impserve: serving content and accessing the internet for the 1200/1150 - Page 4

nrapallo · 09-02-2008, 11:21 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

Here is what I know so far:

1, the ebooks were all made by JSWolf
2, all were created using Bookdesigner
3, before I clicked on a link, I ran impserve and looked at my "online bookshelf" (the one time I did not crashed my 1150)
4, the links all had http:// included

I do not know about the source format for the ebooks but I suspect it was HTML. I will go ask.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nate the great

5, Most of the ebooks were first made in Mobipocket format in BookDesigner. Then mobi2imp was used to convert to IMP.

Thanks Nate! Time to roll up those sleeves...

p.s. the next.imp and next_1200.imp where created with eBook Publisher from .html and all include the HTTP:// prefix. No Mobi2IMP was used.

nrapallo · 09-02-2008, 12:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashkulz

This can easily be done as a plugin (hint to nrapallo)

Quote:

Originally Posted by nrapallo

Oh, nice, now I get volunteered by the Master... How can I say no...

I have had a lot of experience "cleaning up" html code to properly prepare a .imp ebook, but unfortunately, it is mostly from writing/using Mobi2IMP in perl.

To aid in the python plug-in cause, I offer simple text substitutes that could help ensure a html webpage/file will convert well to .imp (and hopefully better handled by our reader's internal browser).

Below please find a perl script fragment from Mobi2IMP.pl v9.4b

where $html is the html (text) webpage
and $opt_NAME is an option you may wish to pass through
and $booktitle and $author could hold favortie hyperlinks in header or footers, if this works!

Just to get you started on those useful plug-ins...

Code:

###################################################################

my $headerhr = "\n<HEADER><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr>\n";
$headerhr .= "<td align=\"left\" style=\"font-family:smallfont\"><small>" . $booktitle . "</small></td>\n";
$headerhr .= "<td align=\"right\" style=\"font-family:smallfont\"><small>" . $author . "</small></td></tr></table><hr></HEADER>\n";

my $headercolor = "\n<HEADER><table border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" width=\"100%\"><tr>\n";
$headercolor .= "<td align=\"left\" style=\"font-family:smallfont\" bgcolor=\"" . $opt_header_color . "\"><small>" . $booktitle . "</small></td>\n"; 
$headercolor .= "<td align=\"right\" style=\"font-family:smallfont\" bgcolor=\"" . $opt_header_color . "\"><small>" . $author . "</small></td></tr></table></HEADER>\n";

if (defined $opt_bgcolor) {
    $html =~ s/<body([^>])*>/\n<BODY bgcolor=$opt_bgcolor>\n/i;  #remove .mobi defaults in <body> and insert bgcolor
} else {
    $html =~ s/<body([^>])*>/\n<BODY>\n/i;                       #remove .mobi defaults in <body>
}

if (defined $opt_header_hr) {
        $html =~ s/<body([^>])*>/<BODY$1>\n$headerhr/i;          #remove .mobi defaults in <body> and insert header-hr
} elsif (defined $opt_header_color) {
        $html =~ s/<body([^>])*>/<BODY$1>\n$headercolor/i;       #remove .mobi defaults in <body> and insert header-color
}

if (defined $opt_nopara and not defined $opt_noBRfix) {
    $html =~ s/<br([^>])*><div/<BR \/><BR \/><div/gi;             #force <br /> to work in Ebook Publisher
}

if (defined $opt_indent) {
    #indent (~2 characters)
    if (defined $opt_nopara) {
        $html =~ s/<\/head>/<STYLE type="text\/css">p {text-indent:1em; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:0em} header {display:none; display:oeb-page-head}<\/STYLE><\/head>/i;   #nopara separation (--nopara)
    } else {
        $html =~ s/<\/head>/<STYLE type="text\/css">p {text-indent:1em; padding-top:0em; padding-bottom:1em} header {display:none; display:oeb-page-head}<\/STYLE><\/head>/i;   #para separation (default)
    }
} else {
    #noindent (default)
    if (defined $opt_nopara) {
        $html =~ s/<\/head>/<STYLE type="text\/css">p {text-indent:0em; margin-top:0em; margin-bottom:0em} header {display:none; display:oeb-page-head}<\/STYLE><\/head>/i;   #nopara separation (--nopara)
    } else {
        $html =~ s/<\/head>/<STYLE type="text\/css">p {text-indent:0em; padding-top:0em; padding-bottom:1em} header {display:none; display:oeb-page-head}<\/STYLE><\/head>/i;   #para separation (default)
    }
}

