00:16:04 *** MaienM is now known as MaienM|Sleep 00:47:45 *** alexander_ (i=620eae65@gateway/web/freenode/x-ntvacazpxvmfrddh) has joined #portableapps 00:47:49 hey all 00:47:53 OHAI 00:48:04 i have a worse than noob query 00:48:12 ? 00:48:38 what is it 00:48:40 do i install the platform straightaway to my usb? or locally first? 00:48:51 you download it to your hard drive 00:48:52 Straight away 00:48:56 ok 00:48:56 then install it to your usb drive 00:48:58 :) 00:49:02 haha 00:49:12 thanks 00:49:19 I choose run instead of save 00:49:23 Faster 00:49:33 but less relyible 00:49:37 ok 00:49:48 YW 00:49:49 and is there a way to sync a firefox and thunderbird install? 00:50:06 with the same add-ons and bells and whistles 00:50:56 FF and TB don't use the same addons, so no. 00:51:17 i guess i mean FF and TB respectively 00:51:24 eh 00:51:25 their respective add ons 00:51:32 hard but yes 00:51:34 oh 00:51:37 bummer 00:51:44 alexander_ try mozilla weave for firefox 00:51:52 ah yes 00:51:53 not sure how to do it in thunderbird though 00:52:00 copy and paste 00:52:04 weave works for TB i believe 00:52:28 copy and paste weave itself? 00:52:29 ya i dont use thunderbird so i dunno :/ 00:52:32 no no no 00:52:41 if it says weave is only for firefox 00:52:47 DO NOT try and install it on thunderbird 00:52:59 it will more then likely screw it up 00:53:07 k 00:53:27 does FEBE work ? 00:53:31 on portable FF 00:53:47 yep 00:53:52 super 00:54:00 i've used it myself 00:54:04 works wonderfuly ^_^ 00:54:14 febe + weave i think is the answer 00:54:18 ya 00:54:22 that sounds perfect 00:54:27 OH WAIT 00:54:31 alexander_ lemme show ya something 00:54:35 k 00:54:46 mozilla made this new extension 00:54:52 it's called addon collections 00:54:55 basically 00:55:02 yeah 00:55:02 you can make your own collection of addons 00:55:05 what i use it for 00:55:14 is to have the same extensions on all my ff installs 00:55:17 which is alot xD 00:55:22 so u save ur collection to the cloud or some such thing? 00:55:25 yep 00:55:26 then 00:55:35 alll you have to do 00:55:40 is load them all 00:55:43 is install the addons collection extension 00:55:47 it wont load them all 00:55:54 you still have to right click em and install 00:55:59 oh ok 00:56:07 but it still makes it ALOT easier to collection all your favorite addons in one place 00:56:16 i just made my own colections 00:56:18 how do u keep them all synced? 00:56:18 "my addons" 00:56:25 or can u keep them synced? 00:56:29 you dont keepo the settiongs syncve unfortunately 00:56:35 you have to install them individually 00:56:38 rats 00:56:46 but it's still alot eassiser then searching and installing 00:56:50 of course 00:57:01 its a pretty sharp idea regardless 00:57:05 yep ^_^ 00:57:09 darnit where is it :/ 00:57:30 https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/collections/ 00:57:34 there is more info 00:57:46 but ya ^_^ 00:58:06 how do u keep a local folder of docs or whatever - synced with ur USB drive without having to do anything 00:58:18 thats not a portable apps Q i guess - hehe 00:58:19 hmmmmmm 00:58:21 well 00:58:31 hmmm i dunno about that 00:58:31 synctoy or something? 00:58:32 *** SrgSiler|sAFK is now known as SrgSiler|Sleep 00:58:43 i mean i've never had to sync em :/ 00:58:46 you could try that 00:58:49 i dunno though 00:59:28 if ur working on a txt or something and u save it locally - and want to take it on the go or whatever - what do u usually do? 01:00:03 i usually just keep all of my stuff on my usb drive >_< 01:00:04 well 01:00:07 portable hard drive 01:00:12 then when i need to i back it up 01:00:51 sorry dude :( 01:00:59 oh wait 01:01:05 i just thought of something you could try :D 01:01:14 have you heard of dropbox? 01:01:29 *** alexander_ has quit ("Page closed") 01:01:33 or not 01:01:34 lol 01:01:46 well if he comes back show him this: http://wiki.dropbox.com/DropboxAddons/DropboxPortable 01:02:06 if im not here i mean :P 01:02:22 *** alexander_ (i=620eae65@gateway/web/freenode/x-gzchezlhoqvqhbip) has joined #portableapps 01:02:32 argg 01:02:45 restarted without thinking after i loaded that add on 01:02:52 what did u last say? 01:03:33 oh ya 01:03:34 lol 01:03:41 ok alexander_ have you heard of dropbox? 01:05:28 ya 01:05:50 well there is a portable version of it alexander_ 01:05:53 i tried it out and remember it being so painfully slow and it angering me 01:05:56 you could use that for it 01:05:57 O_O 01:06:00 it aint slow 01:06:01 well 01:06:09 depending on your connection speed 01:06:12 i didnt know there was a port version 01:06:18 if it's slow it's cause of your connection 01:06:24 yep: http://wiki.dropbox.com/DropboxAddons/DropboxPortable 01:06:25 try it 01:06:32 mnaybe that can help you sync em :D 01:06:32 but if ur not a paying acct isnt ur UL and DL capped? 