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General Software Discussion / Re: PDF viewers which don't lock the file

« Last post by Nod5 on June 17, 2009, 01:16 PM »

I don't know any such pdf viewer.

A temporary solution might be a script that monitors the edit program for filesaves. Each time you save the edited file the script automatically makes a copy of the file and opens the copy in the pdf viewer.

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General Software Discussion / Re: personal favourites start page

« Last post by Nod5 on June 17, 2009, 01:13 PM »

Like cyberdiva I also have a static, local html file as startpage. Nothing beats the speed and malleability of that! The drawback: lack of dynamic content. But together with a RSS reader it works really well.

I've thought of some semi-dynamic additions to the startpage though. The idea is a script that grabs links from a folder or with some tag and updates the html code for a section of the with the links. It could be the 10 last saved bookmarks or links I'll use a lot for a brief period (maybe in two different sections). Similar to fast bookmark field in firefox. But to work well the html would need to be updated on each new bookmark save.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: suggestion: tiny enhancements for options GUI & helpfile

« Last post by Nod5 on June 14, 2009, 06:41 AM »

Great! Yes, contextual help might be useful in many cases. Maybe a "help with these options" link on the bottom left of every option tab (as an alternative or complement)? That way, the user would quickly learn that there's a single place in the GUI to click for help. And I'm guessing that it would be less work to add that compared to links at special places in the GUI for each options tab.

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Find And Run Robot / suggestion: tiny enhancements for options GUI & helpfile

« Last post by Nod5 on June 14, 2009, 04:14 AM »

I just added icons to some om my aliases and thought of these tiny enhancements to the FARR options and helpfile. If any of them are very quick and easy to implement then they might be worth considering.

1. When dropping a file on the "Edit Group Alias" box FARR currently puts the file path on a new line.

Suggestion:
- instead put path at current cursor position
- if dropped files is .ico then instead autocopy the file to the FARR alias file directory and insert "/ICON=file.ico" at the current cursor position

2. Helpfile > Alias Launch Tricks reads: "/ICON=localfilename_from_aliasdir.ico (icon file must be in same dir as alias file)"
That is ambiguous -- it refers to FARR's alias directory but could also be interpreted as the directory of the file that a specific  alias will run when executed.

Suggestion: Add this to helpfile:
For example, in a default FARR install on english Windows XP the alias file dir is C:\Program files\FindAndRunRobot\AliasGroups\MyCustom

3. on the "Edit Group Alias" screen, make the term "help" into a link that runs:
hh.exe "%PROGRAMFILES%\FindAndRunRobot\FindAndRunRobot.chm::/alias_tricks.htm"

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

« Last post by Nod5 on June 13, 2009, 07:37 AM »

7. Wired Marker - I only use it to Right-Click and highlight words with one of my saved colours. It's great because it's permanent.

-Lefax32 (June 12, 2009, 07:43 PM)

Nice one! I've for a long time wanted something exactly like that but for pdf files not html.

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General Software Discussion / Re: Mozilla add-ons site now allows you to publish your add-on collections

« Last post by Nod5 on June 12, 2009, 12:46 PM »

Cool! They still have to be installed individually, right? Maybe batch install is the next step though.
In general I think "plugin management" (installing, deinstalling, updating, backing up configuration and so on for plugins) is the part of Firefox that is in most need of enhancements and streamlining. This is a step in the right direction.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Laptop Security - Lock system/send keystroke unless key pressed in n sec

« Last post by Nod5 on June 12, 2009, 12:28 PM »

Right, and for some other bluetooth device it would be possible to use http://www.nirsoft.n...luetooth_viewer.html in combo with autohotkey. Nirsoft's bluetooth viewer actually already has an advanced option to run a command line when a new device is detected. Here we need the opposite. But autohotkey solves that. I have no real need for this but now I'm thinking of trying it just because it would be cool

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: multiple clipboards depending of times you press c (or x/v)

« Last post by Nod5 on June 12, 2009, 11:52 AM »

This autohotscript uses the AppsKey (i.e. the "right click context menu key" often placed between right Win key and right Ctrl key) for a second clipboard. I'm not sure how it handles very large files on the clipboard but it seems fine for text and smaller stuff.

The only addition needed to get exactly what foaly asks for is to add code that handles multiple keypresses (ctrl + cc), which might be tricky (and error prone in practice i suspect).

ctrl + AppsKey to copy
AppsKey to paste

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^AppsKey::
xsave := ClipboardAll
clipboard =
send ^c
clipwait,1
xsave2 := ClipboardAll
Clipboard := xsave
xsave  =  
return

AppsKey::
xsave  := ClipboardAll
clipboard := xsave2
send ^v
Clipboard := xsave
xsave =
return

edit: another possible hotkey combo to use for this could be win+c win+v
edit2: the AppsKey clipboard does not seem to work for files, only for text. Not sure why.

