[olpc-help] Download/read a PG text in eBook mode: how?

[Steve Holton]

The object at that URL is a text document -- I just confirmed.
904 Kb.


On Dec 31, 2007 11:22 AM, M. Edward (Ed) Borasky <znmeb at cesmail.net> wrote:

> dpbsmith wrote:
> > This is a task I think the XO should be able to do... one that's almost
> within its intended scope... but I'm getting stuck repeatedly trying to do
> it. Could someone give me a step-by-step on how to get from point A to point
> B?
> >
> > Point A is http://www.gutenberg.org/dirs/3/1/7/3178/3178.txt
> >
> > If I navigate there in the browser, I see the complete text (about 900K)
> of "The Gilded Age," by Mark Twain and Charles Dudley Warner.
> >
> > Point B: I want to read it "in eBook mode" (with the laptop closed,
> screen outside, and only game controls accessible), while not connected to a
> wireless network.
> >
> > Obviously I'd prefer an XO-only solution, but this is really something
> I'm trying to do, and solutions that involve using an external computer to
> massage or transform the file are OK... I just want to get it done!
> >
> > Some sticking points: the journal entry just seems to be the URL
> browsing history, and apparently doesn't include page contents (and isn't
> accessible when not on a wireless network). When on a network, the XO will
> allow me to "resume" the page with Write instead of the browser, but after
> 20 minutes the Write activity is still "starting!" In the browser, there
> does not seem to be any way to select and copy text.
>

I'd suspect the 20 minute startup time is related to the memory/disk full
rather than a problem with this document.

-- 
Steve Holton
sph0lt0n at gmail.com
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