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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: BBCeditor 1.0.4

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 29, 2009, 09:17 AM »

1.0.4 is out.

I've fixed lower toolbar images scalling (too much comments in code

-fenixproductions (March 29, 2009, 12:09 AM)

Thanks for fixing the scaling, that works nicely now! 

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the difference between a program & an application?

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 28, 2009, 08:01 AM »

My my, the state of education today 

A program is something that comes on the television and an application is what you make when asking for a loan.

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Official Announcements / Re: MARCH 2009: It's the 4th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 27, 2009, 08:27 PM »

What is the official cut-off point for the fundraiser?
That is, the point at which donations will no longer affect the thermometer?
Does one assume that at midnight on March 31st (your time) the fundraiser total will become 'fixed'?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Find filenames/folders above certain length and offer to rename them

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 27, 2009, 08:12 PM »

getting a rough working solution is relatively easy (!!) but it's all the little things that take the time (both to implement and to troubleshoot)

-Target (March 27, 2009, 07:05 PM)

Now there's a metaphor for life as I know it 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Find filenames/folders above certain length and offer to rename them

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 27, 2009, 08:10 PM »

I'll look at it over the next couple of weeks (hopefully)

-Target (March 27, 2009, 07:05 PM)

Oh, I hope you won't. I'd like to think you'll be far too busy enjoying your holiday!

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 27, 2009, 03:29 PM »

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But shouldn't you be singing that song with a pronounced LISP?

-40hz (March 27, 2009, 02:55 PM)

I prefer regular exprethionth.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: [feature request] request for new variables

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 27, 2009, 01:45 PM »

what about %LASTPASTSEARCH% and %LASTPASTLAUNCH%

would be handy

-nitrix-ud (March 27, 2009, 03:34 AM)

and, for the CEO, %LASTPASTLUNCH% (Or should that be a constant?)

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Find filenames/folders above certain length and offer to rename them

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 27, 2009, 10:19 AM »

try this then -

EDIT - removed some pesky debugging code

-Target (March 26, 2009, 11:27 PM)

Nice interface option for mid!
The sequence below seems to indicate that Start Pos isn't respected.

Example

[Edit] P.S. You can see from the result just how much difficulty I have trying to count characters in the selection window. It is why I was hoping for some kind of highlight display in that window, in order to show which characters are affected by the spinners. I just don't have that many fingers and I can't use toes because I practice safe socks.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Find filenames/folders above certain length and offer to rename them

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 10:26 PM »

OK, how about if I ditch the betweens, and add a 'mid' option - same theory as the left/right trim, but with a starting position and the number of characters

-Target (March 26, 2009, 09:11 PM)

Sounds great to me! Just the job.

(the GUI is getting kind of squeezy  )

Don't be Bashful, Doc, even if you are getting Sleepy.

and thanks for the helpful advice (nothing like 2 brisk 75km walks a day!!

Aren't you making giant strides?

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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 10:12 PM »

But if you knew GNU EMACS

-40hz (March 26, 2009, 09:12 PM)

If you Gnu EMACS, like I gnow EMACS
Oh! Oh! Oh! What a Perl

 

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Find filenames/folders above certain length and offer to rename them

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 08:14 PM »

have you tried the fix? it should be working as expected now

-Target (March 26, 2009, 05:33 PM)

Sorry for the tardy reply, I'm struggling with connection problems.
Yes, I tried the updated version. Thanks

The 'between' setting now does chop out stuff between a 'leftpos' and 'rightpos' setting.
Never satisfied, however, I'm hoping for something that chops out material between 'leftpos_1' and 'leftpos_2' as in the example I posted above. I.e., handles fixed-position strings within names of dissimilar lengths.

If you need more time to work on this, feel free to walk to work 

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Living Room / Re: Anti-Necrospamming

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 07:48 PM »

It is useful, sometimes, to see that someone has added an 'updating' comment to an old thread. For example, when some software is updated to include a wished-for feature or a solution is found for a previously insurmountable issue.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: BBCeditor

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 04:48 PM »

Small update to see if SpellChecker works correctly. Please test

P.S. Only english for now.

-fenixproductions (March 26, 2009, 02:36 PM)

It does for me. It's happy with some off-beat words and also it uses British English which is better for me, personally, than American English but not quite as useful as Canadian English.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: BBCeditor

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 04:34 PM »

The main feature request that I have is to allow custom tags and associated custom buttons for those tags.

