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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013

« Last post by rjbull on September 08, 2013, 04:58 PM »

mouser,

CHS has a template macro %Title%.  ClipMate has a template macro #TITLE#.  The two are completely different, viz.:

CHS:

Firefox [firefox.exe]

URL: http://www.horstmuc.de/win.htm
[ Web site visited 2013-09-08 ]

Horst Schaeffer's Software Pages

ClipMate:

Horst Schaeffer's Software Pages MemPad PopSel Qsel Reminder

http://www.horstmuc.de/win.htm

[ Web site visited 08/09/2013, 22:45:15 ]

Slight difference in formatting, but the point I want to make is that %Title% doesn't mean what the average non-coder end-user thinks it means.  What I want is more what ClipMate does, at least where possible with Web clips: the title as defined in the page's HTML, <TITLE>Horst Schaeffer's Software Pages</TITLE> for the above example.  Or, the first line of text for other clips.  %Title% giving the name of the application clipped from isn't what most of us would expect.  If you coders still need it, please can there be a new macro for page/clip title?  Maybe that's the equivalent of %ExcerptText% but with plain-pasting, not escaped newlines and tabs.

Thanks...

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General Software Discussion / Re: What is the currently best Desktop Search software?

« Last post by rjbull on September 07, 2013, 03:26 PM »

far and away my favorite is File Locator Pro.

-cyberdiva (September 07, 2013, 07:25 AM)

I've had good service from BareGrepPro, but it is after all primarily a grep, and often I want Boolean searches.  Archivarius does well for me, but I don't index it often enough.  It would be nice to have a DC discount on FLPro.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Review of Zeus Edit

« Last post by rjbull on September 07, 2013, 03:22 PM »

I'd like to know how much WordStar emulation the current version of Zeus has.

I'll be honest; the emulation modes in Zeus rely heavily on user feedback.

-Jussi Jumppanen (September 03, 2013, 08:12 PM)

I think the problem (from my POV) is twofold.  (1) WordStar works completely differently from just about all Windows editors I've seen with many operations needing two-key commands like Ctrl+K,B, and marked blocks being persistent: and (2) Microsoft stole important WordStar keys like Ctrl+X etc. for its own purposes, rendering them hard to recover for WordStar users.  Changing from one system to the other requires a radical change of personality.  I doubt you have many "pure text" users who aren't coders, so it may not be worth pursuing.  Is it possible for users to do their own keymapping?  And is such a feature available in the free version?

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Review of Zeus Edit

« Last post by rjbull on September 03, 2013, 03:44 PM »

I'm a believer in plain text, but not a coder.

I looked at an older version of Zeus some years back, and was disappointed in its very limited WordStar emulation.  That's not picking on Zeus as such; it's routine with Windows editors, with the exception of WSedit.  I'd like to know how much WordStar emulation the current version of Zeus has.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: [Feature Request] Encryption? Password Protection?

« Last post by rjbull on September 03, 2013, 03:41 PM »

I know it's not what you asked, but I use KeePass, and use CHS's "ignore" feature to ignore clips coming from KeePass.  So that's two programs not one, but helps security a bit.

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Found Deals and Discounts / Re: RightNote 3.0 - 50% deal at BitsDuJour - August 12-14

« Last post by rjbull on September 02, 2013, 03:03 PM »

Good news, rjbull: Your request is now avaialable in RightNote 3.0.4.

-Scott_Y (September 02, 2013, 10:33 AM)

Thanks!

I really appreciate authors who respond to user requests like that. Not only are our needs met, but their software becomes increasingly polished and sophisticated. Really nice.

-Scott_Y (September 02, 2013, 10:33 AM)

Yes indeed!  Thanks, Rael    Downloaded, yet to install, but looks like it can now replace my Evernote desktop application.

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Living Room / Re: send large file

« Last post by rjbull on September 01, 2013, 11:37 AM »

See this old post vy Edvard: Re: Free file hosting services - any thoughts?

