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Originally Posted by dottedmag
Copy/move implementation from previous Madshelf version was ugly and quite non obvous (It was copy/cut/paste on files). Does anyone have ideas or maybe a working example of easy to use file operations on such devices?
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I interpret this a request for ideas of how to implement file management functions with only number keys for input.
Off the top of my head, the concept that comes to mind is a modal menu pick using a spike.
http://www.rosevines.org/blog/2008/6...ange-text.html
The way it would work would be that under a <file management> menu/pane one could select <tag>,<copy>,<move>,<delete>.
File management would be a three step process:
1- Select tag mode
2- Navigating the file system, each long-pressed file or folder would get added to a list of files on an internal "spike" file. This list could span the entire file system.
3- When done building the transfer list, selecting <copy>,<move>,or <delete> would present the file list and prompt for confirmation before actually carrying out the batch operation.
I know modal operation is not generally considered good UI design on PCs but, Linux or no Linux, ebook Readers aren't PCs.
<shrug>
Anyway, the spike concept is a pretty clean way to carry out repetitive functions, no?