Thread: [Conversion Plugin] KFX Input
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Old 10-10-2024, 04:36 AM   #765
tomsem
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Originally Posted by jhowell View Post
Version 2.16.0 - 06 Oct 2024

Set the PDF viewer preferences direction to R2L if appropriate when converting fixed layout books to PDF format.

Add plugin configuration option "Split landscape images when converting comics to CBZ or PDF" that when checked will cause landscape orientation images in comics to be split into separate left and right side images when converting to CBZ or PDF format. This is intended to break page spreads into individual page images. This option only applies to conversion done using the plugin CLI or From KFX GUI, not conversion using calibre's Convert Books feature.
These changes will save me a lot of steps for converting to PDF. Thanks!

The only thing I need to check now is that the now-split spreads are paired up properly when the PDF viewer 2 page view option is 'show cover page' (as one would assume is appropriate for any book in PDF format)

Some of the comics KFX's I've authored with Kindle Create have an even number of Single Pages before Facing pages, and when converted to PDF, they need a blank page inserted after 'cover' so the 'spread' pages are paired with each other. They display fine on Scribe (in landscape orientation) because the pages, including spreads, have Single Page property and so display by themselves, while facing pages are always paired up.

But PDF has no concept of 'spread' so I need to insert a blank page to get the pages laid out properly in this case.

At this point I don't know if any comic KFX directly from Amazon ever has this issue, so I won't make a change request for it.


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Missing from release notes is that From KFX is now setting 'center' property for spread pages when converting to ePub. Thanks for that as well.
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