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Site/Forum Features / Re: new forum feature coded - ability to inline link attachments!

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 23, 2007, 05:41 AM »

can I set a max-width  for inline-fullattach, so that none can crash my layout.

-Timo Trallala (January 23, 2007, 04:55 AM)

That's a good idea! I think we should do the same here. Isn't that possible, mouser?

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Finished Programs / Re: SOLVED: desktop icon manager/grouping

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 06:53 PM »

I very much like this idea, but couldn't find a way to organize the icons through command line (even though that infor is stored in the registry in a binary key).
Can somebody help?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: press and hold hotkey switches mouse buttons till release

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 06:42 PM »

That makes perfect sense!
Actually, i was already interested in buying such device myself.

Well.. The following code in autohotkey will do exactly what you asked for. It'll map win+left button to right button and capslock+left button to middle button:

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#InstallMouseHook

*#LButton::RButton
capslock & LButton::
  Send,{Mbutton down}
  KeyWait,LButton
  Send,{MButton up}
  Send,{CapsLock}
  return

Just download autohotkey from www.autohotkey.com, install it, save that code in a file with the extension '.ahk' and run it

I hope you like it!

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General Software Discussion / Re: Desktop state snapshot & recall software

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 05:55 PM »

I just found this while collecting urls for the newsletter.
I'd be very interested in knowing if this is possible. As far as i know, this can only be acomplished by virtual desktops (which will only last one session), or by making a disk image and then retrieving it. (i guess that option doesn't make much sense)
Anyone has any interesting ideas?

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: Cody Mug for NANY Participants

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 04:38 PM »

"Cody.. yeah.. he's a personal friend of mine.."

-mouser (January 22, 2007, 01:38 PM)

That's why i participated in nany! You can't imagine how much success cody's mugs make around here!

I guess we're all waiting for mouser's post now Or did I miss that one already?

-Ruffnekk (January 22, 2007, 02:00 PM)

+1 vote for that

jgpaiva looks exactly like i imagined - but with a beard attached.

-nudone (January 22, 2007, 04:27 PM)

Yeah, lately that has been my look, unshaved. That's school's fault

jgp looks very suave

-mouser (January 22, 2007, 01:38 PM)

Hey, how did you get a portuguese word?

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Living Room / Re: password-protect external HD (USB)?

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 04:24 PM »

I'd also like it to always get the same drive letter, so if that could be automated too it would be great

-brotherS (January 22, 2007, 04:17 PM)

Not sure about the rest, but i think this does happen. My external usb disk always gets mounted with the same letter, even if i connect any usb drive with it disconnected and connect it after.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: New FARR v2 Icon Design Needed

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 03:44 PM »

That blue one looks soo good!! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Stickies 6.0a released

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 02:10 PM »

Thanks a lot for this port, bret!
This solves this request

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: application sensitive pop-up notes

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 02:09 PM »

I've been keeping this on my opera window, to see if i could do it, and it looks like stickies was finally updated!
See https://www.donation...index.php?topic=7130
Looks like the solution for this problem was found

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N.A.N.Y. Challenge 2007 / Re: Cody Mug for NANY Participants

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 01:26 PM »

Sorry, I don't have a better camera
(which is good, because like that you can't see that i'm really ugly and that's not the camera's fault)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Window Arranger Software

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 06:48 AM »

look what happened, when i chose the default 'Arrange Windows'. all the hidden windows are pre-arranged for me..

-lanux128 (January 21, 2007, 09:04 PM)

Yep, that's why i said it hates find and run
I think it can be configured to ignore those windows, though.
Maybe they should pack it with better defaults, but sure looks like good software.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: move small dialog windows to cursor position

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 22, 2007, 06:22 AM »

i think the new version is working perfectly. seems to know what's going on with larger windows a bit better too.

-nudone (January 22, 2007, 05:28 AM)

I'm very happy to hear that!! 
If you find anything you'd like to add, don't existate to post

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: move small dialog windows to cursor position

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 21, 2007, 05:01 PM »

New update:
Added configuration of which controls to look for. You can find those under the "rules" tab in the settings. (notice that it is just a comma-separated list of the words that have to be in the text of the controls to look for)

DialogMove v1.8.98 updated 21-01-07:

moves windows smaler than a given size to a place closer to the mouse position.

