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Site/Forum Features / Re: Autohotkey added to geshi syntax highlighting feature on forum

« Last post by nudone on June 03, 2010, 06:54 AM »

i've got some kind of autohotkey syntax highlighting currently working in Notepad++ but it doesn't look like the image above. it must have been from a different ahk forum thread, so i'll try the one you've mentioned, lanux128.

i'm almost happy with the one i'm using but it doesn't appear to know when to colour match curly braces { }.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Autohotkey added to geshi syntax highlighting feature on forum

« Last post by nudone on June 03, 2010, 04:56 AM »

Sorry, no idea.

-ewemoa (June 03, 2010, 04:33 AM)

okay, thanks. i'll see if i can figure it out.

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Site/Forum Features / Re: Autohotkey added to geshi syntax highlighting feature on forum

« Last post by nudone on June 03, 2010, 01:48 AM »

lovely. any idea if i can port this to notepad++ without lots of editing?

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Living Room / Re: install win7 32 or 64 bit on a 4 gig ram machine - opinions, please.

« Last post by nudone on June 03, 2010, 01:41 AM »

that's an interesting idea. i never once considered using the 64 bit Vista. well, i guess, i wouldn't as i wasn't aware of a performance boost. hmm, i shall have a think about that.

at the moment, after the last lock up of the system performance scan, win 7 is refusing to boot - i believe i need to run that auto repair thing a few more times (read elsewhere it might take a few tries).

i'm not sure what to make of this lock up problem. i could pretend it isn't happening and hope that it only occurs when doing the performance test - but how realistic is that.

to be honest - i quite like vista. i was just hoping i'd get a bit more out of win 7 - even though the charts don't seem to indicate vast improvements.

so, it's a radical idea...

i may just reinstall vista - maybe 32, maybe 64.

edit:
or i could do the win 7 64 bit like Deozaan said.

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Living Room / Re: install win7 32 or 64 bit on a 4 gig ram machine - opinions, please.

« Last post by nudone on June 02, 2010, 12:14 PM »

i chickened out. put the 32 bit version on. had one blue screen and issues locking up when running the system performance thing. so, i imagine it would have been even more temperamental if i'd gone for the 64 bit version.

not sure what i'll be doing yet. might just stick with good old green slimey vista.

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Living Room / Re: Which scripting tool do you normally use, AutoHotKey or AutoIt3?

« Last post by nudone on June 02, 2010, 05:33 AM »

This is discussed some in this topic and in this one.

-daddydave (June 02, 2010, 05:01 AM)

okay, thanks. i'll check them out.

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Living Room / Re: install win7 32 or 64 bit on a 4 gig ram machine - opinions, please.

« Last post by nudone on June 02, 2010, 04:38 AM »

okay, thanks everyone. i think i'm sticking with 32 bit. i'll upgrade the hardware eventually so i'll stick on a 64 version of win7 (or eight) at that time.

OR, i may just put a 64 version on now and treat it as a bit of a trial run - just an experiment. i'll be dual booting back into vista so it's not like i need everything to work perfectly on day one.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor Splice Tool

« Last post by nudone on June 02, 2010, 04:22 AM »

lol patent it.. there is nothing complicated or clever about it.. i'd be surprised if it wasn't already in photoshop somewhere.

-mouser (June 02, 2010, 03:47 AM)

i've not seen it in photoshop (unless it's in CS5). maybe it can be done using an Action (i'll give it a go later). either way, it'll be in there within the next couple of versions, i bet.

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Living Room / Re: install win7 32 or 64 bit on a 4 gig ram machine - opinions, please.

« Last post by nudone on June 02, 2010, 04:15 AM »

oh, yes. good point. never thought about 64 bit drivers. i don't really want to start upgrading hardware because of that.

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Screenshot Captor / Re: Screenshot Captor Splice Tool

« Last post by nudone on June 02, 2010, 03:44 AM »

that's a really, really cool feature. adobe will be coming for that when they see it - seriously, you need to patent it if it's unique. adobe love sticking features into Photoshop that they've seen elsewhere - and paying for it.

