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Living Room / Re: Getting Started with C#

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 05:23 PM »

free c# ide for windows  -> http://www.icsharpco...e.net/opensource/sd/
no doubt there are others too.

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Finished Programs / Re: Monochrome desktop

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 05:11 PM »

well if you really wanted to just change theme quickly..
this does sound like a good request.

system tray menu which allows selecting themes.
or double click to switch to next theme.

would save some annoying clicks, for users who like to switch between their preset themes.

sounds like good idea for a snack..
assuming it doesnt already exist.. does it i wonder?

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Post New Requests Here / Re: Maya Paint effects screensaver randomizer

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 05:09 PM »

do you have a url for a page describing the screensaver?
can you configure it to use different pain brush strokes? from commandline or from screensaver configuration setting?

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE - IDEA: submit google searches

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 10:22 AM »

i wont bother uploading a new version until there are more bugs to fix.
i will add later a checkbox that removes removes multiple spaces, that should be useful in such cases.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE - IDEA: submit google searches

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 10:09 AM »

it's not a pain - its nice to be have someone find bugs so quickly, all the better to fix them.

see if the new version makes it acceptable.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE - IDEA: submit google searches

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 10:00 AM »

darn i always forget that don't i?

ok try downloading new version and let me know.

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Finished Programs / Re: Monochrome desktop

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 08:16 AM »

the screensaver ideas sounds like a niceand easy thing to do..
i wonder if it doesnt already exist....

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Finished Programs / Re: Monochrome desktop

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 07:57 AM »

this sounda a lot like the dim-all-windows-but-foreground-window request..
i think this is sounds increasingly like a fun feature that people are interested in.

i'll leave this thread separate for a while and then i think merge it with the dim-windows thread, as i think they are highly related.

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Finished Programs / Re: DONE - IDEA: submit google searches

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 07:22 AM »

i wonder if people can think of other uses for this program..
i'm afraid it has some serious spamming applications

but maybe there are more productive uses as well?

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Unfinished Requests / Re: IDEA: Text Editor just for text (stay with me)

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 05:37 AM »

surely there are some freeware text editors that fulfil these requirements.
basically you are just asking for features to be removed from the existing text editors we reviewed.. or am i missing something deeper?

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Living Room / Re: Cool short videos for the weekend

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 05:33 AM »

fantastic

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: submit google searches

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 05:17 AM »

ok i have implemented this, as "Random Submitter"

Note i made it general enough that you can use this to submit random stuff to any url, and i added a few fun features (like view last result).

let me know what you think


download first version on coding snacks page:
https://www.donation...dingSnacks/index.php

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: submit google searches

« Last post by mouser on May 21, 2005, 05:13 AM »

scott, what is going on with your avatar?

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Unfinished Requests / Re: Minimize to Tray Control

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 09:12 PM »

my understanding is that apps like this which can be told to always minimize/hide/keepontop windows, do so by matching against windows titles or sometimes windows class names.  maybe the reason someo of your windows arent being minimized on restart is because something is changing about them, like their titlebar.. perhaps a minimizer tool which has other options for detecting the window would do it.

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Unfinished Requests / Re: Minimize to Tray Control

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 08:53 PM »

the solution is surely a better minimizer utility; i'll bet someone here will be able to suggest one (freeware please)..

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Developer's Corner / Re: where to start learning

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 08:49 PM »

i was in the bookstore today and browsed through
C++ Primer 4th edition by Lippman et al.

http://www.amazon.co.../detail/-/0201721481

It seemed to my eyes to be a great book for learning c++,
much more inviting than the deitel book, at least at first glance.

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Living Room / Re: "The Problem with Microsoft is..."

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 05:24 PM »

i agree, windows installer has to be the most evil piece of software ever invented... and the fact that it was totally unnesc. and never should have been built in the first place is just poison icing on the poison cake.

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Finished Programs / Re: IDEA: commandline to add specified directory to "windows path"

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 02:26 PM »

"System Path Commander" has now been added to the Coding Snacks Download Page:
https://www.donation...dingSnacks/index.php

you will find a screenshot and a readme there as well.

