1 Mar 02:19
1 Mar 02:59
Re: version 1.3.1 coming up
Hello, Robby! On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 05:19:12PM -0800, Robby Stephenson wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone have any niggling or mildly irritating issues that you want to > bring up before I have 1.3.1 out this weekend? I've got a few bug fixes and > updates, and it's about time for a new version. I've used Tellico to catalog my books. I don't have many (fewer than 150), but I could notice some stuff. Some stuff I would classify as mildly irritating are: * Sometimes when you are cataloging there are two cursors on the screen, one where you're typing and another one in another field. I swear to god this happens to me! * The focus seems to act “randomly” when I'm cataloging. For example, when you switch to another tab, the focus is where you left it when you were cataloging another book. * When exporting my book collection to an HTML file, books whose title contain a ";" don't get their own page (but they do show up in the list). But, man, Tellico is such a great program! Thank you! -- -- Adiel Mittmann
1 Mar 17:39
Re: version 1.3.1 coming up
Hi Adiel, On Friday 29 February 2008, Adiel Mittmann wrote: > * Sometimes when you are cataloging there are two cursors on the screen, > one where you're typing and another one in another field. I swear to god > this happens to me! :] The ways of the widgets are very mysterious! I try not to mess with them too much, the Qt/KDE libs do all the focusing and behavior stuff. Let me know if you spot something wacky though. > * The focus seems to act “randomly” when I'm cataloging. For example, > when you switch to another tab, the focus is where you left it when you > were cataloging another book. I think that's intentional on the part of the tab widget. The alternative is to force the focus to the first widget in the tab everytime, I guess? WOuld that make it feel more predictable? > * When exporting my book collection to an HTML file, books whose title > contain a ";" don't get their own page (but they do show up in the list). Whoops, I'll check that. I remember adding something to look for books with multiple titles, it may be over-zealous a bit... > But, man, Tellico is such a great program! Thank you! You're welcome! Thanks for the reply. Robby(Continue reading)
1 Mar 18:37
Re: version 1.3.1 coming up
Hi, On Saturday 01 March 2008 02:19, Robby Stephenson wrote: > Does anyone have any niggling or mildly irritating issues that you want > to bring up before I have 1.3.1 out this weekend? I've got a few bug > fixes and updates, and it's about time for a new version. When I add an SRU Server as a new data source and switch the format from MODS to Dublin Core, it does not remember it. To reproduce the error: New->SRU Server->Switch format to Dublin Core->OK->Apply->Modify ..and it's back to MODS. I also noticed the double cursor thingy, but I don't really mind. Thanks for all the good work. I've tried a lot of other collection managers and in the end I settled with yours. It's the best around. Oh, while working on my allmusic.com.py script (see kde-files) I noticed that when you add an External Application datasource and just tick e.g. Title and not explicitly retype the %1 argument, it does not work as expected. Well, at least not what I expected :) --Ivo
1 Mar 20:57
Re: version 1.3.1 coming up
Hi! On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 08:39:11AM -0800, Robby Stephenson wrote: > On Friday 29 February 2008, Adiel Mittmann wrote: > > * The focus seems to act “randomly” when I'm cataloging. For example, > > when you switch to another tab, the focus is where you left it when you > > were cataloging another book. > > I think that's intentional on the part of the tab widget. The alternative is > to force the focus to the first widget in the tab everytime, I guess? WOuld > that make it feel more predictable? Yes, completely predictable. > > > * When exporting my book collection to an HTML file, books whose title > > contain a ";" don't get their own page (but they do show up in the list). > > Whoops, I'll check that. I remember adding something to look for books with > multiple titles, it may be over-zealous a bit... That's exactly why there was a ";" in the title: my intention was to specify multiple titles. -- -- Adiel Mittmann
1 Mar 21:09
Re: version 1.3.1 coming up
On Saturday 01 March 2008, Ivo wrote: > When I add an SRU Server as a new data source and switch the format from > MODS to Dublin Core, it does not remember it. To reproduce the error: Fixed now. > I also noticed the double cursor thingy, but I don't really mind. If you notice where/when it happens, I could try to figure out what's going on. There should just be one cursor for the focused widget, as far as I know. > Thanks for all the good work. I've tried a lot of other collection > managers and in the end I settled with yours. It's the best around. Thanks! > Oh, while working on my allmusic.com.py script (see kde-files) I noticed > that when you add an External Application datasource and just tick e.g. > Title and not explicitly retype the %1 argument, it does not work as > expected. Well, at least not what I expected :) Right. The text widget has a hint that disappears when you focus it. The filter box in the main window works the same way. The intent is to offer a suggestion about what should be there without having text actually there to mess anything up. :) I understand the confusion... Robby
1 Mar 21:09
Re: version 1.3.1 coming up
On Saturday 01 March 2008, Adiel Mittmann wrote: > > > * When exporting my book collection to an HTML file, books whose > > > title contain a ";" don't get their own page (but they do show up in > > > the list). > > > > Whoops, I'll check that. I remember adding something to look for books > > with multiple titles, it may be over-zealous a bit... > > That's exactly why there was a ";" in the title: my intention was to > specify multiple titles. Have you changed the title field to "Allow multiple values" as well? Robby
1 Mar 21:37
Re: version 1.3.1 coming up
On Sat, Mar 01, 2008 at 12:09:49PM -0800, Robby Stephenson wrote: > On Saturday 01 March 2008, Adiel Mittmann wrote: > > > > * When exporting my book collection to an HTML file, books whose > > > > title contain a ";" don't get their own page (but they do show up in > > > > the list). > > > > > > Whoops, I'll check that. I remember adding something to look for books > > > with multiple titles, it may be over-zealous a bit... > > > > That's exactly why there was a ";" in the title: my intention was to > > specify multiple titles. > > Have you changed the title field to "Allow multiple values" as well? Yes. This way if I group books by title, I can find out all the physical books that contain, say, Plato's Symposium. I was taking a closer look at it and found that individual HTML files are generated for the first title only, but no hyperlink whatsoever shows up in the main HTML file for any multiple-title book. -- -- Adiel Mittmann
2 Mar 01:23
Re: version 1.3.1 coming up
On Saturday 01 March 2008, Adiel Mittmann wrote: > I was taking a closer look at it and found that individual HTML files are > generated for the first title only, but no hyperlink whatsoever shows up > in the main HTML file for any multiple-title book. OK, got it fixed to add the link for a multi-title entry. Thanks for the help! Robby
2 Mar 11:17
Re: version 1.3.1 coming up
>>>>> "RS" == Robby Stephenson writes: RS> Hi, Does anyone have any niggling or mildly irritating issues that RS> you want to bring up before I have 1.3.1 out this weekend? I've RS> got a few bug fixes and updates, and it's about time for a new RS> version. Hi Robby, I have a niggling issue with 1.3 and the ISBN lookup in conjunction with the webcam/barcode reader. Often during the process I'm trying to get the webcam focused and the light right to read the barcode of the book, the barcode will start feeding a constant stream of incorrect ISBNs to the "Internet Lookup" dialog in a row until the correct barcode is returned and finally found on (say) Amazon US. This results in a separate popup for each missing barcode entered, which overlay each other, and each of them has to be manually closed. Perhaps the dialog for missing barcode could be re-used and filled with the most recent missing barcode rather than a separate one for each barcode? Having a zillion separate pop-ups makes the mass-scanning of books quite tedious. Apologies if this has already been fixed in SVN. Otherwise 1.3 is working very nicely! Regards, Alex
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