Mobi2IMP 9.4 with new Windows GUI & UTF-8

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

So is 9.2b good to use on non-UTF-8 PRC as well?

Now it is, as of latest edit to see post#45 above.

Also changed the 'cover_nr.html' to allow more space for cover images by replacing '2em' margin with '2px' margin. Now that's more to my liking!

[zelda_pinwheel]

oh my, you're going to hate me pretty soon i was just wondering, why does v9.2 not remember our selections, like v9.1 ? that was a really nice feature, for lazy / sometimes distracted people like me... if you make a 9.3, can we have it back ?

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by zelda_pinwheel

oh my, you're going to hate me pretty soon i was just wondering, why does v9.2 not remember our selections, like v9.1 ? that was a really nice feature, for lazy / sometimes distracted people like me... if you make a 9.3, can we have it back ?

Is this working now in version 9.3? I have to admit, I'm lazy too! (that's why this feature is there!)

[nrapallo]

Just fixed but not yet added to a full release:
- improve the removal of stray blank lines BEFORE a page-break that caused empty blank pages to be inserted into the ebook. Fixed for now in mobi2IMP.exe dos only (see Mobi2IMP-9.3b-dos.zip in post#1 above).

I will no longer change the GUI installer for minor bug fixes that do not change to GUI options screen. Instead, I will update only the mobi2IMP.exe in the 'Mobi2IMP/bin' directory. Unzip the highest version number followed by a letter in post#1 above into the 'Mobi2IMP/bin' home directory overwriting the old .exe. At the next release, these files will be deleted!

[nrapallo]

I've released Mobi2IMP 9.4 now, which has minor bug fixes and some enhancements.

Changes in this release:

• improved the removal of stray blank lines BEFORE a page-break that caused empty blank pages to be inserted into the ebook.
• By default, Mobi2IMP now pads images with white space to match the device's aspect ratio. It also now relocates links to images that pointed to between an illustration and caption as well as removes any blank lines there between. (zelda_pinwheel will appreciate this when re-converting HarryT's 'Austen' classics)
  To avoid these fixes, two new switches are added to not fix images or image links between illustrations and captions. Choose '--noimagefix' to not pad/resize images to device's aspect ratio and '--noimagelinkfix' to leave image link locations "as is" and not remove blank lines before captions.
• minor code clean-up and more informative messages.

Enjoy!

[zelda_pinwheel]

Originally Posted by nrapallo

I've released Mobi2IMP 9.4 now, which has minor bug fixes and some enhancements.

Changes in this release:

• improved the removal of stray blank lines BEFORE a page-break that caused empty blank pages to be inserted into the ebook.
• By default, Mobi2IMP now pads images with white space to match the device's aspect ratio. It also now relocates links to images that pointed to between an illustration and caption as well as removes any blank lines there between. (zelda_pinwheel will appreciate this when re-converting HarryT's 'Austen' classics)
  To avoid these fixes, two new switches are added to not fix images or image links between illustrations and captions. Choose '--noimagefix' to not pad/resize images to device's aspect ratio and '--noimagelinkfix' to leave image link locations "as is" and not remove blank lines before captions.
• minor code clean-up and more informative messages.

Enjoy!

oh, this sounds excellent, i can't wait to try it (and good timing, Harry has redone a couple of his Austen books and I have not yet had time to redo the imp versions...) and the link fix is going to save me a LOT of time !!!

I especially appreciate the switch to NOT pad the images, for cases in which i have embedded the images in the flow of the paragraph !

thank you again Nick !!!

[TadW]

Originally Posted by nrapallo

Just fixed but not yet added to a full release:
- improve the removal of stray blank lines BEFORE a page-break that caused empty blank pages to be inserted into the ebook. Fixed for now in mobi2IMP.exe dos only (see Mobi2IMP-9.3b-dos.zip in post#1 above).

I will no longer change the GUI installer for minor bug fixes that do not change to GUI options screen. Instead, I will update only the mobi2IMP.exe in the 'Mobi2IMP/bin' directory. Unzip the highest version number followed by a letter in post#1 above into the 'Mobi2IMP/bin' home directory overwriting the old .exe. At the next release, these files will be deleted!

nrapallo, are you using the Enhanced Message Editor interface? In some of your posts (like above) you're switching font sizes for words and letters, and I remember a similar problem when I tried to use the WYSIWYG editor. For now, I'll stick to the normal editor.

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by TadW

nrapallo, are you using the Enhanced Message Editor interface? In some of your posts (like above) you're switching font sizes for words and letters, and I remember a similar problem when I tried to use the WYSIWYG editor. For now, I'll stick to the normal editor.

No I am not using the Enhanced editor (maybe I should have a look see!).

No what you see is me SHOUTING important things that may get lost in the shuffle! The font changes are deliberate. They solved some issues with newbies a while back and I didn't have the heart to remove it. I like newbies and tailor to them!

Thanks anyways,

[JSWolf]

Please when you scale images, please take into account the size when there is no header generated. I feel I don't need to use a header as you should already know what book it is you are reading. So I don't use that option and won't be using it. To me, it takes up room best used for more text and larger images.

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Please when you scale images, please take into account the size when there is no header generated. I feel I don't need to use a header as you should already know what book it is you are reading. So I don't use that option and won't be using it. To me, it takes up room best used for more text and larger images.

I don't think too much is lost if I accomodate a small header as seen by these two comparisons of the chapter 8 illustration from Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. One is for the 1150 (noheader and withheader); the other for the 1200 (noheader and withheader). This is the maximum header that will be accomodated, i.e. header+<hr> option.

I think this is a good compromise.

Mobi2IMP 9.3 on its way soon...

EDIT: Oh, yeah, forgot to show one of the benefits of accomodating a small header. If you DON'T choose the header, then there is room for a caption if you remove the <BR> between the illustration and caption! See the two new pics (noheader+withcaption).

[nrapallo]

I've released Mobi2IMP 9.3 now, which has minor bug fixes and some enhancements.

Changes in this release:

• added UTF-8 encoding support recently implemented in Mobiperl by tompe.
• changed 'cover_nr.html' to replace L/R margin '2em' with '2px' to allow for bigger images.
• Allowed 'aspect ratio' used to fix image resizing issue to be tied to device output. For 1150 or 1100 output, an aspect ratio of 0.72 is used; whereas if 1200 is selected for output, it will be overridden by an aspect ratio of 0.79 (even for other output options within the same conversion). It will be better to not simultaneously convert a file, but rather do the 1200 first, then the 1150 or others.

[JSWolf]

Why is the 9.4 attachment not in post #1?

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Why is the 9.4 attachment not in post #1?

It's there now.

Thanks for the heads-up.

[JSWolf]

nrapallo ... can you make an option for Mobi2IMP to allow it to use Mobi2OEB since Mobi2OEB works where Mobi2HTML does not?

[nrapallo]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

nrapallo ... can you make an option for Mobi2IMP to allow it to use Mobi2OEB since Mobi2OEB works where Mobi2HTML does not?

Interesting substitute, since Mobi2IMP can't handle Huff-Dic compression whereas Mobi2OEB can.

I'll probably use an external converter from .prc to .html (mobi2oeb.exe) and then further process the extracted (resulting) .html with my perl script to go from (mobipocket-specific) .html to .imp.

I'll see what I can come up with. Now where to put that input switch for which .prc to .html converter to use...