-superboyac (March 26, 2009, 01:41 PM)

+1
Also, any chance of an option for the buttons to be twice the size?

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: i'd like to buy some discipline please.

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 04:23 PM »

can anyone recommend a good dungeon in the Derbyshire, UK area?

-nudone (March 26, 2009, 04:06 PM)

Derby Gaol and Pie Shop
50/51 Friar Gate, Derby, Derbyshire, DE1 1DF Tel: 01332 299321

A smack and a snack!

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The Getting Organized Experiment of 2006 / Re: i'd like to buy some discipline please.

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 03:08 PM »

Of course, discipline can be bought. 

-Dormouse (March 26, 2009, 03:01 PM)

NSFW?

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Official Announcements / Re: MARCH 2009: It's the 4th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 10:59 AM »

We baked the cake already. Anything else is just icing. Nothing wrong with making a goal of 4 tubes of icing but only making it to 2.

-Deozaan

That's a somewhat floury metaphor!

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Find filenames/folders above certain length and offer to rename them

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 26, 2009, 10:37 AM »

having made a goose of myself

-target

I wasn't very clear, eider.

With 'between' I was hoping for the ability to excise something so that, e.g.
My Music [CJRT 1991.11d.xx] 198x.xx.xx - Coffee Cantata - JS Bach.mp3
My Music [CJRT 1992.01a.xx] 198x.xx.xx - Spem in Alium - Thomas Tallis.mp3
My Music [CJRT 1995.04b.xx] 198x.xx.xx - Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen.mp3
My Music [CJRT 1991.11c.xx] 198x.xx.xx - Piano Medley.mp3

Becomes
My Music [CJRT 1991.11d.xx] - Coffee Cantata - JS Bach.mp3
My Music [CJRT 1992.01a.xx] - Spem in Alium - Thomas Tallis.mp3
My Music [CJRT 1995.04b.xx] - Quartet for the End of Time - Olivier Messiaen.mp3
My Music [CJRT 1991.11c.xx] - Piano Medley.mp3          

                          

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Find filenames/folders above certain length and offer to rename them

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 25, 2009, 07:57 PM »

Thanks for the effort!

If I drag and drop files onto the list when its populated, that clears the list. (Doctor, it hurts when I do this.)
I haven't the hang of between. If I want to remove something between pos 5 and pos 9 how do I go about that?
Undo worked in my quick test.
(having internet problems tonight -- satellite feed is intermittent).

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Official Announcements / Re: MARCH 2009: It's the 4th Anniversary DonationCoder.com Fundraiser

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 25, 2009, 06:19 PM »

Should i change the goal to $10k?

-mouser (March 25, 2009, 05:56 PM)

Nope

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best password manager?

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 25, 2009, 10:22 AM »

Or at least I used to be until whatever was in that brownie I bought from that cute girl at the Renaissance Faire wore off.

-40hz (March 25, 2009, 09:24 AM)

Buying brownies can be tricky. It's advisable to consult the girl guide first.

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Living Room / Re: What is Twitter: A Funny Sarcastic Cartoon

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 25, 2009, 10:19 AM »

And here is what I see when twitter goes screwy, since I am using xchat as my twitter client:
 (see attachment in previous post)

-app103 (March 25, 2009, 09:34 AM)

"if they fail, fail whale daring greatly so that their place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat." Teddy R.

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Living Room / Re: Should we have a yearly Best Avatar award on DC?

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 25, 2009, 10:04 AM »

Josh's bug avatar would get my vote were it to include a Pythonesque foot stomp!

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Living Room / Re: Should we have a yearly Best Avatar award on DC?

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 25, 2009, 10:03 AM »

Let me be Frank with you:

 "I did it myyyyyyyyyy wayyyyyyy!"

 

-40hz (March 25, 2009, 09:05 AM)

 

Regrets, I've had a few and reading that has certainly made the list...

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Living Room / Re: Should we have a yearly Best Avatar award on DC?

« Last post by cranioscopical on March 25, 2009, 08:13 AM »

Yes, classic lines like 'And don't call me Shirley' are great

-rgdot (March 25, 2009, 12:41 AM)

Go ahead, be Frank.