Mobiperl Mobiperl - Perl tools for handling MobiPocket files - Page 41

tompe · 10-04-2008, 02:06 PM

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Originally Posted by ZioNemo

When I have to be portable I use a VirtualBox Win machine to test, sometimes I use several ones (Xp, XpSp2, vista, ...). This has the added advantage I always work with a "clean" machine because I discard the changes after test and revert to the previous snapshot.

If You want I can test Your code this way.
Just tell me exactly what You want me to test... and where to find the latest version; should I get the SVN project or do I have to use some release (I didn't see it)?

Either I have to do a release and somebody builds a binary or you check out the latest version from subversion on the mobileread dev hub and setup perl on Windows. There is documentaion for it but kind of boring to do.

So best to wait for the next release (the changes not are so small so not worth a release). And then somebody can just test of opf2html works still and that it works from another directory.

Quote:

While I have You on line:
Some time ago I wrote some non-trivial perl scripts to convert from TeX source to .mobi; are You interested in them?

Might be interesting to look at. Do they do something else than what you get from latex2html and then html2mobi?

ZioNemo · 10-05-2008, 05:38 PM

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Originally Posted by tompe

Might be interesting to look at. Do they do something else than what you get from latex2html and then html2mobi?

It actually produced a .opf file trying to guess Author, Title and a few other things by directly inspecting the .latex source.
It then called htmlatex to produce the .html file and did some massaging on the .html to produce a TOC understandable by mobigen.
It finally called mobigen.

I do not currently have the latest version since it is on a portable which is at work.

I will dig it out tomorrow.

Regards
ZioNemo

ZioNemo · 10-06-2008, 04:46 PM

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Originally Posted by ZioNemo

I do not currently have the latest version since it is on a portable which is at work.

I will dig it out tomorrow.

ok,
here it is.

Let me know if it can be useful somehow.

Regards
ZioNemo

Fordi · 10-13-2008, 10:17 PM

Hey, I've just finished a port of Mo(chaff)bi(chaff)De(chaff)DR(chaff)M.py for PHP. I don't have any eBooks to test on - I'm working on this as a bulwark towards potential purchases and the resulting headaches that would ensue.

If anyone knows enough PHP and Python to check my work, PM me, and I'll arrange to get you a copy of the new lib.

kellyterryjones · 10-15-2008, 09:53 PM

Tip for anyone who gets Kindle books that have a non-clickable TOC. After doing this:

html2mobi --fixhtmlbr --gentoc --htmlfile psuedofile.html *.html

Run html2mobi AGAIN on psuedofile.html (I sort of though that's what html2mobi did anyway, but I guess not).

The result will be a MOBI file that works perfectly.

Questions: is this the correct way to post here? is the entire
mobiperl "board" a single topic? can I get an RSS feed of just this
message?

tompe · 10-18-2008, 04:29 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kellyterryjones

Tip for anyone who gets Kindle books that have a non-clickable TOC. After doing this:

html2mobi --fixhtmlbr --gentoc --htmlfile psuedofile.html *.html

Run html2mobi AGAIN on psuedofile.html (I sort of though that's what html2mobi did anyway, but I guess not).

I thought so to

I just looked at the html2mobi code and it looks like a bug. It generates the TOC but does not extract the link information so it will not be clickable. The pseudofile.html will be a working html file with the links so when you run html2mobi (or mobigen) on that file you will get working links. A rather fun workaround...

tompe · 10-18-2008, 05:53 PM

I did a version 0.40 since I fixed the bug with TOC links. Available at

https://dev.mobileread.com/trac/mobiperl/

Changes from 0.39 are:

--removejavascript flag added to html2mobi
XML::Parser::Lite::Tree have changed tag field to element. Fix for this.
opf2mobi: Now works with filename containing directory path.
Fixed bug in html2mobi and collections. Now links should be generated and --gentoc should work.

Gudy · 10-22-2008, 03:50 PM

Here are the Windows binaries for Mobiperl 0.40, as always largely untested by me.

tompe · 10-22-2008, 04:33 PM

Thanks, now also uploaded to the download directory.

badgoodDeb · 11-10-2008, 07:34 PM

Can the Windows binary person answer as to what versions of Windows this will run on? I'm eyeing a dual-core mac, but I hate to pay $180 to buy Windows XP when this is the *only* program I want to run. Will it run under, say, Windows 98?

[ Yeah, I know the Mac will do perl, but I've had no luck getting *all* the right bits to download, so that it will finally work. The windows binary is easier!!]

Nevermind --- the Mac can only DO Windows XP SP2 or Vista.

pilotbob · 11-10-2008, 09:11 PM

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Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

I'm eyeing a dual-core mac, but I hate to pay $180 to buy Windows XP when this is the *only* program I want to run. Will it run under, say, Windows 98?

[ Yeah, I know the Mac will do perl, but I've had no luck getting *all* the right bits to download, so that it will finally work. The windows binary is easier!!]

