Yes, continuous page rendering would certainly be nice. The bits and pieces are in the backend, however, it would require a different caching policy plus the UI logic.
However, I've just tagged the status quo as "
Release 2012.03" and built a package.
You can download it from the download page:
https://github.com/hwhw/kindlepdfviewer/wiki/Download
News since latest release:
- DJVU support
- Human readable and editable settings files
- New key binds Home, used to exit program directly while reading
- One bug fix in fit-to-content mode
- Two bug fixes in two column mode
- Compile with optimization options enabled, much faster
- Jump history can be restored when you open the book next time
- Notes support for jump history. notes are auto generated according to the TOC section - where the page is in. you can change it by editing the book setting file (the one that generated in the same directory with your book).
- New two column mode without margins, invoked by Shift+F
- Improved file browser:
- Navigate throughout entire filesystem
- Manage unreadable dirs
- Show current path on last line;
- Add "single file mode": if kpdfview called without any file/folder param, open last viewed file;
- Bug fixes in reading Table of Content
- Duokan style menu item shortcuts
- Fast jump by percent, refer to the move section in Short Cut Guide.
- The behavior for page turn is now consistent with kindle native reader in fit_to_content_width mode. (i.e. do a real page turn until hit page bottom)
- You can now change default settings for your reader in .reader.kpdfview.lua. Refer to settings section of user guide.
- Manual page crop, refer to Short Cut Guide.
- 90 degree rotation support. Shift+K and Shift+J.
- Reading progress bar with Key Menu.
- Goto input box in reading mode.
- Rewrite caching strategy.
A special thanks goes to all the other contributors who made this possible. I hope it's fun for you guys too, but I really enjoy how this software evolved. I learned a lot of interesting stuff on the way.