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2751
fSekrit / Re: Importing text
« Last post by rjbull on September 07, 2006, 04:12 AM »
Just spotted your separate 1.2 announcement, thanks.

I think the Win98 clipboard is limited to 32K rather than 12, but I'm not sure.  I do know I couldn't get it to paste about 48K.

2752
Living Room / Re: story/idea note keeper
« Last post by rjbull on September 07, 2006, 04:05 AM »
Some of the notekeepers use RTF, so you shouldn't have trouble exporting from them to Word.  SuperboyAC seemed to think that the RTF editor in Black Hole Organizer was quite good.  And all of them use text...

Alternatively, Notebox Disorganizer IIe: a spreadsheet-style note collection program.


When it comes to keeping notes in a tidy and organized fashion on your computer, you've got your pick of dozens of programs -- most of which involve a tree-view layout, into which you're expected to tuck everything neatly away.

ND2e, on the other hand, is for people who like to keep all their mess splattered across the screen right where they can see it.
[...]
This program was written to help me write novels, which may explain a few things. It's called Notebox, and for that matter Disorganizer, on the grounds that my basic unit of order is the mess, which for the sake of tidiness I keep in a box. When I come across some new information of interest or utility, I make a note of it and add the note to the box. Sometimes I put the box in order. Sometimes I sort it into categorized boxes. Mostly I don't. This is all only approximately true.


You should probably look at some of the sites devoted to creative writing.  One link I happened to have is The 2005 WD Guide to Writing Software  (meaning software for authors, not programmers).



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fSekrit / Importing text
« Last post by rjbull on September 06, 2006, 08:32 AM »
If you want to import existing text into fSekrit, you have to do it via the clipboard.  If you're running a clipboard enhancer, you have another security-vulnerable area.  Are there plans for a file browser to import text into fSekrit to avoid that?

Of course, if you have text on disk, I suppose that's vulnerable anyway, unless you use a secure deleter afterwards...

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Jot+ Notes import feature:  wider than usual range of imports, including Treepad, KeyNote, AZZ Cardfile, Action Outline, MemPad, MasterCook, Vault, IE and Firefox bookmarks, etc.  Good range of exports but (naturally) doesn't export to its competitors' formats  ;)

Full listing here

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Interesting summary.

One monitor I use is small, and best at 800 x 600.  I nearly went dizzy from scrolling the screen from side to side...

Suggest a bit more use of spelling checker: I think it's "hierarchy" not "heirarchy."

2756
idea of someone paying $20 for a tshirt and us receiving $3 of that while tshirt company makes $17 is just too much for me to bear.

Good grief.  I didn't realise the ratio was that bad!

Point taken...

2757
you can also enter to win one of the following:

    * DonationCoder.com Collector's Mug, Rare Handmade Cody Mascot Figurine, DonationCoder CafePress Item of Choice.

No Cody t-shirt?  You'd have to print too many to be economical, I suppose.  Maybe you should consider selling t-shirts, with a percentage going to the site?



2758
General Software Discussion / Re: What's the Greatest Software Ever Written?
« Last post by rjbull on September 04, 2006, 04:30 AM »
And while UNIX (or Mac OS) may be great, it's still Windows that made computing accessible to the masses.

I'd have thought that DOS made computing available to the masses, at least in the sense of a tool commonly used at work, and by that fact, kick-started the move of computers into everyday life?

2760
General Software Discussion / Re: Need Virtual Desktop software recommendations
« Last post by rjbull on September 01, 2006, 08:18 AM »
PowerPro can control multiple desktops:
http://powerpro.webeddie.com/index.html

PC Rangers third-party PowerPro support
http://powerpro.pcrei.com
Contains archives of the user groups, the "Wink" based Flash demos, etc.
2761
Official Announcements / Re: THE 2006 DONATIONCODER.COM FUNDRAISER MONTH OF SEPTEMBER
« Last post by rjbull on September 01, 2006, 04:12 AM »
(if you donated in August and missed this deal, send me a forum message and i will give you the full 100% credits for your recent donation as well).

I did - third time in ~550 days online - and don't think I saw even 50% credits, but I could be wrong there.

Mouser, did you really mean "send a forum message," which I take to be here, rather than a private message?

2762
General Software Discussion / Re: Software Frustrations
« Last post by rjbull on September 01, 2006, 03:57 AM »
have you tried AOL lately
 

hahaha...that was what my spontaneously combusted post was about...some really hilarious examples of what they call 'tech support'  :D

CompuServe are now part of AOL.  Same idea of tech support   
2763
Site/Forum Features / Re: Converting threads for offline reading?
« Last post by rjbull on September 01, 2006, 03:40 AM »
I know some mailing lists are "converting" emails into forum posts and offer a nntp(?) view too.

