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Developer's Corner / Re: 18 Monospace fonts comparison screenshot
« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2014, 03:39 PM »
Welcome Emannresu  :up:

I think that blog essay deserves an extended excerpt:

"This post is going to be different. There are no visuals this time.

This is a good presentation of programming fonts http://www.codeproject.com/Articles/30040/Font-Survey-of-the-Best-Monospaced-Programming. However, to choose the best font for a particular use case quickly and efficiently, a different presentation approach is required. Since each letter is a picture, comparing even several fonts is the same as comparing thousands of tiny pictures. Yet, most, if not all, websites that try to solve the issue of finding the best programming font, use graphics…

A couple of days ago I spent some time struggling with the code that had “1” (“one”) instead of “l” (lowercase “ell”).  The common way to compare fonts is to look at the sequence “Illegal1 = O0″. However, comparison gets tricky when your IDE uses both regular and bold variants of the same font to display code. After some time, I came up with the following solution... Below is a table of mono-spaced fonts collected from numerous sources. I chose point sizes so letter sizes look similar.."

Screenshot - 11_4_2014 , 3_37_26 PM.png

And the conclusion:

The Winner
In my particular case, “Dina” is the best.

Dina is, of course, created by long-time DonationCoder member Jibz, and can be found here: https://www.donation...m/Software/Jibz/Dina
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General Software Discussion / Re: Music Identification via Sound Card
« Last post by mouser on November 04, 2014, 02:50 PM »
There are programs that can record audio from the sound card
It is my understanding this this can be extremely difficult, is dependent on vagaries of the sound card/driver, and may be close to impossible for many/most modern sound drivers.
It may have been easier with older versions of windows.
This may be your main obstacle.
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Living Room / Re: This into that
« Last post by mouser on November 03, 2014, 12:41 PM »
This is also the thing that Wolfram Alpha can probably do, since it's based on a serious mathematical engine (Mathematica): http://www.wolframalpha.com/

For example I typed "volume of cylinder vs cuboid"

Result was an interactive page:

Screenshot - 11_3_2014 , 12_42_19 PM.png
Screenshot - 11_3_2014 , 12_43_16 PM.png
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Screenshot Captor Pagination
« Last post by mouser on November 03, 2014, 12:20 PM »
There is currently no way to ask SC to print a screenshot across on multiple pages, though i definitely understand the desire.
It's a feature I intend on adding soon, so stay tuned.
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Find And Run Robot / Re: Installation switches?
« Last post by mouser on November 02, 2014, 07:24 PM »
I would think placing FARR on units in its probationary state would be good for your business, as well as for mine. But let me know if I'm not seeing that correctly.

Absolutely! I appreciate it.  :Thmbsup:


Ok, thanks. That's great. Did I miss this info in the Help file? I did try to locate it.

It's in my Screenshot Captor help file -- I need to add it to my others, thanks for the reminder.  :up:
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: Ideas Wanted!
« Last post by mouser on November 02, 2014, 04:38 PM »
This reminds me of an idea I had that is related, that I would love to see someone do for NANY -- write a DLL that a developer can call from an installation setup script that will detect if the installer is running inside one of these wrappers like cnet downloader, and ABORT the setup with a nice message to the user telling them why the program is not being installed and directing them where to visit to do the proper download.

It seems to me that this will make it possible for coders to protect their apps from being wrapped in these crap addition downloads, and force software download sites to offer the original installers.
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Find And Run Robot / Re: Installation switches?
« Last post by mouser on November 02, 2014, 04:35 PM »
Not only can you install FARR automatically/silently using some options described here:

But it's also the case that if the FARR installer finds the following files in the same directory as the installer, it should PRE-INSTALL them:
  • DonationCoder_findrunrobot_Key.dat
  • FindAndRunRobot.ini
  • FindAndRunUserToolbar.ini
  • ConfigDir.ini

In this way you can pre-install a license key and initial settings at the time of install (initial settings can be manually edited to only set certain options and leave others at default).


A bit of background:  This feature to pre-install a license key and initial settings was written to aid large commercial site-license installations.  If you know of a company that would like to purchase a commercial site license for a dozen or more computers, please send them to the commercial license page: https://www.donationcoder.com/commercial
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fSekrit / Re: LATEST VERSION: fSekrit 1.40 shrinkwrapped!
« Last post by mouser on November 02, 2014, 10:45 AM »
I agree with 4wd's guess:
c) Your AV/AM program has taken exception to fSekrit and refuses to let it write out the final executable.
6959
General Software Discussion / Re: Text editor with filtering of lines
« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2014, 05:13 PM »
very cool  :up:
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Screenshot Captor / Re: SUGGESTION: Global shortcut key for decreasing "Auto-incrementing Number"
« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2014, 08:24 AM »
This is kind of a weird one -- it's hard for me to justify adding a hotkey just for this.
I do plan on totally revamping the hotkey system to make it more flexible; when i do we can revisit this.
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Find And Run Robot / Re: help making ctrl-O open 'options' from farr command window
« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2014, 08:17 AM »
that was it! what a memory you have  :up:
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Find And Run Robot / Re: help making ctrl-O open 'options' from farr command window
« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2014, 06:24 AM »
I can't remember what the history was regarding the Ctrl+O hotkey inside FARR.. I'm going to have to go back and look..
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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: CLIPBOARD HELP+SPELL LATEST VERSION INFO THREAD - v2.26.0 - Oct 8, 2014
« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2014, 06:18 AM »
Formatting presets are not working in latest version
they seem to be working well for me -- anyone else with this problem?