my $LRmargins = "2%";
if (defined $opt_LRmargins) { $LRmargins = $opt_LRmargins; }
if (defined $opt_nomargins) { $LRmargins = "0%"; }
if (defined $opt_nojustify) {
    #nojustify body text (left-align)
    if (defined $opt_smallerfont) {
        $html =~ s/<body/<BODY style="margin-left:$LRmargins; margin-right:$LRmargins; font-size:x-small; text-align:left"/i;    # add small margins and left-align text
    } elsif (defined $opt_largerfont) {
        $html =~ s/<body/<BODY style="margin-left:$LRmargins; margin-right:$LRmargins; font-size:medium; text-align:left"/i;     # add small margins and left-align text
    } else {
        $html =~ s/<body/<BODY style="margin-left:$LRmargins; margin-right:$LRmargins; text-align:left"/i;                       # add small margins and left-align text
    }
} else {
    #justify body text (default)
    if (defined $opt_smallerfont) {
        $html =~ s/<body/<BODY style="margin-left:$LRmargins; margin-right:$LRmargins; font-size:x-small; text-align:justify"/i; # add small margins and justified text
    } elsif (defined $opt_largerfont) {
        $html =~ s/<body/<BODY style="margin-left:$LRmargins; margin-right:$LRmargins; font-size:large; text-align:justify"/i;   # add small margins and justified text
    } else {
        $html =~ s/<body/<BODY style="margin-left:$LRmargins; margin-right:$LRmargins; text-align:justify"/i;                    # add small margins and justified text
    }
}

    $html =~ s/�//gi;                                              # remove odd insertion of null chars
    $html =~ s/<mbp:pagebreak/<p style="page-break-before:always"/gi; # insert proper page-breaks
    $html =~ s/<mbpagebreak/<p style="page-break-before:always"/gi;   # insert proper page-breaks
    $html =~ s/<img align="baseline"/<img/gi;                         # remove the troublesome baseline keyword
    $html =~ s/(<BR \/><BR \/>)+<div align="center"><img/<BR \/><div align="center"><p align="center"><img/gi;  # only allow one <br> before an image to avoid after a page-break   
    $html =~ s/<div align="center"><img/<div align="center"><p align="center"><img/gi;                          # kludge to get eBook Publisher to center images   

    #fix up blank lines (unwanted) before page-break
    $html =~ s/((<div([^>])*>(&nbsp;)*<\/div>)*(\s)*(<br([^>])*>)*(\s)*)*<p style="page-break-before/\n<p style="page-break-before/gi;
    $html =~ s/((<br([^>])*>)*(\s)*)*<p style="page-break-before/\n<p style="page-break-before/gi;
                
    $html =~ s/(<p style="page-break-before:always">)*<\/body>/<\/body>/gi;  #fix up last (unwanted) page-break
    $html =~ s/((<br([^>])*>)*(\s)*)*<\/body>/\n<\/body>/gi;                 #fix up blank lines (unwanted) at end

    $html =~ s/<p/\n<p/gi;                                                   # insert newline before '<p' construct

###################################################################

ashkulz · 09-02-2008, 12:42 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nrapallo

Oh, I can verify that they do work on the REB1200! I haven't yet tried this on an EBW1150, though.

I tried that next_1200.imp I posted earlier and it worked flawlessly surfing to the wiki page.

If it doesn't work for you, what firmware is your REB1200? Mine is at 4.2f22.

Mine is at 4.2f17. How do you upgrade your firmware? I tried "update now" but it gives a auto connect server timeout error.

Can everyone please post their firmware version, model and whether browsing from the book worked? Thanks...

Quote:

Originally Posted by nrapallo

No, GEBLibrarian didn't present me with a 'next' button either, but did download more than 100 ebooks.

Attached please find my 'raw' capture log with GEBLibrarian (of the edited one I presented above).

Ok, I found the problem. It was a off-by-one bug in my code. You can see the change here or can download the file to replace (impserve/impserve/__init__.py)

nrapallo · 09-02-2008, 12:52 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashkulz

Mine is at 4.2f17. How do you upgrade your firmware? I tried "update now" but it gives a auto connect server timeout error.

My original REB1200 is 4.2f17 as well. I will try it to see if the firmware makes a difference. The REB1200 with the 4.2f22 firmware was a replacement I bought last year (just for the working battery) and was originally at firmware 2.0! I sent it into ETI and they sent it back with 4.2f22 (with no noticeable differences!). I too cannot get my original REB1200 to update to 4.2f22. I'll post my findings here, once I have a chance to do this.

Quote:

Ok, I found the problem. It was a off-by-one bug in my code. You can see the change here or can download the file to replace (impserve/impserve/__init__.py)

Good to know! Missed it by that much, I see.

Have you downloaded 100+ ebooks from here yet, to try this out yourself?

ashkulz · 09-02-2008, 01:19 PM

BTW, I wish that someone would make this thread "sticky" (IMHO, it's more interesting than impmake which is sticky).

