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Originally Posted by Wes Sterling
Thanks! To be honest, the thought of using the relative path didn't even cross my mind. I just went for the "So... how do I make sure Kindle is connected before I do anything else..."  Maybe I just skipped the obvious solution because I'm pretty much the only one in my family/circle of friends who knows his way around technology so I'm inclined to do anything as easy and self-explanatory as possible. At the end of the day, I like having control as much as the next geek but 9 out of 10 times just double-clicking something to get results beats a whole bunch of buttons. 
Also, at first I wanted to make the app with GUI and a choice of different formats. But it's midterms and there is always time for doing upgrades. |
I would say in your case, your method
is the obvious solution because it accomplishes your goals in terms of your target user - non-geeks who need things to just work.
I agree with control vs. ease of use - I used to use a python script to manage my Kindle collections, then Meme created a calibre plugin followed by a GUI version to do that. I'm very happy with the GUI plugin. I get a certain satisfaction from tweaking a script to do what I want, but once I've had my fun, it's nice to have something that just works.