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Living Room / install win7 32 or 64 bit on a 4 gig ram machine - opinions, please.

« Last post by nudone on June 02, 2010, 03:34 AM »

i'm about to put win7 on my vista machine (within the next few days). the motherboard will only support 4 gig of ram and it's an Athlon 64 x2 4800 chip.

if i could get more ram into it i'd put win7 64 on. as i can't, and as i've read that 32 bit applications can run a bit slower on a 64 setup, i'm wondering if i should just stick to a 32 bit system.

the question is really: has anyone noticed any kind of performance difference with these 32 bit applications running under a 64 bit O/S. if it's not a very obvious difference, i.e. no pauses or weird glitches then i don't consider it a problem. i appreciate a faster machine will show less slow down - because of its age, i think my machine would, probably, be less capable of hiding any performance differences.

(i doubt i've got any 16 bit stuff so that isn't an issue.)

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Living Room / Re: Which scripting tool do you normally use, AutoHotKey or AutoIt3?

« Last post by nudone on June 02, 2010, 02:57 AM »

erm, what are the differences?

it's okay, i've read this now: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AutoHotkey

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Living Room / Re: two-monitors ergonomics

« Last post by nudone on June 02, 2010, 01:40 AM »

I really had no idea where Eizo is from. it was just an assumption that they'd be cheaper like most things appear to be cheaper in the US (compared with the UK, at least).

if i had to make a guess i would have said Eizo is either Japanese or Chinese. (obvioulsy Japanese from ewemoa's comment.)

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Living Room / Re: Google Ditches Windows on Security Concerns

« Last post by nudone on June 01, 2010, 10:20 AM »

using Bing instead of Google is now starting to sound like a compelling argument to me.

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Living Room / Re: how to get to a dialog window that won't come into focus by using the keyboard?

« Last post by nudone on June 01, 2010, 03:03 AM »

thanks, lanux128. that works great. i think that is going to come in very handy now.

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Living Room / Re: two-monitors ergonomics

« Last post by nudone on June 01, 2010, 02:06 AM »

interesting. i did assume they'd be cheaper in the US. good luck with the HP screen then.

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Living Room / Re: two-monitors ergonomics

« Last post by nudone on May 31, 2010, 06:18 PM »

as above. i laughed at LCD technology for a few years and stuck with a CRT (quite decent for the time) monitor. i couldn't help but pass my opinion on to the owners of LCD screens when i sat in front of them - they were rubbish after all.

eventually, during a total system upgrade, i bit the bullet and went for an Eizo 24" (at the time over £1000), as it promised to be an amazing monitor.

is it? well, yes and no. it doesn't have the contrast of a decent CRT monitor - i don't believe anything with a backlight can be. BUT, like mouser, i'd never go back to using a CRT now. the pixel sharp image makes any CRT look daft - they just can't do it. and as f0dder says, looking at something that flickers - i can't believe we all had to sit in front of such torture machines. never again.

okay, this Eizo screen is still something above average - but i'd expect something about half the price to be as good now, well maybe 3/4 of the price. there's a clear difference between a decent LCD and a budget one, they still aren't absolutely fantastic - maybe LED is better, i don't know (i assume so if the backlight problem has been sorted out).

get a good LCD (or some improved technology) and i think you'll not be 100% satisfied with it - but it will still be more enjoyable to stare at than any CRT.

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Living Room / Re: how to get to a dialog window that won't come into focus by using the keyboard?

« Last post by nudone on May 31, 2010, 05:18 AM »

thanks very much, lanux128.

i've commented out the tooltip in the loop as it wouldn't stop floating around my cursor when it appeared.

is it a complicate addition to make the loop perform different actions depending on which window is activated?

currently it works fine for me - as the "Yes" button is always the one to click in the dialogs used. but i expect this will not always be the case.

here's the current script.

