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Reply #125
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That's quite interesting, thanks Jojo. But still, there are some usability issues...

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Highlight whatever you want to search for or replace. Search -> Replace. The Search-String is already filled...all you need to do now is to insert your replace string and you're all set...


1 - What if the replace string takes more than one line?

hmm
I haven't found a solution for that either...

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2 - What if what I want to search is in another file, so highlighting won't work?

I don't understand your question...Just highlight it and go to Search -> Replace in files or Search -> Find in files...works like a charm  I mean, you can open every file with UE or copy and paste it to UE...

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Example: when I was modding phpbb (back when I trusted phpbb WRT security), most mods had instructions like "find the following big block of text and replace with this other big block of text" or "find the following big block of text and add this big block of text after it".

you could just search for it and go back to the instruction file and paste it...works pretty well...

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Most of the times, I read these modding instructions on the Web, copied the text to look for, and pasted it at Home Site's search box (that can span several lines), so that the text in question was found and I could follow whatever instructions there were. IIRC UltraEdit would only search for the first line of whatever I pasted at the search box, eventually leading to completely broken moddings...
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=288115"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

IMO Home Site sucks, so I don't have it...anyway, you can do it as I described or you install that phpBB hack that installs hacks automatically...
--alt-presets are there for a reason! These other switches DO NOT work better than it, trust me on this.
LAME + Joint Stereo doesn't destroy 'Stereo'

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Reply #126
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2 - What if what I want to search is in another file, so highlighting won't work?

I don't understand your question...Just highlight it and go to Search -> Replace in files or Search -> Find in files...works like a charm  I mean, you can open every file with UE or copy and paste it to UE...


I mean, the file with the search string is. e.g, a web page. I would have to save it to disk, load it with UE, and then highlight the string. Pain in the arse... :/

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you could just search for it and go back to the instruction file and paste it...works pretty well...


Yees, but the string to be searched for is at a web page. The easiest way to move the string to be searched to the editing program is ctrl-c ctrl-v, otherwise I'd have to save the file to disk, load it and then highlight the string.

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IMO Home Site sucks, so I don't have it...anyway, you can do it as I described or you install that phpBB hack that installs hacks automatically...
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=288121"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


easyMod never worked for me

And phpbb is only an example, I run into those situations all the time.

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Reply #127
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2 - What if what I want to search is in another file, so highlighting won't work?

I don't understand your question...Just highlight it and go to Search -> Replace in files or Search -> Find in files...works like a charm  I mean, you can open every file with UE or copy and paste it to UE...


I mean, the file with the search string is. e.g, a web page. I would have to save it to disk, load it with UE, and then highlight the string. Pain in the arse... :/
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=288124"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]

as I said, I'd just create a new file in UE, str-c , str-v, hightlight it and search for it. not that much of a pain  But you are right, since OE 11 is out already, they should have implemented that by now...maybe someone should write their support...they're quite nice
--alt-presets are there for a reason! These other switches DO NOT work better than it, trust me on this.
LAME + Joint Stereo doesn't destroy 'Stereo'

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Reply #128
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as I said, I'd just create a new file in UE, str-c , str-v, hightlight it and search for it. not that much of a pain


Ah, I see. Thanks for the suggestion. Too bad there is still no solution to mass replace multiple lines...

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But you are right, since OE 11 is out already, they should have implemented that by now...


Yeah, that's quite shameful.

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maybe someone should write their support...they're quite nice
[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=288316"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


Good idea.

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Reply #129
Hi,

I have read your tips and they are very knowledgable.

I want to set my sound card clock to external permanently. I am using Terratec's Aureon Sky 5.1 sound card. My project requires me to connect Digital Radio to SPDIF input of the sound card for recording. I am using tosslink optical cable to connect to 'input' of the sound card. Using the 'Aureon Control Panel', I set the master clock to external (48000 Hz, 800 samples/buffer and latency=17 msec) and I get the correct data after analyzing the recording.

The problem arises, when the computer reboots (due to any reason) and the clock is automatically set to 'internal' (while the DAB radio is still sending the data). I want my sound card's clock to be set to external automatically after the computer boots.
Any help would be much appreciated. Thank you.

Regards,
Sameer
University of Reading, UK

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Reply #130
sameer_87. Do you really need to Quote ALL that text?

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Reply #131
alternative pdf reader for win (fast!!!):
http://www.foxitsoftware.com/pdf/rd_intro.php
PANIC: CPU 1: Cache Error (unrecoverable - dcache data) Eframe = 0x90000000208cf3b8
NOTICE - cpu 0 didn't dump TLB, may be hung

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Reply #132
Switched to Mac OS X

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Reply #133
EDIT: vim was on the first post. Doh.


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Reply #135
Treepad Lite: http://www.treepad.com/treepadfreeware/

For my job I spend all day every day running queries. Queries, queries, queries! Treepad is the the best program I have found for keeping everything where I can find it. If you have a lot of code snippets or just keep a lot of notes check it out. I can't live without it.
--
Eric

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Reply #136
[span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%']Unlocker - http://ccollomb.free.fr/unlocker/[/span]

Freeware, doesn't install any adware, or spyware.
A right-click shell add-on for removing locked files.

Supported OS: MS Windows 2000/XP

Allows for the removal of annoying files that Windows states can't be deleted such as:
- Cannot delete file: Access is denied
- There has been a sharing violation.
- The source or destination file may be in use.
- The file is in use by another program or user.
- Make sure the disk is not full or write-protected and that the file is not currently in use.