01:06:37 nope 01:06:49 im gonna give it another shot 01:06:50 its unlimited bandwidth no matter what account type 01:06:57 *** Oni-Neoxes has quit ("Quit... D:") 01:06:59 i've gotten about 10 mbs download once 01:07:05 same for upload 01:07:07 ben - you are true to your namesake - awesome 01:07:13 why thank you ^_^ 01:07:30 no problemo 01:07:55 lets see what other knowledge i can get from ya - this is a great learning experience! 01:07:55 but ya. just install portable dropbox to ur usb drive and normal dropbox to your desktop computer and let it sync :D 01:07:59 lol 01:08:00 yep 01:08:02 ok 01:08:40 do u autorun the platform when u insert ur usb? 01:08:48 yep 01:09:01 there is no way to make the platform come up right away 01:09:09 and do u get all of ur apps from this portal? 01:09:10 oh really 01:09:17 there is always gonna be that confirmation box 01:09:23 most of em i get here 01:09:38 there are various apps which make their own portable version of their app 01:09:43 so i use that 01:09:44 i see 01:09:49 but most of em are from here 01:10:15 but unfortunately i rarely use my usb drive anymore 01:10:18 what would u say u primarily use ur drive for 01:10:20 hehe 01:10:23 lol 01:10:25 well 01:10:31 no a days is file transfer 01:10:37 but when i didnt have a laptop 01:10:42 i used it for firefox mainly 01:10:46 and a few games 01:10:48 lol 01:10:49 on other PCs? 01:10:52 yep 01:11:10 fortunely my school was quite open about usb drive 01:11:16 i see 01:11:24 i know some these days which are afraid they wilkl get viruses that way 01:11:25 LOL 01:11:26 in fgact 01:11:39 i used to intern at this place that didnt allow usb drives 01:11:40 what a bunch of bums 01:11:44 really? 01:11:46 i knoiw :/ 01:11:51 prob cuz they saw boiler room 01:11:52 so me and the other it guys made a pic 01:11:54 or soemthing 01:11:55 one sec xD 01:12:17 lol need to find it thoguh 01:13:17 found it but i need to upload it :/ 01:13:23 stupid college internet is SLOW 01:13:44 what kind of pic?? 01:14:01 lol u will see 01:14:11 it is sfw though 01:14:19 sfw = safe for work 01:14:28 ie it isnt innapropriate 01:14:34 right 01:14:59 * Bensawsome stabs his college's internet 01:15:03 WOOOOOOORK 01:15:03 lol 01:15:13 *SIGH* im getting 1kb/s download... 01:15:13 wow 01:15:16 haha 01:15:22 thats atrocious 01:15:48 is FAT32 the preferred way to format ur usb for apps? 01:15:57 ya 01:16:01 well 01:16:05 the apps dont care 01:16:13 but it's better for the usb drive 01:16:32 I like ext3 format 01:16:58 well unfortunately that's linux only :P 01:17:06 i see 01:17:22 ya - u can run portable fedora os right? 01:17:25 rcmaehl: it's stuff like that, which prevents you from being unbanned in -ot. 01:17:37 ah 01:17:41 here ya go alexander_: https://dl.dropbox.com/u/88521/Media/Pictures/LEARNzilla.JPG 01:17:51 security: your network is mine! 01:17:52 lol 01:18:02 but ya 01:18:16 they were afraid of a virus getting on the network 01:18:40 alexander_ oh and at portable fedora 01:18:48 i dunno about portable fedora 01:19:03 but i know some linux distrubtions allow you to make a bootable usb drive 01:19:08 like ubuntu for one 01:19:10 i see 01:19:15 but i've never checked out fedora 01:19:18 i wonder abt suse 01:19:26 suse its supposed to be cats PJs 01:19:38 hahaha 01:19:44 very nice pic 01:19:48 lol thanks 01:19:54 shoot, thats the unedited version 01:20:01 i dont even wanna know 01:20:10 under it is supposed to say SECURITY: Your netowkr is mine 01:20:11 lol 01:20:14 nothing bad dude :P 01:20:20 u rock the cruzer? 01:20:22 lol 01:20:24 yep 01:20:26 i got one myself 01:20:29 i just bought myself one of those lacies 01:20:35 and actually the one in the pic is mine xD 01:20:36 4gb 01:20:42 nice 01:20:46 i want to get the 8gb titanium cruzer though 01:20:50 15 mins of fame for ur usb 01:20:57 it can be runover by a car and it will be fine 01:21:28 thank god for that 01:21:38 yep 01:21:48 hehe 01:21:49 and they are reletively inexpensive these days 01:21:55 super inexpensive 01:21:58 * rcmaehl has an IronKey 01:22:11 you braggard! 01:22:14 hehe 01:22:22 oh the 16 gb is only 50 bucks on amazon: http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Cruzer-Titanium-SDCZ7-016G-A11-Silver/dp/B001FOQI7O 01:22:32 that's a good price 01:22:39 thats a bargain 01:22:42 the 8gb used to be 70-100 bucks 01:22:49 I dropped my Ironkey from a 10 story window and it barely scratched 01:22:57 lol 01:23:02 ya ironkeys are good too 01:23:07 but they are way to exzpensive 01:23:13 i heard chuck norris tried to break his ironkey - and it ended in a truce 01:23:21 I hadz coupon code 01:23:25 z 01:23:36 lol ya alexander_ :P 01:23:41 how much and how many gb rcmaehl? 