Nevermind --- the Mac can only DO Windows XP SP2 or Vista.

Mac will run the mobiperl stuff. I plan to add that to the visual guide soon. Are you running Leopard or Tiger? If you get a new mac of course it would be Leopard.

BOb

AZed · 11-11-2008, 12:56 PM

I'd be very curious to hear what problems you were having with Perl on Mac. ActiveState Perl has a single-dmg Mac installer that should get you core perl with no trouble, and after that it's just a matter of getting the right PPM repositories installed.

pilotbob · 11-11-2008, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by AZed

I'd be very curious to hear what problems you were having with Perl on Mac. ActiveState Perl has a single-dmg Mac installer that should get you core perl with no trouble, and after that it's just a matter of getting the right PPM repositories installed.

Actually Mac (Leopard anyway and I think Tiger) has perl pre-installed. I just checked and my current OS 10.5.5 has perl 5.8.8 on it.

I will be doing a visual guide on getting mobiperl running on Mac... probably this weekend.

BOb

badgoodDeb · 11-11-2008, 06:56 PM

Great! I'll have to keep watching this thread. Tiger (my desktop here) didn't have the up to date version of Perl. I guess I should try the ActiveState dmg. I just took the instructs at the top of this thread and said something like "update" ..... it kept going for a few hours, and finally quit with a non-success message. Some piece wasn't findable.

Yeah -- the proposed new macbook would be Leopard. That alone might help!

pilotbob · 11-11-2008, 07:21 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by badgoodDeb

Great! I'll have to keep watching this thread. Tiger (my desktop here) didn't have the up to date version of Perl. I guess I should try the ActiveState dmg. I just took the instructs at the top of this thread and said something like "update" ..... it kept going for a few hours, and finally quit with a non-success message. Some piece wasn't findable.

Yeah -- the proposed new macbook would be Leopard. That alone might help!

According to what I read Tiger comes with perl 5.8.6... I think it is probably some of the support libraries the mobiperl needs which you won't have by default. You need to install them... you can use CPAN. As I said, I will be outlining the steps soon.

BOb

10-15-2008, 09:53 PM	#605
kellyterryjones Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: Kindle	TOC not clickable on Kindle, but fine in HTML file Tip for anyone who gets Kindle books that have a non-clickable TOC. After doing this: html2mobi --fixhtmlbr --gentoc --htmlfile psuedofile.html .html Run html2mobi AGAIN on psuedofile.html (I sort of though that's what html2mobi did anyway, but I guess not). The result will be a MOBI file that works perfectly. Questions: is this the correct way to post here? is the entire mobiperl "board" a single topic? can I get an RSS feed of just this message? Last edited by kellyterryjones; 10-15-2008 at 10:01 PM. Reason: solved my own problem w/in minutes of posting*

10-18-2008, 05:53 PM	#607
tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	I did a version 0.40 since I fixed the bug with TOC links. Available at https://dev.mobileread.com/trac/mobiperl/ Changes from 0.39 are: --removejavascript flag added to html2mobi XML::Parser::Lite::Tree have changed tag field to element. Fix for this. opf2mobi: Now works with filename containing directory path. Fixed bug in html2mobi and collections. Now links should be generated and --gentoc should work.

11-10-2008, 07:34 PM	#610
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,574 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Can the Windows binary person answer as to what versions of Windows this will run on? I'm eyeing a dual-core mac, but I hate to pay $180 to buy Windows XP when this is the only program I want to run. Will it run under, say, Windows 98? [ Yeah, I know the Mac will do perl, but I've had no luck getting all the right bits to download, so that it will finally work. The windows binary is easier!!] Nevermind --- the Mac can only DO Windows XP SP2 or Vista. Last edited by badgoodDeb; 11-10-2008 at 08:52 PM.

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Fordi Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2008 Device: BeBook	Hey, I've just finished a port of Mo(chaff)bi(chaff)De(chaff)DR(chaff)M.py for PHP. I don't have any eBooks to test on - I'm working on this as a bulwark towards potential purchases and the resulting headaches that would ensue. If anyone knows enough PHP and Python to check my work, PM me, and I'll arrange to get you a copy of the new lib.

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tompe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 7,452 Karma: 7185064 Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Linköpng, Sweden Device: Kindle Voyage, Nexus 5, Kindle PW	Thanks, now also uploaded to the download directory.

11-11-2008, 12:56 PM	#612
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11-11-2008, 06:56 PM	#614
badgoodDeb Grand Sorcerer Posts: 8,574 Karma: 64462893 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Harrisburg outskirts Device: Palms, K1-4s, iPads, iPhones, KV, KO1	Great! I'll have to keep watching this thread. Tiger (my desktop here) didn't have the up to date version of Perl. I guess I should try the ActiveState dmg. I just took the instructs at the top of this thread and said something like "update" ..... it kept going for a few hours, and finally quit with a non-success message. Some piece wasn't findable. Yeah -- the proposed new macbook would be Leopard. That alone might help!