[Forum Topic] [.ahk Version] [.exe version] [About Box]

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: move small dialog windows to cursor position

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 21, 2007, 04:25 PM »

You think DialogMove was smart? Well.. It got smarter.
Now with auto-detection of buttons' names.
The window focus will be set on buttons named "save", "ok" (and the similar ones in portuguese, so that i could test it ).
Notice that this will work regardless if there are any other focused controls. If these exist, they'll be beneath your mouse.

Other names of controls to look for are welcome.
(if these controls are not present, it'll move to the active control. if there's no active control, it'll move to the middle of the window)

DialogMove v1.8.97 updated 21-01-07:

moves windows smaler than a given size to a place closer to the mouse position.

[Forum Topic] [.ahk Version] [.exe version] [About Box]

PS: this was a first atempt, to see how it works out. If it doesn't work out, i'll have to think of a way of configuring it per window. I've just been having some trouble figuring out how to do it.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: DimSaver *improvement* needed!

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 21, 2007, 12:03 PM »

Dimsaver isn't my code, so i'm not sure if this is the right way to do it, but maybe you could solve your problem like this:

On line 14, replace

[Select]

SysGet,dragx,68 ;SM_CXDRAG
SysGet,dragy,69 ;SM_CYDRAG

with

[Select]

dragx = 15
dragy = 15

As far as i understand, that'll configure dimsaver so that the mouse has to be moved more than 15 pixels from it's original place to deactivate it.
I do like your idea about being able to close windows and keep dimsaver active, but that'd be a major rewirte of the code, and i'm not up to the job. I just hope this'll solve the problem.

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SMF Forum Mods / Re: poll: Do you think Gri's posts should be allowed here any more?

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 21, 2007, 06:23 AM »

My opinion is that Gri is an amusing guy. If not for his interesting way of speaking (which i even consider curious and try to understand), at least for his capacity of intriguing us all.
Truth is, that Gri has been an interesting topic of conversation for some time now. I've seen mouser and app discussing the way he talks (and i've participated in those discussions myself), i've seen people wondering where he's from, if he uses an automatic translation, etc..
Don't think i don't see your points, Calvin and Anderson. I specially agree with you, Calvin, in that there must be some kind of conversation and Gri must respect the laws of the forum (he should at least not open a thread with a single line that is a link to somewhere else).
So, i'm not in favour of deleting his older posts nor baning him from the forum. But i think you (Calvin) had a good idea when you made that big post. I honestly hope he'll answer it, as it'd take many doubts away.
I find it interesting to learn about these new cultures and minds, but it's true that with Gri, we're not really learning anything, we're just making conjectures about a bunch of stuff, and we never get any confirmation if what we assume is right.
My opinion is that discussion is important, and so are the posts made in the other threads, so that Gri can understand that we think something is wrong, and he should work in the way of respecting us.
Now let's hope that he'll just show some sign of life and understanding and we can live happily ever after 

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dexpot: Probably the best virtual desktop manager around

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 20, 2007, 08:05 PM »

Well, Darwin.... If you asked me a few months ago, i'd answer "i can't live without it!!".
But that was when i used blackbox for windows. When i stopped using it, i couldn't find any program up to the job, no virtual desktop program could give me the results i was looking after.
Then i developed GridMove, and i didn't need virtual desktops anymore, since my desktop became much more organized.
Now i'm testing Dexpot to find out how much use i have for it. Nevertheless, it's definitelly the best vdm around, that's why i posted about it.

From what i know, if you tend to have a cluttered desktop, and keep alt-tabing and not finding the stuff you want, you definitelly could use the help of a vdm. That's because you could distribute those windows through other desktops, creating sort of "groups", which would allow you to find the windows you're looking for more easily. At the time, i frequently had a browser in one desktop, msn windows in another one, a file explorer in another one and winamp and p2p in the 4th one. I never used more than 4, and some time i'd have one free anyways. I frequently scrolled over them all with win+right/left, or if i was interested in doing something in one specific desktop, i'd press win + 1/2/3/4 to switch directly to that one.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dexpot: Probably the best virtual desktop manager around

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 20, 2007, 06:20 PM »

If a program is designed to open in one copy only, then you are not able to work with that program on four desktops, are you?