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Post New Requests Here / Re: IDEA: Laptop Security - Lock system/send keystroke unless key pressed in n sec

« Last post by Nod5 on June 12, 2009, 11:34 AM »

This thread got me thinking of a somewhat similar idea:
1. buy some cheap and very small bluetooth device + bluetooth USB dongle (if the laptop doesn't have internal bluetooth). Keep it in you pocket while using the laptop.
2. write a short autohotkey script with a timer that checks if the bluetooth device is connected every N seconds. If the connection breaks, for example if someone runs away with the laptop, then the script shuts/locks down the system (with/without warning).

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TinyEV (Everything integration) - 0.9.4 - 11 June 2009

« Last post by Nod5 on June 12, 2009, 11:17 AM »

akx, thanks let me know if I can help out in any way (about åäö)

re using space as alias for this plugin: I again fiddled with the regex override box but can't get it to work. For a regular alias "^ (.*)" would be fine (together with $$1 in the command).

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TinyEV (Everything integration) - 0.9.4 - 11 June 2009

« Last post by Nod5 on June 11, 2009, 05:16 PM »

 

I get "kittens searchphrase" to work but not " searchphrase". Putting just " " in the override box is no go. I'm unsure what regex format I need for the plugin, apart from this start "^ ".

Also, the swedish characters "åäö" aren't displayed in the results correctly

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: idea: FARR plugin school / tutorial / wiki

« Last post by Nod5 on June 11, 2009, 01:08 PM »

ecadarec: right, but I think it would make sense to make such a school as basic as possible at first. So FSubScript is a good place to start. I don't have much spare time at the moment but hopefully later this summer.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TinyEV (Everything integration) - 0.9.4 - 11 June 2009

« Last post by Nod5 on June 11, 2009, 01:04 PM »

great great great!  

Is it possible to customize the alias? I'd like to use " searchphrase" instead of "ev searchphrase" because that's much faster to type.

edit: it would be cool to be able to combine these searches with the FARR "+sall" command to get more results. Or alterantively, a hotkey to switch from a FARR internal Everything search to opening the Everything window with the same search phrase. That would be like a quick "go to advanced search mode" hotkey.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: idea: FARR plugin school / tutorial / wiki

« Last post by Nod5 on May 24, 2009, 04:29 PM »

Great - that is something to build on then! I don't have the FScript know-how to continue that writing work. But if someone else continues it then I will try to help out with questions, suggestions and discussion along the way. A link to your doc file would also be useful to add to the first post in the FSubScript thread.

Maybe I should for clarity also add that many of these issues (the idea of a plugin school, and so on) are of course very much up to Mouser to make the call on. I had this idea and threw it out there as a brainstorming thing, with all the best FARR-friendly intentions but I'm just a FARR user not a FARR decider (that was of course no news to most reading this )

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: idea: FARR plugin school / tutorial / wiki

« Last post by Nod5 on May 23, 2009, 06:18 AM »

Lanux128 pointed out that FSubScript is an improved version of the Fscript javascript plugin system for FARR. So it makes sense to focus on that.   But FSubScript adds another layer of complexity which makes the idea in this thread even more relevant.

I suggest these steps:

1. overview the forum sticky-ing concerning these program
- make some new sticky threads
- add/update some info to a few first posts in some sticky threads
2. start thinking of a some simple plugin that could be made into a good example to learn from.
3. make a thread/wiki/something that describe the construction of that simple plugin in a very detailed and very beginner friendly ways.

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regarding 1:

- make these two sticky, update the first post of each with links to the latest official FSubScript:

New FARR plugin : FSubScript enable loading of multiple javascript plugins
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=15686.0

FSubScript Feature Requests
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=16015.0

- update the first post of these already sticky threads with links the latest official FSubScript

FARR v2 PLUGIN CREATOR (SDK/API) INFO THREAD
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=10105.0

FScript Javascript SDK - Write FARR plugins in javascript and more.
https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=12232.0

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regarding 2:
I've some time thought about rewriting the experimental AlbumDisplayer plugin . With the new appcap command in FARR and the command-line support in Everything I think things are looking better than ever for that. But I also think that might not be a very good starting script since it would also involve and require Everything and a lot of HTML outputting. Can someone else give some other suggestions instead?  One alternative would be to take some already existing plugin and rewrite/update it and make a tutorial for it.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Alias: Send Twitter updates from Farr

« Last post by Nod5 on May 23, 2009, 06:04 AM »

Right, I knew about Fsubscript but just didn't have it fresh in memory when I posted earler. I'm continuing this discussion in the other thread:
"idea: FARR plugin school / tutorial / wiki" https://www.donation...ex.php?topic=18431.0

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / idea: FARR plugin school / tutorial / wiki

« Last post by Nod5 on May 22, 2009, 05:21 AM »

Both FARR and the Fscript javascript plugin system has come a long way. Many new commands and options have been added. It may be hard to get an overview of it all.

