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How do I, a non-programmer, write a script to click in sequence..
Hey, remember me and the shark game...I've kept at it on and off... I want to do the lots of everything thing again. This time I want to get up to a high climate level first. To do this, I want to just click through worlds to get to a high climate level. Can I use some sort of auto-clicker or program something simple myself to do this? So you don't need to know the shark game: THe question is, how do I get my computer to read the screen and repetitively click the right thing. [more inside]
ELI5 startup scripts
Our enterprise IT leaves shortcuts (Adobe, Zoom, etc) on my desktop with every update, so they reappear almost daily. Can I automate removing them? [more inside]
What Now?
Several posts back, I asked if I should try to get my play, (which is being turned into a musical, and which was based on a self-published book) produced in its own right. The responses were clearly toward getting it produced. So (after some fear-based procrastination), I got around to sending requests for information on how to do that to Dramatist, Pioneer, Broadway and Concord play publishers. [more inside]
Adding a script to MacOS 101
Both my personal and work laptops have the M1 chip and I use the HyperDrive 10-in-1 hub to connect two external displays to them. This means a couple times a day I unplug a laptop from its power supply and the hub and plug the other laptop into its power supply and the hub.
Plugging in the laptop comes with some lag in the connections to the monitors and my open applications end up on the wrong display. Can I create a shortcut or a script that will let me move an app and its windows to a specific display and maximize it in the window? [more inside]
How to read plays and scripts?
I've inherited a lot (100+) of plays and scripts. I'm trying to read them, but am having trouble getting through them. They're not my usual fare. Do you have any tips on how to digest this form of literature? [more inside]
How to Preserve Formatting
I am trying to combine two documents with different formatting. One is a theater script with its own character, scene, dialogue and screen direction formatting. The other is song lyrics with its own tabs and indentations for chords, lyrics and dialogue. Both documents need to look exactly as they do separately but need to be interwoven into one document the composer can use to help her with orchestration. [more inside]
Script to log out of Messages.app on macOS 11 Big Sur
I'm looking for a way to automate the mass sign out from Messages via Jamf. [more inside]
How to easily get multi-line passages from a text file in Bash?
One of my common Bash scripting patterns is like this:
shuf < playingcards.txt | head -n 3 to "draw" 3 random playing cards from a text file with all the card names on separate lines. Is there a similarly simple way to pick three random multi-line passages from a text file? I am OK adding limited special formatting, like opening and closing a multi-line passage with lines of squigglies or something. Thanks!Configuring Android tablet to load a WiFi device's webpage on startup?
What would the simplest way be to set up an Android tablet to, upon startup, run a script to connect by default to a Raspberry Pi's WiFi access point, and open up a browser window set to a simple webpage URL served off the RPi?
This way, the user would just have to turn on RPi, turn on the tablet, and after booting, the tablet would automatically connect to and act as an interface for the wirelessly-connected RPi. [more inside]
Name that Play Script
I'm trying to remember a one-act-type play script I read or saw in the mid 1990s, but given the situation, it was probably a relatively well-known play from anywhere from the 1960s to the 1990s. It is a small, intimate setting. There are four actors, and the entire play takes place at a restaurant table. [more inside]
Is Any Change Too Much Change?
I have completed a script. I want to submit it for copyright, and don't foresee any major changes to it, either in terms of its ultimate message or specific wording or structural layout. BUT, if I do have to make changes after it has been copyrighted, how much change can I make to it before I must apply for a new copyright?
Help me recall a play/musical about a crazed gunman and media sensation?
CW: Question below the fold discusses guns, shooting, killing, media sensationalizing and capital punishment [more inside]
Navigating Complexities of Web Development with Customers
I have the opportunity to develop a few basic websites for people/companies, which I'm pretty happy about. I'm new to this, and would like to do it more. There are a few logistical details with domain registration and money that I'd rather not stumble through out the gate. My main question is this: How do I navigate well with clients of various tech ability when it comes to deploying the product in relation to domain registration and ownership, and commitment to ongoing services, as needed? [more inside]
How to create a webpage with some simple scripting criteria?
I'd like to create a relatively simple web page that will be used to select choices from dropdown menus. Each dropdown menu will offer a specific set of choices based on what was selected in the dropdown menu above it. The final dropdown will contain items that the user can pick and the chosen items will be emailed to someone. [more inside]
Linux Bash - Write array contents to middle of existing file
Not sure if this is a failing in my Google-fu, a rare edge case, or if it's not really possible, but I'm trying to write a bash script that will write the full contents of an array into an arbitrary point in an existing file. [more inside]
Can you tell me what it says on this Russian snuff box from 1820?
