[bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited

From: "David Tanner" <david-tanner@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 11 Jan 2006 22:36:44 -0600

I wonder how difficult it would be to have a command of some sort that would 
allow the user to give the file whatever name they wished.  an easy way, but 
probably not the most favorable, would be to have the first line of the file be 
the place where one could insert a file name.  So, you write your file, then go 
back to the top line and insert //*American History Notes for January 12 
2006*//.  This would then be interpreted by BookPort as the indicator for what 
you want to name the file.  If you didn't insert that line with the //* and *// 
at the beginning and end of the desired file name on the first line of the file 
then BookPort would continue to use whatever is on the first line of the file 
as the file name.



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Otto Zamora" <8zamora@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 6:46 PM
Subject: [bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited


: Hello,
: 
: Agreed.
: 
: Otto 
: 
: -----Original Message-----
: From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]
: On Behalf Of Barrett, Don
: Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:32 PM
: To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Subject: [bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited
: 
: You are probably the exception rather than the rule.  Most users, especially
: new ones, will think it's weird; I'm not picking on you, it's just that this
: is not how Windows works and I think the BP should be as seamless as
: possible in fitting into the Windows framework of doing things.
: 
: Don
: 
: 
: -----Original Message-----
: From: bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: [mailto:bookport-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of Walt Smith
: Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 4:19 PM
: To: bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
: Subject: [bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited
: 
: 
: I don't necessarily agree. While I occasionally find it irritating when the
: first line of the book is not the actual title, given the types of books I
: read most (Audible, text, braille), it normally is. I don't want to hear
: "dot txt" or something similar as I move through each of my file names. I
: would withdraw this, however, if the file extension were stripped off when I
: choose to send the file name as the title.
: 
: ----- Original Message -----
: From: "Barrett, Don" <Don.Barrett@xxxxxx>
: To: "Bookport (E-mail)" <bookport@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
: Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2006 2:44 PM
: Subject: [bookport] very non-standard, an old issue revisited
: 
: 
: I was helping a new user with the Bookport and came to see how non-standard 
: (at least to me) the "send filename as title" option is.  I personally would
: 
: like to see this gone, unless there are users who really like to see the 
: first line of the file as the bookport file name in which case it should be 
: left; I would be surprised.
: At least however, it should be checked by default for the new user; 
: unchecked by default makes it operate differently from any Windows-related 
: file transfer utility.
: Just my opinion I realize, but I think it unwise to force new users to tweak
: 
: the first line of every file they want to send to the bp just to get the 
: right filename on the unit.  Please check this by default.
: 
: Don
: 
: 
: 
:

References:
- [bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited
  - From: Otto Zamora

[bookport] Re: very non-standard, an old issue revisited

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