Also, if I may, a suggestion. I would like to see the dialog for formatting presets right off the main options window.
this is a good idea -- putting it on my todo list.
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Living Room / Nick's amazing Cody Halloween Illustrations from 2007
« Last post by mouser on November 01, 2014, 05:37 AM »
For those who haven't seen them, just wanted to put a link to the amazing illustrations of Cody that DC member Nudone (Nick P.) did for halloween in 2007:

https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=10636.0
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General Software Discussion / Re: How can I back up and restore tray configuration, please>
« Last post by mouser on October 31, 2014, 06:36 PM »
i wouldn't mess with any registry restoration unless you are damn sure its not changing other settings..
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 PRE-RELEASE: Link Warlock
« Last post by mouser on October 31, 2014, 11:30 AM »
Don't have any more suggestions since I've been submitting them to you privately but just wanted to say I think this is a great app for anyone who keeps lists of urls/files to visit periodically.  :up:
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Living Room / Re: silly humor - post 'em here! [warning some NSFW and adult content]
« Last post by mouser on October 31, 2014, 10:28 AM »
 ;D
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: Program Idea: Fungus for Windows
« Last post by mouser on October 30, 2014, 05:51 PM »
sounds fun.
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Post New Requests Here / Re: Power Cord Falling Out
« Last post by mouser on October 29, 2014, 01:42 PM »
I seem to remember something like this posted on the forum.. but if not, i'd like to second this request. I've run out of battery power before because the cord had come unplugged and I didn't notice.
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N.A.N.Y. 2015 / Re: NANY 2015 - NEW APPS FOR THE NEW YEAR 2015 - START YOUR ENGINES!
« Last post by mouser on October 29, 2014, 11:53 AM »
it just depends on how many shirts we have to send out -- we have to set the qualification # to a threshold that will keep it affordable.  I would think 2-5 range.
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Living Room / Re: Sci-fi novel now available from DC member kyrathaba!
« Last post by mouser on October 28, 2014, 03:57 PM »
i want audiobook version!!
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Multiple file patterns
« Last post by mouser on October 28, 2014, 02:25 PM »
try using the pipe character "|" to separate them.
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General Software Discussion / Re: Please recommend a clipboard & note manager with the following features
« Last post by mouser on October 28, 2014, 12:47 PM »
Just for the record, here is how Clipboard Help and Spell comes out on your feature list:
  • - fast-as-you-type search like in Evernote or X1 client with keyword highlighting - CHS supported
  • - global hot keys to create new notes  (similar to GloboNote) - CHS supported
  • - capture rich text (including tables, font format, etc) and images - NOT supported by CHS
  • - note/clipping categories with ability to drag and drop - CHS supported
  • - open individual notes/clippings in their own individual minimalistic windows with always on top & transparency options - NOT supported by CHS
  • - paste text with stripped formatting (like PureText) - CHS supported
  • - Windows 8.1 x64 compatibility - CHS supported
  • - portability would be a plus - CHS supported
  • - alarms - NOT supported by CHS
  • - rearrange notes/clippings based on the urgency/time/flag - CHS supported
  • - simple table creation and formatting - NOT supported by CHS
  • - simple image in-place editing tools (crop, resize, rotate, draw text arrows lines on top, borders) - NOT supported by CHS
  • - keyword filter for note/clipping titles (similar to TreeProjects) - CHS supported
  • - local database with ability to sync over the net - network sync NOT supported by CHS
  • - ability to add document files in the database including PDF, Office, etc. and index the contents for instant search.  I know this is asking too much but i think it would really open up doors to people that deal with lots of information like myself.  X1 client for instance uses the OutsideIn libraries from Oracle (previously Stellent) that allow to view approximately 500 file formats without the native apps installed.  TotalCommander has a free plugin called uLister that utilizes the same libraries. - NOT supported by CHS
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Announce Your Software/Service/Product / Re: [2014-09-17] GoogleTranslator+ | Translate Anything, from Anywhere
« Last post by mouser on October 28, 2014, 09:35 AM »
It looks like ego.bizzin's website is temporarily down -- stay tuned.
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LaunchBar Commander / Re: Switch to app if already running
« Last post by mouser on October 28, 2014, 03:22 AM »
I should mention that it seems to apply to portably run applications only, and that I call them with relative paths
..\FreeCommanderPortable\FreeCommander.exe

Well that would explain it.. I think i can fix that.
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