Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-31 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Assad, On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:36:45 +0400GMT (31-8-2008, 8:36 +0200, where I live), you wrote: RO>> Place your 700 cookies in the cookie.txt file and TB will pick one RO>> randomly every time you call the macro. No need for an extra RO>> randomiser. AT> In my cookie.txt file, I have incl

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-31 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Assad, On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 10:36:45 +0400 GMT (31/08/2008, 13:36 +0700 GMT), Assad Kety wrote: AK> In my cookie.txt file, I have included a macro. The cookie would AK> return the macro formula instead of executing the macro. How can I AK> possibly solve this please? Thanks. The tag l

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-30 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jens, On Sun, 31 Aug 2008 01:15:33 +0200 GMT (31/08/2008, 06:15 +0700 GMT), Jens Franik wrote: >> But this is already possible. Am I still misunderstanding Jens' >> feature request in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or did he >> just not know it is already implemented? JF> It's the second one, i tho

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-30 Thread Jens Franik
am Samstag, 30. August 2008 um 19:31 schrieb Thomas Fernandez: > But this is already possible. Am I still misunderstanding Jens' > feature request in mid:[EMAIL PROTECTED] or did he > just not know it is already implemented? It's the second one, i thought of directly executing an external comman

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-30 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Bill, On Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:18:37 -0700 GMT (29/08/2008, 14:18 +0700 GMT), Bill McQuillan wrote: >> That is already possible. I saw " days until Christmas..." or >> "already living days and xxx hours" on this list or on TBOT. >> Again, this is made an internal command (template ma

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-29 Thread Dan Lester
Thursday, August 28, 2008, 8:07:56 PM, you wrote: > Interesting ... I have thought it would be interesting to have a > counter - count down to an event for instance or count up (how many > days since) in a cookie. I have not thought it a serious enough enough > feature to suggest it :)) I have a

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-29 Thread Dan Lester
Thursday, August 28, 2008, 4:01:25 PM, you wrote: > Hi > On Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 9:53:38 PM, in > , Dan Lester wrote: >> You can also do what I do, to install TB in a non-standard location, >> that is always backed up daily, including program, mail, cookies, etc, >> etc. > Presumably, y

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-29 Thread Mark Partous
Hello, Citing myself once more: BM>> For instance, the text "already living days and xxx hours" probably BM>> needed to be updated just before the macro put it into the message. That's BM>> the use of an external program. MP> %DaysTo("01/01/09") days remaining in 2008. MP> Actually it's %D

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-29 Thread Geoff Lane
On 29 August 2008, 03:07, Rick wrote: > Interesting ... I have thought it would be interesting to have a > counter - count down to an event for instance or count up (how many > days since) in a cookie. I have not thought it a serious enough enough > feature to suggest it :)) ~~~ That's fairly eas

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-29 Thread Mark Partous
Hello Bill, Friday, August 29, 2008, 9:18:37 AM, you wrote: BM> For instance, the text "already living days and xxx hours" probably BM> needed to be updated just before the macro put it into the message. That's BM> the use of an external program. %DaysTo("01/01/09") days remaining in 2008.

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-29 Thread Bill McQuillan
On Thu, 2008-08-28, Thomas Fernandez wrote: > That is already possible. I saw " days until Christmas..." or > "already living days and xxx hours" on this list or on TBOT. > Again, this is made an internal command (template macro) which > requests the information from outside and puts it

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Rick, On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 22:07:56 -0400 GMT (29/08/2008, 09:07 +0700 GMT), Rick wrote: R> Interesting ... I have thought it would be interesting to have a R> counter - count down to an event for instance or count up (how many R> days since) in a cookie. I have not thought it a serious enou

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Rick
> Hello Jens, > On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:27:09 +0200 GMT (29/08/2008, 02:27 +0700 GMT), > Jens Franik wrote: >>> Can you help my imagination and describe a scenario? JF>> Insert a whois lookup, insert Statistic of something, ... > And you want to insert all this through an external command withou

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jens, On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 21:27:09 +0200 GMT (29/08/2008, 02:27 +0700 GMT), Jens Franik wrote: >> Can you help my imagination and describe a scenario? JF> Insert a whois lookup, insert Statistic of something, ... And you want to insert all this through an external command without the temp

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Rick
> Hi, > on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:42:28 +0200GMT I wrote: PM>> on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:23:24 -0400GMT (28.08.2008, 18:23 +0200GMT here), PM>> you wrote: R>>> Is there any easy way from within The Bat to cycle through cookies? R>>> Let's say I didn't want the one that was randomly attached to this

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread MFPA
Hi On Wednesday 27 August 2008 at 9:53:38 PM, in , Dan Lester wrote: > You can also do what I do, to install TB in a non-standard location, > that is always backed up daily, including program, mail, cookies, etc, > etc. Presumably, you could do the same if TB! is installed in the default locati

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Jens Franik
am Donnerstag, 28. August 2008 um 17:36 schrieb Thomas Fernandez: > Can you help my imagination and describe a scenario? Insert a whois lookup, insert Statistic of something, ... -- Mit freundlichen Grüßen Jens Franik mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Picture of me? X-Rogue http://www.de2all.de/Kr_bat.

