Problems with ISBNs

Robby Stephenson robby at periapsis.org
Wed Dec 20 23:25:25 MST 2006


On Monday 18 December 2006 20:13, Todd A. Jacobs wrote:
> Unlike the previous poster, I'm using US English for everything, so I
> don't think it's strictly language-related. Since it also happens
> occasionally with keyword and title lookups, I think it might be a
> broader problem.

OK, if you can provide some examples, I'll take a look.

> Making the dialog selectable (e.g. XSelection), or automagically copying
> the items to the clipboard, might be easiest. Alternatively, showing the
> original list with the unfound items highlighted would make some sense,
> too. Either way, the point is that I shouldn't have to scribble ISBNs on
> a piece of scrap paper when Tellico fails. This isn't a big deal for a
> small handful of books, but sometimes I'm scanning in 50 books at a
> time. :/

Good point. :) Maybe the isbns that were found could be removed from the 
list? Assuming the next thing you want to do is a new search with a 
different source. Or maybe some buttons on a dialog...

Robby



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