[brailleblaster] Re: Latest BB build and translating opened files
- From: "Vic Beckley" <vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 8 Mar 2012 07:53:00 -0500
John,
The %appdata% system variable is the same in XP. The directory will be
different because the directory structure is different. For example, the
path on my XP VM is c:\Documents and Settings\XPMUser\Application Data. I
hope this helps.
Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
Vic
E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
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Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 7:22 AM
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Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Latest BB build and translating opened files
Hi Michael,
I just checked my Windows machine. The directories are as Vic described.
Does this hold for XP also?
Finding directories is handled by the BBIni class. There are getter
methods for the various directories. So the code for finding directories
is in only one place.
Thanks to you both,
John
On Thu, Mar 08, 2012 at 11:42:02AM -0000, Michael Whapples wrote:
> It probably is different for other systems as well. Should be simple
enough
> to solve for directories.
>
> John, to give you some hints: Find the OS by using the Java system
property
> "os.name", if windows then create the settings directory and other
> directories by using the environment variables like "APPDATA", if Linux
> then do as currently done and if Mac, well I cannot remember what
precisely
> Apple recommend on this one except in the past when it came up I remember
> even Apple weren't following that convention for all their software :-)
>
> I don't know how many places need to get at this platform specific
> information, but if its a number of places then you may want to create a
> seperate class to provide some of this (eg. a DirectoryProvider) and so
> remove repetition of code querying what platform one is using.
>
> Michael Whapples
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vic Beckley
> Sent: Thursday, March 08, 2012 10:55 AM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Latest BB build and translating opened files
>
> Hi John,
>
> The normal convention in Windows would be to put the bbsettings and bbtemp
> folders in the %appdata% folder instead of directly in the user's local
> folder. In my case this would be c:\users\vic\appdata\roaming. Most
> applications would create a folder there with the name of either the
> application or the company and put all the files needed for their
> application in there. This is not essential and it will work the way it is
> but would conform more to what is expected in Windows.
>
>
> Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
>
> Vic
> E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer
> Sent: Wednesday, March 07, 2012 4:07 PM
> To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: Latest BB build and translating opened files
>
> Hi Vic,
>
> The bug is probably pretty simple. I'll have a look. Anyway, you can
> always use the translate subcommand. Speaking of that, there is a new
> subcommand, checktable It checks a liblouis table for errors and prints
> error messages if it finds any. The syntax is:
>
> checktable tablename
>
> It needs a bit of work, but produces good results.
>
> John
>
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2012 at 12:20:46PM -0500, Vic Beckley wrote:
> >John,
> >
> >I know you are busy with other things now, but I wanted to let you know
> >about a problem I am having with the latest BB build. When I type in
text,
> I
> >can translate it just fine. However, when I open a file when I choose the
> >translate command on the menu, BB just disappears. It closes itself. I
> have
> >tried this with a couple XML files with the same result. There is no
error
> >log or any other new file created when this happens. Just FYI.
> >
> >
> >Best regards from Ohio, U.S.A.,
> >
> >Vic
> >E-mail: vic.beckley3@xxxxxxxxx
> >
> >
> >
>
> --
> John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
> Abilitiessoft, Inc.
> http://www.abilitiessoft.com
> Madison, Wisconsin USA
> Developing software for people with disabilities
>
>
>
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John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer
Abilitiessoft, Inc.
http://www.abilitiessoft.com
Madison, Wisconsin USA
Developing software for people with disabilities
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