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roger64 · 01-26-2014, 10:03 AM

Hi

@skreutzer

I am a Linux user, and I use mostly free software to produce EPUB (but not PDF...).

From LibreOffice I use a converter from odt to EPUB which produces very usable xhtml files (and a very correct EPUB2). I use Sigil to add any other features I wish.

The converter is writer2xhtml. It works well with OpenOffice, but you need a patched version for LibreOffice 4 and beyond because of a minor Java problem.

This software has not been developped for nearly 20 months and, as hard as I can, I got no news from its developper, Henrik Just, which is also the author of writer2latex. He just seems to have disappeared into thin air.

I know nothing about semantics, but maybe you could have a look at his efficient code (LGPL licence) to see what could be salvaged for further use.

01-26-2014, 10:03 AM	#52
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	Hi @skreutzer I am a Linux user, and I use mostly free software to produce EPUB (but not PDF...). From LibreOffice I use a converter from odt to EPUB which produces very usable xhtml files (and a very correct EPUB2). I use Sigil to add any other features I wish. The converter is writer2xhtml. It works well with OpenOffice, but you need a patched version for LibreOffice 4 and beyond because of a minor Java problem. This software has not been developped for nearly 20 months and, as hard as I can, I got no news from its developper, Henrik Just, which is also the author of writer2latex. He just seems to have disappeared into thin air. I know nothing about semantics, but maybe you could have a look at his efficient code (LGPL licence) to see what could be salvaged for further use. Last edited by roger64; 01-26-2014 at 10:07 AM.