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

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on May 20, 2009, 09:58 AM »

No forget it. I was just about to say something about setting the InstallDirectory, but when I just looked in the new version, it was set. So I think I was using your old one not the new one 

Just to make sure I changed the version and tried again: all OK 

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

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on May 20, 2009, 06:31 AM »

hmm.. that was a oops upload, please delete the sub-folder and try again..

-lanux128 (May 19, 2009, 08:04 PM)

Sorry: same again... I've just copied the new downloaded folder over the top of the old one.

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

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on May 19, 2009, 10:06 AM »

When my alias updated via dcUpdater it was unpacked into a sub-directory of the original:
C:\Program Files\FindAndRunRobot\AliasGroups\Installed\twitter\twitter

Does that mean your zip package was zipped at the directory level? 

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 1.0.0]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on May 08, 2009, 06:00 AM »

Actually... just checked.  Right now, at 5:46 PM Weds in Ontario (EDT), TZ gives Brisbane as 7:46 PM Thurs,
whereas it's really 7:46 AM.

-cranioscopical (April 29, 2009, 04:50 PM)

Chris sent me his data file and wouldn't you know it? It was all OK and working fine 

So what I've done is add some logging for the download process, so if it goes pear-shaped the log file will already be there to send.

Version 1.0 is attached to the original post.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.6]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 29, 2009, 05:51 PM »

Actually... just checked.  Right now, at 5:46 PM Weds in Ontario (EDT), TZ gives Brisbane as 7:46 PM Thurs,
whereas it's really 7:46 AM.

-cranioscopical (April 29, 2009, 04:50 PM)

That doesn't make a lot of sense at the moment. Can you zip up one of your data files, your timezone.ini and the utcOffset.xml file and PM or email me??

Thanks

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.6]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 29, 2009, 10:06 AM »

But once it gets to 1am it's OK??

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.6]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 29, 2009, 08:46 AM »

Hello Grandad!

-cranioscopical (April 28, 2009, 01:47 PM)

I'll pass on your regards: he's 91 next month 

Each custom label has its check mark in place.
The correct label (my own choice) for slot 1 is in the .ini file.
Are those trailing colons a clue?   

-cranioscopical (April 28, 2009, 01:47 PM)

No: it was my bad (comes from making the changes at work and then pasting them into the source here at home)... I forgot to replace the test data I was using at work. From the looks of it the label would display OK in FARR, just not in the settings window.

Anyway: it should all be fixed now. Sorry about that 

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.5]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 29, 2009, 02:18 AM »

I think you may have been too quick off the mark and installed the one I uploaded with some test data???

Can you install it again: it should fix the problem 

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General Software Discussion / Re: The Best Of: text editors

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 28, 2009, 01:48 AM »

I use Pyscriptter already, but what I am looking for teaching words to the editor not just imported module completion. I know I can use outside programs but I have enough stuff running in my system already

Have you tried PyScripter (free)? If I recall correctly, it does code completion for all the included modules, not just the current file. I haven't really used it though, since my Python education has

-tranglos (April 27, 2009, 04:40 PM)

-kartal (April 27, 2009, 05:10 PM)

PSPad? It'll remember/complete currently used words

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.5]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 24, 2009, 09:20 AM »

That's very good of you, Perry, thanks for adjusting that! 

-cranioscopical (April 24, 2009, 09:04 AM)

I always meant to... just lazy  I switched to the "City" list to set the Favourites 

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.5]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 24, 2009, 07:40 AM »

Each row in the Favourites section is the definition for the Favourite (1-5): Tavourite Zone, Replace Timezone Label?, Favourite Label, Favourite Date Format; all of which can be different for each of the possible Favourites.

-Perry

Yes, thanks, I got that far, I was trying to refer to using the DropDown for the Favourite timezone selection.
I can't see very well which item in the dropdown is the best choice for each (any) slot. For example, U.S.A. has many possible entries, but cities don't show in the dropdown (depending on the length of the preceding information).  (see attachment in previous post)

-cranioscopical (April 22, 2009, 06:09 PM)

Version 0.9.5 should fix that now.



Thanks for the push: I was always was going to make it wider 

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.4]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 22, 2009, 07:28 PM »

OK, I've got it now, thanks: I'll adjust the width of the dropdown.

In the meantime you can change the list type to "City Name" which removes the Country [& Region]

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.4]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 22, 2009, 05:52 PM »

Is there any way to see more width of the list of possible time zones, maybe some sort of tool-tip?

-cranioscopical (April 22, 2009, 12:02 PM)

You mean in the Settings window and the DropDown for the Favourite timezone selection? Sure: I can make the whole thing wider    (ultimately easier than tooltips I think)

There are multiple options for places, some of which encompass different times, and it's hard to see which is the one item to choose for 'favourites'.

-cranioscopical (April 22, 2009, 12:02 PM)

Each row in the Favourites section is the definition for the Favourite (1-5): Tavourite Zone, Replace Timezone Label?, Favourite Label, Favourite Date Format; all of which can be different for each of the possible Favourites.

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.4]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 22, 2009, 08:17 AM »

Says mine's up to date?

Do I need it after the .ini you sent?

