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I'd really prefer to use AutoHotkey for this, so that the whole operation can be carried out by a series of keyboard shortcuts in one place, rather than having to switch to another software window and then back again.You don't need to switch windows with (at least) Clippy or ArsClip. You copy the text to the clipboard in the usual way, press a hotkey you've already set for that particular action, and press Ctrl+V to paste the modified text back again. However, it's more a low-drag solution from my point of view as I routinely run ArsClip anyway. Before it sprouted the search-and-replace feature I used Clippy, which has a wide range of other text munging features.-dr_andus (May 22, 2014, 04:23 PM)
It may be that he is operating under some constraints of which we would not be aware.I wondered if NoteFrog were a sideline, and he was spending time (perforce) on money-making projects. I doubt whether NF would keep him in coffee, let alone a living.-IainB (May 21, 2014, 04:41 PM)
Maybe Cheap should be in quotesThey also have cheap ones. The baseline for the cheapest good fountain pen seems to be the Lamy Safari, or now the Lamy Nexx with same nibs and converters, which are affordable.The Cult Pens site had one in the $1000's.
-1NR1 (May 21, 2014, 02:27 AM)
I'm on the lookout for a cartridge ink pen that allows different "nibs". Any ideas?Lamy Safari or Nexx... if you buy them from The Writing Desk (TWD), you can specify whichever nib you want. Quoting TWD's Lamy Safari page:-1NR1 (May 21, 2014, 02:27 AM)
The Lamy Safari represents Lamy quality, reliability and style in an excellent value-for-money writing instrument, available as a fountain pen with either EF, F, A, M, left-handed (LH), B or 1.1/1.5/1.9mm italic nib sizes (mechanical pencil, rollerball and ballpen available to special order). The fountain pen comes with a Lamy T10 cartridge (blue) but bottled ink can be used if fitted with a Lamy Z24 converter. Although the converter is not supplied as standard we offer a bundle of Safari fountain pen plus converter which represents a saving over buying the items individually. See individual product listings for details.
enthousiastic aboutThis has been said before...
the Notefrog layout and colors.-dcwul62 (May 18, 2014, 10:05 AM)
Comparing that to AllMyNotesAllMyNotes has a particularly pretty GUI. But, I wish it were more keyboard-friendly, and had hotkeys for adding whole/part webpages and other clips to new/current notes, like RightNote does. Also, as far as I'm aware, AllMyNotes runs entirely in memory, which makes it fast, but if you have heavy-duty requirements you should probably consider something backed with a database, like RightNote. AllMyNotes does have nice Google-like search features and display of postings.-dcwul62 (May 18, 2014, 10:05 AM)
the info you would need to use Blat would be exactly the same info you would need to set up an email client like Outlook or Thunderbird or whateverAgreed, though as I don't know much about it, I've found subtle differences between clients, anti-spam programs etc. hair-tearing, especially in their terminology regarding connection type and authentication.-x16wda (May 14, 2014, 08:14 PM)
My only real complaint about The Bat! was the proprietary format the mailboxes are stored in.It's worth noting that Archivarius 3000 can index and search The Bat! e-mail messages and their attachments, provided your TB installation isn't encrypted, of course.-Jibz (May 11, 2014, 03:19 AM)
Firefox is no longer my default browser. Pale Moon it is.Do you still use K-Meleon?-app103 (April 30, 2014, 12:03 PM)
thank you rjbull for recommending Stationery Art.Somebody on Fountain Pen Network recommended them when I was looking for a Pilot 78G as a good fine nib at an affordable price. I would repeat, don't overlook the Lamy Nexx which has the same nib, cartridge and converter as the Safari, but a very different look; which, if course, you may like even less...-Edvard (April 27, 2014, 08:25 PM)
Looks like they've got a more or less complete offering of Baoer's line, which I've been eyeing lately, and I'm liking the slim look of the Hero 7015, which being stainless steel might have a bit of weight to it...I think you take pot luck with most Chinese brands. Hero seem pretty reliable; my 329 is too fine for me for general use, but I'm happy with the way it writes. No so my Jinhao X450 with its supposedly broad nib, which is too dry to be much use. Fixes have been suggested on FPN but I haven't tried them; they don't seem to work for every pen anyway. Why not take a look at FPN's pen review section to see if there are any reviews of the Hero 7015? There are a number for Baoer, from memory, most of them favourable.-Edvard (April 27, 2014, 08:25 PM)
Check out Jetpens.com as well. Great prices and I've heard their customer service is pretty good.I think Goulet Pens are good too.-Edvard (April 27, 2014, 08:25 PM)
I don't know about "love" for RN but I bought the Pro and use it extensively corralling text notes, web content, etc.I find its web clipping a bit fragile. Some pages it will import without a murmur, but on some it locks up. On those, it's sometimes possible to use the clipboard instead. I've also found it too ready to crash when cutting a sub-tree with Shift+Control+X to move it to another page.-terryowen (April 10, 2014, 05:19 PM)
the only other program that is comparable is EssentialPIM.I wanted EPIM Pro for its ability to synch with my Palm, but that only seems to work reliably with an older Palm Desktop than I use.-terryowen (April 10, 2014, 05:19 PM)
By the file's Comments field I mean the "Comment" column that you can add in Windows Explorer (Windows7).
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xplorer² has this note about using Comments:File comments rely on an advanced NTFS feature called “Alternate Data Streams”
[...]-IainB (April 10, 2014, 06:27 PM)
I am finding that the Comment field (for most files) and the Tag field (in image files) are potentially two very useful tools for increasing and storing file meta-data. I just wish they were easier to use and get into an information management database.-IainB (April 10, 2014, 06:27 PM)
- I have been unable to realise the first part (web pages) with SANOccasionally I get coupons for reduced price on something. When that happens, I'd like to make a sticky note reminder that not only pops up on the Web site home page, but on other pages I visit within that site, so I don't forget. Very mercenary, perhaps, but trying to be practical.-IainB (April 10, 2014, 09:26 AM)
For files, I had been pondering the idea of somehow getting SAN to use the text in a file's Comment field, rather than just in a text file called (say) SaN_About.txt. The text would thus travel with the file, regardless of what application opened it.I'm not sure what you mean by the file's comment field. Some approximation of this may be had by software that understands the DESCRIPT.ION comment files originated by 4DOS. Some programs, like my regular file manager Total Commander, honours these and copies the file description across when it copies or moves a file. However, I think you mean some form of comment more embedded within the file itself?-IainB (April 10, 2014, 09:26 AM)
I've been spending some time setting this up in my OneDrive/OneNote.com accountYou're a long-time user of OneNote, presumably the existing payware version. Have you installed OneNote Cloud/free separately, or, how do the old payware and new free versions play together, please?-IainB (March 18, 2014, 09:47 AM)
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