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Also, not everybody has a Reader, and if one's to create a replacement for BD, one should support the other, more obscure formats. I plan to get to them all eventually. But creating a great epub editor is top priority. Creating an application that can replace BD for all tasks is number two. Number three is creating a body of portable, well-designed, well-performing and very well documented C++ code for all those formats, so other people can plug it in their own (open source) applications and have various output options. I expect that creating an editor that exports full-featured LRF will entail walking through the fires of Hell... there's very little documentation on it. So if I have to struggle to figure it out and support it, it would be great if I can spare other people the trouble. Oh, and I plan on providing binaries for Windows, Mac and Linux. There's been enough of platform-locked applications already... I don't plan on making another. EDIT: And thanks for the link to the poll thread, haven't noticed it before. Last edited by Valloric; 01-01-2009 at 02:52 PM. |
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i do recommend you take a look at what exists already before you get started, to save yourself some work if you can use existing tools. as i said, there are a lot of really conversion tools already that you might be able to build from or integrate into your tool. i really think you could easily replace bd by creating just an epub editor with additional conversion capabilities (that is one of the beautiful things about epub, after all...), and most of those tools are already available (calibre, mobi2imp, etc.) you might want to speak with nrapallo as well, he's one of the resident imp experts and he has authored quite a lot of conversion etc. tools himself, he might be able to give you some good info. i can't wait to see what you come up with ! EDIT ok, some of this was addressed while i was writing by your previous post, so you can just pretend i didn't say those bits. |
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We've also hit the classic converter vs editor debate. As a perfectionist, I want the text I edit in whatever editor I use to end up exactly that way in the format I want. Converters can't guarantee you that. They could change some minor things, and they usually do. If I go to hours upon hours of trouble to proofread a book I've scanned (for personal use), I do not want to have to go through it all again. The editor should be the last line of defense: when you get the text right there, it should end up that way in the resulting file. IMO, at least.
I do plan on using a wide variety of open source code to create all the other parts of the application. Like for instance wxWidgets for that native look-and-feel on all platforms. |
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01-01-2009, 02:57 PM | #21 | |
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however, no converter should modify the *text* of the book even if they might modify the format because of unsupported features. but, it is your tool, so you can do whatever you prefer. i was just trying to be helpful. |
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I welcome all suggestions/comments/criticism. That's basically the point of making an application open source, which the editor will be. And yes, I expect a multitude of problems will crop up with all the various formats out there, but it's a long ways of. I won't try to add more output options until I have a very nice epub editor, and I expect that will take some time all by itself.
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01-01-2009, 04:31 PM | #24 |
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Anotherchance, I finally got to open my 505 Christmas morning, and the first purchase I made was 3 of Jeremy Clarksons ebooks from Waterstones, I now have...world according to...riled up...and,....and another thing. If you happen to know of any others available for purchase I would appreciate the heads up, thanks.
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