epoch1970;407423 Wrote: > I like it a lot. > May I up the ante and suggest a header or footer with page number and > an index ? > Extra, the header could include, for example, the value relevant to the > sorting method for the 1st album on the current page, or for the 1st and > last of the page. > Then browsing is easier since it is relatively easy to spot in which > direction you should turn the pages when looking for something. > > Something like this > for alpha sort by artist "Gnaris Barkley - St. Elsewhere" or "Gnaris > Barkley to Goldfrapp" > and for sort by date: "1995 - Garbage by Garbage" or "1995 - Garbage > to 1998 - Gary Moore" > > Just my 2cts. I don't know how you've managed to generate the PDF, but > I know indexes, pages counts and dynamic headers are not the most > trivial parts to get right. > > (I hope it's portable, too -linux, mac) > > UPDATE. Ah yes, php. Does core php generate PDF? Or you're using > another lib ? (make it perl and that will be a tremendous plugin! And > Logi could sell a print service) > > I want to express my opinion on the interest of the booklet. I think it > can bring tremendous gain in usability for some users. Browsing a paper > catalog is so SIMPLE. And, it can be beautiful and inspiring -you've > already got this covered, it see, and FAST (with proper cues). > I have offered a slim system to my parents. They like the SB3 because > they can listen to any CD from the remote, and because it is reliable. > They are used to books, and much less to computer which are too > complicated. > I am sure they would be delighted using a paper catalog to make their > listening choices. Thanks for the ideas. I've also considered page numbers and an index/toc. Generally I would like to keep the layout as minimalistic as possible - with the aim of getting the maximum amount of albums on each page. But header and footer could to some degree be user configurable and then it's up to each individual. Somebody suggested creating "sections" meaning that artists starting with "A" and artists starting with "B" (and so on) are separated by a page break. This is nice since additions to the squeezecenter database will not imply a print of the entire catalogue again - "just" the corresponding section. The page numbering conflicts with this idea unless the numbering scheme is something like A - 1, A - 2, A - 3, B - 1, B - 2,... - any other ideas how to avoid this conflict? The "program" is a php-script and thus depends on at least a mysqli-extension as well as a pdf-library (TCPDF) - this is NOT an elegant solution but it's what I know - Unfortunately I don't know any PERL and furthermore I don't think PERL will play ball with the pdf library! Thanks for your ideas and inputs - I will put them on the to do list! /Tommy
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