I can't see how one can do more than simply make "Importable Files" cover files types which are known to DBT. For everything else, there is "All Files (*.*)" George. > -----Original Message----- > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan > Sent: 14 June 2004 15:52 > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > Except that we still don't have the magic list finalized. > Again, I'm working on other tasks; so I'll likely ignore > messages on this thread with lists of extensions. But I'll > be back to "harvest" them later. > > - Peter > > -----Original Message----- > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > Sent: Monday, June 14, 2004 10:52 AM > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > PERFECT! Problem solved! > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan > > Sent: 14 June 2004 15:49 > > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > > > George, > > > > I'm not joking at all. This, I believe, is exactly what > Ian suggested > > to start the thread. Only his list is even more extensive. > > > > The good news is that there wouldn't be any need to show the > > extensions as part of the user interface. The description > "Importable > > Files" would be enough. > > > > - Peter > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] > > Sent: Friday, June 11, 2004 6:31 PM > > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > > > Peter, > > > > You are joking of course - aren't you? > > > > George. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > [mailto:duxhelp-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Peter Sullivan > > > Sent: 11 June 2004 18:39 > > > To: duxhelp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: [duxhelp] Re: File Open, file types > > > > > > 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. 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