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi, on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 18:42:28 +0200GMT I wrote: PM> on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:23:24 -0400GMT (28.08.2008, 18:23 +0200GMT here), PM> you wrote: R>> Is there any easy way from within The Bat to cycle through cookies? R>> Let's say I didn't want the one that was randomly attached to this R>> emai

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Peter Meyns
Hi Rick, on Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:23:24 -0400GMT (28.08.2008, 18:23 +0200GMT here), you wrote: R> Is there any easy way from within The Bat to cycle through cookies? R> Let's say I didn't want the one that was randomly attached to this R> email ... R> (It's in a file in an address book template)

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Rick
> Ah well, I experimented to see whether the original or the changed > text would be sent - and the unmodified version of my message made it. > So, it looks like the answer could be the %Run macro (from MyMacros). Is there any easy way from within The Bat to cycle through cookies? Let's say I didn

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Geoff Lane
On 28 August 2008, 17:08, Geoff Lane wrote: > I know that the sorting office filters can create a temporary text > file to contain the message content and pass the name of that file to > an external command as the first formal parameter. As I write, I've no > idea whether the external command can

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Geoff Lane
On 28 August 2008, 16:36, Thomas Fernandez wrote: > I see. I hadn't caught the gist of your question. > I don't see how an external command could technically do that, I think > the macro needs a command that requests the information. > However, I don't know how the macros and templates really wo

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jens, On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:54:14 +0200 GMT (28/08/2008, 18:54 +0700 GMT), Jens Franik wrote: JF>>> Is it possible to have a external Command executed and the Output of it JF>>> inserted into the Template? Would be interesting... >> You've been told about the %Put macro that offers the op

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jens, On Thu, 28 Aug 2008 12:49:23 +0200 GMT (28/08/2008, 17:49 +0700 GMT), Jens Franik wrote: JF>>> Is it possible to have a external Command executed and the Output of it JF>>> inserted into the Template? Would be interesting... JF>>> (i never did this) >> An internal command (%Cookie=)

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Dan Lester
Thursday, August 28, 2008, 5:33:09 AM, you wrote: > You can download them from http://thebat.zetema.de/zip/mymacros.zip > The ZIP file includes a 'readme' and a Help file which explains all > macros available in the set and how to use them. > See my signature :-) Is there a macro for iTunes?

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Jens Franik
am Donnerstag, 28. August 2008 um 13:32 schrieb Roelof Otten: JF>> Is it possible to have a external Command executed and the Output of it JF>> inserted into the Template? Would be interesting... > You've been told about the %Put macro that offers the optioon to > import text files into your tem

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Geoff Lane
On 28 August 2008, 12:33, MAU wrote: > The macro set "MyMacros" for The Bat! includes two macros specific for > Winamp: > %WinAmpStatus > %WinAmpTitle > You can download them from http://thebat.zetema.de/zip/mymacros.zip > The ZIP file includes a 'readme' and a Help file which explains

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread MAU
Hello Geoff, > You might want to include some time-variable information, such as how > many days remain to an epic trip, or something as mundane as what is > currently playing on Winamp. See the last line of my sig? This was > created with a Winamp plugin called VTitleSpy that generates a text > f

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Jens, On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:18:06 +0200GMT (26-8-2008, 22:18 +0200, where I live), you wrote: JF> Is it possible to have a external Command executed and the Output of it JF> inserted into the Template? Would be interesting... You've been told about the %Put macro that offers the optioon t

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Jens Franik
am Mittwoch, 27. August 2008 um 09:25 schrieb Geoff Lane: > To insert the text output from an external > command, use the PUT macro, in my case it's: > %PUT="c:\temp\vtitlespy.txt" Thank you, this is one step ahead, now i only miss the syntax to call the command bevor. -- Mit freundlichen Gr

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-28 Thread Jens Franik
am Mittwoch, 27. August 2008 um 03:33 schrieb Thomas Fernandez: JF>> Is it possible to have a external Command executed and the Output of it JF>> inserted into the Template? Would be interesting... JF>> (i never did this) > An internal command (%Cookie=) will insert the cookie. Why would you > w

