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ok thanks jackie_w, i'll first check to see if someone is already working/fixed this for v5. I think if I do work on this in any case it'll be a slow project. I first need to get a lay of the land as to how the style sheets are set out on various Japanese ebooks I think and compare that to western books.
I wonder if working on this as a plug-in might be an easier approach, as I guess depending on how plug-ins work compared to messing with calibre proper, it might be easier to do a plug-in at least with my skill level. I am also concerned that if I mess with calibre proper, along with how calibre displays books, I may also have to deal with how Calibre converts Japanese books into other formats. So i might also have to get access to Japanese books using different formats and see how Calibre converts them and preserves or does not preserve, the vertical text and all that. Also figuring out vertical text support might not be an easy solution and may involve messing with how Calibre works with displaying text in general so firstly i think i'm just going to try to understand Calibre code, and also understand Japanese ebooks, and then slowly move towards understanding how Calibre can be changed in keeping with the design philosophy to present Japanese ebooks well.
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