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Old 12-16-2005, 03:32 AM   #10
Laurens
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Originally Posted by mdb139
If I can be so bold as to request a feature. Short term, it would be nice if Sunrise could merely download a file and save it to the specified directory/filename (i.e., with no conversion) on a regular basis (scheduled).
Sorry, I'll have to deny this request. This functionality falls outside the scope of the application.

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Originally Posted by mdb139
The point being it would be really great to have one program that handled all of my news formats. I'm personally not using podcasts b/c I'm too busy to remember to download them on a regular basis, and I've so far refused to install dedicated software to download files on a schedule.
I understand, but I want to avoid creating a "Swiss army knife" application. It's fun to implement all sorts of cool features, but maintaining them can be a real burden.

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Originally Posted by mdb139
On a side note, I'm working on a (command-line for now) ebook converter that I should be wrapping up in a few days. I'm able to convert between TXT/PML/HTML/Mobipocket (basically HTML) format now. I'd love to discuss your HTML conversion scheme b/c I've found that it's a real bear to do manually.
TidyLib works really well for me. (Assuming you're using C/C++. There are bindings for other languages available.) Dealing with "HTML soup" manually can be a real pain.
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