This program was far beyond the original request, and went beyond what i had hoped even.  It's a fantastic tool for power users who want to modify their system path.  one of my favorite snacks so far.  It's not going to be of use to everyone, but those who mess with their system path will love it.

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Living Room / Coding snacks ideas needed!

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 10:23 AM »

we're having another coding snacks weekend now (5/22/05),
and we need some new ideas, so get over to the coding snacks section and try to think of some ideas for programs that would be useful or fun, and small.

and if you know of another forum that might have people who would like to make suggestions, please let them know.. it always helps to have new people making suggestions!

https://www.donation...index.php?board=31.0

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Unfinished Requests / Re: PRIZE: Write a plugin for TheBat! and win a free copy of TheBat! Pro

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 07:49 AM »

on this page (on far right marked as attachments) you will see the sdk documentation, and a sample plugin
and then in the center of the page a link to a more substantial demo plugin, MyMacros, with source):

http://www.ritlabs.c...b/idx/0/060/article/

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Unfinished Requests / Re: PRIZE: Write a plugin for TheBat! and win a free copy of TheBat! Pro

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 06:45 AM »

hold the phones..

damn jibz has already whipped up a working example of my request..
so you can blame him and his ability to reuse code he has already written for new tasks.

jibz has said it was too easy for him to win a prize, so i guess we still have 2 copies of thebat to give away for plugins.

maybe jibz can give you guys some hints about compiling and using the sample thebat plugin..

so i guess the scenario is we are looking for 2 new ideas for plugins..
and 2 coders to write them..

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Living Room / Cool short videos for the weekend

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 05:14 AM »

these are wonderful:

http://snabbstart.co...w.snabbstart.com.wmv
http://media2.big-bo...bmedia/galaxies1.wmv

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Unfinished Requests / Re: IDEA: Windows shell that's just a desktop

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 04:51 AM »

thanks edvard, that's a good description and some useul links.
i guess im one of those traditionalists that likes my windows to look like win2k (the first thing i did after installing win xp is turn off all the horrible looking xp stuff), but i'm still curious about these shells.

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Coding Snack Guidelines / INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY ISSUES / OWNERSHIP OF SUBMITTED PROGRAMS

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 04:43 AM »

I got an email from somone who wondered if writing and submitting a coding snacks program meant that the program became the property of DonationCoder.com.

No.  Any code you write is absolutely your software, in every sense of the word.

We don't want any rights to it, you can put it anywhere you want, sell it, discontinue it, etc.

We will host it for you on the CodingSnacks download page, and if you want to write a separate html page for the app, we'd be happy to host that too, but the program is entirely yours to do with as you wish.

And if you want to set up a donation account at paypal or amazon we'd also be happy to list the donation button next to the program on the coding snacks page, etc.

You are encouraged to submit an announcement of your program to freeware sites, and we are happy to host the download bandwidth and be the official download site for the program.

Our view is that the more useful content we have on the site, the more useful the site is to people, which is what we are trying to achieve.  And if we can do anything to help make the site a good experience for you we will try.

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Unfinished Requests / PRIZE: Write a plugin for TheBat! and win a free copy of TheBat! Pro

« Last post by mouser on May 20, 2005, 04:36 AM »

I think we may try to do more of this in the future..

RIT Labs has given us 2 free copies of TheBat! Pro to give out as prizes for some coding snack thing related to TheBat!

I would like to give these to the first two people who write a plugin/addon for thebat, whether it happens this week or whenever.

I am open to different ideas, if you have a strong idea, but I have had an idea for a freeware program that i would like to interface with TheBat, and I think that it would be great if someone made a nice addon/plugin that was really made as a helper for other people to write programs that interface with TheBat!.  So, I would like to suggest that one of the plugins be set up so that from the macro you can specify an exe filename, and some optional named options, and the plugin would invoke the exe, and "capture" its output, either by capturing stdout, or just reading the results from some specified output file.  I can help clarify this on request.  The basic idea is that this would be a macro plugin that could be used to run an arbitrary commandline tool, passing it options and grabbing its output.  There are some existing addons/plugins already written for thebat, and they may be able to be adapted to do this quite easily.