Thread: kepub: why does it exist?
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Old 03-18-2024, 07:51 PM   #8
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Originally Posted by Aleron Ives View Post
Since KEPUB is just EPUB with extra span tags, the real question is why those tags are necessary. Are they used to calculate the 1 screen = 1 page metrics? Things like highlighting work fine in RMSDK without needing the extra span tags, so I don't really understand why KEPUB needs them, unless Kobo's WebKit implementation is just bad.
The explanation I once got is that the extra spans simplified the task of selecting text. This dates back to the ACCESS renderer.
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