maybe someone can write a plugin to interface with the best free+pay sticky notes apps, so you can add stickies from farr.

Great idea. I pointed an alias to a Powerpro script:

local nh
nh = note.open
note.setCategory(nh,"reminder")
note.ontop(nh,0)

this was recently suggested by someone else and i think it's a very good idea to add, perhaps as a plugin.

so in other words, FARR should know about recently launched programs and recently open documents and can either show them on request, or search for them when searching, with higher scores.

if any c++ coder wants to work with me to add this as a built-in function into farr, i'd be very happy to work with them on it -- if you write generic c++ code to grab me a list of recent docs and recently launched files i'd be honored to integrate it into core features of farr.  email me at mouser@donationcoder.com.

find the software I used two minutes ago. It Could be faster to me if i could find it in a easier way (a pop-up maybe?) in the FARR.

Thank you for this very helpful software.

I'm not sure if I understood properly... But here's what you could call a workaround : what I do to "find the software I used two minutes ago", is just make Farr display more results in the list (max. entries to display in normal results list: 50 ; max. entries to display in extended results list: 70), set the max. files to keep in launch history to a relatively high number (300), and tick the box beside Blank search shows files from launch history. That way, when I blank the search field, I get a list of my previous run programs and looked at documents. I actually often use Farr (Find and Run Robot) as a history list. But, for that to work, you must use Farr to start… almost everything… Which I do..  : )

In the mean time, there is a software that probably does exactly what you’re looking for : TaskTracker. I’ve tried in the past, used for a while, and found that Farr + X1 was enough to track anything related to my files or software use. TaskTracker just added one more level of organization I had to think about… I didn’t want that.

Hi jsturtridge I have created a helper program to achieve this, although it would be great if someone could make a plugin that would show you the list of apps in the results window as you type, that would certainly minmize any typing mistakes.

Until that time try SwitchToTask

Good idea to allow any application to act a plugin.. I'd very much find that helpful because AutoHotkey can't compile into DLLs! So I can't return any informatino to FARR like you said. I'm not sure if to use the +keyword for this would be the best implementation though.

An alternative way of doing this:
* Someone would make a simple EXE output/stdout wrapper as a plugin (dll).

We would then just be able to create quick scripts that would integrate with farr without any extra work, using the current alias system. I'd pay some credits for a solution to this idea.

An official plugin writing contest for FARR 2 has now begun (deadline July 14).  Read details here:
http://www.donationcoder.com/forum/index.php?topic=8875

An idea would be to write a tagging system for Farr, where you can add tags to applications and then reload a listing of apps by typing in a

:webdev

for example. (a shortkey for launching all items on the list would then be a productivity booster) typing a

:

would list all tags, and use autocomplete to contruct tags.

tagging could go like this (command:tag,tag,tag,etc):

dreamweaver :webdev,html,web

I'm not sure if it would be quick/easy enough to really use it though, although I think other people might be interested? Perhaps if popular applications would come pretagged at a later stage it would make it even easier to use

Good idea to allow any application to act a plugin.. I'd very much find that helpful because AutoHotkey can't compile into DLLs! So I can't return any informatino to FARR like you said. I'm not sure if to use the +keyword for this would be the best implementation though.

An alternative way of doing this:
* Someone would make a simple EXE output/stdout wrapper as a plugin (dll).

We would then just be able to create quick scripts that would integrate with farr without any extra work, using the current alias system. I'd pay some credits for a solution to this idea.

This has got me thinking about ways to make alias creation even easier. Regexes are overkill for all but the few where the expression has no unique prefix.for For the rest a simpler syntax should make it easier for a user to create an alias on the fly for any new command they encounter.   I've been thinking for some time that an alias should be selected in the same way as a folder - you shouldn't need to type in the whole name to activate it. That would mean that you could not just paste an alias and its parameters directly into Farr's search window and have it run, but it does allow greater flexibility in other directions.

Here's a schema for an alternative .alias format (+ indicates an optional item, * an optional repeated item):

ALIASES
*ITEM
+NAME
RESULT
*PARAMETER
ACTION (none/enter/find/do)
+ARGUMENT
+HISTORY (open/closed, search/nosearch)
*ITEM

Recursive, yes - but so is a file system. Names are selected in the same way as folder names, recursively searching through searchable history. RESULT is a single command string, with placemarkers for any parameters needed. ACTION is the method to produce a particular parameter. If there is a history attached to the parameter, the list there is displayed first so that a previously entered string can be reused. If the history is open and a new string is chosen, then it is added to the list.   Such a new parameter can be given a NAME by which it is found, and may take parameters of its own, whose ACTION and HISTORY behaviour can specified.

ACTION none  restricts choice to the parameters in the exsisting history list
ACTION enter  allows the user to type in a string. The optional argument is a prompt
ACTION find   is a recursive call to Farr, returning the string that would have been launched (e.g. a filename) as a parameter. The argument is a search string.
ACTION do     The argument launches an external program that returns a string  (representing perhaps an open window, an active task, or a registry key)

Example:

NAME cmd
RESULT  c:\windows\nircmd.exe  ...
PARAMETER
ACTION  enter   ( complete the rest of the command string)
HISTORY closed search  ( allow new items, and find them with out having to select cmd first)
ITEM
RESULT screensaver
ITEM
RESULT monitor ...  ( this needs another parameter)
PARAMETER
ACTION none ( allow only the supplied parameters)
HISTORY closed nosearch
ITEM
RESULT on
ITEM
RESULT off
ITEM
RESULT low
ITEM
NAME Resolution
RESULT setdisplay ...
HISTORY open nosearch   ( collect valid settings)
ITEM
RESULT 800 600 16

and so on...

plugin that shows list of of add/remove entries and select to uninstall.

Now that'd be cool! (even though i don't unninstall software that often)

i know this has been suggested before but i think the following would be useful:

plugin that shows list of installed printers and select one to set as default.
plugin that shows list of of add/remove entries and select to uninstall.

Interesting ideas.  Now if only I knew how to program...better!


EDIT - Before anyone says it - I am trying to learn it better via online tutorials, classes, and even the DC Programming School.  It just takes time and practice, neither of which I have in any abundance.

Would anybody be interested in a plugin that did Shutdown, Standby, Hibernate, and Reboot?

Nevermind 

It took 60 seconds for people to explain why it was a bad idea. And I agree with them. 

Did someone suggest yet a spellcheck plugin?

you would type:
spellc necesary

and it would display as results the top suggested words, when you click one it would copy it to the clipboard.
1 necessary
2 ...
3 ...

(ps there are free spellcheck engines like http://aspell.net/)