[Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?

Pasha Korber-Gonzalez pasha.pkconsulting at gmail.com
Wed Jul 28 14:27:12 PDT 2010


I second the vote for note tab lite.   This is my editing tool of choice
also.

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On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 2:26 PM, Jeremy McClanathan <
jmcclanathan at cdiengineers.com> wrote:

>   Fyi, excel is great for more complicated things, but when I do use a
> text editor for quick changes, I have been using a free one called Note Tab
> Light http://www.notetab.com/   It is a lot better than notepad.
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> *From:* Nick Caton [mailto:ncaton at smithboucher.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:02 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?
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> Thanks for the flood of responses everyone!
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> I had a hunch I might pick up something new – I didn’t realize a
> copy-pasted default would also paste as a default (green) input… doesn’t
> work in all cases (when the default is a non-entry/blank), but definitely
> handy to know!
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> I’ve also been hung up on notepad and didn’t realize you can simply open an
> .inp in excel for editing… oh, the possibilities!! =)
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> Much appreciated!
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> ~Nick
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> *From:* Steven Savich [mailto:ssavich at systemswestengineers.com]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 28, 2010 12:18 PM
> *To:* Nick Caton; equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?
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> Nick,
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> If I have a bunch of the same parameter to restore, right-click & restore
> in one cell, ctrl+c the restored cell, then ctrl+v the rest of the cells in
> the column and use arrow keys to advance to the next cells.  Don't know of a
> keystroke combination to bring up the cell-specific context menu, though.
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> Thanks for the tip about right-click and 'r', didn't know about that one.
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> Steven
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Jeremy
> McClanathan
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 28, 2010 11:45 AM
> *To:* 'Kendra Tupper'; 'Pasha Korber-Gonzalez'
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?
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> Another option is to use the search and replace function of a text editor
> to find the line of code and replace with a blank line.  Sometimes I will do
> this in excel, then run a macro to delete all the blank rows and clean up
> the file.
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> Jeremy
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> *From:* Kendra Tupper [mailto:ktupper at rmi.org]
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:40 AM
> *To:* Pasha Korber-Gonzalez
> *Cc:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?
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> You can also copy and paste the "restored default" in spreadsheet view with
> CTRL C and CTRL V. But you can only paste one cell at a time - it doesn't
> work with multiple selections. Its a bit faster than right clicking though
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> On Wed, Jul 28, 2010 at 10:38 AM, Pasha Korber-Gonzalez <
> pasha.pkconsulting at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I've tried and tested some hopefull-keystrokes to achieve the same thing,
> but I've only been able to get to where you are, 'right-click mouse & press
> "r".   But as I continue to get more practice (doing this a lot) I have
> gotten faster at the "click".  so, while it is still frustrating, it doesn't
> take as long as it used too.    lol
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> Ive also observed that by taking time to 'restore defaults' only once in my
> file and then use the aid of "user defaults", "global parameters", "user
> expressions", and "define link-ing" my inputs that I can stream-line my
> default inputs via these short-cut methods.  At least it has been working
> for me.   The clicking exercise of restoring-defaults only once in the model
> process is far more bearable.
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> pkg
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> *From:* equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org [mailto:
> equest-users-bounces at lists.onebuilding.org] *On Behalf Of *Nick Caton
> *Sent:* Wednesday, July 28, 2010 9:25 AM
> *To:* equest-users at lists.onebuilding.org
> *Subject:* [Equest-users] Hey, how do you guys restore defaults?
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> I learned a while ago that I can fly through spreadsheets and
> wizard/detailed edit screens restoring defaults by using my mouse to
> right-click a field and then using my other hand to hit the letter ‘r.’
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> It occurred to me that for spreadsheet edits where I’m alternately entering
> new values and restoring defaults, it would be handy if there was a
> keystroke-only manner to do this (i.e. not using the mouse)… something like
> ctrl+r or some other way to bring up the cell-specific context menu…  Feels
> kinda clunky everytime I’m in this situation…
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> Is anyone aware of any alternate methods to restoring defaults?
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> ~Nick
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