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General Software Discussion / Re: Everything for PDF an other binary documents....

« Last post by rjbull on September 01, 2013, 11:29 AM »

If you know where your PDFs are (rather than needing an Everything search to find them in the first place), then check this thread: Hound: a grep-alike that searches inside PDFs

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Living Room / Re: factories in uk

« Last post by rjbull on September 01, 2013, 11:12 AM »

I already suggested Kompass UK

-rjbull (August 30, 2013, 04:14 PM)

have you researched similar sites? is it the most extensive?

-kalos (August 31, 2013, 07:33 AM)

I used to use paper Kompass directories when I was at work, and later used their online service via the Dialog host system.  They offer a long-established and useful set of directories, usually one per country.  We used industry-specific directories like the one produced annually by Polymers Paint Colour Journal more often, but for general queries Kompass was our first call.

also the problem is I can't seem to find a way to filter results by country (I only need companies with UK presence)

-kalos (August 31, 2013, 07:33 AM)

I haven't used their free Web version, but, we're talking about Kompass UK.  Hence it will lists companies with a local UK presence, including UK subsidiaries of international companies.

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Living Room / Re: factories in uk

« Last post by rjbull on August 30, 2013, 04:14 PM »

I already suggested Kompass UK to you in another, similar thread.  Their records contain links to the company Web sites.

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Living Room / Re: Vocab tune-up

« Last post by rjbull on August 30, 2013, 03:45 PM »

I think the Oxford dictionaries work on "historical principles," which means that they record how the language is being used and include new words as soon as they are established.  They aren't trying a top-down enforcement of Proper English.

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Mini-Reviews by Members / Re: Stick-A-Note + Universal Viewer - Mini-Review

« Last post by rjbull on August 30, 2013, 03:42 PM »

@IainB:

You clearly state you used Universal Viewer Free.  Have you been tempted to upgrade to the payware version with its extra formats?

Quite a lot of sticky notes programs can attach notes to specific windows too, most of them payware but including the free ZhornSoftware Stickies, and the notes part of PowerPro.  Were you specifically looking for a free solution?

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General Software Discussion / Re: List all subfolders on multiple drives to text of csv

« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2013, 05:13 PM »

The thing is that I want to have :
- foldernames, sizes, dates, paths
- of subfolders only (not files)
- that are on multiple partitions/drives

-dcwul62 (August 28, 2013, 11:21 PM)

I tried putting "directory listing csv" into DuckDuckGo and found quite a lot of relevant postings.  One that might suit you is List Maker (I haven't tried it).  But I think that whatever application you use, you will have to run it multiple times to cover multiple drives.  That's why I'd suggest a command line tool, because then you can put it into a batch file to run it as many times as you want with however many drives you have.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013

« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2013, 04:59 PM »

the menu captions are only intended to be one line long.

-mouser (August 29, 2013, 04:50 PM)

End of non-bug report 

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013

« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2013, 04:32 PM »

I see now your template has both %ExcerptText% and %CllipText% in it.
And you may be seeing that %ClipText% is fine and has the proper newlines.
And that it is only the EXCERPT that has the \n in it.

If *that* is what you are saying (or seeing), then that is by design.  The excerpt is meant to be a short one line thing.  %ClipText% is the actual text of the clip properly formatted with newlines.

-mouser (August 29, 2013, 04:14 PM)

Yes, that does seem to be what I'm seeing.  It looks like I'd better replace %ExcerptText% with %WindowTitle% as being closer to what I wanted.  What I was trying for was the first line of the clip without the app title, to be used as the heading for what gets pasted.

I presume that's why I'm seeing \n and \t in the popups, because they're excerpts?

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013

« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2013, 04:18 PM »

can you make sure that even if the item is say the 3rd one down in your ctrl+alt+q quick paste menu, that the newlines paste properly if you trigger the pasting of item 3 from the quick paste menu (by hitting ctrl+alt+q and then hitting 3) but fails if you trigger it from the menu asking to paste via template?