Yes...  TheBat!'s mailing list also offers NNTP, two flavours of Web interface, and RSS too.  I was thinking of something I could take away and read without an Internet connection, and add my own annotations to.  Something like that might be useful in making digests of very long threads.

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Site/Forum Features / Converting threads for offline reading?
« Last post by rjbull on August 30, 2006, 08:25 AM »
Is there any tool or easy way to convert DC threads into something like a TreepadLite .HJT file for offline reading?

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: New version of ToDoList released
« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2006, 04:53 AM »
Ok...first of all I am still considered a beginner at all this and there is still much I do not know how to do yet.

At the time I first wrote this program (over 1 year ago) it was much easier for me to create 2 plain text files and load one in each side than it
[...]

OK, I thought it might be something like that.  Thanks for your valiant efforts so far.

Having 2 files is also a good idea if you want to export one for another purpose

Yes, I see the value.  There are other ways of getting the same thing, of course.  Although I'm not a programmer, I've been around a long  time now, and it looks to me as if you probably started with Windows, rather than in the deep mists of time with command lines and things like "fgrep -v"  :D

I like the 2 file system it currently uses and it's very useful to me like it is.

In which case you have no motivation.  Well, it wouldn't be the first time I made suggestions/requests that turned out to be in less than immaculate congruence with the intentions of the developer  ;)

Again, thanks for making it available now   :Thmbsup:

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General Software Discussion / Re: Software Frustrations
« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2006, 04:38 AM »
I figured I'd whip up a site for complaining about software.

Renegade,

You should have added that you include a section for complaining about support!   ;D

Hmmm...  sort of area where maybe someone should design a smiley with jagged teeth...

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General Software Discussion / Re: Suggest an Icon Editor
« Last post by rjbull on August 27, 2006, 03:22 PM »
This is mentioned in the list that's occasionally published by alt.comp.freeware:


Program: Randy's Icon Editor
Company:
Author: Randal Ford
Install:
W:
Ware: (Freeware)
http://ranfo.com/



I've seen the freeware version below mentioned somewhere, and I see it's now joined by a payware version:


Fx Icon Maker, freeware

http://www.jhepple.com/iconmkr.htm

Create 32X32 icons from scratch from bitmaps or import from applications.

Download ico32su.exe20

3,733 KB

--------

Capture, create and edit icons of all sizes and formats

Pretty Icon Maker

$19.95

Pretty Icon Maker21

    * Supports all icon formats: Windows® and Windows XP® with Alpha Channel
    * Supports all icon sizes:16,32,48,72,128 or custom sizes.
    * Drawing tools include Anti-alias and Smoothing functions.
    * Includes 3D and Gradient effects and supports Crystal effects.
    * Import and Export to and from PNG, JPG, GIF, BMP, PCX and others.
    * Blur, smooth, sharpen, adjust hue, brightness and contrast, resize, rotate and flip.
    * Add a drop shadow effect to create Windows XP compliant icons or add text
    * Extract existing icons from DLL, EXE, OCX, CPL and SCR files.

   

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: New version of ToDoList released
« Last post by rjbull on August 27, 2006, 03:16 PM »
Hotkeys added.  :D

If my combos don't make sense or are overly complicated, let me know.

Thanks.  Responsive authors is what we like   8)

I still wish it were one file, though, for ease of backing up/portability etc.  Maybe a tag preceding each entry with "1" for ToDo and "0" for "Done?"  You'd only have to sort the file once to re-order it, and show the two boxes as now.  But what do I know, I'm no programmer  ;)

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: New version of ToDoList released
« Last post by rjbull on August 25, 2006, 08:12 AM »
Don't forget that would also mean saving both lists, ToDo & Done...and after each item shift too. I am not sure how that would perform with large lists on an old slow pc and if it would have a bad effect on overall performance of the program.

Why not make it one file in two parts, internally like


buy groceries
do laundry
mail package

==============================
make dinner
pick up kids from school


so it's only one file to save?  I don't necessarily mean display it like that, just a way to reduce disk I/O activity.  Also, have you implemented hotkeys?  If you offer the standard Control-S for Save, keyboard-centred people can get into the habit of saving as often as they like, and make their own compromise between security and performance.

