to store the URL until you are ready to launch your browser and go surfing. If you copy the URL to clipboard, Visit will automatically intercept it and save to its database. If you copy several URLs at once, Visit will get all of them. (You may also add URLs manually or directly from an open browser window.) If you copy the URL with some text around it, Visit will optionally treat that text as a description for the URL you copied.

To access the bookmarked site, you can either view the HTML page that Visit creates in your browser, or click a toolbar button to launch the browser directly from Visit. There is no limit to how many URLs you may store, though the program is primarily designed to hold, view and edit a short, temporary list. Netscape and Explorer tend to consume so much system resources that it's not practical to keep them loaded at all times - this is where Visit comes in.

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General Software Discussion / Re: roboform2go or sticky password?
« Last post by rjbull on November 18, 2007, 11:16 AM »
Can Roboform be used with an arbitrary browser - I know it won't work with Opera, but will it work with K-Meleon, for example?

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General Software Discussion / Re: roboform2go or sticky password?
« Last post by rjbull on November 15, 2007, 08:58 AM »
I *suppose* I should be backing the data up to a different format as a backup...

Can you do that?  I thought one of the drawbacks of Roboform was limited import/export, which if true would look like trying to lock you in.

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General Software Discussion / Re: roboform2go or sticky password?
« Last post by rjbull on November 15, 2007, 08:57 AM »
OK, but bear in mind that extreme enthusiasm is difficult to distinguish from zealotry to passers-by...

Please take a look at this thread Auto browser open, form field fill batch script - I assume this is what Roboform does well, even if the OP wanted a different solution.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Auto browser open, form field fill batch script.
« Last post by rjbull on November 15, 2007, 08:52 AM »
But what I would like is that a field in the form on the page gets a word put in for me so that I don't have to manually type it. [...]
I was hoping for something general, every kind of case thing.

I think it's very hard to do that, which is why Roboform's technology is proprietary.  By contrast, KeePass, a very good freeware password manager, can type long custom text for you, but you have to set the starting location for the cursor.  That is, if you set the URL, it will load the default browser with that page, but you have to locate the cursor in the starting field before it can type the text.  Same thing with (payware) LinkStash bookmarks manager.



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Post New Requests Here / Re: Auto browser open, form field fill batch script.
« Last post by rjbull on November 15, 2007, 08:47 AM »
And there's a DC thread on Roboform (one of several, I think - lots of people here really like it) here

It's now payware, but you can find older free versions around the Web if you look.  Here's one, from an old post in alt.comp.freeware:


Program: AI RoboForm (v 4.6.8 )
Company: Siber Systems
W: LFW
Ware: (Freeware) LFW (v 4.6.8 ) last uncrippled version Note: disable
auto-update
http://www.321download.com/LastFreeware/
http://www.321downlo...tFreeware/page7.html
http://www.321downlo...files/AiRoboForm.zip

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General Software Discussion / Re: roboform2go or sticky password?
« Last post by rjbull on November 15, 2007, 08:40 AM »
OK, so they behave honourably regarding (re)activation.  That's good to know.

Phew - you Roboform zealots fans are almost as keen as FARR fans!   :P

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General Software Discussion / Re: roboform2go or sticky password?
« Last post by rjbull on November 15, 2007, 05:52 AM »
I do, however, worry about the issue of being able to access my data if they go under.

Shame no escrow system...

However, if that were to happen, the free version is available so you're data would not be inaccessible - it just wouldn't be very convenient!

I thought the free versions only offered 10 entries, except for one older one which did 30 or so.  If you have more entries than that - not very convenient at all...

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General Software Discussion / Re: roboform2go or sticky password?
« Last post by rjbull on November 15, 2007, 05:50 AM »
just one hoop which is quick, easy and painless. 

OK, it's probably a hoop I have an unreasonable dislike of.  What happens if, for example, you more to a new computer; do you have to contact them for activation?

2424
General Software Discussion / Re: The best RSS reader?
« Last post by rjbull on November 14, 2007, 09:45 AM »
I just find it easier to visit websites. [...] What I really want is :-

- get the entire article and keep a copy offline. If the article is not available in the feed then it should cache the web page with all images etc

You might try combining Martin Aignesberger's http://www.aignes.com/products.htm Website-Watcher (which can operate as an RSS reader) and his Local Website Archive.


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General Software Discussion / Re: The best RSS reader?
« Last post by rjbull on November 14, 2007, 09:29 AM »
Feedreader [...] some of its features & settings are kind of buried.

No-op for me at work, where they use proxy.pac files.  I went into configuration and told Feedreader 3.10 to use IE's settings.  It greyed out all the other boxes, but it couldn't have saved the settings because it just didn't work, and the HD's light didn't flicker when it should have been saving.  By contrast, Great News worked OK first time.

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