-CleverCat (April 22, 2009, 02:23 AM)

Would be best to 

My DC Updater is not working.....

-CleverCat (April 22, 2009, 02:46 AM)

That's sometimes true... but mine is reporting correctly   

You can always install by hand 

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.4]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 21, 2009, 09:51 AM »

Under time zones I selected London (UK)..

-CleverCat (April 20, 2009, 08:18 AM)

This has been fixed in version 0.9.4, which should be installable using dcUpdater 

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DcUpdater / Re: bug: all updates shown twice, any idea?

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 21, 2009, 09:21 AM »

i installed in a custom folder but i didn't move it around.

-lanux128 (February 23, 2009, 05:27 AM)

I've got the exact same problem as lanux, and I installed into the default locations too

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.3]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 20, 2009, 07:55 AM »

I just used options and selected London (UK) 

-CleverCat (April 20, 2009, 07:48 AM)

Without selecting a timezone?

I'll have to catch that 

Better not tell my Brother in NZ!

-CleverCat (April 20, 2009, 07:48 AM)

So is NZ still not right?

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.3]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 20, 2009, 07:23 AM »

I think I see a problem - AJ which is UK has no website and I click it, it goes to live search?

-CleverCat (April 20, 2009, 06:36 AM)

How'd you do that?

Now NZ shows same time as here!

-CleverCat (April 20, 2009, 07:09 AM)

Really?? I always knew they were behind the times, but I wouldn't have thought that was verified by UTC?? 

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FARR Plugins and Aliases / Re: FARR Plugin: TimeZone [Update version 0.9.3]

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 20, 2009, 05:47 AM »

Having slight problem - it's showing UK time same as South Africa, but we are 1 hour ahead?

-CleverCat (April 20, 2009, 02:05 AM)

That's odd. I can of course confirm that SA is 1 hour ahead of UK  :


Try reDownloading the data?

If it's still wrong maybe you could zip up the data file and email it to me?

BTW: Double-Clicking on an entry will open the website and the time there should be the same.

one hour sounds suspiciously DSTish...

• UK DST started on Sunday, 29 March 2009 at 1:00 AM local standard time, and
• SA has No known DST-adjustments for year 2009

 

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to duplicate a file in the same folder?

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 17, 2009, 01:55 AM »

Yes, it does, but what if I want several duplicates? Is it possible to both stamp and number the files?

-PhilB66 (April 17, 2009, 12:26 AM)

Date - Time??

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to duplicate a file in the same folder?

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 17, 2009, 01:54 AM »

I've also attached a compiled version that you can put into your "Send To" directory.

Does that do it?

-Perry Mowbray (April 16, 2009, 10:35 PM)

Yes, it does, but what if I want several duplicates? Is it possible to both stamp and number the files?

Also, I much prefer a drag and drop method where I could process multiple files at once, if possible.

-PhilB66 (April 17, 2009, 12:26 AM)

Well it can do anything you want it to 

I only added date as that was what you had in your screenshot.

You can drag multiple files onto the compiled version (or a shortcut to the exe). If you put it into your Send To directory you can multi-select too.

I'm happy to make a change to the script: just tell me what you want tagged on the end

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General Software Discussion / Re: How to duplicate a file in the same folder?

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 16, 2009, 10:35 PM »

Thanks Target, but that will will rename the duplicate file to "Copy of ..." the source file. I guess I was not very clear about what I am looking for... Anyway, here's a screenshot:
 (see attachment in previous post)
What I want is to drop a file in a folder and get an option to duplicate the file, so I get something like this:
 (see attachment in previous post)

-PhilB66 (April 16, 2009, 09:24 PM)

Hope I'm not butting in, but this can be sort of done with any script, here's an AHK:

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. ; Script to duplicate a file with current date
2. dateString := A_YYYY . "-" . A_MM . "-" . A_DD
3. Loop %0%  ; For each parameter (or file dropped onto a script):
4. {
5.     SourcePath := %A_Index%  ; Fetch the contents of the variable whose name is contained in A_Index.
6.     SplitPath, SourcePath, OutFileName, OutDir, OutExtension, OutNameNoExt, OutDrive
7.     DestinationPath := OutDir . "\" . OutNameNoExt . "_" . dateString . "." . OutExtension
8.    
9.     FileCopy, %SourcePath%, %DestinationPath%, 1
10. }

I've also attached a compiled version that you can put into your "Send To" directory.

Does that do it?

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Living Room / Re: Show us your (physical) desktop

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 08, 2009, 03:13 AM »

Yikes - I thought I had a lot of wires! 

-CleverCat (April 08, 2009, 01:49 AM)

The box of unused wires/cables makes it look worse 

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Living Room / Re: Show us your (physical) desktop

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 07, 2009, 09:01 AM »

I've just bought a new mouse and keyboard so I had to re-jig the desk. The keyboard layout is Colemak (I'm 2 days into my cold turkey)

Monitors are now at a better height. But I need to build some shelves for storage to de-clutter the desks.

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Clipboard Help+Spell / Re: Cannot use Quick Paste Menu in Microsoft Access

« Last post by Perry Mowbray on April 07, 2009, 08:42 AM »

Selecting Re-establish Clipboard Chain fixed my Excel issues: does it help yours?