Dotan Cohen dotanco...@gmail.com writes:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
,[ aptitude show fbreader ]
| FBReader is an e-book reader.
|
| Main features:
|
| * supports several
On 2009-12-29 22:24 (+0200), Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
One possibility is to convert the book to LaTeX. It's often as simple as
adding basic LaTeX headers and
I use to print the HTML page into PDF and then open the file with Evince
(or any PDF reader). The output file usually keeps a very good format for
computer display reading, I mean, margins and text structure.
I used Open Office to export to PDF, but then the document is too
rigid. I cannot
I recall a decent little ebook reader in the ubuntu UNR release. It
allowed you to rotate the page 90 degrees on screen so you could hold a
netbook in your hand like a real book and have a realistic aspect ratio.
You could probably get the source from the ubuntu/canonical
repositories?
Do
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
vi :-)
I know that you are kidding, but Kate in VIM mode with a large Tahoma
font is great. It supports everything that I want in an ebook reader:
What's wrong with gutenbrowser?
I don't know! I've never heard of it until now!
It seems to have a problem searching the folders that I configure it
here, and it cannot reach the online servers as well. I will try to
fix that and see how good it is. Thanks!
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2009/12/30 Mark Allums m...@allums.com:
On 12/29/2009 2:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
Thanks.
Calibre
Thanks, I just tried Calibre. It does not
,[ aptitude show fbreader ]
| FBReader is an e-book reader.
|
| Main features:
|
| * supports several open e-book formats: fb2, html, chm, plucker,
| palmdoc, ztxt, tcr (psion text), rtf, oeb, openreader, non-DRM'ed
| mobipocket, plain text, epub
| * reads directly from tar,
2009/12/30 Teemu Likonen tliko...@iki.fi:
On 2009-12-29 22:24 (+0200), Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
One possibility is to convert the book to LaTeX. It's often
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:46:11 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
I use to print the HTML page into PDF and then open the file with
Evince (or any PDF reader). The output file usually keeps a very good
format for computer display reading, I mean, margins and text
structure.
I used Open Office to
Dotan Cohen writes:
Thanks. The program is a bit lacking as it does not support
bookmarks, and annoying as search terms stay highlighted
I may inadvertently start a flamewar, but Emacs has wonderful
bookmarking support. ``C-x r m`` to bookmark any *line* in any
readable file (including PDFs,
On 12/30/2009 9:58 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
2009/12/30 Mark Allumsm...@allums.com:
On 12/29/2009 2:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
Thanks.
Calibre
PDF is a presentation file type.
Not much editing allowed on it (you need a good PDF editor to edit these
kind of files, not easily available for Linux), but it's perfect for
reading.
I understand this. However, when reading I like to adjust the fonts
and colours based on factors such as
I may inadvertently start a flamewar, but Emacs has wonderful
bookmarking support. ``C-x r m`` to bookmark any *line* in any
readable file (including PDFs, as of Emacs 23) and ``C-x r l`` to list
all your saved bookmarks. I use it for reading just about everything
and am currently making my
Thanks, I just tried Calibre. It does not have an ebook reader, just
an organizer for different devices. But it will come in handy if I
ever buy that Foxit Reader. Thanks!
My mistake. However, it is a good library organizer, so I think it is worth
looking at. (I installed it for my
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
Thanks.
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On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
vi :-)
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Glenn English wrote:
On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
vi :-)
I would actually agree, but feels a little cumbersome i
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:24:28 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
I use to print the HTML page into PDF and then open the file with Evince
(or any PDF reader).
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:36 +0530, shampavman.cg
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Glenn English wrote:
On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something
What's wrong with gutenbrowser?
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On 12/29/2009 2:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
Thanks.
Calibre
Binary install
calibre has a binary installer that has been tested on a number of
Oh, I forgot, Calibre is in Sid.
Try Calibre, if you can use Sid. Or manually install it, per my
previous post.
Mark Allums
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