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Compare text files in SQL

Nov 11, 2007

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Here’s a quick hack that allows loading text files as tables in a sqlite database. Why? It’s pretty nice to compare files in SQL.
txtsql can be run as follows: txtsql.exe file.txt file2.txt …
Every text file is loaded as a table with two columns: row (line number) and data (the actual text). When saved with save [...]

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Viewer2 Build 3664

Oct 17, 2007

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PNG support (i.e. I rewrote the loader code so it’s easier to add more formats - contact me if you are willing to write a plug-in)
Image details when hovering over a thumbnail
Progress dialogs for various actions
Added a white border around thumbnails, seems to be in the vogue (you can disable it in the config)
When viewing [...]

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Viewer2 Build 3350

Oct 07, 2007

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Some adds:

IPTC keyword export and automatic import (enable importing by setting SyncIPTC to a non-zero value). Export the keywords with dbtool, check the manual for instructions. Happy now, people?

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Viewer2 Build 3321

Oct 03, 2007

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First of all, more eye candy (see the video). I hope it also makes things easier to understand in respect to where images go when sorting
The searching has split into two: Fast Search and Deep Search. Fast Search uses indexing to find files very fast and Deep Search is the old search which is slow. [...]

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Image retargeting

Sep 04, 2007

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Note: See below for the updated version.
I saw this video of a SIGGRAPH paper about image retargeting (high res version here, read the paper here), that is rescaling an image so that the algorithm keeps the interesting areas intact and doesn’t squash everything. It’s called seam carving in the paper.
The video made it look [...]

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