Hello all,
I believe there are issues here which people haven't thought about when
considering the functions of the file manager. To start with, the file
manager will show you every file in a folder where the word processor will
only show you those files which you can alter in some way when writing in
them unless you wish to see hidden files. When in the word processer, I
would only want to see my written documents or those files I can read. I
don't wish to be bothered with application files or programs etc depending
on which directory I'm searching in. There are times I may wish to know
about files which affect the operation of the BN but generally, I am more
concerned about files I can read or files I write in. It is true the word
processer may not show a file with no extention and I can see where it
would be nice to be able to open the file. It really isn't hard to change
the filename so that the word processer can see the file and it can be
opened with it. I had to do this with a bunch of Blazie ttype files I
wrote but once I put a .brf extention on them, I could read those files. I
think too when one is copying, moving or otherwise acting on a file, these
files need to be acted upon without any risk of their being deleted or
written in during the processes of copying or moving. If you intend to
erase a file, that's a different matter. If in the file manager, how would
you want your file to be opened? You'd probably need a choice of the word
processor or book reader. There are times I use the book reader to open
the file so I won't risk altering it in any way.
I think Sarah's suggestion is the best I have heard, combining the word
processor with the file manager but then, I'm use to having the file
manager do the more complex stuff to files and being able to read and write
files in the word processer or simply reading files in the book reader
function.
Six point two has given Keysoft more ability for multitasking. One can
listen to MP3 files or audio streams when doing Email. There are ways to
insert calculations or at least the answer to a calculation into a
file. When in a file list, one can type the first letter of a filename and
it is right there unless one has more than one file which begins with the
same letter. So the BN does have a bit of a windows feel in that respect.
I tend to agree that the Keysoft suite of programs are simple to learn and
use and I have accomplished any number of things more quickly with my BN
M-power than I have with my PC.
HTH
Jim Aldrich
- [Braillenote] in defense of the file man... James Aldrich
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