There is a discussion thread about how to best handle PDF files here:
http://lists.laptop.org/pipermail/library/2008-October/000847.html
The problems you have identified are exactly the ones being discussed.
There are three basic issues: "downloading" extra copies; the need to
open through the Jo
Given the annoying behaviour of the bundle that seems like a good idea.
But I did like the idea of integrating the pdf with the browser library
stuff.
The idea was to distribute school manuals in pdf, each as a xol bundle
and have the children download that. Before trying the procedure, I
exp
Thanks! That worked.
But there are a few problems. I don't mind so much the extra clicks
necessary to install the xol, but everytime I click on the bundle's
name in the Browse activity, it _downloads_ the file. If the file is
already on disk why the extra downloads?
Next, the Reader activity
On 5 Oct 2008, at 17:48, Walter Bender wrote:
> You should only need an index.html file that points to your PDF.
>
>
> content="0;url=file:///home/olpc/Library/[bundle name]/[PDF
> name].pdf">
>
>
> In the library/library.info file, there should be an activity_start
> entry as per:
>
> activity
You should only need an index.html file that points to your PDF.
In the library/library.info file, there should be an activity_start
entry as per:
activity_start = index.html
In theory, make_index.py reads this line from the info file when
generating its index.
-walter
On Sun, Oct 5, 2008
I made a content bundle with a single pdf following the instructions at
http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Content_bundles. I then downloaded said
bundle with the browser, went to the journal and resumed. After
refreshing the browser home page, my bundle was listed under [Books] on
the left side. But wh
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