George, Thanks for the concrete suggestion. Should there also be an "DBT and Importable Files (*.dxb; *.dxp; *.brf; *.bff; *.doc; *.wp; *.wpd; *.wp5; *.wp6; *.txt; *.---)" setting? I believe that this is more in line with what Ian was originally suggesting. - Peter -----Original Message----- From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 1:04 PM To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types How about......? DBT braille files (*.dxb; *.brf; *.bff) DBT print files (*.dxp) Word Documents (*.doc) WordPerfect Files (*.wp; *.wpd; *.wp5; *.wp6) Text Files (*.txt) My files (*.---) Where --- comes from a user defined list All Files (*.*) George. > -----Original Message----- > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan > Sent: 11 June 2004 16:58 > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > Jan & Lissa, > > I'm glad to see some of the trancriber community weighing in on this > one. > > Lissa isn't the only one that uses non-standard extensions. > They are in common use in France to distinguish between braille files > encoded as North American ASCII equivalents (.brf files) and braille > files encoded with a French system (.bff files, as I recall). > > Lissa and I had come to an agreement some time ago that her > non-standard extensions could be part of the "DBT can open these" list > of extensions, assuming that she doesn't mind NBP trade-secret > extension lists becoming public knowledge. > > Or what we might aim to do is to allow a local option to define the > extension list in an external file. This, in combination with > George's suggestion to make the "Show files of type" list stick to its > last-selected value, could make everybody happy. > > But I'd still need to know what is the most agreeable general list of > "File extensions that DBT can open". Perhaps I should take first > crack at definining it. (It's just a bit busy today.) > > - Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of JAN CARROLL > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:44 AM > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > Why would you want to use nonstandard file extensions. That > is scarey. I > also want the file extensions to be associated with its program that > created it. > > Not sure if I am understanding this thread of extensions but I want to > see DXP in print, DXB in braille and I want to be able to choose in a > drop box > All Files if i want. I believe 10.4 is already doing this. > > >>> lissa@xxxxxxx 6/11/2004 11:17:30 AM >>> > No! Some of us use non-standard extensions and would hate to see them > disappear from the File Open list. > > Lissa > > Peter Sullivan wrote: > > >Jack, > > > >The point I'm trying to get across on this thread is that it's very > >easy to fix, but hard to define. > > > >At the same time, remembering the "last file extension" filter, as > >George suggested, would mitigate the need to be exacting in the > >definition, because users for whom the definition is overly > restrictive > could select "all files" > >and rest assured that it would stay that way. > > > >- Peter > > > >-----Original Message----- > >From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >[mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Jack Maartman > >Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 11:12 AM > >To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > > >Definitely. Is this the same kind of behaviour we see in > giants, like > >MSWord or WordPerfect. Would this be easy to fix, without rewriting > >the entire source code. > > > >Regars to all > > > >Jack > > > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Ian Robinson" <ian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >To: "List DBTBeta" <duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > >Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 2:54 AM > >Subject: [duxhelp] File Open, file types > > > > > > > > > >>Hi, > >> > >>The File Open dialogue currently shows all files. Does anyone else > >>agree that it would be better if it only showed those file > types that > >>can be opened by DBT? > >> > >>In the event that a user does try to open, for example, a > .xls file, > >>no error message is displayed. The file just fails to open. > >> > >>Cheers. > >> > >>Ian > >> > >> > >>* * * > >>* This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. > >>* To unsubscribe, send a blank message with > >>* unsubscribe > >>* as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. 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