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Originally Posted by Jim Chapman
The 'library' list is just a list of all the files existing in some folder structure. About the only way to group the books into categories is to put them into different folders (then you can sort by folder name in the library view, in order to see the categories separately).
I'm of two minds as to whether I should build more sophisticated library-management into Freda, since it would mean implementing a database, plus a range of fiddly functions to spot files being added and removed, to keep the database in synch with the folder structure. And all this work would just give me something which is already done by other programs (Calibre on the desktop, WattPad on the handheld). I certainly won't be including it in release 1.1; after that, I guess I'll see whether it's something that lots of users are clamouring for ...
Thanks for using Freda,
Jim
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I'm no programmer, but instead of building a database, couldn't you just create a dropdown menu for subfolders, limit the initial list to books in the root book directory, and then display a new list when I select a different subfolder? I'm happy to manage the files in explorer. It's just that scrolling through a list of hundreds of books, even when properly grouped, is a little rough on the brain.
It seems like everything is in place except a slight alteration in how the information is viewed. And by slight I don't mean to low ball the amount of work, I'm just not sure why you'd need a database and extra functions. Couldn't you display the same information you're gathering now in a slightly different way? Not having the directory field on the display would free up extra screen real estate for title and author name as well.
Whether the feature comes or not, I do appreciate the program. My needs may not be mainstream, I get that, and I look forward to whatever path you take the program on.
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For some positive feedback, I've been using it for a couple of days now and it's really fantastic. In addition to being able to read full screen, I love being able to alter the way paragraphs display -- space inbetween, indent is how I read. I don't care whether background images come up anymore because I've found a color combo I love, black background, green foreground. It reminds me of the way my old Palm m500's (monochrome LCD) backlight used to work, and I consider it very easy on the eyes, especially for night reading before bed. I like the quick access to presets as well.