astring for Windows
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, December 13 2006 12:40
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So I finally get around to rewritting my astring Perl script into C. It still needs a little work, so consider this a public beta. However, Freewebs refuses to let me upload the .zip. Says I can't upload .exe files until I've validated my e-mail, which I've done at least twice. It'd be great if someone could host it for me while I figure out how to get Freewebs to work (or more likely, study for finals, do finals, then find another free web-hosting service). If someone could give me an e-mail address to send to, that'll be great. EDIT: Nevermind on the need for hosting. See below. -------------------- Evan's Spiked Tentacles of Forced Intrusion!!! - Vaarsuvius (OotS #20) [ Wednesday, December 13, 2006 15:26: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Law Bringer
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written Wednesday, December 13 2006 14:18
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No, I had that same problem with Freewebs... if you validated it, it should've sent an email with a link that you need to follow. Then, if you're already logged in to your account at that time, you have to log back out then back in again. Stupid? Yes. Ineffective? Yes. But oh well... -------------------- Gamble with Gaea, and she eats your dice. I hate undead. I really, really, really, really hate undead. With a passion. Posts: 4130 | Registered: Friday, March 26 2004 08:00 |
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Lifecrafter
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written Wednesday, December 13 2006 14:42
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I've noticed that Freewebs is kind of volatile sometimes, and therefore very unreliable. I'd change to a different website, but… eh. -------------------- Do not provoke the turtles. They do not like being provoked. -Lenar My website: Nemesis' Refuge Posts: 743 | Registered: Friday, September 29 2006 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Wednesday, December 13 2006 15:21
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... Yep, it's working now. Nevermind about the need for hosting. Yes, I know the code's ugly and sub-optimal. Once I'm over finals, I'll rewrite it so that file I/O is done character by character instead of line by line. Probably quicker, and then I'll be able to do things like convert between underscores and quotes. The only reason I did it line by line was because I had a similar project for school. Heh. Odd, I finish astring for Windows on a day that Khoth's active on the boards. EDIT: I don't know if it's AOL, SpidWeb, UBB, or Freewebs, but when I just click on the link I a second SpidWeb window. Right-clicking and saving the target seems to work. EDIT: A 'bug', of sorts. Only use astring on files that were created on a Windows machine. It only works on files that mark newlines as carriage returns and line feeds. When I tried astring on VoDT yesterday, I got a bunch of errors, since the lines in any file created on a Mac end only with a carriage return. There's absolutely nothing I can do about this until I rewrite the program to take in input character by character. -------------------- Ta da! [ Thursday, December 14, 2006 08:17: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 09:09
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I feel awfully dense, but what does this thing do? Is it a dialogue writer? -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Guardian
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 09:24
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... Figures, I didn't mention once what the bloody program does in the above posts. Sorry. Supposedly, someone (Khoth, I think) made a program for Macs that would extract all the strings out of your scripts and place them into a file. You could then run that file through a word processor to check for spelling mistakes, etc. Then, you can use the program to re-insert the strings back into the original scripts. My program does that, but for Windows instead of Macs (although it could be ported with ease by changing one line of the source code). -------------------- Wow, that is such a stupid idea, I feel dumber just hearing it. - Roy (OotS #26) Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Shaper
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 09:27
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Ah. Sounds like a good idea. Crimson Editor, which I'm using at the moment checks for spelling, but not grammar, so it should help some. Consider it downloaded. -------------------- And when you want to Live How do you start? Where do you go? Who do you need to know? Posts: 2864 | Registered: Monday, September 8 2003 07:00 |
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Warrior
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 21:39
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Tried a couple of times (right-click, save as...) nope! This file just cannot be downloaded. :( I can however get onto your site: http://www.freewebs.com/dintiradan/ , see alot of text files but no astring.zip file listed. Perhaps in a day or rwo, I'll check back and try again. James -------------------- Sometimes I just don't know anything about everything -- or do I ? Posts: 99 | Registered: Wednesday, August 13 2003 07:00 |
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Councilor
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written Thursday, December 14 2006 21:58
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That's funny. I just downloaded it and it worked fine for me. Oh, and Dikiyoba just looked at Dintiradan's site. Dikiyoba is offended by its "uselessness." :P Posts: 4346 | Registered: Friday, December 23 2005 08:00 |
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Guardian
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written Friday, December 15 2006 10:15
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Sorry, I view my Freewebs as more of a file server than a website. I've updated the index page and placed a link to astring. Just click on the WWW icon above my post. It works for me, so I can't help you any further (I can download this link by either left-clicking or right-clicking->save as). If that doesn't work, I can't help you. In all likelihood, I will not make my site pretty until I have something useful to host (i.e. a scenario). -------------------- The use of COBOL cripples the mind; its teaching should, therefore, be regarded as a criminal offence. - Edsger W. Dijkstra [ Friday, December 15, 2006 10:16: Message edited by: Dintiradan ] Posts: 1509 | Registered: Tuesday, January 10 2006 08:00 |
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Warrior
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written Friday, December 15 2006 21:32
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Many thanks, I just downloaded the files and I'll be looking it over. (The page does look nice.... :D ) [that's 'nice' not 'noce'] fast fingers.... James [ Friday, December 15, 2006 21:33: Message edited by: The Real Dragon King ] -------------------- Sometimes I just don't know anything about everything -- or do I ? Posts: 99 | Registered: Wednesday, August 13 2003 07:00 |