Noel Borthwick Posted November 22, 2019 Posted November 22, 2019 I recommend checking out Brian Eno's OBLIQUE STRATEGIES quotes... Originally released as a deck of cards with 500 quotes, these have grown and been updated. I've put them into a text file that you can conveniently use to replace the stock built in ones in Cakewalk. (We added affirmations to the startup toast notifications last year) To check these out, simply copy the attached ProjectOpenNotification.txt file to this folder:%APPDATA%\Cakewalk\Cakewalk Core Just type that path into the Windows search bar and it should take you to that folder. Then save the attached text file to that folder. This will override the default built in notifications. You should get a sometimes cryptic but always thoughtful random oblique quote the next time you open a project file. (assuming that you have notifications enabled in preferences | customization | display) You can even add your own quotes to that list or make up your own list of creativity tips. I've had these on for a long time now and they never fail to entertain or inspire. YMMV PS: The original Oblique Strategies deck is still available from Brian's website. ProjectOpenNotification.txt 9 5
sven450 Posted November 24, 2019 Posted November 24, 2019 Very cool. Just did this and it worked a charm.
JoseC Posted November 25, 2019 Posted November 25, 2019 There used to be a free Oblique Strategies app in the Apple Store. I don't know if it is still there. I just checked and there are several apps for Android in the Play Store, too. 1
backwoods Posted November 25, 2019 Posted November 25, 2019 Hate to be a killjoy but the affirmation quotes are corny! Love toast notifications, hate the attendant affirmations Wish we could disable the quotes wihout disabling toast popups
user905133 Posted November 25, 2019 Posted November 25, 2019 (edited) 1 hour ago, backwoods said: Hate to be a killjoy but the affirmation quotes are corny! Love toast notifications, hate the attendant affirmations Wish we could disable the quotes wihout disabling toast popups Why not just create your own file with religious quotations, anarchistic quotations, riddles, anything? Edited November 26, 2019 by User 905133 to add a screen shot
57Gregy Posted November 25, 2019 Posted November 25, 2019 1 hour ago, backwoods said: Hate to be a killjoy but the affirmation quotes are corny! Love toast notifications, hate the attendant affirmations Wish we could disable the quotes wihout disabling toast popups Seems like Noel told us where to find them and add more, I suppose you could also delete them.
Noel Borthwick Posted November 26, 2019 Author Posted November 26, 2019 1 hour ago, backwoods said: Hate to be a killjoy but the affirmation quotes are corny! Love toast notifications, hate the attendant affirmations Wish we could disable the quotes wihout disabling toast popups It has always been possible to disable the quotes without turning off toasts altogether. "To turn off affirmations, leave the text file empty." 3
timboalogo Posted December 7, 2019 Posted December 7, 2019 Great idea, I used to use these! Works perfectly, unless the message is too long and goes to a second line ... Thanks, Timbo
razor7music Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 I followed these instructions and added the new messages--and they work great. Now I have an issue that just started appearing. After the project loads, the inspiration message pop-up never disappears like it used to. I have to x out of it. Does anyone else see this?
Noel Borthwick Posted December 11, 2019 Author Posted December 11, 2019 It should only stay if your mouse is over the toast message. If you move the mouse away it should disappear. 1
razor7music Posted December 11, 2019 Posted December 11, 2019 1 hour ago, Noel Borthwick said: It should only stay if your mouse is over the toast message. If you move the mouse away it should disappear. @Noel Borthwick Yes, it always has done that in the past, but now it doesn't disappear. Any thoughts?
razor7music Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 On 12/11/2019 at 10:48 AM, razor7music said: @Noel Borthwick Yes, it always has done that in the past, but now it doesn't disappear. Any thoughts? I'm not sure if this is expected, but when I added the quotes file it reset my display timeout to 10 seconds. I put it back where I had it and now it's all good.
Noel Borthwick Posted December 21, 2019 Author Posted December 21, 2019 @razor7music what display timeout are you referring to?
razor7music Posted December 21, 2019 Posted December 21, 2019 9 minutes ago, Noel Borthwick said: @razor7music what display timeout are you referring to? The project load and inspirational quotes.
Noel Borthwick Posted December 21, 2019 Author Posted December 21, 2019 Thats really odd since I have that file set and it has no effect on toasts timing out at all. 1
HIBI Posted April 7, 2020 Posted April 7, 2020 @Noel Borthwick I know it's kind of too late to ask, but I have just tried this. Japanese text is not displayed correctly. Seems text garbling. It is not supported 2 bytes characters? or caused by character code of text file? I have tried both SJIS and UTF-8. 1
Mark Morgon-Shaw Posted April 8, 2020 Posted April 8, 2020 This is cool trick, I only just saw it . I've added a few of my own...( i.e. things I have stolen from elsewhere ) Do or do not. There is no try Good musicians borrow. Great ones steal Beer & pizza go great together
Noel Borthwick Posted April 9, 2020 Author Posted April 9, 2020 On 4/7/2020 at 3:19 PM, HIBI said: @Noel Borthwick I know it's kind of too late to ask, but I have just tried this. Japanese text is not displayed correctly. Seems text garbling. It is not supported 2 bytes characters? or caused by character code of text file? I have tried both SJIS and UTF-8. Will look into it thanks for the heads up 1
Noel Borthwick Posted April 9, 2020 Author Posted April 9, 2020 @HIBI this is fixed for next release. 1 1
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