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Finished Programs / Re: Frep - commandline find and replace

« Last post by justice on August 03, 2010, 05:21 AM »

Because I don't know the sed syntax and it was more fun to write a script that works how I expect it should work Could someone move this to the finished snacks section please?

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Finished Programs / ReRun - Run a program repeatedly on hotkey

« Last post by justice on August 03, 2010, 05:19 AM »

When a certain hotkey is pressed, ReRun asks you for a program and runs it. From then on, everytime this hotkey is pressed, the program is run again.

This is useful if you working to improve a script/ ahk file / batch file and need to test it repeatedly, or are needing to manually compile/deploy/run commands repeatedly. Using rerun is faster than finding the active window and clicking on a program to launch it.

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. ; Change line 6 to a new hotkey: see http://www.autohotkey.com/docs/Hotkeys.htm#symbols
2.  
3. #NoEnv
4. SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
5. §::
6. if program =
7.         FileSelectFile, program, 3, , Open a file, Programs (*.bat; *.com; *.exe)
8. if program <>  
9. {
10.         SplitPath, program ,, OutDir
11.         SetWorkingDir %OutDir%
12.         RunWait, %program%
13. }
14. return

Note: the default hotkey is §, which is handy if you have a mac uk keyboard, but annoying if you don't. So change the start of line 5.

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Finished Programs / Frep - commandline find and replace

« Last post by justice on August 02, 2010, 04:22 AM »

Needed a small utility to use in batch files to find and replace text in a file.

Code: Autohotkey [Select]

1. #NoEnv  ; Recommended for performance and compatibility with future AutoHotkey releases.
2. SetWorkingDir %A_ScriptDir%  ; Ensures a consistent starting directory.
3. TheFile = %1%
4. TheSearch = %2%
5. TheReplace = %3%
6. if 0 < 3
7. {
8.     MsgBox This script requires at least 3 incoming parameters but it only received %0%.
9.     ExitApp
10. }
11. FileRead, Contents, %TheFile%
12. StringReplace, Contents, Contents, %TheSearch%, %TheReplace%, A
13. FileDelete, %TheFile%
14. FileAppend, %Contents%,  %TheFile%
15. Contents =

An example:

[Select]

>type test.txt
greg is a lovely guy
>frep test.txt greg john
>type test.txt
john is a lovely guy

I'm using it for a tiny templating engine for CSS files

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General Software Discussion / Re: sike 1.0 - send file(s) to recycle bin via command line

« Last post by justice on June 11, 2010, 03:51 AM »

excellent idea

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Finished Programs / Re: AHK Coding Snack Idea: Deluxe AHK Script Manager (AXEM)

« Last post by justice on June 04, 2010, 09:44 AM »

I got a request to make Axem compatible with autohotkey portable by not using the registry to read the autohotkey.exe path but instead finding the path to it. would you use this?

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General Software Discussion / Re: eBoostr, now version 4

« Last post by justice on May 05, 2010, 06:40 AM »

Well it was beneficial for me because the netbook was slow due to harddisk thrashing - basically it creates a cache for frequent harddisk reads/writes. So although windows explorer might already be in the ram - the thumbnails in a photo folder were read from eBoostr. (xp system) You can ask eBoostr anytime to repopulate the cache.

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General Software Discussion / Re: eBoostr, now version 4

« Last post by justice on April 23, 2010, 08:10 AM »

I used this with great result on a slow-ssd netbook.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Great utility FTPSync

« Last post by justice on March 09, 2010, 04:27 AM »

Btw the author encourages donations

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General Software Discussion / Great utility FTPSync

« Last post by justice on March 09, 2010, 04:24 AM »

I'm discovered the following gem to automatically sync my coding changes to a test server over ftp. This utility uses ini files to configure source and destination then sync any changes after running it. Just add it to post-commit hook with subversion or mercurial.  Great documentation

Synchronize two FTP sites or local directories. FTPSync is useful for updating your home page or corporate web site, maintaining an off-site backup, maintaining web site mirrors, etc.

Main features
    * supports UNIX, Microsoft, IBM and Novell type FTP servers
    * only new or changed files are transferred
    * console type application that can be easily executed from various schedulers and batch files
    * FTPSync is intended for computer experts - it has no user interface, so users must know how to edit standard Windows INI files. Synchronization can be configured on the fly from batch files or other applications, making it a convenient tools when sync authomation is required.
    * Brandable version available for bundling with other products.

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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Ratemyava - Second Life avatar rating game

« Last post by justice on February 23, 2010, 03:51 AM »

And now for something completely different  You might know SecondLife, the 3d virtual world where everything you see is created by people like you and me. It has a powerful scripting language LSL (now compiled with mono), inbuilt payment system and inworld 3d building options and a virtual economy where you can convert dollars to lindens and vice versa. So, a great way to start a low risk enterprise trying to make a bit of spending money. Anyways, dressing up avatars & being social for those that can and can't in the real world is a popular thing to do inworld. There's also a big music scene.

RateMyAva is an interactive social game to play with 2 or more people. We created a RateMyAva Board that you can hang in your home/club/hangout. Vote on the pictures of residents nearby. All votes register towards weekly online charts with top prizes sponsored by creators around SecondLife! Who's popular or generous? What do other people think of your new profile picture?