Code: AutoIt [Select]

1. #Persistent
2. #SingleInstance force
3. #NoEnv
4. ;#NoTrayIcon
5. SetBatchLines, -1
6. SetTitleMatchMode, 2    ; partial title match
7. SetWorkingDir, %A_ScriptDir%
8. DetectHiddenWindows, Off ; they are hidden for a reason..
9.  
10. Gosub, Get_INI              ; go to INI section
11. IfExist, %TrayIcon%         ;TrayMenu Customisation
12.   Menu, Tray, Icon, %TrayIcon%
13.   Menu, Tray, Tip, Activate the specified window/dialog whenever it appears.
14. SetTimer, ActivateMe, 500   ; timer starts - increase or decrease the value as necessary
15. Return
16.  
17. ActivateMe:
18. ;parse and auto-activate
19. Loop, Parse, WatchThese, |
20. {
21.         ;Tooltip, %A_LoopField%
22.         IfWinExist %A_LoopField%
23.         {    
24.                 WinActivate    ;do something here like press the ok button
25.                 ControlClick, Yes
26.                 ;sleep for a while - good for cpu cycle
27.                 Sleep, 2000
28.         }
29. }
30. Return
31.  
32. Get_INI:
33. If (!FileExist("ActivateDialogs.ini")) ;if the ini file doesn't exist, create it with the info below
34. {
35.         FileAppend, [Settings]`nWatchThese=File has changed ahk_class #32770|Delete Shortcut ahk_class #32770`nTrayIcon=Application-warn.ico, ActivateDialogs.ini
36. }
37.  
38. IniRead,WatchThese,ActivateDialogs.ini,Settings,WatchThese
39. IniRead,TrayIcon,ActivateDialogs.ini,Settings,TrayIcon
40.  
41. Return

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General Software Discussion / Re: Windows 7 XP Mode now doesn't require hardware virtualization

« Last post by nudone on May 30, 2010, 10:54 AM »

interesting. i was wondering if it was worth switching away from vmware. i think i'll stick with it if it offers better performance.

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Living Room / Re: New Wheels

« Last post by nudone on May 30, 2010, 04:41 AM »

seat breaking how do they get away with making untested products.

sounds good now though - i like the talking reverse mode. people will expect a big truck reversing towards them. that'll surprise them. heheh.

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Living Room / Re: New Wheels

« Last post by nudone on May 29, 2010, 08:37 AM »

17 years old! that's good going. it must feel like a world of difference to get a new set of wheels. though, i imagine the old one may still feel more comfy at the moment.

are there any noticeable improvements with the new one?

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Finished Programs / Re: Space + click on file reveals "Open With" list of programs

« Last post by nudone on May 25, 2010, 04:48 AM »

yes, that's it - Button1 works fine.

what a nice script. credits on their way...

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Finished Programs / Re: Space + click on file reveals "Open With" list of programs

« Last post by nudone on May 25, 2010, 04:02 AM »

thanks for that, skwire. unfortunately it doesn't appear to work.

would it be simpler to just send alt+a to the dialog? i have tried to do that myself already but i've no idea what i'm doing wrong as that doesn't work either - but i assumed that's because i don't really know what i'm doing.

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Finished Programs / Re: Space + click on file reveals "Open With" list of programs

« Last post by nudone on May 25, 2010, 03:12 AM »

okay, that's brilliant.

if you could add the feature so that "Always use the selected program to open this kind of file" is automatically deselected when the dialog appears - then i'd say that will be near perfection.



(i just think that problems are likely to occur if people don't realise that "always use..." is selected and they go and click a none default program.)

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Finished Programs / Re: make mouse cursor "wrap" or "warp" to opposite screen edge (for multi screens)

« Last post by nudone on May 25, 2010, 03:07 AM »

Question: does it wrap windows as well?

-Edvard (May 24, 2010, 08:43 PM)

yep. drags the windows with it.