Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows • Hacker News Board

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by michaelbuddy » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 10:11 PM UTC

hobs wrote: post #44

Havoc wrote: post #4

Nice list. Can't say I agree with everything, but preferences vary. I'd add though: ninite, notepad++, foobar, windows snipping tool and maybe cdxpburner. NB both CDXPBurner and Imgburner come with Opencandy adware in some versions and are sneaky about it.

If you like windows snipping tool, http://getgreenshot.org/ is an open source software that does all the things that snipper does, and more (like a snagit replacement). Window, region, freeform windows. Uploads to various services. Configuration to allow automatic save locations and types. I use it every day!

big fan of greenshot here. They've added good features over time. Now it captures transparent rounded corners and you can add shadows, ripping effects. I still with their text feature was stronger but it's certainly does the job. You can also share to a dozen different sources.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by JackMorgan » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 10:31 PM UTC

mistermann wrote: post #58

JackMorgan wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "NimbleText - Regular Expressions are hard and I'm not very smart. NimbleText lets me do crazy stuff with large amounts of text with it hurting so much [sic]." I couldn't even read this part without laughing, all I hear is: "I'm too lazy to spend a few hours learning the free, extremely powerful tools available to me, so I'll use this weaker substitute instead. And it's only 20 bucks!" I overcame my eye rolling, an…

If buying a tool for $20 gets the job done just as well and saves the "few hours" of learning how to do it so-called "properly", it seems like the correct decision to me. Based purely on this one single comment (which isn't much to go on to be fair) I wouldn't be giving someone like you too much broad authority on a project because you lack wise judgement skills in my opinion. Since you mention laughing at people, yo…

You sound quite offended, that was not my intention.

If you consider it wise judgment to pay money to spend a few hours to learn a less flexible, leakier abstraction rather than just spending the few hours, and gaining a lifetime skill, learning the high powered, free tool available, that is where we differ.

I don't laugh at people who don't know something, quite the contrary, there is little I love more than helping someone grow in knowledge. I laugh at a worldview that celebrates ignorance as if it were a virtue.

I have no doubt people laugh at me too, probably because I believe anyone can be better than they are, anyone can improve. I have high expectations for myself and those around me. And that, for a person who chooses a worldview that celebrates ignorance, can only be met with derisive laughter and ad hominem attacks.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by RexRollman » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 10:32 PM UTC

I don't use Windows all the time but I do have some favorite programs:

  Firefox
  Notepad2
  7zip
  Faststone Image Viewer
  Foobar2000
  Mame
  ExactAudioCopy
  FLAC
  LAME
  Jhead

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by JackMorgan » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 10:34 PM UTC

MichaelGG wrote: post #126

JackMorgan wrote: post #20

Earlier quoted context omitted.

> "NimbleText - Regular Expressions are hard and I'm not very smart. NimbleText lets me do crazy stuff with large amounts of text with it hurting so much [sic]." I couldn't even read this part without laughing, all I hear is: "I'm too lazy to spend a few hours learning the free, extremely powerful tools available to me, so I'll use this weaker substitute instead. And it's only 20 bucks!" I overcame my eye rolling, an…

After using ViEmu with VS, I can't imagine editing blocks or doing code-gen-like tasks without vim's macros.

Indeed, vim macros are mind bogglingly powerful for such a small investment of time.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by Already__Taken » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 10:48 PM UTC

Numberwang wrote: post #113

jhasse wrote: post #18

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Just tested: less than half a second (it basically came up instantly). I have a SSD though.

ST2 takes 8 seconds for me to start on my laptop. Notepad++ starts in 0.5.

Yes that's why this discussion is about ST3.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by alok-g » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 11:21 PM UTC

suhair wrote: post #40

toni wrote: post #35

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Still, it is nothing new, just a repackaging of old software.

I dont understand why repackaging is bad for Cmder. I was desperately looking for cmd alternative and found Console 2 a few years back. Then heard about ConEmu but it didn't made me even to try but Cmder did.

How would you compare Cmder and Console2?

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by MichaelMoser123 » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 11:41 PM UTC

I recommend far manager - http://www.farmanager.com/ It looks and acts like Norton commander for windows - in text mode; it has many plugins, can't live without it.

Another one missing is vim / gvim.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by nhebb » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 11:48 PM UTC

JackMorgan wrote: post #20

nhebb wrote: post #8

> "NimbleText - Regular Expressions are hard and I'm not very smart. NimbleText lets me do crazy stuff with large amounts of text with it hurting so much [sic]." In case it's unclear from the description, NimbleText is a simple code generator. It's saved me a ton of time and keystrokes. Well worth the $20.

> "NimbleText - Regular Expressions are hard and I'm not very smart. NimbleText lets me do crazy stuff with large amounts of text with it hurting so much [sic]." I couldn't even read this part without laughing, all I hear is: "I'm too lazy to spend a few hours learning the free, extremely powerful tools available to me, so I'll use this weaker substitute instead. And it's only 20 bucks!" I overcame my eye rolling, an…

> Am I missing anything?

You can embed javascript in the NimbleText substitution pattern, which lets you go beyond just matching and replacement.

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by Tyr42 » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 11:49 PM UTC

to3m wrote: post #15

I don't know why people have such a blind spot in this regard, but Visual Studio's non-support for word-wrapping comments is obviously shameful. It's utterly ridiculous that you have to press Return while writing comments, and then more ridiculous yet that you have to go back and re-wrap them by hand when they change! - and the end result of course is that people usually don't bother, with the wrapping becoming stead…

I know I use vim and shell out to fmt a lot when writing in TeX. Is there a version of fmt that is comment aware, or some flags to it?

Re: Developer and Power Users Tool List for Windows

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Post by Tyr42 » Sat, Dec 21, 2013, 11:53 PM UTC

iaskwhy wrote: post #134

A few more I use: SSH Tunnel Manager (open source). I don't really like managing tunnels via cmd so here's a GUI to do just that. https://code.google.com/p/ssh-tunnel-manager/ CryptSync (open source). This keeps a folder in sync with another one but encrypts the content of the destination folder. It's extremely useful to use with Dropbox where I keep everything encrypted. http://stefanstools.sourceforge.net/CryptSync…

Did you know about the snipping tool included with Win7? I think it replaces Greenshot.