On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 9:01 PM, David Nelson <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jean, > > On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 11:42 AM, Jean Weber <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Is it possible to reorder the files within any one folder so that all >> the ODTs are together and all the PDFs are together, instead of >> sorting by filename (which causes the files to alternate ODT and PDF >> -- confusing to those who don't pay close attention. And/or can >> media.lo.org show PDF and ODF icons like alfresco.lo.org does? (Small >> icons are fine; they don't have to be big ones like on >> alfresco.lo.org.) > > On http://alfresco.libreoffice.org, the answer is already "Yes". If > you drop down the list at the top of the repository index (which will > currently be showing "Name") then you can choose the sort criterion > for the listing.
This doesn't work the way I would like. If I sort by "mimetype" all the PDFs get put before all the ODTs, but the PDFs are no longer in chapter order (nor are the ODTs). That is not acceptable. Is it possible to add a second sort criterion (filename)? Also, it looks to me as if the default sorting is by filename and that individual users can sort as they choose (if they know how). If this is true, then anything I might do to reorganise the list would not be visible to visitors to the site. Is this correct? >> BTW, I note that media.lo.org gives file locations sensibly, like this >> (though we'd need to get rid of the blank spaces): >> http://media.libreoffice.org:8081/details/English/Documentation/Getting%20Started%20Guide/Published%20v3.5/GS3501-IntroducingLibreOffice.pdf > > Getting rid of the blank spaces would entail renaming documents with > underscores used instead of space characters. Filenames already have no spaces. We'd just need to rename folders with underscores. > Alfresco > is mostly able to wrap around the way *you* want to work, and the > number of concessions you are obliged to make is pretty minimal... > > We would only have to arrive at a clear, comprehensive and > comprehensible set of specifications, and then things can be set-up > pretty much any way the team wants. Nothing personal, but I've heard that story before on any number of projects, and it's never turned out to be true. Always some critical item turns out to be not do-able for some technical reason and we have to compromise or find a workaround. I want to have a clear idea of what IS do-able before I spend time writing specifications. Hence all the questions, and a wave of the hands to say "all things are possible; just say what you want" is not reassuring. --Jean -- Unsubscribe instructions: E-mail to [email protected] Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/documentation/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
