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roger64 · 09-04-2009, 03:29 AM

demono..what?

Thanks for your tip. Had to be happy with the Windows version, the Linux one seems to have fallen down into the inkpot.

Well, the Windows version works on Linux with Wine and looks really pretty stable.

So I had a quick try with a 2.1 M pdf about Roman history in A4 format. A difficult one indeed with lots of photos and maps or genealogical trees. It was converted in some minutes into a 26.4 M lrf file. Calibre opened it successfully after a one minute loading time.

You read the lrf output in landscape mode. The texts parts are nearly legible. By this I mean that the font size is OK but the line is trimmed (you need to scroll left right about 1/8 to read it). It means the default settings have of course to be tweaked to suit your own book (if possible?).

For the maps and the photos, you get them and at least you have a decent idea what it's all about but no more.

For your information, here is a view of the main window with the book loaded, just to have an idea of what are the default setting values and a the screenshot of a page as seen with calibre with visualization mode (I turned it counterclockwise for you)

For a quick and not too dirty reading...can be tried.

09-04-2009, 03:29 AM	#527
roger64 Wizard Posts: 2,625 Karma: 3120635 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW3 (wifi)	demono..what? Thanks for your tip. Had to be happy with the Windows version, the Linux one seems to have fallen down into the inkpot. Well, the Windows version works on Linux with Wine and looks really pretty stable. So I had a quick try with a 2.1 M pdf about Roman history in A4 format. A difficult one indeed with lots of photos and maps or genealogical trees. It was converted in some minutes into a 26.4 M lrf file. Calibre opened it successfully after a one minute loading time. You read the lrf output in landscape mode. The texts parts are nearly legible. By this I mean that the font size is OK but the line is trimmed (you need to scroll left right about 1/8 to read it). It means the default settings have of course to be tweaked to suit your own book (if possible?). For the maps and the photos, you get them and at least you have a decent idea what it's all about but no more. For your information, here is a view of the main window with the book loaded, just to have an idea of what are the default setting values and a the screenshot of a page as seen with calibre with visualization mode (I turned it counterclockwise for you) For a quick and not too dirty reading...can be tried. Attached Thumbnails Last edited by roger64; 09-04-2009 at 12:36 PM.