Right, there are more important things to do. The MDI will probably just be left as is for a while. John On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 03:10:11PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote: > I understand. I'm not really sure it is simple and-while I don't officially > have any say in the matter-my opinion is that there are more important things > to spend time and effort on. That's just my opinion for what it is worth, > maybe nothing. > > Besides, people can always open multiple instances of BB and get almost the > same advantages as an MDI. > > Keith > > -----Original Message----- > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of John J. Boyer > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 10:54 AM > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [brailleblaster] Re: MDI > > Hi Keith, > > The MDI shouldn't interfere if people open one documentj, so there is no need > to disable it. The fixes may be quite simple. > > I've also had good results translating large NIMAS files. > > Eventually BrailleBlaster will display images and will also be able to > produce tactile images on embossers that are capable of doing so. We will be > working on opening or importing archive files like NIMAS or DAISY. > > John > > On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 02:28:24PM +0000, Keith Creasy wrote: > > Just FYI, some of the large NIMAS files-over 2 MB-seem to just about bring > > down most of the software that I've tried to use. This is mostly because > > it's XML and has over 1500 images. I really can't imagine that many people > > are going to need multiple documents open at once-at least not in our > > context at APH. My suggestion is to make as much progress as possible > > getting a single document interface fully developed. Maybe keep the MDI > > framework but disable it for now. > > > > I was able to load and translate the 2.2 MB book with BB so that's a good > > sign. > > > > BB doesn't display images yet does it? That would be an important feature > > to add since describing the images is a lot of what transcribers need to do. > > > > Just a suggestion. > > > > Keith > > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:brailleblaster-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Vic Beckley > > Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 9:56 AM > > To: brailleblaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [brailleblaster] MDI > > > > I'm not sure if you are aware of this, but the MDI isn't working correctly > > at all. Here are three major problem I have found so far. > > > > When you have multiple documents open closing one document closes all > > documents. > > > > If you have a document open with text and Braille, then loading a second > > document with text and Braille won't load the Braille. > > > > If you have several documents open and try to save one of the documents, BB > > saves the wrong document. I tried to save document 2. It presented me with > > the name of document 1. I thought it just was confused about the name so I > > changed it to the name of document 2 and saved it. When I brought up > > document 2 again it was actually the text of document 1. > > > > > > 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 > > -- John J. Boyer; President, Chief Software Developer Abilitiessoft, Inc. http://www.abilitiessoft.com Madison, Wisconsin USA Developing software for people with disabilities