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Originally Posted by rmichael
Hello,
I am on macOS 10.14.6, learning Calibre 4.13.0.
I have extracted an EPUB for a folder and opened it with `ebook-edit`, on the command line, as follows:
`unzip -d source The_book.epub`
`ebook-edit path/to/source`
I have made changes to the files, saved the book, and I see the changes in the source files.
How do I (re)build a new EPUB and PDF file?
If I start Calibre itself, the "source" book I opened via `ebook-edit` on the command line is not in the Library, so I cannot use "Convert Book" in Calibre.
I also do not see an option in Calibre to open a "source folder" as a book, as "Edit Book" (`ebook-edit`) can do.
As background:
I am working this way so that I can keep the source files in git and make commits as I adjust them. I am editing technical material on programming, and I want to send a patch to the original author.
I found that if I open the EPUB itself (not extracted) in Calibre, then used Edit Book, I was not able to tell Calibre about extracting the EPUB files to a folder so that I could stage and commit changes. Calibre only seemed to keep the extracted files in the Cache, and only while it was running.
Thank you
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You may want to check the
ePub Zip/Unzip AppleScript application for Mac OS X thread.
There is also the
[Plugin] FolderIn and FolderOut - Folder input and output plugins for Sigi if you don't mind using an alternate epub editor.