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-27 Thread Dan Lester
Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 10:43:21 PM, you wrote: > Just curious... why are they called cookies nowadays? > In the old days we spoke of taglines. My big file of those nice, bizar, > wise, humorious, etc. sentences is still called tagfline.txt, I started with > it as I still was in the pre-interne

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-27 Thread Dan Lester
Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 1:03:59 PM, you wrote: >> I find it best to store the cookie file as you do, in My Documents >> because it is backed up AND if you have to go to a new computer, the >> cookies are brought over with the other documents; not in a Program >> Files folder that is re-created w

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-27 Thread Maggie Meister
Hi Thomas, On Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 1:11:13 PM you wrote: TF> Another question: Are you subscribed to TBOT? No, not anymore. TF> I smell a fish... You're right. Apologies to the group. -- Regards, Maggie The cure for boredom is curiosity. There is no cure for curio

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Maggie, On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:03:01 -0400 GMT (28/08/2008, 00:03 +0700 GMT), Maggie Meister wrote: MM>>> The world is coming to an end - flush all buffers! MM>>> This appeared on a Unix system at 5:01 PM, just before the shaking MM>>> started at the 1989 San Francisco quake at 5:02. :-D

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-27 Thread Maggie Meister
Hi Thomas, On Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 12:04:01 PM you wrote: TF> Hello Maggie, TF> On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:17:06 -0400 GMT (27/08/2008, 21:17 +0700 GMT), TF> Maggie Meister wrote: TF> Rather than laughing, this just caused goosebumps over here. I hope TF> this is an urban legend! No, no

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Christopher, On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 23:53:41 -0500 GMT (27/08/2008, 11:53 +0700 GMT), Christopher W. wrote: CW> A word of caution: The Bat's random number generator has an ironic sense CW> of humor. If your cookies are like mine (sarcastic), you'll need to check CW> the cookie against the mess

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-27 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Maggie, On Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:17:06 -0400 GMT (27/08/2008, 21:17 +0700 GMT), Maggie Meister wrote: MM> The world is coming to an end - flush all buffers! MM> This appeared on a Unix system at 5:01 PM, just before the shaking MM> started at the 1989 San Francisco quake at 5:02. :-D Rathe

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-27 Thread Maggie Meister
Hi Christopher, On Wednesday, August 27, 2008 at 12:56:41 AM you wrote: CW> I assume it is an extension joke based on the name of a venerable Unix CW> program, fortune. The world is coming to an end - flush all buffers! This appeared on a Unix system at 5:01 PM, just before the shaking starte

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-27 Thread Geoff Lane
On 27 August 2008, 02:33, Thomas Fernandez wrote: JF>> Is it possible to have a external Command executed and the Output of it JF>> inserted into the Template? Would be interesting... JF>> (i never did this) > An internal command (%Cookie=) will insert the cookie. Why would you > want to use an e

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Christopher W.
Gunivortus Goos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> @ 2008-08-26 11:43 PM "Re: Speaking of signatures" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> . cookies. > Just curious... why are they called cookies nowadays? I assume it is an extension joke based on the name of a venerable

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Christopher W.
Gary Lucas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> @ 2008-08-26 12:58 PM "Re: Speaking of signatures" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I'm lazy, no right click is needed, and the randomness is actually fun. A word of caution: The Bat's random number generator has an ironic sense of h

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Gunivortus Goos
> . cookies. Just curious... why are they called cookies nowadays? In the old days we spoke of taglines. My big file of those nice, bizar, wise, humorious, etc. sentences is still called tagfline.txt, I started with it as I still was in the pre-internet network FIDO. She is

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Thomas Fernandez
Hello Jens, On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 22:18:06 +0200 GMT (27/08/2008, 03:18 +0700 GMT), Jens Franik wrote: >> There's a handy program for generating random cookies. It's called cookie >> jar and it's free. JF> Is it possible to have a external Command executed and the Output of it JF> inserted into t

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Maggie Meister
Hi Dwight, On Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 5:44:45 PM you wrote: DC> On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 12:58:46 PM, Gary Lucas wrote: >> I have >> Kookiejar put a random cookie in cookie.txt every 5 min. DC> and you are stuck with their cookies. With TB! you can have cookies DC> which are not just b

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Dwight Corrin
On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, 12:58:46 PM, Gary Lucas wrote: > Yes, but Kookiejar manages the cookies and selects them randomly. I have > Kookiejar put a random cookie in cookie.txt every 5 min. and you are stuck with their cookies. With TB! you can have cookies which are not just bland cookies,

