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JSWolf · 08-05-2011, 02:18 PM

Here is what I do to tweak ePub. I uncompress the ePub using WinRAR but I do not extract META-INF or mimetype. I leave those be.

Then I use Notepad++ to make the edits to the ePub files as needs. I also use Firefox to view the XML files. Notepad++ supports tabs, regex, and search/replace across tabs.

Then when I am done or done enough that I want to check the ePub with ADE, I ZIP the extracted files back to the ePub. But if I've deleted any files, I have to make sure the sames files are deleted in the ePub.

So it works pretty well overall. It's not perfect as Firefox and ADE are not 100% compatible. But compatible enough to do what needs doing.

I know when I put back the files into the ePub, my changes are now there.

08-05-2011, 02:18 PM	#7
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,326 Karma: 145488914 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Here is what I do to tweak ePub. I uncompress the ePub using WinRAR but I do not extract META-INF or mimetype. I leave those be. Then I use Notepad++ to make the edits to the ePub files as needs. I also use Firefox to view the XML files. Notepad++ supports tabs, regex, and search/replace across tabs. Then when I am done or done enough that I want to check the ePub with ADE, I ZIP the extracted files back to the ePub. But if I've deleted any files, I have to make sure the sames files are deleted in the ePub. So it works pretty well overall. It's not perfect as Firefox and ADE are not 100% compatible. But compatible enough to do what needs doing. I know when I put back the files into the ePub, my changes are now there.