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rlauzon · 07-26-2006, 07:19 AM

Well, I've been playing with my 2.5 updated unit.

Text is now "readable" (for certain values of "readable"). The icon on the file list still shows "unknown", but when you select the file, something appears. In my case, it's a Project Gutenberg text file and I've made the lines break on paragraphs.

The iLiad doesn't wrap the lines, so they go off the right hand side of the screen. The point size is fairly small, but readable, and the "Font size" icons appear on the iLiad and they work.

I really like the status bars on file load. It was rather frustrating in the 2.4 version since I had no idea if something was happening after trying to load a document. I also like that the documents now load much faster.

But the find feature in xpdf is now gone. I used to be able to bring up a keyboard, press control-F and get a find box. That no longer works and is a necessary feature if you are going to put reference works on the iLiad.

Another "gotcha" is that you need to make sure that the expansion cards are NOT in the slots when you fire it up or it will never see the cards (at least that has been my experience). If I shutdown the unit, pull the cards out, fire it back up, then put the cards back in, it sees them.

I also don't like that it automatically creates a copy of a picture if you only view it (as opposed to view and edit).

07-26-2006, 07:19 AM	#97
rlauzon Wizard Posts: 1,018 Karma: 67827 Join Date: Jan 2005 Device: PocketBook Era	Well, I've been playing with my 2.5 updated unit. Text is now "readable" (for certain values of "readable"). The icon on the file list still shows "unknown", but when you select the file, something appears. In my case, it's a Project Gutenberg text file and I've made the lines break on paragraphs. The iLiad doesn't wrap the lines, so they go off the right hand side of the screen. The point size is fairly small, but readable, and the "Font size" icons appear on the iLiad and they work. I really like the status bars on file load. It was rather frustrating in the 2.4 version since I had no idea if something was happening after trying to load a document. I also like that the documents now load much faster. But the find feature in xpdf is now gone. I used to be able to bring up a keyboard, press control-F and get a find box. That no longer works and is a necessary feature if you are going to put reference works on the iLiad. Another "gotcha" is that you need to make sure that the expansion cards are NOT in the slots when you fire it up or it will never see the cards (at least that has been my experience). If I shutdown the unit, pull the cards out, fire it back up, then put the cards back in, it sees them. I also don't like that it automatically creates a copy of a picture if you only view it (as opposed to view and edit).