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Jens Franik
am Dienstag, 26. August 2008 um 18:45 schrieb Gary Lucas: > There's a handy program for generating random cookies. It's called cookie > jar and it's free. Is it possible to have a external Command executed and the Output of it inserted into the Template? Would be interesting... (i never did thi

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Rick
> Hi Rick, > On Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 2:08:15 PM you wrote: R>> I use only the Bat. Whenever I compose a new message the template uses R>> the line: R>> %COOKIE="C:\Documents and Settings\Rick\My Documents\mail account exports\politics.txt" > I find it best to store the cookie file as y

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Maggie Meister
Hi Rick, On Tuesday, August 26, 2008 at 2:08:15 PM you wrote: R> I use only the Bat. Whenever I compose a new message the template uses R> the line: R> %COOKIE="C:\Documents and Settings\Rick\My Documents\mail account exports\politics.txt" I find it best to store the cookie file as you do, in

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Gunivortus Goos
Hi Gary, > Yes, but Kookiejar manages the cookies and selects them randomly. I have > Kookiejar put a random cookie in cookie.txt every 5 min. TBs macro grabs for every message randomly another cookie from the list. > If you want to pick them manually you can, but I have over 700 to pick from >

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Gary Lucas
On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, Rick scripted: > I only have about 35 but that is by choice. What is the advantage of > Kookiejar? I am asking not baiting. Thanks Greetings Rick, 14:10, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 I stand corrected, thanks to Gunivortus and Roelof. Apparently The Bat d

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Rick
> Yes, but Kookiejar manages the cookies and selects them randomly. I have > Kookiejar put a random cookie in cookie.txt every 5 min. Whenever I compose > a new message the following template adds it to my message. > %wrapped=%Cookie="C:\Program Files\KookieJar6\cookie.txt" > If you want to pick

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Gary, On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:58:46 -0400GMT (26-8-2008, 19:58 +0200, where I live), you wrote: GL> Yes, but Kookiejar manages the cookies and selects them randomly. I have GL> Kookiejar put a random cookie in cookie.txt every 5 min. Whenever I compose GL> a new message the following templat

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Gary Lucas
On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, Gunivortus Goos scripted: > But in TB you don't need that, TB has a built-in option for cookies. > Just gather your favourite cookies in a plain ASCII file (a .txt file, f.i. > made > with notepad) and save that somewhere, f.i. in your The Bat directory. > Then rightc

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Geoff Lane
On 26 August 2008, 18:20, Gunivortus Goos wrote: >> There's a handy program for generating random cookies. It's called cookie >> jar and it's free. >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/kookiejar/ > But in TB you don't need that, TB has a built-in option for cookies. > Just gather your favourite co

Re[2]: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Gunivortus Goos
Hi Gary Lucas, > There's a handy program for generating random cookies. It's called cookie > jar and it's free. > http://sourceforge.net/projects/kookiejar/ But in TB you don't need that, TB has a built-in option for cookies. Just gather your favourite cookies in a plain ASCII file (a .txt file,

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Rick
> I have noticed that you have a quote in your signature that changes > every time. How can I make one like that? I keep several different cookie files in a folder under "My Documents". I just have to path to them. I use a different one for different mail groups that I am in via address book templ

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Gary Lucas
On Tuesday, August 26, 2008, Chrille Andersson scripted: > I have noticed that you have a quote in your signature that changes every > time. How can I make one like that? Greetings Chrille Andersson, 12:43, Tuesday, August 26, 2008 There's a handy program for generating random c

Re: Speaking of signatures

2008-08-26 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Chrille, On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:57:48 +0200GMT (26-8-2008, 8:57 +0200, where I live), you wrote: C> I have noticed that you have a quote in your signature that C> changes every time. How can I make one like that? That being done with the %Cookie macro, in my case I'm using this: %Cookie="%

Mod: Reply for new thread (was: Speaking of signatures)

2008-08-26 Thread Roelof Otten
Hallo Chrille, On Tue, 26 Aug 2008 08:57:48 +0200GMT (26-8-2008, 8:57, where I live), you wrote: C> Hey Roelof, C> I have noticed that you have a quote in your signature that C> changes every time. How can I make one like that? Note: This moderator's interjection is a note to all readers and

Speaking of signatures

2008-08-25 Thread Chrille Andersson
Hey Roelof, I have noticed that you have a quote in your signature that changes every time. How can I make one like that? -- Regards, Chrillemailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Using The Bat! 4.0.28.3 Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 3 ___