-mouser (August 29, 2013, 04:04 PM)

I used the 8th one down because that was a Web clip, whereas the more recent ones were text editor.  Yes, Ctrl+Alt+Q, 8, pastes normally; but Ctrl+Alt+Q, cursor to 8, Shift+Click, choose my template, pastes with \n.  But I've just realised something I should have seen before - this only happens with the title line.  That is, normal paste gives this:

Benjamin Black

A pseudonym used by
John Banville
Search Authors

Search Books

 
About Benjamin Black

But using my template gives this:

Benjamin Black\n\nA pseudonym used by\nJohn Banville\nSearch Authors\n\nSearch Books\n\n \nAbout Ben

URL: http://www.fantastic...uk/b/benjamin-black/
[ Web site visited 2013-08-29 ]

Benjamin Black

A pseudonym used by
John Banville
Search Authors

Search Books

 
About Benjamin Black

(this is part of the FantasticFiction record at http://www.fantastic...uk/b/benjamin-black/)

The rest of the text pastes normally.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013

« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2013, 03:50 PM »

If you just paste through CHS without using template, does it paste with proper newlines or the \n problem?

-mouser (August 29, 2013, 03:28 PM)

Proper newlines.

And can you check if in CHS itself the clip has newlines in the clip or \n.

-mouser (August 29, 2013, 03:28 PM)

If you mean in Main window the window that shows the body text of the clip, it shows newlines, not \n.

In other words, do we have reason to believe its the template system instead of something happening every time CHS pastes or something happening at time of capture?

-mouser (August 29, 2013, 03:28 PM)

That seems to mean a problem with the template system?

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Living Room / Re: HELP PLEASE

« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2013, 03:32 PM »

I think the category that might help you is called "assistive software."  One source of assistive programs is FX Software, here in the UK.  Quite a few applications designed to help people with imperfect sight.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013

« Last post by rjbull on August 29, 2013, 03:15 PM »

I cannot reproduce this -- can you check again and see if you detect any pattern to when it might be displaying as \n instead of pasting the real newlines?

-mouser (August 28, 2013, 04:04 PM)

Using CHS 2.20.01, c:\NoInst\ClipboardHelpAndSpell\
ClipboardHelpAndSpell.exe   10196152   2013.8.29   8:55.52
MD5 991ac7b09eb41f237df9a9c154ff6723

Using NoteTab Pro plain text editor as the "catching" application, the one to paste into.  Workflow: clip from app using mouse.  Alt-Tab to NoteTab Pro.  Standard Ctrl+V paste.  Open new file.  Ctrl+Alt+Q for CHS popup, Additional actions on last clip, cursor down to my own template as posted above, paste again and compare.

Standard Ctrl+V paste works as expected.  The "\n problem" (which also shows "\t" on occasion) only happens with clips from Web browsers; I tried both Firefox and Opera.  It doesn't happen with either NoteTab Pro itself or an RTF word processor, Polyedit, pasting into NoteTab Pro.  The "\n" and "\t" always show in the popup even if not pasted as such, though I presume that's by design, to show more of the content.

If there's something wrong with my own template, what is it?  Do templates need an end delimiter, or is the "@" that starts the next one enough?

Further:

On the popup, if you want Additional actions for clips before the current one, you have to Shift+Click.  For us keyboard users, please could you make the Windows Menu key do the same thing?

