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 Esper 2.4 (Downloads: 320)
A crude translator Esperanto To English and English to Esperanto. A crude translator Esperanto To English and English to
Esperanto. It works by looking up words in various
dictionaries on the web. It mindlessly translates word for
word.
(1) First download and install the lastest Java JRE
(2) Using WinZip extract the
files into the default com\mindprod\esper directory.
(3) Create a shortcut setting by right clicking the
desktop and selecting new shortcut.
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 FontSaver 1.4 (Downloads: 251)
FontSaver shares Font objects instead of creating new ones. FontSaver shares Font objects instead of creating new ones to cut
down on the RAM and time needed to create Font and Font peer objects.
Profiling often shows the creation of too many Font objects is the
cause of poor performance.
See the source code for how to incoporate it into your own programs.
It does nothing on its own....
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 Insult 1.9 (Downloads: 334)
Generates insults typical of those posted by Republicans in newsgroups. Generates insults typical of those posted by Republicans in
the alt.politics.bush newsgroup.
Java Applet that can also be run as an application.
You can run it without installing it at
mindprod.com/applet/insult.html
To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, (or similar unzip utility) into
any directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (user
folder names) option. To run as an application,...
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 HeapSort 1.7 (Downloads: 250)
HeapSort is an implementation of Williams and Floyd classic HeapSort. HeapSort is an implementation of Williams and Floyd's TopDown HeapSort.
HeapSort is a fast internal sort written in Java that uses a
sorting algorithm analogous to power struggles for higher
positions in a hierarchical bureaucracy. Source provided. It
is faster than QuickSort, but slower that RadixSort. It
sorts using a comparison routine you provide to compare two
elements to be sorted.
You can test it with:
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 FileIO 6.1 (Downloads: 592)
Generates sample Java code to do 617 types of I/O. I/O teaching tool that generates sample Java source code to read or write the console, a sequential file, a random access file, a String, an array of characters, an array of bytes, URL, HTTP CGI GET/POST, Socket, resource or Pipe. It shows you how to read or write ASCII-8 bit characters (plain or locale-encoded), Unicode 16-bit characters, raw bytes, big endian binary, little endian binary, or serialised objects, buffered, unbuffered or gzip compressed.
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 Rgrow 1.3 (Downloads: 212)
RGrow resizes fixed length records padding or chopping. RGrow resizes fixed length records e.g.
RGrow.exe MyFile.seq 500 600
will grow each record from 500 to 600 bytes by padding binary zeros.
Will also truncate records.
These are not the old and new sizes of the file, but of the fixed length records
in the file. If you increase the record size, each record will be padded
with nulls. The entire file will grow as a result.
This program may be freely copied and us...
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 Password 1.7 (Downloads: 553)
Generates random passwords that are hard to guess. Generates random passwords that are hard to guess. It uses a crytographic quality random number generator. The passwords are generated locally in a Java Applet. They are never transmitted over the Internet, even in encrypted form.
You can also run it as a standalone program, invoking it with
java com.mindprod.password.Password
or
password.jar
You can also run it online at the mindprod.com website without installing it....
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 Ini 1.4 (Downloads: 506)
Windows *.ini file verifier, tidier and sorter. Windows *.ini file verifier, tidier and sorter.
Tidies and sorts windows *.ini files, ones that look like this:
[section]
; a comment
item=value;
To use:
java.exe -jar ini.jar C:\somedir\somefile.ini UTF-8
Where UTF-8 in the encoding.
Opera uses UTF-8. You can leave it to the default for most others.
The original is named somefile.ini.old when you are done.
Don't run ini ...
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 FontShower 2.9 (Downloads: 500)
Displays all the fonts available to Swing in Java. Displays all the fonts available to Java on your
machine. Displays the fonts in a variety of styles, sizes
and colours, rendered either with anti-aliased or plain.
FontShower displays the fonts available on *your* machine
to *Java*. Other people will have different fonts installed
and will see different selections available via Java on
their machines. Your browser will see a slightly different
set of fonts than Java ...
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 Untouch 2.4 (Downloads: 440)
Reverts files dates back if the files have not really changed. Documentation on the original student project outline
mindprod.com/projects/untouchproj.html
This explains how it works and some of its uses.
Untouch supports the following command line switches which appear
before the directories.
-c or -clear = clear history first and take current file times as the new revert-to point.
-f or -force = revert files back to previous dates whether they have changed or not.
-h or -help =...
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 Dedup 1.5 (Downloads: 230)
Java command line utility to removes duplicate lines from text files. DeDup is a Java command-line utilty for removing duplicate
lines in text files.
The dedup process compares adjacent lines only. It does not
sort first. The comparison is case sensitive. It removes
adjacent indentical lines. It replaces the original file, so
do a backup first. You can dedup 1 to N files in one
execution, just put their names on the command line.
DeDup deletes blank lines from both the beginning...
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 Holiday Calculatior 4.7 (Downloads: 748)
Calculate when 66 holidays occur in any given year. Calculates when various holidays occur in any given year BC or AD.
Designed to be cannibalised to include the calculation routines in your
own programs. You might use it to prepare paper calenders well in
advance or electronic calendars. You might also use the logic in computer
programs that compute payrolls, bus schedules, or club meetings. You
might use it in writing novels or researching historical events. It can
als...
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 Honk 1.5 (Downloads: 245)
Plays one or more of the Standard Windows sounds or wav files. Plays one or more of the Standard Windows sounds, triggered
purely from the command line.
use:
honk
- Plays the default system sound.
honk SystemStart SystemHand SystemQuestion
- Plays the given list of standard system sounds (usually just one).
- they are case-insensitive (you can get the case wrong and it will still work).
Possible sound names are listed in the registry...
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 JarLook 1.2 (Downloads: 312)
Check that class target versions are as expected in a Java jar. Check a Java jar to make sure all the javac -target versions of
the class files are what you expect.
Java application.
Requires Java version 1.5 or later.
All Java source code is included.
to use:
java -jar jarlook.jar jartotocheck.jar 1.1 1.4
where jartocheck.jar is the name of jar to check.
It will check all the class files in it.
In this example:
1.1 is the low...
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 KeyPlayer 1.5 (Downloads: 386)
Java Keystroke and Mouse Event Tutor / Keyboard Diagnostic. Java Keystroke and Mouse Event Tutor / Keyboard Diagnostic
Application to let you experiment to learn how mouse and
keystroke events work. Output appears on the console.
Just click the mouse or hit keystrokes and watch what details
of the events generated.
To install, Extract the zip download with WinZip, available from
winzip.com (or similar unzip utility) into any
directory you please, often C:\ -- ticking off the (...
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 Sound 1.4 (Downloads: 249)
Create/synthesize sounds mathematically in Java. Sound lets you mathematically create sounds in Java.
You define your sounds in terms of 16-bit linear code for
the waveform, -- an array of samplings. The U_Law.class will
then convert that to (or from) *.AU mu-law 8-bit encoding
format which you can then play with
AudioPlayer.player.start(bis) in an application or with
Applet.getAudioClip in an Applet.
This is just a sample program. You would insert your own m...
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 Primes 1.4 (Downloads: 480)
calculates the prime numbers 1..N, tells you if N is prime etc. calculates the prime numbers 1..N, tells you if N is prime etc.
Prints tables of primes.
Computes the prime just below or above N.
It is useful in computing optimal Hashtable sizes.
Java source included....
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