-Curt (January 20, 2007, 05:52 PM)

Well.. By default, the window will only open in one desktop, and it'll only appear in that desktop. If you wanted, it could also appear in more than one or even all of the desktops.
I think you're getting there, curt

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dexpot: Probably the best virtual desktop manager around

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 20, 2007, 05:41 PM »

EhEh.. It's "virtual", that's why it is hard to explain.
Wikipedia's definition is also quite useless.
Curt: virtual desktops have nothing to do with the option you mentioned that you tried. That's "active desktop". That's useless, but virtual desktops are very useful.
To better explain this concept, take a look at the image i posted above, the second one with 4 desktops. That's how it works. Notice that on the top-left, there are several windows, and in the others, there are none.
This way, i could have for example: internet explorer on the top-left desktop, msn messenger windows on the top-right desktop, winamp on the bottom-left desktop and another program in the bottom-left desktop.

The advantage? When i am in one of the desktops, i don't see the windows present on the other desktops. This way, they don't interfeer with what i'm doing in that desktop.
This kind of programs help you reduce the clutter in your desktop, byt dividing the stuff you have in one, by several of them.

To switch between desktops, you just press a key (for example, windows + right arrow to go from desktop1 to desktop2) or just bump the mouse against the edge of the screen.
Do you understand what i mean?

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General Software Discussion / Re: EarthWatcher: to know where the sun is shining now, look at your desktop!

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 20, 2007, 02:16 PM »

I must say this is a pretty good program. I've been using it since this morning, and it's pretty sweet to see the world change in your wallpaper.
It looks specially sweet in my widescreen monitor

PS: I forgot to mention this program is freeware

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dexpot: Probably the best virtual desktop manager around

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 20, 2007, 02:10 PM »

does that mean you can have different grids for different virtual screens?

-nudone (January 20, 2007, 11:23 AM)

Tell me: where do you get all those fantastic ideas?? 

Well... Currently.. No. But can be done
GridMove currently doesn't accept any command line parameters, but i can have it accept. Then, in dexpot, you "configure desktops" and have it run gridmove on each change to a desktop, with the parameter being the name of the grid. (did i explain myself well?)

No.. *caveat* GridMove still takes a bit to load (at least in my computer, takes about 3 sec). So, each time you changed desktops, you'l lose gridmove for that time. BUT maybe i can fix that, i'm not sure. I need to take a good look at the code.

PS: each time you launch gridmove, the previous instance is closed. That's why this works.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Scripting vs. Programming

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 20, 2007, 01:19 PM »

I end up typing something and by the time I get to the end I forget the intent of what I am typing  .

-Veign (January 20, 2007, 11:28 AM)

So true. That happens to me a lot
Yet, i think you're almost there with your definition.
I interpret a script as a sequence of instructions that intentds to automate something that was supposed to be done by the user instead. Something that aims at making that task something as simple as launching the script.
It's not an absolute definition, since for example php is called a scripting language and doesn't really fit into this description, and other stuff that are programs do fit it, but i think this description is as close as it gets.

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Living Room / Re: password-protect external HD (USB)?

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 20, 2007, 10:11 AM »

Just an heads-up about the ntfs encryption.
Using this system, the files are encrypted with a password you don't know. They are bound to that user and that windows instalation. If you reinstall windows or really wish to have access to those files in another computer, if you didn't unencrypt (does that word exist?) the files first, you're screwed.
From what i know, you're much better off with that truecrypt program or something similar.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: application independant status tray icon

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 20, 2007, 10:01 AM »

Only now did i understand what you want. Right, that makes all sense.
Here's the code in autohotkeys to do what you ask for:

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#persistent
#singleinstance

Menu, tray, icon, %1%,1
return

If you'd like to run it, just download ahk from www.autohotkey.com. (if you prefer, i could compile it and post the .exe).

All you have to do is call it with an argument. That argument has to be the name of the icon you'd like to use. To change the icon, just run it again with a new parameter, the old version will be closed.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Dexpot: Probably the best virtual desktop manager around

« Last post by jgpaiva on January 20, 2007, 09:39 AM »

but does it work with gridmove, jgpvaiva? i never tried it with that.

-nudone (January 20, 2007, 09:20 AM)

Yep, it works perfectly. Only has a small problem that is GridMove's fault (gridmove gets activated on the program's changer, because there's no way to specify exceptions. Hopefully, i'll fix that soon )