It's easy to play, and requires zero setup. We already have new developments in the pipeline! See http://ratemyava.com for more info. Available in the main SHX shop.
FEATURES
* easy to play, designed for ease of use
* zero setup, just rez
* only 0.02ms script time and 10 prims
* ongoing updates adding major free features to both website and board
* central weekly and alltime leaderboards in multiple categories
* personal profile with your ranking
* search facility to find your friends
* knowledgebase and suggestion board
* weekly + on rez update checks so you know when there's new features

ABOUT RATEMYAVA.COM
It's not just another profileviewer! RateMyAva is a game that is played with people live across the grid! Because all boards are connected, everytime someone is rated their scores are sent to http://ratemyava.com, where scores are saved into highscore lists! You can see how well you and yours friends do, and how your rating improves as you change your avatar + profile. We have charts to compare against others in various aspects plus a top spot in every chart complete with weekly prizes!

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Living Room / Re: Flattr: New Micropayment System - Gets the Model Right

« Last post by justice on February 11, 2010, 05:34 AM »

Especially with it coming from the cofounder of the piratebay, I guess you could run a torrent tracker based on flattr haha. It's well thought out though you setup a monthly payment plan once then you don't need to think about paying again but just clicking buttons. However the problem will be why someone will want to setup a payment plan. and if there is uncertainty of where the unused money goes that will be an issue.

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Living Room / Re: Flattr: New Micropayment System - Gets the Model Right

« Last post by justice on February 11, 2010, 05:24 AM »

Ah I was wondering if there was a thread on this, I'm monitoring the page for changes and applied for a beta test. Wondering how if they make money or if one of the 'slices' of cake automatically goes to flattr? Also hopefully you're free to specify how much you want to give away, and not stuck to some amount they want you to spend. Plus of course the usual reservation with regards to online payments..

I guess easiest way to explain is flattr = digg website buttons + donationcoder model.

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DonationCoder.com Newsletters / Re: --> Newsletter for February 9th, 2010 - "Valentine Computing"

« Last post by justice on February 10, 2010, 03:03 AM »

Thanks this always keeps me connected to the DC universe at times when I can't post too much.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Free Knowledgebase software

« Last post by justice on January 15, 2010, 07:59 PM »

68kb seems very good although a little unfinished (modules had to be activated using a config.php change). However, very nice!

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General Software Discussion / Free Knowledgebase software

« Last post by justice on January 15, 2010, 09:05 AM »

I'm soon launching a personal project and I'd like to setup a knowledge base system for common problems. I've seen the kb my host uses and I also like the one on Beatport which looks amazing. However I can't find very many online that are php and free. My host uses cPanel and they don't offer any solutions. DonationCoder uses a nice system from KnowledgebasePublisher but it's not free and I have no budget for it.

Should I just go with any blog software and use it as if it is a knowledge base? Unfortunately I don't have the time to create a theme for wordpress.

edit:
I just realised some people call this FAQ software. Found a few examples of this but nothing like my examples above.

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General Software Discussion / Data integrity on longer term storage

« Last post by justice on December 01, 2009, 06:54 AM »

Okay I have data stored on an external harddrive not because it's a backup of data I am using but for longer term storage. (i think this is called archiving?). Now I am looking to create some par2 files and a checksum so I can keep the data integrity ok. Is this a good way to prevent problems with the data or are there better ways?

(yes at some point the drive will fail - can't really do anything about that atm)

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Living Room / Re: Anybody else playing with Wave?

« Last post by justice on October 16, 2009, 12:06 AM »

http://danieltenner....012-google-wave.html

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Living Room / Re: Google demonstrates new communication platform "WAVE": mail, chat , wiki, ..

« Last post by justice on October 05, 2009, 07:02 AM »

I'm looking for an invite today 100.000 people will get an invite and can invite up to 5 people Please let me be one lol
oops it was last wednesday

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Living Room / Re: Google Voice!

« Last post by justice on August 26, 2009, 10:37 AM »

maybe they can use voice recordings to train speech to text and text to speech services.

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Drag&Drop Robot / Re: Run .ddr and close afterwards

« Last post by justice on August 17, 2009, 07:50 AM »

Doesn't matter because it works very well. Excellent.

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Drag&Drop Robot / Re: Run .ddr and close afterwards

« Last post by justice on August 17, 2009, 07:15 AM »

Oh that would do fine!  I can't find that feature in the help file how do I go about that?

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Drag&Drop Robot / Run .ddr and close afterwards

« Last post by justice on August 17, 2009, 05:52 AM »

Mouser I associated the .ddr file with your program and when I click on it DDR launches with the configuartion. Is it possible to have it auto run and close afterwards?
That way I can create a scheduled task really easily or have something run on startup.

(I'm using it to update a bunch of working copies of Subversion after VisualSVN hooks broke on my system)

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General Software Discussion / Re: Firefox --3.5-- Extensions: Your favorite or most useful

« Last post by justice on August 14, 2009, 05:48 AM »

Another thumbs up for Update Notifier, it updates addons in the background without the annoying restart / update notifications (tick the install and untick the alert preference to make this happen)

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Living Room / Re: When Computers Leave Classrooms, So Does Boredom

« Last post by justice on August 11, 2009, 05:11 AM »

Same problem with computers in the workplace *cough*

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General Software Discussion / Silent updater for firefox

« Last post by justice on August 11, 2009, 04:49 AM »

I don't like getting interrupted when I launch firefox to discover there's an incremental addon update or new browser update. To me the worst time to ask this is when i just started a task. So I've been looking for a silent updater for firefox (ala chrome) as I always accept all updates anyway. I can't find any do you know of such a tweak/addon?  Is this possible to make as an addon and if so would anyone be interested?