Can you tell me what it says on this Russian snuff box from 1820? [more inside]
Deciphering 1790s German handwriting - what does this say?
Help transliterate or translate this handwritten, one-page German letter from 1792? [more inside]
Custom Script!
I’d like to draw a short sequence of pictures (say, a string of tickets) and then drag, copy and repeat that sequence automatically to write/draw cursive script. Is there a cheap/free software I can use to that end available for Linux?
Access database - photos, how to proceed
I have someone building me an Access database for my plant info and plant library - they haven't handled a lot of image data before so I'm hoping to smooth the way for them. I'm sure my query is all over the place so please bear with me. [more inside]
Add a bunch of self-signed certs to a Windows host
Can a script be written to collect self-signed certificates from a lot of hosts (like 200+), and then add them all to a single Windows PC's web browser (probably IE)? [more inside]
Two browsers talking to each other via a webserver on the internet?
Is there a JS/PHP library for a situation where two clients can talk to each other via a web server? [more inside]
What font is this?
How can I limit the chances of a writing partner ripping me off?
I'm talking with a couple of potential writing partners for screenplays/scripts. This has some good general information on best practices, but I've always been concerned with one possibility - what if the partner screws me over in some way? Specifically, is there anything (aside from finding someone who seems trustworthy) I can do to limit the possibility of the partner removing my name from a script we worked on together and submitting it as his own?
I need fonts to coordinate with Mirella Script
I need some fonts to coordinate with Mirella Script font. I am not a font geek, so I may not use the right words, but I have Mirella Script as a sort of display font on an image, like a title. I need a similarly scripty-font for a sort of subtitle, and a non-scripty font for something more like "body text." Free for non-commercial use, or pretty damn close. [more inside]
Is there a name for this script-imitation font phenomenon?
A once-common practice at ethnicity-specific restaurants (in America) seems to be the use of a font that evokes some aspect of the native script of that ethnicity. Three questions about this: (1) Is there a name for this phenomenon? (2) Is it generally regarded as appropriation? (3) Does it occur in scripts other than Roman (or near-Roman scripts like Greek and Cyrillic) as well? Like, are there Japanese Indian restaurants with names written in Devanagari-imitating katakana, or British pubs in Israel which have especially "Roman" Hebrew letterforms, or somesuch? [more inside]
Can you identify this script?
Help me figure out what to say?
I am looking for two or three sentences that I can literally memorize before I go to two conferences in the next few weeks, where I have to navigate a tricky business situation that has a personal component. Help. [more inside]
What's the code for "Late Bloomer"?
I'm 43 and want to learn to code for the fun of it...would love to hear from any non-coders out there who have successfully managed to do this. Can you give me an idea of what I can realistically expect out of this experience?
Special snowflake details after the jump... [more inside]
Peace, happiness and motivation in 25* words or less
I have some useful mental scripts that help me deal with irregular brain chemistry and other maladies. Things like saying "surf the emotion", or "it's just a thought. It's not reality" and "is this behaviour / thinking pattern helpful?" or "if you feel crap, clean the bathroom. You'll still feel like crap, but at least the bathroom will be clean." Give me more. [more inside]
Best Language or Platform for organic SEO?
tl;dr - Which platform or language will provide organic SEO and allow me to create modern and beautiful websites?
By "organic" I mean, I don't want to do SEO work after the site is built. I want to follow best practices while creating the URLs, tags, product description content, layout, etc. [more inside]
MEFITE: (posts on AskMefi) Why am I like this?
How did "PERSON: (action) Speech" become the convention for scriptwriting or dialogue writing, when that's not even how scripts are written professionally? [more inside]
Automate email to FTP file transfer
I have a vendor that would like me to place a daily report on an FTP server (either mine or theirs, preferably theirs). The only way I can do an automated export of this report is a CSV attachment via email. Is there a way to automate an email-to-FTP file transfer? [more inside]
script tease
What script is this painted text written in? This feels like an embarrassing sentence to write, but I suspect it's either a Brahmic script or something from Tolkien.
(Bonus question: What does it say?)
How to get jobs as a screenwriter/script doctor?
Simple enough -- how to get work in this line. Examples from real-life cases/people who did it are appreciated. [more inside]
How to fix this Automator script?