0.2p... (I'm English)

2770
Found Deals and Discounts / UK: cheap(?) Linksys routers etc. from Morgan
« Last post by rjbull on August 25, 2006, 07:54 AM »
Just in case anyone in the UK is looking for a Linksys router, and doesn't see the Morgan flyer:

Morgan's deals on  Linksys


Linksys Wireless-G ADSL Gateway
[£24.99 ex VAT][£29.36 inc VAT]

Linksys EtherFast 10/100 5-Port Hub
[£9.99 ex VAT][£11.74 inc VAT]
 
Linksys ADSL2 Modem, USB/Ethernet
[£14.99 ex VAT][£17.61 inc VAT]

Linkys Wireless A+G Broadband Router
[£24.99 ex VAT][£29.36 inc VAT]
   
Linksys Wireless-G Broadband Router
[£19.99 ex VAT][£23.49 inc VAT]

Linksys Wireless-G Access Point
[£19.99 ex VAT][£23.49 inc VAT]
   
Linksys Wireless-G ADSL Modem Router
[£29.99 ex VAT][£35.24 inc VAT]


They also have USB and PCMCIA WiFi Adaptors, but only 802.11b.




2771
General Software Discussion / Re: General brainstorming for Note-taking software
« Last post by rjbull on August 23, 2006, 05:19 AM »
I don't think Notebox Disorganizer has been mentioned so far.  It's aimed at writers, and is truly weird.  Here is part of a third-party review:

No, seriously, you should check out NoteBox Disorganizer:
It's an amazingly useful program.

NoteBox Disorganizer is tailor-made for quickly jotting down notes and
ideas, organizing those notes and ideas, combining selected notes into a
document, and exporting that document for publication. It's truly my
favorite writing program, and I've tried pretty much everything out
there. Here are some of the things that make NoteBox Disorganizer so
outstanding:

* Notes are kept in a spreadsheet-like grid that is easy to understand
and navigate. And that means all your notes are spread out in plain
sight; nothing is hidden away in a database or lost in an outline
"tree."

* It's possible to name each column, so you can easily categorize your
notes under the columns where they belong. Have a note that belongs
under more than one category? Clone it! Change a clone, and that change
is reflected in all of the others.

* It's also possible to name each *row,* so you can lay out a book's
structure before you even start writing.

[...]

I love the side-by-sideness of all this, which gives me a sense of
overview, organization, and control that I don't get in any other
program.

* If you need finer "granularity" in categorizing notes, you can include
note ~keywords in the text (and keep an alphabetical list of those
~keywords) and then do a "bounded" search for them. In Boolean terms,
that's an "And" search, which finds notes that include all of the
specified ~keywords. Don't want to fuss with ~keywords? You can still
use a bounded search to find notes that contain several terms.



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Living Room / Re: USB sticks - do you need a famous name?
« Last post by rjbull on August 22, 2006, 04:43 AM »
You can't rely on either types exclusivly, always have backups of any data you have on. I've heard stories of them failing suddenly with no warning. Plus you could lose it :) .

That seems to mean buying several cheap ones, so you can afford to lose the physical entity if not the data, and to keep several copies of the data.  I wish I knew if there were quality differences, though.

2773
Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: XYplorer File Manager
« Last post by rjbull on August 21, 2006, 10:59 AM »
regular expression intensively for its search and replace function. However the syntax is definitely diff from the DO's. I am not sure whether there exist an international standard of regular expression which supposed to be used by everyone.

I'm not sure there ever was.  For example, grep has shorthand lile [:alpha:], [:space:] etc. - but these seem not to be used at all in AWK.  Weird.

Another thing I can still remember is about the "rename" function, TC has the most intuitive and easiest to use interface.

It's very good, and quite visual.  You can see what you're going to do before you do it.  And there's even an Undo feature :)

what is the point if newcomer find no way or very hard to learn the syntax of regular expression?

It's probably hard to "sell" the idea of regular expressions to newbies.  You don't realise how useful they are until you've sued them seriously.  But TucknDar's right, TC's renamer has regular expressions, and even has a  section on them in the help file.



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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: XYplorer File Manager
« Last post by rjbull on August 21, 2006, 04:56 AM »
1) DO is relatively weak in handling archive files (compare to Total Commander)
[...] I am a programmer (since the DOS time) but I find DO search difficult to learn, particularly its regular expression syntax (which is also used in renaming files), and there seems to have no detail documentation on this.

Somebody on DC pointed out that if you started computing in the DOS days, you probably used Norton Commander, and you like TC because it's closest to it.  If on the other hand you started with Windows, and used Windows Explorer, you prefer DO.

BTW, TC's archive handling is helped using the multi-arc plug-in.

I've never used DO, but here is a man page on Regular Expressions in general.

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General Software Discussion / List fonts for a window?
« Last post by rjbull on August 18, 2006, 08:54 AM »
I've seen various tools that list the fonts on a system, but are there any that will list the fonts in use in a particular window?

The context is using Kleptomania to "scrape" text out of certain programs.  In certain cases, it routinely confuses the digit "1" with lower-case "l" (letter eL).

Thanks...
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