Re: Programming Book Format Changes on BookShare
- From: "qubit" <lauraeaves@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: <programmingblind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:28:42 -0500
That's really unfortunate and something I would write to bookshare support
about. I have reported problems to bookshare in the past at
support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
and I always get a prompt reply, albeit not always action.
I think since this affects a large chunk of their subscribers, it would be
appropriate for more than one person to also send mail. They should know that
book formatting is being messed up by the markup.
Thanks for bringing this to our attention.
--le
----- Original Message -----
From: Richard Dinger
To: Programming
Sent: Monday, September 28, 2009 10:50 AM
Subject: Programming Book Format Changes on BookShare
I recently downloaded the first programming book from BookShare since they
changed their format last Spring. The book is C# in a Nutshell and I am using
the xml version of the book in IE.
The code segments appear to be all messed up. As near as I can tell any
whitespace is collapsed into a single space. Since this includes newlines,
lines are jammed together into single lines as if the code were just normal
text.
For example the following short segment:
class sample
{ // sample class
string n; // Name
double x; // Size
...
Appears as:
class sample { // sample class string n; // Name double x; // Size ...
Next, I re-downloaded "The Python Cookbook", which I already have in the
original format from two years ago to check it for change. I found the code
run together just like the C# book and the html header structure has changed
significantly.
This new format makes reading and understanding the code in these books
nearly impossible.
Is anyone else on the list having this problem?
Richard
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