EDIT: well, that was fast. I asked and it became sticky in just a few minutes. Thanks, whoever it was

ashkulz · 09-02-2008, 01:28 PM

Changes in ebookutils-0.4.1:
- impserve: fix off-by-one error which caused only 99 books to show in online bookshelf

nrapallo · 09-02-2008, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashkulz

Changes in ebookutils-0.4.1:
- impserve: fix off-by-one error which caused only 99 books to show in online bookshelf

Yep, this worked for me. Now getting more than 100 ebooks from my Online Bookshelf.

However, not been able to get my REB1200 with firmware 4.2f17 to use the next_1200.imp I created to surf the internet from within a .imp ebook. Also, these next.imp and next_1200.imp files caused strange linkage/reference problems within my Online Bookshelf. They were checked but not yet loaded onto the reader. Clicking each 'checkmark' icon caused only one to open. I could delete them though (and I did!).

Then I downloaded the next_1200.imp using the REB1200's surfing capabilities and had it expand the ebook 'on-the-fly'. Afterwards, I opened it on the reader and selected a hyperlinks, only to be met with a reset message 600 (it said "Your eBook needs to be reset. To do so, simply tap 'Continue'." Error (600))

I also got this reset from JSWolf's Stross, Charles: Accelerando when accessing the www.MobileRead.com link... This didn't work on the EBW1150 either!

Though, I DID NOT have any reset's with my other REB1200 with firmware 4.2f22!!! It works OK there! Could it be this is the answer? Both had approx. 20% free CF card space with the 4.2f22's CF card being 256 MB and the 4.2f17's CF Card being 1 GB. What else could cause this effect?

Going to have to experiment some more! Anyone else want to try....

nrapallo · 09-02-2008, 03:06 PM

Ashish,

I got the attached error when surfing to a MobileRead Forum and after loading the MR logo.gif.

Could this be causing some de-stabilization within the reader...

ashkulz · 09-02-2008, 03:15 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nrapallo

Ashish,

I got the attached error when surfing to a MobileRead Forum and after loading the MR logo.gif.

Could this be causing some de-stabilization within the reader...

That's very unlikely; the error you got is a normal socket error which you get when the client or server closes the link earlier than expected.

I think that the issue is related to the firmware; Garth Conboy at eBook Technologies has (kindly) promised to send me a link to upgrade to 4.2f22. I'll update y'all once I hopefully complete the upgrade

ashkulz · 09-02-2008, 03:24 PM

I just now upgraded to 4.2f22 and browsing from the ebook works now

So the solution for the 1200 is to upgrade to 4.2f22. For the 1150, I don't know what is the minimum firmware version required (or if it is OK for everyone).

There were a lot of fixes mentioned before I was able to upgrade, so I'd recommend everyone to upgrade anyway (Thanks to Garth at eBook Technologies, who arranged the upgrade within hours of me sending a mail).

nekokami · 09-02-2008, 03:27 PM

Wow, nice to see that level of support from ETI, especially for an older product!

nrapallo · 09-02-2008, 03:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ashkulz

I just now upgraded to 4.2f22 and browsing from the ebook works now

So the solution for the 1200 is to upgrade to 4.2f22. For the 1150, I don't know what is the minimum firmware version required (or if it is OK for everyone).

There were a lot of fixes mentioned before I was able to upgrade, so I'd recommend everyone to upgrade anyway (Thanks to Garth at eBook Technologies, who arranged the upgrade within hours of me sending a mail).

Re: link to REB1200 4.2f22 firmware upgrade. Can you post it here? Never mind, Garth has already uploaded it for download here! Talk about a class act!

ashkulz · 09-02-2008, 03:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nrapallo

Re: link to 4.2f22 firmware upgrade. Can you post it here?

I don't think so. I got it when I visited "Menu > Bookstore > Directory > Customer Support" after getting a mail from them. Also, from what I recall all firmware upgrades are digitally signed for the 1150/1200 so I don't know if my image would help you

I'll follow up with him if the firmware can be posted openly, or if it is only available on user request.

ashkulz · 09-02-2008, 03:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nrapallo

Re: link to REB1200 4.2f22 firmware upgrade. Can you post it here? Never mind, Garth has already uploaded it for download here! Talk about a class act!

I don't think that's the version, as that is the link I used when migrating my 1200 from firmware 3.1 [although I don't know if it's changed since then].

ashkulz · 09-02-2008, 03:41 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nekokami

Wow, nice to see that level of support from ETI, especially for an older product!

Very true. He also mentioned that they will accept bug reports for both firmware versions, which I had specifically asked [NOTE: I didn't ask about eBook Publisher].

09-02-2008, 01:19 PM	#50
ashkulz Addict Posts: 350 Karma: 705 Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Kindle 1/REB 1200	BTW, I wish that someone would make this thread "sticky" (IMHO, it's more interesting than impmake which is sticky). EDIT: well, that was fast. I asked and it became sticky in just a few minutes. Thanks, whoever it was Last edited by ashkulz; 09-02-2008 at 01:30 PM.

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