01:23:50 16GB 01:24:08 how much did it cost >_> 01:24:33 jesus the 1gb is 80 bucks 01:24:38 16gb is 300 01:24:50 half off with coupon 01:24:53 wow 01:24:54 WOW 01:24:55 nice 01:24:58 f'ing bargain 01:24:59 still 01:25:01 150 bucks 01:25:07 that's alot for a simple usb drive 01:25:17 and do you REALLY need military grade security rcmaehl? :P 01:25:19 It's not just a simple falsh drive 01:25:23 Bensawsome: Yes 01:25:28 I have a business 01:25:33 Faincess 01:25:48 Employee Records 01:26:01 what are the features on it? 01:26:01 Bank INfo 01:26:03 lol 01:26:12 alexander_: go tot hte website 01:26:27 oh plus 01:26:29 ill do that 01:26:50 here ya go alexander_: https://store.ironkey.com/basic 01:26:52 but i guess i meant one's that are useful in ur experience - but nevermind 01:26:52 many moneies 01:27:39 moneies is such a harsh word 01:28:05 I prefer it to be called debt 01:28:08 card 01:28:34 *AR: INF* i'm getting -ot 01:30:15 bensawsome - which irc client do u use (portable or not) 01:30:27 xchat 01:30:29 it wins 01:30:30 lol 01:30:35 the free one 01:30:55 this one: http://www.silverex.org/news/ 01:31:04 not the xchat.org one 01:31:07 those guys are mean 01:31:13 they made an originally open source app 01:31:18 then they changed it to not open source 01:31:39 thats lame-o 01:32:04 i know :/ 01:32:39 and what are the worthwhile geek-esque channels 01:32:52 lol 01:32:53 well 01:32:58 irc in itself is geeky 01:33:03 sure sure 01:33:06 so you'll prbly be in luck with any of em 01:33:19 well 01:33:21 i should say most 01:33:30 there are some which are... not good persay 01:33:37 ie mostly trolls 01:34:14 which would u say are worth a darn? 01:34:49 well 01:34:50 lol 01:34:53 me being on 40 01:35:06 but usually it depends what you are interested in 01:35:20 there is a channel for windows, mac, and many linux distros 01:35:31 there is a channel for many open source programs 01:35:42 it all depends 01:35:54 ok 01:36:11 *** _kai_62656_ is now known as kai_62656|AFK 01:37:16 ok im splitting for now - ben - many thanks my man - see u around 01:37:22 cya dude ^_^ 01:37:26 *** alexander_ has quit ("Page closed") 01:37:27 and no prob 01:37:28 lol 01:49:54 *** xangua (n=xangua@unaffiliated/xangua) has joined #portableapps 01:50:06 *** rcmaehl is now known as rcmaehl_zombie 01:50:09 *** rcmaehl_zombie is now known as rcmaehl 01:51:17 *** rcmaehl has parted #portableapps ("sudo shutdown now -P") 02:09:20 *** Res2216firestar has quit ("Leaving") 02:49:08 *** xangua has quit ("http://is.gd/3HjzP no se si reírme o sentir lástima") 02:50:22 *** kai_62656|AFK is now known as kai_62656 02:59:24 *** kai_62656 is now known as kai_62656|AFK 03:03:31 *** Twinkletoes|W_ (n=chatzill@izb6d318.brookes.ac.uk) has joined #portableapps 03:03:46 *** Twinkletoes|W is now known as Guest4089 03:03:50 *** Guest4089 has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 03:05:56 *** Twinkletoes|W_ is now known as Twinkletoes|W 03:28:22 *** Gizmokid2005 is now known as Gizmokid2005|AFK 03:41:32 *** JohnTHaller1 (n=JohnTHal@cpe-67-247-35-38.nyc.res.rr.com) has joined #portableapps 03:41:43 hola 03:52:19 *** JohnTHaller1 has parted #portableapps () 03:57:17 *** upnPAD (n=upnPAD@CPE-124-183-117-32.lns14.ken.bigpond.net.au) has joined #portableapps 04:34:30 *** xangua (n=xangua@unaffiliated/xangua) has joined #portableapps 04:39:41 *** Res2216firestar (i=Sam@wikipedia/Res2216firestar) has joined #portableapps 04:56:23 *** JohnTHaller (n=JohnTHal@cpe-67-247-35-38.nyc.res.rr.com) has joined #portableapps 04:56:37 Thunderbird Portable 3.0 has just been posted: http://portableapps.com/news/2009-12-08_-_thunderbird_portable_3.0 05:06:30 =-O 05:06:30 *** Gizmokid2005|AFK is now known as Gizmokid2005 05:06:31 final?! 05:07:04 YAY! 05:07:55 JohnTHaller, nice! =D 05:08:52 Thanks JohnTHaller! 05:09:54 I didn't even know it went final yet...lol 05:13:17 *** Gizmokid2005 is now known as Gizmokid2005|AFK 05:14:01 *** Res2216firestar has quit ("Leaving") 05:37:16 yeah it just went final a bit ago 05:55:27 *** xangua has parted #portableapps ("http://is.gd/3HjzP no se si reírme o sentir lástima") 05:55:40 *** JohnTHaller has parted #portableapps () 06:29:01 *** Suiseiseki has quit ("...") 08:17:21 *** SrgSiler|Sleep is now known as SrgSiler|ZNC 09:48:09 *** SrgSiler|ZNC has quit (farmer.freenode.net irc.freenode.net) 10:00:46 *** SrgSiler|ZNC (i=sergents@unaffiliated/sergentsiler) has joined #portableapps 10:03:28 *** SrgSiler|ZNC has quit (farmer.freenode.net irc.freenode.net) 10:17:52 *** Oni-Neoxes (i=Oni-Neox@unaffiliated/oni-neoxes) has joined #portableapps 10:18:23 *** SrgSiler|ZNC (i=sergents@unaffiliated/sergentsiler) has joined #portableapps 10:31:39 *** tarbo has quit (Connection timed out) 10:44:34 *** SrgSiler|ZNC has quit (farmer.freenode.net irc.freenode.net) 10:48:15 *** Bjorn_H has quit (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 10:55:42 *** SrgSiler|ZNC (i=sergents@unaffiliated/sergentsiler) has joined #portableapps 11:08:59 *** SrgSiler|ZNC has quit (farmer.freenode.net irc.freenode.net) 11:42:15 *** SrgSiler|ZNC (i=sergents@unaffiliated/sergentsiler) has joined #portableapps 11:43:13 *** ChrisMorgan (n=ChrisMor@unaffiliated/chrismorgan) has joined #portableapps 11:43:14 ChrisMorgan is a PortableApps.com developer and moderator 11:46:22 *** upnPAD has quit ("leaving") 12:22:47 *** Oni-Neoxes has quit ("Quit... D:") 12:37:22 *** Bjorn_H (n=BjornH@81-235-164-62-no21.tbcn.telia.com) has joined #portableapps 13:01:14 Gizmokid2005|AFK: I searched all through the m_bPortable occurrences, there's nothing there that could make it not do the OrganizationDefaults stuff 13:01:53 However, I did find http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/plugins-howto.html and http://doc.trolltech.com/4.2/qsettings.html 13:03:13 I think it would be good if we recommended setFallbacksEnabled(false) for Qt applications (means it won't go looking for values in the system if it doesn't find "user-specific" portable ones) 13:05:46 And also that their QSettings instances should be passed an extra two arguments when in portable mode; QSettings::IniFormat, QSettings::UserScope 13:09:46 KVIrc doesn't use a QSettings object. 13:10:25 But the plugin cache does. Something's strange about it all, I don't see any way that you can stop Qt from creating the plugin cache registry junk. 13:22:39 *** rcmaehl_school (i=aab9e80a@gateway/web/freenode/x-tniwijcaspvvivur) has joined #portableapps 13:23:12 *** MaienM|Sleep is now known as MaienM 13:23:15 Eh, I just found out that there's a small glitch once you get past 50,000 .exe files on your drice 13:23:19 drive* 13:23:29 Meaning what? 13:24:05 When you rename an app it doesn't work until you restart the menu 13:24:20 Oh, you mean in the PortableApps.com Platform 13:24:25 Yeah 13:24:31 How many executables do you have in your list? 13:24:32 rcmaehl_school, why on earth would you /have/ over 50,000 apps in PAP? 13:25:14 EvilChazz: I hope you weren't taking him seriously? 13:25:14 EvilChazz: cuz i like apps, and I'm random 13:25:28 Yes, I do have over 50,000 apps 13:25:35 Compressed 13:25:39 ChrisMorgan, of course not. But, it's difficult to portray sarcasm over IRC. 13:25:56 EvilChazz: haven't you read WP:SARCASM? 13:26:07 erm... no? :P 13:26:10 The PortableApps.com Platform is not meant to cope with 50,000 applications 13:26:16 Do. You will find it enlightening. 13:26:31 * rcmaehl_school headdesks, I"M NOT LYING! The school system is just so strict 13:26:32 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:SARCASM 13:26:50 rcmaehl_school: what is the correct number of entries in your PortableApps.com Platform list? 13:27:05 eh 13:27:07 hold on 13:27:12 let me lauch the counter app 13:27:20 :S 13:27:22 launch* 13:27:41 Just say that there are N items per page, how many pages, plus the remainder 13:28:13 rcmaehl_school: EvilChazz says that there's no way in four stars you have 50,000 apps... wonder what he means ;-) 13:28:25 lol 13:28:40 .exe files: 61,281 average size: 4.08 MB 13:28:44 And quite frankly, I believe him. Though one star is enough for me... any more nearby and we'd roast. 13:29:02 eh 13:29:11 wow 13:29:19 So you have 250MB of executables? 13:29:26 That would be 250026.48 mb 13:29:37 ChrisMorgan, you were a few thousand MB off. :P 13:29:48 s/MB/00MB 13:29:49 *** Bjorn_H has quit ("Leaving") 13:30:09 s/MB/GB/ :S 13:30:09 Which would be, if I am correct, ~244GB of .exe files 13:30:10 plus 13:30:27 244.166484375GB according to Windows Calc. :P 13:30:33 yeah 13:30:40 rcmaehl_school, is this a /flash/ drive? Or an external HDD? 13:30:41 portable hard drvies rock 13:30:45 HDD 13:30:51 WHOOP! 13:31:21 EvilChazz: you're dealing with 1024MB/GB... depends on what you happen to be using whether it's 1024 or 1000... 13:31:30 rcmaehl_school: how big is this hypothetical hard drive? 13:31:32 ChrisMorgan, I went w/ 1024 13:31:38 360GB 13:32:03 And how many dependencies (DLLs, images, files, etc.) are used by each? 13:32:16 Don't have a porgram for that 13:32:20 *** Oni-Neoxes (n=Oni-Neox@unaffiliated/oni-neoxes) has joined #portableapps 13:32:35 average size include all the things in the apps folder 13:32:35 So... what /are/ these hypotheatrical programs? 13:32:54 and most of my apps are only .exe files 13:32:57 Oh. Then your ".exe files 13:33:01 " count is inaccurate 13:33:34 ? 13:33:36 How 13:33:58 If it's including files which don't match *.exe 13:34:06 eh 13:34:08 oh 13:34:11 Hold on 13:34:21 ... 