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Reply #137
[span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%']Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic[/span]
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

A freeware boot-time memory disagnostic utility by Microsoft. It can create a bootable floppy disk, or a bootable CD from which it can run from.

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Reply #138
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Microsoft Windows Memory Diagnostic
http://oca.microsoft.com/en/windiag.asp

A freeware boot-time memory disagnostic utility by Microsoft. It can create a bootable floppy disk, or a bootable CD from which it can run from.
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Hrm... makes me wonder if it is any better than memtest86+
[a href="http://www.memtest.org/]http://www.memtest.org/[/url]

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Reply #139
AFAIK memtest86+ tests with cache on only (someone correct me if I'm wrong), while the one from MS can test with cache off too.

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Reply #140
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AFAIK memtest86+ tests with cache on only (someone correct me if I'm wrong), while the one from MS can test with cache off too.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=338639"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


There are uncached tests in memtest86+ too. Just check menu 1.

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Reply #141
I use both memory testers, and can't make any statements of which one is better. Although MemTest86 at least has a boat load of information on its website.

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Reply #142
[span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%']tinySpell - http://tinyspell.m6.net/[/span]

Freeware, doesn't contain any adware or spyware.
Supported OS: MS Windows
Supported Language: American English

Description taken from the website:
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Occasionally you need to check the spelling of words in an application that does not include a spelling checker and you don't want to launch your word processor just for that. This is when tinySpell becomes handy. It is a small utility that allows you to easily and quickly check the spelling of words in any Windows application. tinySpell monitors your typing on the fly and alerts you whenever it detects a misspelled word. It also checks the spelling of every word you copy to the clipboard.
tinySpell installs itself in the system tray for easy access. It comes with an American-English dictionary containing more than 110,000 words.


It also works perfectly fine with web-browsers when posting on forums!

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Reply #143
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I use both memory testers, and can't make any statements of which one is better. Although MemTest86 at least has a boat load of information on its website.[a href="index.php?act=findpost&pid=338772"][{POST_SNAPBACK}][/a]


Right. Besides, memtest86 has been around for much longer and has available source code, which allows third parties to scrutinize it and see if the tests are really effective and exhaustive. More trustworthy overall, IMO.

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Reply #144
[span style='font-size:14pt;line-height:100%']WackGet[/span] - http://millweed.com/projects/wackget/
- Supports: MS Windows 98 and above
- Free/Open Source
- Doesn't install any adware or spyware.

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WackGet is a download manager for Windows. It maintains a queue of files and downloads them (using wget) in the order you specify.

WackGet is a minimalist application. It doesn't tax system resources, doesn't require a lot of screen real estate, and doesn't include extraneous features. It's free, ad-free, and is lovingly developed and maintained by the hip people at Millweed.com.

Note that since WackGet doesn't mess up your system registry or do anything weird like that, you can get the zipped version and put the files wherever you want - on a USB keychain or iPod for example - and run it from there.

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Reply #145
INDISPENSABLE PROGRAMS FOR THE AUDIOPHILE:

XMplay - IMHO the best player (after using it a few minutes); even better than foobar2k (been using for a few months) or winamp(been using it for years) by far. Lowest CPU usage, dead on accurate playback, completely customizable, good nondistorting equalizer (unlike winamp's noise-creating plugins) and good looking as well. I prefer it for its compatibility with multiple languages. I found out foobar has bugs with multilanguage tags. (korean, chinese, japanese tags/files)
EAC - Undisputedly the best CD ripper.
CDex - Easy to upgrade with codecs from rareware and simple to use for unexperienced users. Connects to web for FreeDB tagging!
mp3tag - The only program you will ever need to tag/rename all those messy audio files!

Miscellaneous programs:
Evilyrics - I like lyrics.
FL Studio 4 - Love trance? Are you a promising new DJ? Then compose your own music with the best application there is.
Hydrogen - Make rhythm and beats. A drum program.
Mplayer - standalone media player. The best.
CCCP - second best with MPC. For seamless playback of anime hahahah.
Daemon Tools - cd emulator.
Tweak UI - I can't live w/o Xmouse.
Autohotkey - Do what u want the way you want it with your keyboard. Limitless app.
Panda Platinum Internet Security 2006 - My personal favorite.
7-zip - Forget all the other file de/compressors.
My listening tools: Sennheiser Open HD570,
                        _ Audio-Technica Inner Ear ATH-CK5

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Reply #146
Rendereason, at least two of programs you've mentioned have much too common name to find them easily, you should provide links.

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Reply #147
Runfast: just a little kb standalone executable that can make your life with a windows worksation really comfortable.

I is a software for executing programs, just that, try to use it and you won't never touch the start menu again, I'll promise you  .


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Reply #149
since i discovered Amarok (amarok.kde.org) i haven't used another audio player. it takes 5 min to get used to, but its powerfull browser/playlist way of managing music is simply not beaten by anything...
of course, most other utils like musepack, lame etc are simply there in linux, no need to go looking for them.

same with lots of utils named here, you either don't need them under linux (spellcheck is build-in in my webbrowser, chat program, mail application and even texteditor; amarok shows lyrics and bandinformation from wikipedia; of course everything tweakUI could ever offer is already included in KDE; one doesn't need deamontools because mounting ISO's is a core capability in unixes; and what could i use a virusscanner for if there are no virusses?) or they mostly are there by default (a default suse 10.0 install offers much more than windows after 1 day of configuring and installing software).

and i wouldn't trust freeware anyway, no way to be sure there is no spy/add ware included. and even if it isn't now, it might be included in the future.
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