Wouldn't it be a good idea to run some sort of "FARR plugin school" or a tutorial that catches up and gives a systematic overview of the new features? Or maybe a wiki where such a tutorial can grow? I'm myself not very good at plugin making but I get the feeling that I could probably do some more and better stuff if I just had a better grasp of all the new cool features and how the various parts fit together so to speak.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Alias: Send Twitter updates from Farr

« Last post by Nod5 on May 22, 2009, 05:03 AM »

Well the currency converter was much simpler since it didn't require authentication. For authentication we need something like cURL, right? But maybe you meant a javascript plugin that in turn uses cURL. I do hope to make some plugin later this summer. But I'm really not good with javascript and this curl stuff looks pretty complex. And I haven't followed the FScript development closely. It seems to have evolved a lot over time, just like FARR has so I have a lot of catching up do to.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: Alias: Send Twitter updates from Farr

« Last post by Nod5 on May 21, 2009, 07:24 AM »

Great plugin. After browsing through the alias source file I am amazed how minimal it is. I'm not familiar with curl. Do you think a plugin that interacts with google services (calendar, spreadsheets and so on) could be as straight forward to to make?

edit: found the page "using cURL to interact with Google data services ": http://code.google.c...swer.py?answer=78451 . That looks much more complex  

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.107.04 beta - Sep 23, 2012

« Last post by Nod5 on May 21, 2009, 05:16 AM »

Is there some way to display the command-line output via showmemo without first putting any other memo text?

If I use the showmemo command without any text then FARR autohides when I run the command:

showmemo;;; appcapappendmemo ______(command line stuff)______

If I add some text to show then FARR shows that and then appends the output from the later command-line action:

showmemo some text here;;; appcapappendmemo ______(command line stuff)______

Another thing: in cases where the command-line output only contains linebreak separated file/folder paths it would be really cool if there was a version of appcapp that automatically displayed the results as a regular FARR results list ("appcapappendlist" would be a good name). Does that sound like a good command to add to FARR? It could potentially bypass the need for plugins in many cases. An alias that operates on some external tools with clever command-line arguments and other FARR commands might be enough.

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.107.04 beta - Sep 23, 2012

« Last post by Nod5 on May 20, 2009, 03:51 PM »

I found an appcap example here (must have missed that thread earlier):
https://www.donation....msg164396#msg164396

here's a sample alias:
pingtest | tempmemofont fixed;;;showmemo Output of Ping:;;;appcapappendmemo c:\windows\system32\ping.exe donationcoder.com

-mouser (May 16, 2009, 12:33 AM)

Here's an example alias that uses es.exe to command-line search Everything and output 10 results in memomode

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1000>>>zzz2>->test | showmemo Everything search: $$1;;;appcapappendmemo C:\Program\Everything\es.exe -n 10 "$$1">+>zzz (.*)

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Oversized icons when using large icon setting (DPI)

« Last post by Nod5 on May 20, 2009, 11:16 AM »

Problem solved in v2.60.02! 

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.107.04 beta - Sep 23, 2012

« Last post by Nod5 on May 20, 2009, 11:13 AM »

hahah you know what the sad thing is -- that was on purpose.. somehow i got it into my head that i was supposed to remove both the big number and the icon

-mouser (May 20, 2009, 01:24 AM)

Problem solved in v2.60.02! I appreciate the great work you do on FARR. 
I'm also interested to hear more about the appcapp commands. Can they be used to integrate FARR and Everything easier for example?

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Oversized icons when using large icon setting (DPI)

« Last post by Nod5 on May 20, 2009, 01:22 AM »

with the newly released v2.60.01 I now get no icon at all when disabling SlideNum (regardless if I have large or small icon mode on)

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Find And Run Robot / Re: Latest FARR Release v2.107.04 beta - Sep 23, 2012

« Last post by Nod5 on May 20, 2009, 01:21 AM »

with v2.60.01 I now get no icon at all when disabling SlideNum, regardless if I have large or small icon mode on.
(I'm posting this to the other thread too -- just needed a post here to get notified when the thread is updated in the future  )