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Old 03-19-2010, 04:07 AM   #43
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Originally Posted by jusmee View Post
I think it's more likely that Coolreader examines what is in the file to find out how to display it. Most linux stuff does not depend on extensions to determine file type - that's a Window's infliction on the world of computing. The renaming trick is just to fool the host system into using Coolreader rather than ADE.
I believe this is correct. I tried renaming FB2s as TXT files (so I could examine the code on my reader) and it formatted them as FB2s anyway. I needed to paste the code into Word and save as "filtered Web page" before the Pocket Pro would cooperate and allow me to look at the groove-line XML tags that FB2 uses.

The ".fb2" extension simplify overrides the Pocket Pro's preference to use ADE for EPUBs. And as others have pointed out, Cool Reader 3 has added the ability to display EPUBs, something which CR2 lacked.

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