[bookport] Re: Bug or feature -- section tracking?

  • From: buhrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (Brian Buhrow)
  • To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 1 Mar 2006 07:57:34 -0800

        Hello Larry.  I just reverted my bookport back to release V2.1 and
tested the sectional behavior.  In V2.1, it works as expected.  That is, If
I jump to section 2, read continuously to section 3, and then press the
keys to go to the next section, it puts me in section 4.  Would it be
helpful if I walk through the various updates to isolate when it broke?
-Brian

On Mar 1,  8:20am, "LARRY SKUTCHAN" wrote:
} Subject: [bookport] Re: Bug or feature -- section tracking?
} That is not the way it is supposed to work, but I'm not sure that ever
} worked correctly either.
} 
} 
} >>> buhrow@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Tuesday, February 28, 2006 9:20:19 PM
} >>>
}       hello.  I've just taken the plunge and installed Beta
} V2.1.0.28.
} Previously, I was running Release 2.1.0.  I've been playing with some
} text
} files with section markers in them, and I notice one thing that seems a
} bit
} strange.
} 
}       The section markers these texts contain are the ones utilizing
} the 1+4
} keys for backing up to the previus section and the 3+6 keys to move to
} the
} next section.  If I jump to a section of text, using the 3+6 keys, and
} read, and I read beyond the subsequent section boundary, the next time
} I
} press the 3+6 keys to move to the beginning of the next section,
} rather
} than moving me to the beginning of the section following the section
} I'm
} currently reading, the Bookport moves me to the beginning of the
} section
} following the section I previously jumped to.  Let me illustrate with
} an
} example.
} 
}       Suppose I have text containing sections 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5.
} After I begin reading, at the beginning, I press the 3+6 keys to jump
} to
} the beginning of section 2.  Now, I read continuously, eventually
} passing
} through section 2 and into section 3.  At some point in section 3 I
} decide
} that I'm done with that portion of the text, and I press 3+6 to go to
} what
} I think should be the beginning of section 4.  Instead, Bookport moves
} me
} to the beginning of section 3.  Pressing 3+6 again moves me to section
} 4 as
} expected, but I'm surprised it doesn't just move me to the beginning of
} the
} next section relative to my current reading cursor.
}       I'm sure the 2.1 code would have jumped me to section 4 in this
} scenario, and I can reload the 2.1 firmware if people want me to
} verify
} that, but I'm wondering if this is a deliberate design change, or a
} consequence of other changes.
} -thanks
} -Brian
} 
} 
} 
} 
>-- End of excerpt from "LARRY SKUTCHAN"



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