Creating Your Own Bookshelf File (Tru64 UNIX)
When you start Bookreader, the Library window opens and
displays a list of books. These books may be organized into
logical groups and stored in bookshelves. Bookshelves in turn
can be stored in libraries.
You can organize existing books and bookshelves by creating
your own bookshelf file and listing the books and bookshelves
of your choice in that file.
For example, you might want to create a bookshelf that
contains only those books you use often, or a bookshelf that
contains drafts or books you want to read only once.
To create any of these bookshelves, you must begin by cre-
ating a bookshelf file. A bookshelf can contain a collection of
books, and it can also contain other bookshelves.
To create a bookshelf file, follow these steps:
1. Create a file named library.decw_bookshelf .
2. Enter the names of the books and bookshelves you want
in this bookshelf, one on each line. The bookshelf file can
contain lines for the following entries: TITLE, BOOK,
SHELF. The syntax is as follows:
TITLE\symbolic_name\Title of Library
BOOK\filename\Title of Book
SHELF\filename\Title of Shelf
You cannot specify remote books by including a node and disk
in the file specification. To provide remote access to books
residing on OpenVMS systems, you must NFS-mount the
appropriate VMS file systems on your Tru64 UNIX system.
See the section Accessing OpenVMS Books from a Tru64
UNIX System in Adding Bookreader to Your Environment
for details.
Each line in a decw_bookshelf file consists of three fields
separated by a backslash. Bookshelf File Fields (Tru64
UNIX) describes the fields. Bookshelf File Example
(Tru64 UNIX) shows a sample bookshelf file.
Note
You can insert a comment into a bookshelf file by adding a
line that begins with an exclamation point (!). Bookshelf
File with Comment Example shows a bookshelf file
containing a comment.
Once you have created a bookshelf file, you can modify the
Library window display that Bookreader opens at startup
time by either adding your new bookshelf to the display or
replacing the default display with your bookshelf.