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BoBo
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 Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 1:36 pm Post subject: Redirect stdin, stdout and stderr [GUI] |
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QuickWin - Turn a console application into a Windows program. Redirect stdin, stdout and stderr into a window.
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Laszlo
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| Posted: Fri Jul 07, 2006 3:27 pm Post subject: |
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| Cool! It makes communicating with console applications much easier. If only I could change the font, which is barely visible on my hires screen… |
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corrupt
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 1:48 am Post subject: |
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Thanks for the link  |
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Rajat
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 2:23 pm Post subject: |
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| Laszlo wrote: | | Cool! It makes communicating with console applications much easier. If only I could change the font, which is barely visible on my hires screen… |
does everyone else besides me has hires?...and i'm here stuck with a "mouse's home theatre" (BoBo's words). 
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corrupt
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 2:34 pm Post subject: |
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| Rajat wrote: | | does everyone else besides me has hires?...and i'm here stuck with a "mouse's home theatre" (BoBo's words). |
Maybe... what resolution are you currently using? I usually use 1280x1024 unless I'm using my laptop which doesn't go above 800x600 (without panning) unless I use an external monitor... |
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Laszlo
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 2:47 pm Post subject: |
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| You should feel pity for me: I am stuck with 1920x1200 pixel resolution. The standard fonts are so small that I need magnification. If an application does not use the Windows enlarged fonts, and does not let me set the size, I am out of luck. |
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Rajat
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| Posted: Sat Jul 08, 2006 2:56 pm Post subject: |
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i used to use 800*600 but stretched limits to the current 1024*768! .. h/w doesn't allow beyond that!
| Quote: | | You should feel pity for me: I am stuck with 1920x1200 pixel resolution. The standard fonts are so small that I need magnification. If an application does not use the Windows enlarged fonts, and does not let me set the size, I am out of luck. |
1920x1200!! oh i'm sure lot of us will pity you! 
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BoBo
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 7:56 am Post subject: |
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As the source is also availabe at that site, there's a chance that one of you can fix it  (is jonny, the new C++ guru  still with us ??) |
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BoBo
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 10:36 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I am stuck with 1920x1200 pixel resolution. The standard fonts are so small that I need magnification. If an application does not use the Windows enlarged fonts, and does not let me set the size, I am out of luck. |
You can have [Resolution Changer] run another application in a specific display resolution and return to the previous resolution when the application finishes.
So run QuickWin 800x600 (AKA "Rajat style" ) |
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polyethene
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 11:01 am Post subject: |
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| Laszlo wrote: | | You should feel pity for me: I am stuck with 1920x1200 pixel resolution. |
Increase DPI?
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Laszlo
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| Posted: Sun Jul 09, 2006 3:05 pm Post subject: |
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| This is the physical resolution of the screen of my laptop, our company provided. If I set it to lower resolution, the screen image gets interpolated, with all kinds of ugly side effects. Also, changing the screen resolution (even just temporarily), rearranges the desktop icons, and makes the fonts in other applications look huge. Editing the source code seems to be the only resolution. |
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EXtes
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:49 am Post subject: |
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| Laszlo wrote: | | Also, changing the screen resolution (even just temporarily), rearranges the desktop icons, and makes the fonts in other applications look huge. |
Tools for saving the icon position exists (e.g. http://www.dimanager.de/dimanager,en.html ). Never tested, because I live with 3-5 icons on the desktop. |
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BoBo
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:22 am Post subject: |
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| Quote: | Recognize this ?? You've got all your windows sized, icons placed the way they look great.... explorer crash! (Or, the thing crashes not that much anymore, but it seems to forget sometimes...) And there you go again.. but, there's a way to recover all your settings, that's windows placing, sizing and icon positions, with just one click (Win 9x/2k).
First, make it all look, once more, just the way you want it to be. Choose about 30 folders you access frequently to look good (don't forget your win- and system dir, program files etc.).
Now these settings are in the Registry, open it and go to:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer
Select the folder 'Streams'. Choose 'Registry' in the toolbar, and 'export registry-key'. The information in the key is being stored in a .reg file, which is a simple textfile. Name & store where you want. Then do the same with the folder 'StreamMRU'.
Close RegEdit and open the last file with notepad. Remove the first line (REGEDIT4) and copy the rest. Then open your first file and paste it at the end. Save, close and make a shortcut to your desktop. And then, have fun and mess up all your favorite folders. Once exhausted (double)click your shortcut and confirm you wanna enter this info into the Registry. Rejoice!
A lot of graphic cards come with some software to save your desktop icon layout. If yours didn't, alternatives:
Softwarium Restore Desktop "magically restores icons' positions after display resolution changing. You can also restore saved icons' positions manually by rightclicking on the desktop" (free, all versions).
(!!) An even more integrated solution, that works in all versions, is using layout.dll/layout.reg from the NT 4 Resource Kit. Put the .dll in your (9x) \Windows\System, (2k) \Winnt\System32 or (XP) \Windows\System32 folder, import the .reg file and have the option to save and restore (one configuration) in the rightclickmenu of My Computer and the bin (14 kB, source: Jorge Walker at Axcel216). |
There's even [more...], to check out ! |
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Laszlo
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| Posted: Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:08 pm Post subject: |
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| EXtes wrote: | | Tools for saving the icon position exists. |
Thanks! DImanager6 works perfectly. No installation, just run it and your uncle is Bob.
As Bobo quotes, there seem to be many alternatives. This one is free and good enough, so there is no need to look further. |
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BoBo
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| Posted: Wed Nov 15, 2006 10:06 am Post subject: |
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Well, I've mentioned already that the source is available (eg. to change the font) - BUT - have someone ever thought about to use that source (link posted above) to accomplish an often requested AHK feature: to redirect/connect comspec's StdOut and StdError to AHK 
If you ever thought about a Christmas present for the incredible BoBo, go for that ! |
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