Minor typo on the Paste Templates section of Options: "templlate" should be "template."  That's the last word above the template menu box.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013

« Last post by rjbull on August 28, 2013, 03:09 PM »

Beta release, feedback wanted:

v2.20.01 Beta - Aug 26, 2013

-mouser (August 26, 2013, 09:31 AM)

Template:

@Paste MemPad note style
%ExcerptText%

URL: %Notes%
[ Web site visited %CreationDateTime% ]

%ClipText%

Clipping your same post and pasting with this template still gives this:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

\nFirst Author\nAdministrator\n*****\nPosts: 31,430\n\n\nplarker mouser see users location on a map

URL: https://www.donation...;topicseen#msg336041
[ Web site visited 2013-08-28 ]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
when it should give this:
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------

First Author
Administrator
*****
Posts: 31,430


plarker mouser see users location on a map

URL: https://www.donation...;topicseen#msg336041
[ Web site visited 2013-08-28 ]

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
i.e., those \n are still coming out as-is, not being converted to "real linefeeds."

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013

« Last post by rjbull on August 28, 2013, 02:37 PM »

mouser,

Thanks for putting up the portable beta clearly.

I just copied the new/newer files from the archive over the portable directory, not bothering with identical ones.

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General Software Discussion / Re: List all subfolders on multiple drives to text of csv

« Last post by rjbull on August 28, 2013, 02:33 PM »

Actually I think they are designed to list/print the contents, however, not just the folderpaths/foldernames/size/date-time

-dcwul62 (August 28, 2013, 01:21 AM)

Branch of my directory tree:  WinGUI LS settings:
                   
LS output:

"[Path]","[Folder name]","[Save date]","[Size]"
"C:\Users\R.J. Bull\Junk\","CIS_Work","2009-09-15 21:22:26","0 Byte"
"C:\Users\R.J. Bull\Junk\","LPTDOS","2009-09-15 21:22:26","0 Byte"
"C:\Users\R.J. Bull\Junk\","Old_Junk","2009-09-15 21:22:56","0 Byte"
"C:\Users\R.J. Bull\Junk\","T2100-JUNK","2009-09-15 21:23:05","0 Byte"
"C:\Users\R.J. Bull\Junk\","Temp_images","2013-04-17 21:35:44","0 Byte"
"C:\Users\R.J. Bull\Junk\","Temp_screenshots","2013-04-17 21:35:06","0 Byte"
"C:\Users\R.J. Bull\Junk\","zip221","2009-09-15 21:23:05","0 Byte"
"C:\Users\R.J. Bull\Junk\","ZZ_T2100","2009-09-15 21:37:25","0 Byte"

Total number of folders = 8
Sum of file sizes = 0 Byte

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General Software Discussion / Re: Best program to compare two files : word and pdf

« Last post by rjbull on August 27, 2013, 03:34 PM »

ExamDiff Pro, $34.99.  The free version doesn't offer what you want.  A possible drawback of ExamDiff Pro is that it uses plug-ins to convert Word files and PDFs to text before comparing them (I don't know how Compare It! or Beyond Compare work).  If you are trying to compare a Word DOC with a PDF, this may mean that what is in fact the same text isn't well enough aligned to make the difference checking engine work sensibly.  In that case, you might try printing your Word DOC to a PDF and comparing the two PDFs.

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General Software Discussion / Re: List all subfolders on multiple drives to text of csv

« Last post by rjbull on August 27, 2013, 03:00 PM »

You might get some mileage from the Unix "LS" command.  A port of the brute command line version is included GNU utilities for Win32 (UnxUtils.zip), but I don't think it does CSV natively.  However, there's a WinGUI version of LS that does.  It's been mentioned on DC numerous times, including:

• Re: Karen's Directory Printer - copy content of a directory to txt file or print it
  (this earlier post of mine includes a copy of LS)
• LS - File List Generator (for Windows)
• Re: External Drive Content Lister?
  (includes portablefreeware link to LS)

A minor problem is that this LS doesn't exit cleanly, it appears to crash on exit!  But it still works well.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.23.01 - Nov 22, 2013

« Last post by rjbull on August 26, 2013, 04:35 PM »

Beta release, feedback wanted:

v2.20.01 Beta - Aug 26, 2013

-mouser (August 26, 2013, 09:31 AM)

mouser, if I go to the program home page, it only lists 2.19.01.  Where's the beta, and is there a portable beta, please?