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SHOW HN2020
177points
44comments
#332of 3,028 in 2020
Top 11%of 2020 by points
How HN took it
LovedMost comments that take a side are positive
8 positive, 12 neutral or asking, 0 mixed, 1 critical, out of 21 comments about the project. Thread score +0.26.
Idea: 5 for, 1 againstExecution: 2 for, 0 against
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What people liked
Clever minimalism, under 500 lines of assembly
From 1 comment
Given that this is <500 lines of assembly this is frankly amazing given the overall complexity of the layout. Very clever.
vorpalhex on HN
Nice idea for quick personal tooling
From 2 comments
I wouldn't personally use this since my preference usually goes towards terminal UIs but I love seeing these personal productivity tools that people come up with. Nice work (and…
tastroder on HNThis reminds me of those old carpenter tools and worn workbenches. Deceptively simple and specific but its really a complex multitool full of subtleties embedded mostly in how…
rs23296008n1 on HN
Objections
Window handles must be updated manually
From 1 comment
I wouldn't personally use this since my preference usually goes towards terminal UIs but I love seeing these personal productivity tools that people come up with. Nice work (and…
tastroder on HN
Standard Windows messaging already does this
From 1 comment
Ehm, this just how windows work, you are having a hwnd (window handle) and message with optional parameters. There are hundreds of messages and WM_USER just defines start of…
stiray on HN
Requests
Remove borders from the multitail output
From 1 comment
This is great. Is there a way to remove those borders?
matheusmoreira on HN
Questions
How does the copy-template button relate to the window handle?
From 1 comment
> The buttons seem misaligned but there is logic in it. The buttons that has to do with the coutners are closer to the counters. And the buttons that expose the window handler…
saagarjha on HN
Alternatives named
multitail
From 1 comment
Cool idea. Here's how to do it in Linux with files: ``` # create the "counters" touch {01..16} # use multitail to show all counters in a grid, 4 columns multitail -s 4 * ``` Now…
Evidlo on HN
tail -f on multiple logs
From 1 comment
For what it’s worth you c an also do tail -f *.log (or equivalent) to tail multiple log files but it shows everything in a single stream instead of giving dedicated output…
memco on HN
tmux or screen panes
From 2 comments
Thanks for the heads up on multitail. Here are more multitail examples [1]. Also see the manpage. I had to install multitail from software repositories. You could also just make…
Fnoord on HNah wow great tip, I've done this with tmux / screen earlier and it's really neat when you want to watch multiple log files at the same time.
rijoja on HN
zenity or yad dialogs
From 2 comments
You can also have nice dialogs by using dialog/xdialog/zenity. For example, you can use named pipes and get a nice progress bar: ``` mkfifo progress cat progress | zenity…
Phrodo_00 on HNI always use YAD, a much more feature-filled fork of zenity. https://sourceforge.net/projects/yad-dialog/
brbsix on HN
Dear ImGui
From 1 comment
I've heard from game dev circles that some use Dear ImGui in the same spirit - as quick ad-hoc sort of GUI. A printf on steroids, if you will.
weinzierl on HN