On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 1:19 PM, Les Denham <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, 17 May 2013 12:31:31 +0200 > Jan Ulrich Hasecke <[email protected]> wrote: > > > So what are the plans for the future? I read about a GSOC project > > aiming to implement epub conversion in LyX. Is there a timeframe? In > > the road map of 2.1 epub is not mentioned. > I have faced the same problem myself, and have used the HTML route with > very little trouble and with very little effort. I simply export to > LyXHTML and import into Sigil. Some tweaking in Sigil is usually > desirable, if not strictly required. Sigil includes EPUB validation > with FlightCrew (which most publishers require), as well as the > capability to edit all parts of EPUB. > > Les (and all), this may be a silly question, but worth asking perhaps: could the "tweaks" to the XHTML code that you carry out in Sigil be easily avoided with some, perhaps minor, tweaks to the existing XHTML export? In other words: could we perhaps *completely* replace an ePub export function with a XHTML/Sigil export? Relatedly: can Sigil be used latex-style, i.e. as a converter/validator from the command line? Cheers, Stefano -- __________________________________________________ Stefano Franchi Associate Research Professor Department of Hispanic Studies Ph: +1 (979) 845-2125 Texas A&M University Fax: +1 (979) 845-6421 College Station, Texas, USA [email protected] http://stefano.cleinias.org
