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bcrowell · 12-30-2011, 02:06 PM

Can calibre convert xhtml+mathml to epub 3 with mathml? Would I be able to open the resulting epub in calibre and have the math render properly? Since ebook-convert detects the desired output format using the file extension, it seems like there would be no way to say that you specifically want epub 3 output.

I guess it would also be nice to have support for epub 3's fallback mechanism for providing a bitmapped image on readers that don't support mathml. But even lacking that, I think it would be fun and cool to be the first kid on the block to be able to produce a valid epub 3 book with mathml in it. (One could always just distribute separate epub 2 and epub 3 files.)

The IDPF doesn't even seem to have included a sample with epub 3+mathml in their directory where they've made sample files available.

12-30-2011, 02:06 PM	#1
bcrowell Junior Member Posts: 7 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2011 Device: none	generating epub 3 with mathml? Can calibre convert xhtml+mathml to epub 3 with mathml? Would I be able to open the resulting epub in calibre and have the math render properly? Since ebook-convert detects the desired output format using the file extension, it seems like there would be no way to say that you specifically want epub 3 output. I guess it would also be nice to have support for epub 3's fallback mechanism for providing a bitmapped image on readers that don't support mathml. But even lacking that, I think it would be fun and cool to be the first kid on the block to be able to produce a valid epub 3 book with mathml in it. (One could always just distribute separate epub 2 and epub 3 files.) The IDPF doesn't even seem to have included a sample with epub 3+mathml in their directory where they've made sample files available.