13:34:36 Quite frankly, I don't believe you :-) 13:34:42 Did you expect me to? 13:34:42 Okay don't 13:34:50 Yes 13:34:56 How would you ever use more than 2-3% of them? 13:35:16 ChrisMorgan: One word: autorun 13:35:20 And, if you seriously have that many apps, perhaps you should be seeking mental help? Learning how to use that nice shiny 'Delete' key? 13:35:50 EvilChazz: last time i use the 'delete' key I went made deleting things 13:35:56 mad* 13:36:12 rcmaehl_school: systems don't tend to work very well with more than a couple of hundred processes running on them at all 13:36:29 And even that is stretching it 13:36:31 Virtual Pc App 13:36:44 That doesn't stop them demanding resources 13:36:58 eh. 13:37:01 And, VPCs aren't portable. :P 13:37:03 Gonna test that 13:37:22 Anyhow, sorry to disillusion you, but the PortableApps.com Platform isn't designed to cope with 61,281 entries in its list. We've called it "corner-case". 13:37:33 Whoa 13:38:05 that's a lot of lag on my pc... 13:38:29 Thank you alt+f4 13:38:48 rcmaehl_school: recite the list of your applications. Even 1% of your items (613, that is) from memory will satisfy me. 13:38:55 Okay... maybe 61,000 Apps are to much 13:39:33 And if you try running all 61,281 at once... your computer will never recover. Windows *will* die, guarranteed. 13:39:43 I didn't 13:39:51 ChrisMorgan, most things will make Windows die. :P 13:39:53 I ran about 120 13:39:58 eh 13:40:01 Even that's stretching it 13:40:08 got the ram low message 13:40:19 Computers are not designed to be run with more than a dozen or so applications at once. 13:40:48 And in my experience it's generally only computer programmers and the likes that get past that much. 13:41:18 * EvilChazz is running 131. :P 13:41:21 32 windows open is more than I normally have open 13:41:25 EvilChazz: that's EVIL! 13:41:37 * EvilChazz was feeling evil today. :P 13:41:51 And, ChrisMorgan, it's only because of how Chrome make each tab = 1 process 13:41:56 *sigh8 deleting apps that are related. 13:42:34 6 Explorer, 7 gVim, 6 Command Prompt, Picasa, 2 Process Explorer, NSIS Manual, 2 Python, 2 Inkscape, KVIrc, 2 Firefox, BPBible, Calculator 13:42:46 EvilChazz: I'm talking about windows, not processes. 13:42:58 erm, I knew that. :P 13:43:02 I've got 104 processes running 13:43:06 lol :o 13:43:15 ok, I'm down to 60,145 Apps 13:43:23 rcmaehl_school: :S 13:43:39 A lot of them probably have malware in them (I mean that seriously) 13:43:44 *** ChrisMorgan is now known as ChrisMorgan|Away 13:43:50 Bai ChrisMorgan|Away D= 13:43:56 * rcmaehl_school now has a headache, which ones do i delete? 13:44:02 rcmaehl_school, do this: 13:44:05 Ctrl+A 13:44:07 Delete 13:44:08 :P 13:44:28 NEVER! 13:44:49 * EvilChazz thinks this conversation is now mostly -ot worthly 13:44:54 *worthy 13:44:59 * EvilChazz waddles over to the -o 13:45:01 *-ot 13:45:27 *** rcmaehl_school has parted #portableapps ("deleting lots of apps with a headache") 13:48:49 *** gluxon (i=4c17d442@gateway/web/freenode/x-zeqlhqbhxbydikza) has joined #portableapps 13:58:10 ohai gluxon 13:58:53 Hi. 14:09:55 *** Twinkletoes|W has quit (Read error: 131 (Connection reset by peer)) 14:09:57 *** Gizmokid2005|AFK is now known as Gizmokid2005 14:13:02 *** vicc_portugal (i=58d68b08@gateway/web/freenode/x-dbfxcivyjtnpjpif) has joined #portableapps 14:15:46 hi 14:15:50 hola 14:16:06 todo bien? 14:16:09 lol 14:16:39 lol 14:29:38 *** Twinkletoes|W (n=chatzill@izb6d318.brookes.ac.uk) has joined #portableapps 14:41:59 *** UweAlt (n=UweAlt@xdsl-87-79-98-123.netcologne.de) has joined #portableapps 14:43:52 Hi - hope some of the web page responsibles are here? 14:46:38 *** tarbo (n=me@unaffiliated/tarbo) has joined #portableapps 14:46:39 Found an spam/advertising link: http://portableapps.com/apps/operating_systems/mac-on-stick sounds great, but the "mac-on-a-stick" homepage link only leads to a mobilephone ad page. 14:48:34 UweAlt must mean that they finally got rid of the page, it wasnt spam, it's just they havent updated their page and their domain must have expired 14:48:44 Thanks for the report UweAlt 14:49:17 The instruction mentioned there is available on http://www.linuxbeacon.com/doku.php?id=minivmac instead - maybe you just change the linked URL? 14:49:26 that sucks though that they are gone :( 14:49:35 well it's all the choice of the site admin 14:49:43 I hope he does 14:51:07 *** ChrisMorgan|Away is now known as ChrisMorgan 14:51:15 ChrisMorgan! :D 14:51:29 UweAlt: I'll see that John hears about that, thanks 14:52:09 You're welcome. 14:53:16 *** UweAlt has quit ("Quitting!") 14:53:42 *** GizmoBot has quit () 14:55:34 *** GizmoBot (n=GizmoBot@gizmokid2005.com) has joined #portableapps 14:55:40 *** GizmoBot has quit (Remote closed the connection) 14:56:19 *** gluxon has quit ("Page closed") 14:56:21 *** gluxon1 (n=gluxon@c-76-23-212-66.hsd1.ct.comcast.net) has joined #portableapps 14:56:47 Reported. 14:59:06 *** Suiseiseki (n=desudesu@wikipedia/Antonio-Lopez) has joined #portableapps 15:12:52 *** sar3th|away is now known as sar3th 15:14:37 hi sar3th 15:14:50 hello vicc_portugal :) 15:19:08 *** mysour (i=ae4445bb@gateway/web/freenode/x-dzhzmrqazxagnfnb) has joined #portableapps 15:19:21 How can I change the icons of apps? 15:19:37 mysour: you don't 15:19:53 Aw. 15:19:55 There's no need, so such functionality has never been implemented anywhere 15:20:00 Why would you want to? 15:20:20 I've installed CDisplayEx and the icon sucks. 