[brailleblaster] Re: Dropping the import item on the file menu

  • From: Scott Berry <scottbb1973@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 12 Mar 2012 17:06:42 -0500

John,
How would one know the script did it's job correctly? Are you going to actually have it where the fille is checked for consistency when imported or exported?



On 3/11/2012 9:10 PM, John J. Boyer wrote:
I think that importing different document types will be largely
automatic. The internal format of the BrailleBlaster word processor is
DAISY ZedAI. (However, right now it just accepts any xml document,
because liblouisutdml can handle most of the common varieties.) If it
determines that a document is not ZedAI it will call the
ImprotersManager in the importers subpackage. This will determine the
file type and use an appropriate converter, probably a DAISY script.
Unless someone comes up  with a good reason to keep the import item I
will drop it.

In a similar way, SaveAs will eventually call the ExprotersManager in
the exporters subpackage. This will pop up a dialog box similar to that
in MSWord, then use a conversion script.

John



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