Don't forget about other braille files, such as *.bfm, *.abt, and *.acn. Susan Peter Sullivan wrote on 6/11/2004, 12:38 PM: 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 * * * * This message is via list duxhelp at freelists.org. * To unsubscribe, send a blank message with * unsubscribe * as the subject to <duxhelp-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>. You may also * subscribe, unsubscribe, and set vacation mode and other subscription * options by visiting //www.freelists.org. The list archive * is also located there. * Duxbury Systems' web site is http://www.duxburysystems.com * * *