15:20:54 Where from? 15:21:22 Where did I install it from? 15:21:31 yes 15:21:48 http://sourceforge.net/projects/cdisplayex/ 15:21:56 So it's not portable 15:22:15 It doesn't make changes to the registry and so the contents can be portable. 15:22:20 We don't/can't support non-PortableApps.com applications, sorry 15:22:30 The registry alone is not what makes a program un-portable. 15:22:49 Well, this one works just fine from my PortableApps menu. 15:22:59 Oh, it may run, but that doesn't mean it's portable. 15:23:22 Does it keep all its settings with it? Very few (decent) applications do (by default at least). 15:23:32 I believe it does. 15:23:33 *** gluxon1 is now known as gluxon 15:23:51 Yup, it does. 15:24:46 So you just want the icon looking better right? 15:25:19 Yeah, I found an awesome replacement from Deviantart, but the usual properties window offers no option. 15:25:55 The other PortableApps apps, you can change the icons just by replacing the appicon with the wanted one. 15:26:16 Just rename your icon to 'appicon.ico' 15:26:18 You could create the App\AppInfo directory and put in a new icon as appicon.ico 15:26:56 Sorry I'm not attentive... just setting about dealing with a whole pile of Inkscape win32 packaging bug reports which I just got told about... 15:28:54 Is okay, just looking for solution, it's aight. 15:31:54 do u have any doubts? 15:36:01 mysour: create App\Appinfo\appinfo.ini and add fill the file 15:36:31 mysour: you can follow this guide, just copy your application instead of the batch files ;) http://portableapps.com/node/21757 15:37:21 I went ahead and used IcoFX Portable's resource editor to change the icon. It was a snap. 15:37:24 Thanks though. 15:37:35 I'll copy your method down, I may prefer it. 15:38:52 it doesn't alter the executables, some applications to a hash check before launching; the appinfo method would work on those nevertheless 15:40:27 I'll check it out, thanks for your help. 15:40:57 :) 15:41:05 *** mysour has quit ("Page closed") 15:41:05 you're welcome 15:54:44 hey, a twitter client: http://www.yasst.org/ written in c++ 15:55:23 O_O 15:55:25 EPIC! 15:55:30 vicc_portugal, what's the license on it? 15:55:51 erm, wait, we can do freeware now... :P 15:55:56 *headdesks* 15:55:58 i can't find the source code 15:56:12 Yeah, looks to me like just freeware 15:56:30 what about it? 15:56:57 Looks... awesome... 15:58:12 :) 15:58:14 C++!!! :D 15:58:32 So, wait, is it OSS or Freeware? 15:58:43 looks more like freeware to me than oss 15:58:48 and Qt!!! :D 15:58:49 agreed 15:59:08 lol 15:59:40 eww qt 15:59:47 The source isn't included :( 15:59:49 at least it's C++ and not adobe air though 15:59:52 Or at least I don't think so. 16:00:02 ZachThibeau: You made a QT browser Portable :/ 16:00:45 gluxon: I don't care, I'm just not a fan of qt, I'll use them but I don't like them, I'm more of a wxwidgets fan 16:00:50 seeing how he uses the LGPL version of Qt its probably not oss 16:01:08 MaienM, looks freeware from what I can see. 16:01:14 though he clains to use the gpl version ;) 16:01:26 lol 16:01:27 "Yasst is built using the Qt, the cross platform development framework by Nokia. This is licenced under the Lesser GPL version 2.1. For more information see the Qt website." 16:01:31 * sar3th fails at reading 16:01:40 i overlooked the "lesser" :( 16:01:54 Doesn't matter. 16:02:04 Could still be easily portablalized. 16:02:05 anyhow, nice find vicc_portugal 16:02:10 Since it's in C++ :D 16:02:16 and the next is better 16:02:20 ? 16:02:24 OH. 16:02:25 :D 16:02:25 LGPL is better than GPL 16:02:29 delphi & oss: http://tekblues.com/?page_id=171 16:02:31 MIT is better than either 16:03:05 Qt still leaves its mess in the registry... haven't managed to track it down yet (Gizmokid2005) 16:03:27 Hummm 16:03:30 alright ChrisMorgan 16:03:50 I don't see how the portable switch can be changing anything with it. 16:04:20 delphi & oss: http://tekblues.com/?page_id=171 16:04:34 There's just no active code. All it does is change the settings path in one place and 'return true' in another, thus skipping file association stuff 16:04:38 vicc_portugal: the link is still loading :( 16:04:39 *** kai_62656|AFK is now known as kai_62656 16:05:12 looks okay to me 16:05:51 Doesn't look like you can tweet using it though, just a checker 16:07:31 it looks like you're right :( 16:09:18 http://sourcewalker.net/software/tway/ 16:11:30 *** Gizmokid2005 has quit (farmer.freenode.net irc.freenode.net) 16:11:30 *** ChrisMorgan has quit (farmer.freenode.net irc.freenode.net) 16:11:30 *** MaienM has quit (farmer.freenode.net irc.freenode.net) 16:11:57 hey, do u want a oss app written in c and c++? 