[bksvol-discuss] Re: Lose the stripper!
- From: "Kenneth A. Cross" <crossk@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 11 Feb 2005 20:52:34 -0500
Understand that I, at least, regard the elimination of page numbers as a
major alteration for the worse.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Marissa Mika" <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 4:22 PM
Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Lose the stripper!
> Cindy,
>
> The stripper is intended to get rid of headers--which we receive a lot
> of complaints about when people read them with the start of every page.
> If the stripper isn't doing what it's intended to do, I think it's
> important that we at least gather some data about what it is doing and
> not doing.
>
> Given the fact that most people don't want to read a new header at the
> beginning of every page (which is what the stripper is intended to
> remedy), and that a global replace, when done incorrectly, leads to
> stripping out page breaks, I think it's worth asking whether or not the
> stripper can be salvaged for its intended use. That's why I've asked you
> all to pass along files that have been severely altered by the stripper.
>
> Thanks,
> Marissa
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Cindy
> Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 1:08 PM
> To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Re: Lose the stripper!
>
> I vote for scrapped. I don't really see what good it
> does. Maybe I just don't understand its function. My
> understanding is that it will strip headers if it
> sees repetitions but will leave things alone when the
> first word or character on each page is different.
> Which means that if the page number is up there on the
> first line with the header, the header will be left
> alone. Often, the headers are scrambled and so they
> are not repetitive, and then they, too, theoretically
> are left alone. So either the book goes to the
> collection with the headers intact, scrambled or o.k.,
> or we eliminate them manually or by doing a global
> replace with nothing.
>
> Am I missing something? Is there something beneficial
> to the book that the stripper does?
>
> Cindy
>
>
> --- Marissa Mika <Marissa.M@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > Hey Tracy,
> >
> > Rather than issuing a plaintive cry to the bksvol
> > list, how about we
> > tackle this constructively? Send me the validated
> > copy of a book that
> > you feel has been mutilated by the stripper and is
> > currently live on
> > Bookshare, so the two copies can be compared. Point
> > out where you think
> > the stripper did its unjust work, and then we can
> > evaluate it from
> > there. By using this evidence, we can begin to
> > figure out how the
> > stripper can either be adjusted or possibly
> > scrapped.
> >
> > Sound like a plan? This invitation is extended to
> > all.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Marissa
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > [mailto:bksvol-discuss-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
> > Behalf Of Tracy Carcione
> > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 11:18 AM
> > To: bksvol-discuss@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Subject: [bksvol-discuss] Lose the stripper!
> >
> > You know, I could validate faster, if I didn't have
> > to look at every
> > page to
> > make sure that damn stripper wasn't going to take
> > out text, not just
> > headers.
> > Tracy
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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