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dwilbank

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I think I'm missing the basics
« on: September 10, 2009, 10:17 PM »
Hi.
Love the basic program, but every time I find a new plugin, I seem to be missing a basic step once I install it.
How do I trigger them!
It took me forever to find out that "gt" will activate the google tasks plugin, and now I can't find any documentation on how to get the timer plugin to activate.

Is there a way to find these codes out from within FARR?

Thanks

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Re: I think I'm missing the basics
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2009, 10:30 PM »
type aplugins - you get a list with key letters

If you press enter, Options opens on the plugins page, you can get more info there
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Re: I think I'm missing the basics
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2009, 10:42 PM »
i'm going to be making a video for every plugin that exists for farr in the coming weeks, so stay tuned to the screencast show to learn more about them :)
http://www.donationcoder.com/3ds/

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Re: I think I'm missing the basics
« Reply #3 on: September 10, 2009, 10:54 PM »
yikes
I typed aplugins, got nothing
and now I can't search for anything!

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Re: I think I'm missing the basics
« Reply #4 on: September 11, 2009, 04:12 AM »
you can also type 'helpfarr' to invoke the help file and other useful stuff.

FindAndRunRobot.exe Screenshot - 11_09_2009 , 12_11_49 PM.png

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Re: I think I'm missing the basics
« Reply #5 on: September 11, 2009, 07:29 PM »
Thx

gt for gmail tasks seems to conflict with gt for google translate...

Will I find the solution in the videos?

???

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Re: I think I'm missing the basics
« Reply #6 on: September 11, 2009, 07:29 PM »
the solution is to yell at both plugin authors until one of them changes theirs.

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Re: I think I'm missing the basics
« Reply #7 on: September 11, 2009, 09:01 PM »
ah
i was hoping for a simple way to change the codes...
thx

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Re: I think I'm missing the basics
« Reply #8 on: September 11, 2009, 10:19 PM »
Am I missing something? Couldn't you change plugin alias by defining an override in the plugin settings? Simply go to Options - Settings - Plugins and Updates - Click to examine and configure plugins. Then find the plugin you want to change the alias that launches it and type in another alias or regex in their respective override fields.

For example, in the attached image you can see that I have overriden FarrUninstall's default alias unstall with a shorter one - un
It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious.

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Re: I think I'm missing the basics
« Reply #9 on: September 21, 2009, 04:57 PM »
Ah. There it is! Thx

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