16:12:38 http://stickytweets.codeplex.com/ 16:13:27 *** kai_62656 is now known as kai_62656|away 16:14:14 *** Gizmokid2005 (n=Gizmokid@gizmokid2005.com) has joined #portableapps 16:15:15 *** ChrisMorgan (n=ChrisMor@unaffiliated/chrismorgan) has joined #portableapps 16:15:15 *** MaienM 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joined #portableapps 18:44:23 hmm fun 18:45:17 I'm just recompiling qt and realized how much I love wxwidgets more than qt, reason #1 wxwidgets doesn't take 20 minutes to compile on a 3gig of ram 2.0 ghz dual core processor >_> 18:46:29 Wow, I actually downloaded qt the other day, havent got round to looking at it though 18:47:27 well I recompiled it to be a static build and get phonon support but it takes a long time to configure and then make :/ 18:48:46 that's because it offers WAY much more that wxwidgets, sorry, but it's true 18:49:04 you obviously don't know about wxcode :P 18:49:17 no, i mean it 18:49:22 it includes webkit eG 18:49:26 it offers just as much if not more ;) 18:49:58 default library only contains what is neccessary unlike qt which offers unneccessary components 18:50:23 you can --disable-any-component, just check with --help 18:50:28 *** Darwin4Ever (n=Darwin4E@082-146-104-158.dyn.adsl.xs4all.be) has joined #portableapps 18:50:28 however the wxcode can provide 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D:") 19:28:57 *** dabossbv (n=dabossbv@p57A6C2F6.dip.t-dialin.net) has joined #portableapps 19:29:41 *** Darwin4Ever2 (n=Darwin4E@082-146-104-158.dyn.adsl.xs4all.be) has joined #portableapps 19:32:09 *** purple (n=purple@93.87.43.94) has joined #portableapps 19:35:46 *** Darwin4Ever has quit (Success) 19:40:10 *** Darwin4Ever2 has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 19:40:30 *** Darwin4Ever (n=Darwin4E@082-146-104-158.dyn.adsl.xs4all.be) has joined #portableapps 19:44:49 *** computerfreaker (n=chatzill@AC817CEA.ipt.aol.com) has joined #portableapps 19:46:04 Hi guys! :) 19:46:44 hey computerfreaker 19:53:15 *** |kai_62656| (n=kai_6265@68-118-49-209.dhcp.stls.mo.charter.com) has joined #portableapps 20:07:01 *** kai_62656 has quit (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 20:21:22 *** purple has quit (farmer.freenode.net irc.freenode.net) 20:25:10 *** Bjorn_H (n=BjornH@81-235-164-62-no21.tbcn.telia.com) has joined #portableapps 20:53:47 *** Darwin4Ever2 (n=Darwin4E@082-146-104-158.dyn.adsl.xs4all.be) has joined #portableapps 20:56:50 *** xangua has quit ("http://is.gd/3HjzP no se si reírme o sentir lástima") 20:57:36 *** Darwin4Ever has quit (Connection timed out) 21:04:47 *** Gizmokid2005 is now known as Gizmokid2005|AFK 21:17:54 *** Gizmokid2005|AFK is now known as Gizmokid2005 21:21:30 Blog post, The Future of Toucan - Part 2: http://portableapps.com/node/21825 21:23:26 *** Darwin4Ever2 has quit (Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)) 21:24:07 :O SteveLamerton I didn't know you had steam on your computer :P 21:24:15 Indeed I do ;) 21:25:02 lol awesome 21:27:51 Play a fair bit of Team Fortress 2, or rather I did when I had a decent connection ;) 21:29:41 lol 21:29:52 I play Half life 2 death match :P 21:30:17 :P Get a real multiplayer game ;) 21:30:44 I have it's Called Halo :P 21:30:50 and Halo CE and Halo 2 :P 21:31:36 ohh an nexuiz :D 21:32:42 :) It is any good? 21:33:03 ask Gizmokid2005 ;) 21:33:35 brb 21:34:13 Nexuiz is, yes :) 21:35:04 Maybe I will give it a go :) 21:36:17 I'm still the master :) 21:36:30 sar3th, MaienM, ZachThibeau - none of them can beat me...even in a 3v1 :) 21:36:43 :O 21:41:49 yeah :P 21:42:02 I recently scored 5-30 playing against him 21:42:11 and I think that was the best I've ever did 21:42:44 that's the best anyone has done :) 21:46:42 *** |kai_62656| is now known as kai_62656 21:48:02 well, it's lame since MaienM and i have pings around 300ms :( 21:50:55 no 21:50:58 it's 150ms 21:51:23 last time i played, it was 300 :( 21:51:43 it varies :P 21:51:57 but average is 200-300 ish 21:52:08 for me at least 21:56:06 *** Mysour (i=ae4445bb@gateway/web/freenode/x-kxahxgtgtovncsos) has joined #portableapps 21:56:20 *** Mysour has quit (Client Quit) 21:57:56 *** Darwin4Ever (n=Darwin4E@082-146-104-158.dyn.adsl.xs4all.be) has joined #portableapps 22:14:45 Hi gluxon, you there? :) 22:20:11 *** SteveLamerton has quit () 22:31:20 got to go guys, company is here at my house 22:31:25 *** ZachThibeau is now known as ZachT|AFK 22:44:49 *** pa_9049 (i=973dbb10@gateway/web/freenode/x-jtkwmfojrwrfpewo) has joined #portableapps 22:45:08 hi....someone can help me? 22:45:37 pa_9049: sure, what's up? 22:46:08 i would like to know if there is a specific process to update my portable apps in my usb stick 22:46:35 well, you could use the PortableApps.com RSS feed to be notified when apps are updated 22:46:38 for example if i have to unistall firefox 3.5 before install firefox 3.6 22:46:43 oh, no 22:46:55 just install right over the top of the app that's there already 22:47:01 it works just as a normal update? 