text formats supporting TOC and tables?

Skeeve · 03-01-2015, 01:22 PM

Hi!

While epub supports TOC and tables, I can't use this format for my purpose as it requires ZIP to create it. As there is just unzip and no zip on the PocketBook, my application can't create epub.

Is there any ebook format, supported by the pocketbook which can display (and format) tables and supports a ToC?

rkomar · 03-01-2015, 01:32 PM

If it helps, you can get zip for your PocketBook from here: http://www3.telus.net/rkomar/zip/

Skeeve · 03-01-2015, 02:03 PM

Thanks for that. But then I would need to provide the zip binary together with my "app".

So if there's a format not requiring zip, I'd prefer that.

rkomar · 03-01-2015, 02:29 PM

What about straight HTML then? fbreader.app will display those. I believe that the other formats are stored in binary files, and would need some other program to generate them.

Skeeve · 03-01-2015, 03:12 PM

I tried HTML but unfortunately it wasn't displayed as intended. All the CSS was ignored. Maybe I did something wrong - not sure.

Code:

 <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
 <!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/html4/strict.dtd">
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Sudoku Statistik</title>
    <style type="text/css">
    	h1.inhalt  {page-break-before: avoid; }
    	h1 { page-break-before: allways; }
    	table { 	border-collapse: collapse;; }
    	td { width: 1.5em; height: 1.5em; text-align: center; 	vertical-align: middle; }
    	td { border: 0.1em solid; }
    	td.t { border-top: 0.2em solid; }
    	td.r { border-right: 0.2em solid; }
    	td.b { border-bottom: 0.2em solid; }
    	td.l { border-left: 0.2em solid; }
    </style>
  </head>
  <body>
  	<a id="Inhalt:">Inhalt</a>
    <ul>
    	<li><a href="#Mag 2013 Heft_19 4_Extreme">Mag 2013 Heft_19 4_Extreme</a></li>
    	<li><a href="#Mag 2013 Heft_22 3_Hard">Mag 2013 Heft_22 3_Hard</a></li>
    </ul>
    <h1><a id="Mag 2013 Heft_19 4_Extreme">Mag 2013 Heft_19 4_Extreme</a></h1>
    <table><caption><a href="#Inhalt:">Zurück zum Inhalt</a></caption>
			<tr><td class="t l">3</td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r"> </td><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r"> </td><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r">7</td></tr>
			<tr><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   ">2</td><td class="  r"> </td><td class="  l">8</td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r">1</td><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   ">9</td><td class="  r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r">1</td><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r"> </td><td class="b l">5</td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  ">7</td><td class="t r"> </td><td class="t l">4</td><td class="t  ">6</td><td class="t r">5</td><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  ">2</td><td class="t r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r"> </td><td class="  l">7</td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r">3</td><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  ">3</td><td class="b r"> </td><td class="b l">1</td><td class="b  ">9</td><td class="b r">8</td><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  ">6</td><td class="b r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r">6</td><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r"> </td><td class="t l">3</td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   ">4</td><td class="  r"> </td><td class="  l">6</td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r">2</td><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   ">7</td><td class="  r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="b l">1</td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r"> </td><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r"> </td><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r">2</td></tr>
		</table>
    <h1><a id="Mag 2013 Heft_22 3_Hard">Mag 2013 Heft_22 3_Hard</a></h1>
    <table><caption><a href="#Inhalt:">Zurück zum Inhalt</a></caption>
			<tr><td class="t l">3</td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r"> </td><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r"> </td><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r">8</td></tr>
			<tr><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r">4</td><td class="  l">8</td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r">2</td><td class="  l">1</td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r">5</td><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  ">1</td><td class="b r"> </td><td class="b l">7</td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r">2</td><td class="t l">6</td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r">9</td><td class="t l">4</td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="  l">1</td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r"> </td><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r"> </td><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r">6</td></tr>
			<tr><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r">6</td><td class="b l">1</td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r">3</td><td class="b l">8</td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r">7</td><td class="t l"> </td><td class="t  ">4</td><td class="t r"> </td><td class="t l">9</td><td class="t  "> </td><td class="t r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="  l"> </td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r">1</td><td class="  l">2</td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r">8</td><td class="  l">6</td><td class="   "> </td><td class="  r"> </td></tr>
			<tr><td class="b l">5</td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r"> </td><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r"> </td><td class="b l"> </td><td class="b  "> </td><td class="b r">1</td></tr>
		</table>
  </body>
</html>

rkomar · 03-01-2015, 04:10 PM

I guess fbreader doesn't handle the HTML very well. I tried displaying your HTML in the browser on the device, and it seemed to look okay to me. I used the "Open with..." dialog in the library, and chose the browser from the list rather than fbreader. Perhaps you could launch the browser yourself from a script.

brucelee · 03-03-2015, 05:44 AM

If you're compiling your app you could use libzip.
You can get rkomar's prebuilt libraries from here: http://www3.telus.net/rkomar/pbimageviewer/libs/

jbacelar · 03-03-2015, 06:04 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Skeeve

Is there any ebook format, supported by the pocketbook which can display (and format) tables and supports a ToC?

