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| Name | Modified | Size | Downloads / Week |
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| README.md | 2015-06-25 | 3.2 kB | |
| LICENCE.md | 2015-06-25 | 35.1 kB | |
| Redstring.zip | 2014-11-15 | 21.5 kB | |
| Redstring-2.0.2-Setup.exe | 2014-11-15 | 10.3 MB | |
| Totals: 4 Items | 10.4 MB | 1 |
Redstring 2.0.2
Distributed by MousePaw Labs http://www.mousepawgames.com/labs
Description
Life is full of redundancy. Whether you need to write fifty lines of code that follows the same format, generate a thousand serial numbers from a pattern, or write eight hundred sentences for teaching the letter “D”, REDSTRING can help.
Installation
WINDOWS
PREREQUISITES: None known. The executable runs without Python being installed on the computer.
INSTALL: Run Redstring-2.0.2-Setup.exe to start the installer. All needed files will be installed.
RUN, WIN XP/Vista/7: Go to START -> MousePaw Labs -> Redstring.
RUN, WIN 8/8.1: Go to Start Screen, type "Redstring" to search for app.
LINUX
PREREQUISITES: Install Python 2.7 or later, as well as the GTK+3 bindings.
sudo apt-get install python
sudo apt-get install python-gi
-OR- sudo apt-get install python3 sudo apt-get install python3-gi
INSTALL: Download Redstring-2.0.2.zip. Unpack in your /home/ directory. The file "Redstring" is an executable Python file.
RUN: In a terminal, browse to your Redstring folder. cd Redstring
Execute the Redstring file. ./Redstring
RUN, UBUNTU 14.04/14: After following the above steps, lock the Redstring app to the Launcher. Close Redstring and click the Launcher icon to start it again. This should create a shortcut to Redstring in the Dash. You can unlock the icon from the Launcher if desired.
License
Copyright (C) 2014 MousePaw Games.
This software is licensed under the GNU GENERAL PUBLIC LICENSE, VERSION 3. A full copy of this license can be found in LICENSE.MD, or at http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt.
Development Notes
Redstring was written in Python 2.7 and GTK 3.8 (PyGObject), using...
Primary Development Operating System Ubuntu 14.14: http://www.ubuntu.com/
Integrated Development Environment NINJA-IDE: http://ninja-ide.org/
GUI RAD Glade: https://glade.gnome.org/
Testing Environment VirtualBox: https://www.virtualbox.org/
Windows Binary Creator Py2Exe: http://www.py2exe.org/
Windows Installer Creator InnoSetup: http://www.jrsoftware.org/isinfo.php Inno Script Studio: https://www.kymoto.org/
Other Packaging Tools ResourceHacker: http://www.angusj.com/resourcehacker/ ConvertICO.org: http://convertico.org/
Some code authored using Redstring 2.0.2... yes, this project is recusive.
The full source code is available at http://www.sourceforge.com/projects/redstring
Report Bugs/Glitches
Please submit bug reports at the project's Github page: https://github.com/mousepawgames/redstring
Jason C. McDonald would like to thank...
The team at MousePaw Games, especially Jane McArthur and Anne McDonald. http://www.mousepawgames.com/company/team/
The good people of StackOverflow for helping me out of a few big problems. http://www.stackoverflow.com/
The great guys on the #python channel, where I practically lived for three days https://www.python.org/community/irc/
(Special thanks to dash on #python for solving the project's biggest and most annoying bug.)