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Old 04-01-2023, 01:24 PM   #14
KevinH
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Originally Posted by DiapDealer View Post
Even if it costs us Mars, I have to say that I can't imagine a worse ebook idea than embedding pdfs in an epub.
Fully agreed!

For planning purposes only, I took a look at what might be required. If using Qt 6.2.x or Qt 5.15 or later, it is reasonably easy to add a PdfResource, a PdfTab, and a PdfView widget source code plus some associated changes to make things work in Sigil.

I will push these basic changes to a new branch of Sigil (*not master*) just so they are not lost in case we ever need to add it to be spec compliant in the future.

But only if truly required by the spec as converting any pdf to xhtml, svg, or even a sequence of screen cap images really makes supporting embedded pdf superfluous (and therefore a bad idea as it really adds nothing while complicating things even more).
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