Travis Siegel dixit: > For what it's worth, epub books are already html. An epub file is just > a zip file renamed to epub.
This is not entirely correct. Most EPUB files contain HTML for the chapters, but the index is a home-grown XML file (toc.ncx, IIRC). I cobbled together a quick extract and convert utility that also replaces hardcoded nbsp with regular spaces as some ebooks mistakenly use them for layout (for justification), even though that’s the UA’s job. http://www.mirbsd.org/cvs.cgi/contrib/hosted/tg/unepub?rev=HEAD It’s very far from perfect but did the job with the few epubs I got from some other site (not fichub) but HTML is better, it’ll work in lynx directly. > Simply extract the epub file into a directory of your choice, and > generally (though not always) the html files are layed out in name > order, and you can simply open each one in your browser, or if so This is totally useless without the index because they can be in any order. You NEED the index to have chapter order. > http://www.softcon.com/files/softconreader.exe Looks like Windows® though. tl;dr: from a lynx user’s PoV, EPUB is a crude hack whereas proper HTML is preferrable as it works directly. bye, //mirabilos -- Gestern Nacht ist mein IRC-Netzwerk explodiert. Ich hatte nicht damit gerechnet, darum bin ich blutverschmiert… wer konnte ahnen, daß SIE so reagier’n… gestern Nacht ist mein IRC-Netzwerk explodiert~~~ (as of 2021-06-15 The MirOS Project temporarily reconvenes on OFTC) _______________________________________________ Lynx-dev mailing list Lynx-dev@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/lynx-dev
