This is a page of miscellaneous things I've written and developed over the years. They don't quite fit in with what I do now, but I don't have the heart to remove them. With some exceptions, most of them are old and unmaintained. If you find something useful here, fantastic.
Software
Legacy Desktop Apps and Utils (Windows, Mac and Linux/X11):
- 2Dirs1Cup — Compares two directory heirarchies for their contents.
- HoursCalc — Simple hours calculator to help with manual timesheets.
- RanPassUI — Random passwords and bulk passwords script generator.
- RReplace — Search and Replace in files and filenames, and more.
- Padded (Retired) — Fully featured, user friendly PAD File editor.
Dev Libraries and Resources:
- TclMacBag — Mac widgets with fallbacks for other operating systems.
- TclTalkback — Collect error feedback, similar to Micros—'s Crash Reporting.
- TclScoreProgress — A Tk Widget to measure task progress, including Success and Failure.
- TclAutoUpdateApp — provides Check for Update and Automatic Install/Upgrades.
- TclMiniSplash — Small, simple splash screen.
- PBar — A command line/CLI progress bar for Perl.
- PCFP command-line fonts for DOS — 5 fonts for classic 80x25 full screen mode.
- Blank Cursors — Handy dev resources in one small package.
Handy Scripts:
- lsop: LiSt Open Ports — A little cousin to lsof for Linux, but for network ports.
- Tcl MP3 Alarm Clock — Wake up to randomised tunes you like.
- USB Automounter — Mac-style automount for USB disks on Linux.
- HTML Entity Encoder/Decoder — A way to obscure email addresses and other data from spammers and web scrapers.
Products and Services
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News, Views and Reviews
You might like:
- 'Canvas-Pocket-Reference' by David Flanagan — Reviewed: Aug 2015.
- 'Exploring Expect' by Don Libes — Reviewed: Aug 2015.
- 'Programming With Curses' by John Strang — Reviewed: Aug 2015.
- 'Tcl/Tk 8.5 Programming Cookbook' by Bert Wheeler — Reviewed: Mar 2011.
- Prettying up Tk menubars for use in X11 — Written: Oct 2006.