22:47:08 yes 22:47:17 although, since FF 3.6 is a beta, you probably don't want to install over the top of FF 3.5 ;) 22:47:21 even if i have packed executables? 22:47:27 shouldn't be a problem 22:47:57 because i'm trying to pack them to have a smc exe 22:48:00 *** Darwin4Ever has quit (Read error: 60 (Operation timed out)) 22:48:13 with a K-execution 22:48:14 well, I don't think there will be a problem there 22:48:41 maybe try backing up your portable apps, then try overwriting and see what happens 22:49:05 portable apps are free for every use or i have to analyse every single license? 22:49:32 PortableApps.com portable apps are generally open-source, which means you can use them for every use 22:49:56 all freeware apps (and some open-source apps) will have a license attached; for freeware, you'll need to read the license 22:50:02 for OSS, you probably don't need to worry about it 22:52:16 *** Darwin4Ever (n=Darwin4E@082-146-104-158.dyn.adsl.xs4all.be) has joined #portableapps 22:53:03 wondeful :D 22:53:24 thx and goodbye! 22:53:39 *** pa_9049 has quit ("Page closed") 22:56:00 *** dabossbv has quit ("Leaving.") 22:56:02 *** MaienM is now known as MaienM|Sleep 22:57:39 *** SrgSiler|ZNC is now known as SergentSiler 23:00:11 gluxon: are you there? 23:00:44 *** SergentSiler is now known as SrgSiler|ZNC 23:07:24 *** sar3th is now known as sar3th|away 23:25:04 *** tarbo has quit (Connection timed out) 23:27:14 *** Darwin4Ever has quit (Read error: 110 (Connection timed out)) 23:30:05 gluxon: are you there? (Sorry to keep asking, just saw you came back) 23:30:37 Sorry. 23:30:49 That's OK, no worries :) 23:30:51 To keep you waiting :D 23:31:03 that's OK :) 23:31:06 :) 23:31:30 Just wondering if you got a chance to check the Orb-hiding thing in KidSafe? 23:31:41 *** SrgSiler|ZNC is now known as SergentSiler 23:31:47 I'm *hoping* to get it officially released soon, and I'd like to clear the buglist first ;) 23:31:49 Ill check it now :P 23:31:54 thanks 23:31:57 I was suppose to do it last week :P 23:31:59 Sorry. 23:32:25 no problem, I know how it goes 23:32:37 I'm frequently overdue on things too 23:34:24 BTW, great simple app :D 23:34:40 thanks! :D 23:34:55 :) 23:35:02 Orb was definately fixed :D 23:35:09 YESS!!! :D 23:35:14 thanks for the testing! :D 23:35:31 * computerfreaker marks bug as fixed 23:35:42 :/ 23:35:43 Wow. 23:35:56 It's no longer simple from last time I ran it :/ 23:35:57 :P 23:36:42 I know 23:37:02 people asked for new features, and I added them... people reported bugs, and I fixed them 23:37:08 typical app development... :( 23:37:43 it's still pretty simple, though; the default settings are good enough for most people once they set the things to block 23:39:23 gluxon: do you want me to make it simpler again? 23:39:37 I could probably do that with little/no trouble 23:40:00 Um.. no :P 23:40:08 BTW, 23:40:29 * gluxon doesn't think John'll appreciate you using SCREWING in the appinfo.ini :P lol! :D 23:40:36 Just a thought. 23:40:36 huh? 23:40:59 young kids from SCREWING something up. 23:41:14 what do you mean? I haven't been in appinfo.ini except to update the version #... 23:41:54 :/ 23:41:56 O_O 23:42:46 * computerfreaker checks appinfo.ini 23:43:08 hmm, looks standard... did I do something wrong? 23:43:28 :idea: Wait, on re-reading your comment it looks like a joke... 23:44:24 It was :/ 23:44:47 sorry... :S 23:45:01 I typically take things seriously, especially in the absence of body language cues 23:46:02 *** EvilChazz has quit (Read error: 104 (Connection reset by peer)) 23:46:22 :P 23:46:56 BTW, Screw = Slang for F****. F*** = slag for... uh.... you know what... 23:47:24 uh-oh 23:47:33 * computerfreaker thinks it's time to get a new app description 23:48:50 gluxon: so, is there anything I can do for you? I'd like to repay the testing favor... 23:48:59 *** ZachT|AFK is now known as ZachThibeau 23:49:07 No!! :( 23:49:07 I barely did anything :/ 23:49:29 You did a lot, actually; that bug report & subsequent test was really big 23:49:40 I got to cross off the last known major bug 23:49:49 so if there's anything I can do for you... maybe test one of your apps? 23:51:50 Nope :P 23:52:06 Okay... come catch me in a game of tag. 23:52:15 Good luck crossing half the nation :P 23:53:20 lol 23:53:50 wait, how would you know where I am? 0_0 23:55:37 actually, come to think of it, there is something I can & will do for you 23:55:48 http://portableapps.com/node/21809#comment-136113 23:55:49 :) 23:57:06 Oh yeah :P 23:57:07 lol. 23:57:27 where do you want me to upload that video?