Subject: cuecat readers and 2.6.x kernel - msg#00038

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Re: ISBN number - errant?

Hi, On 1/8/06, Rolf Marvin Bøe Lindgren <roffe-tNfNCQ8KSmuI6WJCb1EQGw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > "Lissa" <qibhom-EnPF47/3+YSD9iCl+R0B7w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: > > > google is not a valid search source for this kind of thing. A library > > catalog > > would be. You are getting it from the verso, not from the cover? Misprints > > are > > more common on the cover. > > I follow the very simple algorithm that I do the cover one first; if > that fails to validate, I look in the colophon, then I attemt Google. > > the ISBN in question is printed on the cover and nowhere else in the > book. Since some of Alexandria's sources allow such invalid ISBN > numbers, then the user should be able to override validation. > So just to clarify, here is the actual behavior: 1/ When adding books from the Internet (using the regular search dialog), when books providers return an invalid ISBN we ask the user to either reject the book or keep it anyway but with a blank ISBN. 2/ When editing the properties of a book (or adding a new book manually), you _must_ provide a valid ISBN, otherwise you can leave the field blank. But if you enter something on it, this must validate. I don't think this behavior is wrong. The user might be interested about invalid ISBNs, and I do not see why we would keep an invalid one in his/her database. But we can alter this behavior if it's really frustrating for users. Laurent

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bash-2.05b$ alexandria ----------------------- Alexandria just crashed ----------------------- Timestamp: Tue Dec 20 16:08:18 PYST 2005 Message: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) Backtrace: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/main_app.rb:528:in `move' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/main_app.rb:528:in `restore_preferences' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/main_app.rb:81:in `initialize' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:40:in `main' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria.rb:60:in `main' /usr/bin/alexandria:10 Release: 0.5.1 Uname -a: Linux onizuka-sensei 2.6.8.1 #20 Fri Jun 17 12:02:05 PYT 2005 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux -- Please report this dump to 'alexandria-list-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' with some additional information, such as the description of the crash and the steps to reproduce it (if it's possible).

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ISBN number - errant?

I have a book sporting the ISBN number 140212124. I can find the book by that ISBN number on Google. however Alexandria refuses to acknowledge it. bug? -- Rolf Lindgren http://www.roffe.com/ roffe-tNfNCQ8KSmuI6WJCb1EQGw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.dignus.no/

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Alexandria just crashed

bash-2.05b$ alexandria ----------------------- Alexandria just crashed ----------------------- Timestamp: Tue Dec 20 16:08:18 PYST 2005 Message: wrong number of arguments (1 for 2) Backtrace: /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/main_app.rb:528:in `move' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/main_app.rb:528:in `restore_preferences' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui/main_app.rb:81:in `initialize' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria/ui.rb:40:in `main' /usr/lib/ruby/site_ruby/1.8/alexandria.rb:60:in `main' /usr/bin/alexandria:10 Release: 0.5.1 Uname -a: Linux onizuka-sensei 2.6.8.1 #20 Fri Jun 17 12:02:05 PYT 2005 i686 Mobile Intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 2.40GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux -- Please report this dump to 'alexandria-list-GrnCvJ7WPxnNLxjTenLetw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' with some additional information, such as the description of the crash and the steps to reproduce it (if it's possible).