OS X Automator experts! I need help with an Automator script which will renames files to the name of the subfolder that contains them, move the renamed file to the main folder, and delete the empty subfolder. I've got it partially working but need help fixing it... [more inside]
How to make a perl script work for me
For a long time I used an online cutup algorithm to help me with my writing. This one to be specific. The way it was programmed totally hit the sweet spot for me but now it no longer works. At some point I had it up and running on my own computer using Filezilla server to run it as a localhost installation but now that doesn't work either. I've tried contacting the person who made it with no response. I've tried setting it up on my dreamhost space following tutorials but I know nothing about perl and I'm out of my depth. Anyone able to help me get it up and running in some way or tell me what's wrong with it? Thanks!
How to start difficult relationship conversations
I need to talk to my boyfriend about some issues in our relationship, but I'm notoriously bad at confrontation and I never know how to start the conversation. It doesn't help that from my perspective it feels like I have a bunch of complaints without solutions (other than "stop doing that"). I want the conversation to be fair and effective. [more inside]
Concurrent Dialogue Trees in Twine/Twine-likes?
I'm hoping to build a game prototype in Twine (or a similar friendly-to-non-programmers tool) but I'm not sure if it supports what I want to do. The snag is the game is designed around two concurrent dialogue trees that the player can hop between at any point. [more inside]
When to excuse myself from being MOH, and what exactly to say?
My question relates to my Previous Ask from January. The once-postponed, drama-filled wedding plans of one of my best friends since adolescence are now (allegedly) back on again! Looks like I may need to actively excuse myself from being the MOH this time, that is, IF this wedding actually happens... [more inside]
Looking for a back-up program or script to be run by a non-admin
I'm looking for a back-up program or script that can be run without needing admin rights (to install, even). I have taken the unofficial duty of backing up work files for my workgroup, and I'm looking for something smarter than copying everything once a month. More details inside. [more inside]
Is it protocol to turn treatment to tv script for free to get the job?
I met a guy who is producing a tv show - he has raised half the money to shoot the pilot and seems to be legitimate. I told him I was a writer and he expressed interest in having me on board as one of the writers for the show.
He then asked me if I could turn his treatment (the overall idea of the first episode) into a proper script format. He did not offer to pay for this and it seemed like it was a way of auditioning / interviewing me.
More details and my question inside.. [more inside]
Chinese translation needed for special painting
My father passed a few months ago and left behind a painting that he picked up while residing in China many decades ago. We don't know much about the story behind the painting but would at least like to know what the artist's name was. Can anyone tell us what the Chinese on the painting says? Picture links inside. [more inside]
>man grep
I’m trying to write a short shell script for Mac OS X that will disable CoreStorage. To do this I need to capture the first Logical Volume UUID (lvUUID) from the output of "diskutil cs list" and use it in an ensuing command.
I am having trouble though and it seems to be a simple issue with grep. Obviously still pretty new to the command line. [more inside]
Need a simple solution to a Wiki-style contact directory
I work in a medical clinic with a few other doctors, and we're trying to come up with a way to centralize our "favourites" when it comes to referrals -- which specialists do we usually refer to, where can patients go for physiotherapy, etc. I'm trying to find a simple way to implement this but so far not having a lot of success. [more inside]
Help me improve my script learning technique.
I have an audition coming up in 3 weeks for a play I really want to be in. I have a reasonable track record with auditions but my capacity to memorise script is not brilliant which is unfortunate clearly (!) and a worry. Specifically I notice I tend to get stuck on certain lines - why? Anxiety? [more inside]
Parsing movie/TV scripts
I have several scripts for movies and TV shows which appear to be in a standard tab-delimited format. I would like to get each character's lines alone into a new separate text document (likely via a computer script). [more inside]
Way to export patent data to XLS or CSV?
I need to get some patent data (Pat Number, Issue Date, Main Claim, Abstract, Forward and Reverse References) from about 100 patents into excel. Is there a site that does this for free? [more inside]
Help deciphering old-timey coroner's inquest?
I'm trying to transcribe an old-time coroner's inquest and, between the cursive script and the medical terms, I'm having difficulty with some words. Can you help? [more inside]
text that reads to different words depending on direction
What is it called when a word (or short phrase) is written in such a way that when reading it one way it says one thing, but then when you flip it upside down it reads something else (or even maybe the same thing)? The "reads different upside" is based upon how it is written (ie. how the letters are formed, creative scripting and connecting of letters, etc), not the letters (ie. the letter "O" reads the same upside down as right side up). I would love to have a ton of examples of this type of thing. [more inside]
My Geektool geeklet has mysteriously stopped working
I've been running Geektool on my iMac for years and suddenly one of my geeklets has stopped working for no apparent reason. It runs a command using curl that grabs text from a website and formats it. Oddly enough it works fine from a Terminal window. [more inside]