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This is an excellent concept. I wonder what the status of the Book Designer code is at the moment? Is it "abandonware"? Would there be legal ramifications if someone started messing with the code? I wonder how difficult it would be to get in touch with the original authors (Russian?) and get permission from them to carry on the good name and works of Book Designer? |
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Book Designer was developed by a Russian Group. All of the information is in the WIKI. I have tried sending email but never have received an answer. I have no idea what language or tool set was used. Getting the source code might be more trouble than its worth.
Using the pearl and/or java already available under a GNU license seems to make more sense. All HTML editors and browsers have similar sceens and tool bars. Want to try it? Charlie Last edited by crutledge; 07-20-2009 at 04:14 PM. |
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But there are any number of really clever, bright, and capable folk here at MobileRead who could do a lot of good with the Book Designer code, I bet! |
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you're concepts are very much useful! we appreciate your sharing of thoughts. these are important information we need to learn. |
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Wouldn't that insert a page-break at every paragraph? Apologies - I'm not terribly good at CSS!
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div.section { margin: 1em 0 0 0; padding: 0; page-break-after: always; } Where div.section is for chapters. So at the end of the chapter there is a page break. Regards, Alex |
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So would you then use this by saying:
<div class="section"> .... where you wanted a page break? |
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No, only for those paragraphs you code with <p style="page-break-before:always">, the rest you can simply code them with <p>. |
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I understand now - thank you.
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<div class="section"> <a name="preface"></a> <!-- Anchors go before headings --> <h3>Preface to this version</h3> <p> Major General Smedley Darlington Butler USMC was one of the most highly decorated military men from the pre-World War II era, and won two Congressional Medals of Honor. He served from 1898 to 1931 and saw action all over the world. </p> {Lots of text deleted} </div> <!-- End of Preface div; page break in CSS --> This is a small section of an ebook I uploaded in XHTML with CSS format in a post last night asking people to check out the template. You're welcome to download the zip file and look at the XHTML and CSS, and suggest any improvements or ask any questions. Regards, Alex PS I found three errors in the text when proof reading it on my Cybook. They have been fixed in the mobi version I'll upload later, but if you find any more errors please let me know. |
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<h3 id="preface">Preface to this version</h3> |
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I've had problems finding information about marking up with XHTML 1.1. Ronin has recommended w3schools.org; do you have any suggestions? Regards, Alex |
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PS I've found that Mobipocket often does not bold or size headings correctly when the anchor is after the hn tag, hence the comment. Is this problem overcome with XHTML 1.1?
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That's because when you jump to a location in the document in Mobi, it starts parsing the HTML from that precise point, so if you're "inside" a bold, header, or any other tag, it doesn't know. It's up to the document creator to ensure that all anchor tags are placed outside such formatting tags. |
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