Yes: fb2, with <section> and <table>

rkomar · 03-03-2015, 05:30 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by brucelee

If you're compiling your app you could use libzip.
You can get rkomar's prebuilt libraries from here: http://www3.telus.net/rkomar/pbimageviewer/libs/

I can't believe I didn't think of that.

It's good that someone else is on the ball.

Skeeve · 03-04-2015, 11:31 AM

Okay then:

Compiling - No. My "Application" is simply a shell script.

Browser - Tried it, but it's simply displaying unformatted text

Looks completely broken.

fb2 - thought of that too but couldn't yet find a good explanation in a language I understand how to create a correct fb2 file.

jbacelar · 03-04-2015, 12:06 PM

For starters: https://wiki.mobileread.com/wiki/FB2

I attached an example that I found out there.

Note: You must remove the .txt to read on the PB, with FBReader or CoolReader.

rkomar · 03-04-2015, 12:07 PM

It worked for me if I stripped out the first two lines (so that the file starts with <html>), and then ran:

Code:

/ebrmain/bin/browser.app /mnt/ext1/t.html

where /mnt/ext1/t.html is the full path to the HTML file.

Skeeve · 03-04-2015, 01:04 PM

I think I fixed the HTML by changing it to

Code:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd">
<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml">

P.S. Thanks for your help to both of you.

03-01-2015, 01:22 PM	#1
Skeeve Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 669192 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kindle 4.1.1 no touch	text formats supporting TOC and tables? Hi! While epub supports TOC and tables, I can't use this format for my purpose as it requires ZIP to create it. As there is just unzip and no zip on the PocketBook, my application can't create epub. Is there any ebook format, supported by the pocketbook which can display (and format) tables and supports a ToC?

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rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,985 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	If it helps, you can get zip for your PocketBook from here: http://www3.telus.net/rkomar/zip/

03-01-2015, 02:03 PM	#3
Skeeve Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 669192 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kindle 4.1.1 no touch	Thanks for that. But then I would need to provide the zip binary together with my "app". So if there's a format not requiring zip, I'd prefer that.

03-01-2015, 02:29 PM	#4
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,985 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	What about straight HTML then? fbreader.app will display those. I believe that the other formats are stored in binary files, and would need some other program to generate them.

03-01-2015, 04:10 PM	#6
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,985 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	I guess fbreader doesn't handle the HTML very well. I tried displaying your HTML in the browser on the device, and it seemed to look okay to me. I used the "Open with..." dialog in the library, and chose the browser from the list rather than fbreader. Perhaps you could launch the browser yourself from a script.

03-03-2015, 05:44 AM	#7
brucelee Addict Posts: 352 Karma: 188498 Join Date: Jan 2015 Location: Romania Device: Kobo Aura One	If you're compiling your app you could use libzip. You can get rkomar's prebuilt libraries from here: http://www3.telus.net/rkomar/pbimageviewer/libs/

03-04-2015, 11:31 AM	#10
Skeeve Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 669192 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kindle 4.1.1 no touch	Okay then: Compiling - No. My "Application" is simply a shell script. Browser - Tried it, but it's simply displaying unformatted text Looks completely broken. fb2 - thought of that too but couldn't yet find a good explanation in a language I understand how to create a correct fb2 file.

03-04-2015, 12:07 PM	#12
rkomar Wizard Posts: 2,985 Karma: 18343081 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Sudbury, ON, Canada Device: PRS-505, PB 902, PRS-T1, PB 623, PB 840, PB 633	It worked for me if I stripped out the first two lines (so that the file starts with <html>), and then ran: Code: /ebrmain/bin/browser.app /mnt/ext1/t.html where /mnt/ext1/t.html is the full path to the HTML file.

03-04-2015, 01:04 PM	#13
Skeeve Zealot Posts: 142 Karma: 669192 Join Date: Nov 2013 Device: Kindle 4.1.1 no touch	I think I fixed the HTML by changing it to Code: <?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?> <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"> P.S. Thanks for your help to both of you.