Gregg's Nearly Interminable Adventures in Linux Land

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by avantman42

You could use Calibre's ebook editor to edit the file

Do you really consider that a reasonable way to do highlighting/annotations while reading a book?

Please don't scare me like that!

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Does FBReader do highlights? I've never used it but it sounds like a promising lead which is why I mentioned it.

Nah. FBReader doesn't highlight. Only Windows/Mac ereaders highlight (and not all of them either.) Honestly this is very surprising to me. With as creative and inventive as Linux people are in adapting to what's out there this seems like a HUGE gap. Everybody likes to highlight stuff now and then. So all Linux users reading epubs or mobis not on Kindle can't highlight. Very surprising. (But I'm holding out hope that you can figure this out, Boss!)

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by avantman42

You could use Calibre's ebook editor to edit the file

Ha ha Russell. Believe it or not I thought of this but how?

[Glorfindel]

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Guys! I gotta have highlighting. Are there any mobi readers (desktop) (not Kindles, you know what I mean) that have highlighting? I know MobiPocket reader does but it doesn't work on Linux. See, I would even convert the epub into mobi in Calibre and then read it in the Mobi reader. There's got to be some sort of work around to make this happen. Right? Think! (lol)

Kindle4Windows under wine. works great

[Glorfindel]

iff you install from wines 'install programs' menu

[eschwartz]

Yep, Kindle 4 PC seems to work great in WINE. See here: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...estingId=81784

If you've never used WINE before, we can guide you through the steps.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by Glorfindel

iff you install from wines 'install programs' menu

Thanks Glorfindel! It works great! Just the sort of thing I was looking for! Really appreciate it!

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Yep, Kindle 4 PC seems to work great in WINE. See here: https://appdb.winehq.org/objectManag...estingId=81784

If you've never used WINE before, we can guide you through the steps.

Hey Boss, thanks for the offer but I got it going easily. (I was waiting for stumbling blocks that never happened.) And thanks for the link. I went to the main page and there's some cool stuff there that's platinum. (I think Steam may be next!) Appreciate it!

[eschwartz]

Steam for Linux was released in February of last year, IIRC. Many of their games were and are in the middle of being rereleased to work with the new client. Going forward, all their games should by default work under Linux.

Certain games, specifically older ones, mag never be released under linux. But by and large you no longer need to run Steam as a Windows program through WINE.

One of the great victories of linux.

[avantman42]

Originally Posted by eschwartz

Do you really consider that a reasonable way to do highlighting/annotations while reading a book?

Please don't scare me like that!

No, of course I don't. I was being silly.

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Ha ha Russell. Believe it or not I thought of this but how?

As said, I wasn't being serious, but since you ask...

Open the file in the editor. Find the text you want to highlight. Highlight it in the usual way, then click on the "Background Colour" icon and select a colour. Save the file.

You could do it in Sigil if you prefer, but obviously the steps would be slightly different.

[Glorfindel]

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

Thanks Glorfindel! It works great! Just the sort of thing I was looking for! Really appreciate it!

NP! I saw it in with the rest of the programs and couldn't resist trying

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by avantman42

No, of course I don't. I was being silly.

Phew! Close one.

(I figured as much. )

[twowheels]

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

It's weird because you can highlight on the Kindle Cloud Reader and they even have a feature where you can go to a page where all your highlights are gathered. I just assumed all ereaders did that sort of thing. You can do it in LibreOffice. It just seemed ubiquitous.

I could be wrong, but I've always had the sense that the original purpose of the ebook-viewer in Calibre was just to preview the files before sending them to a device for actual reading (which is what I always use it for -- checking the result of a conversion). It's quite bare bones from the perspective of a user who wants to use it as their actual reading application.

[Gregg Bell]

Originally Posted by twowheels

I could be wrong, but I've always had the sense that the original purpose of the ebook-viewer in Calibre was just to preview the files before sending them to a device for actual reading (which is what I always use it for -- checking the result of a conversion). It's quite bare bones from the perspective of a user who wants to use it as their actual reading application.

I'm sure you're right, twowheels, but I think it works as an ereader in its own right fabulously.

[eschwartz]

Originally Posted by Gregg Bell

I'm sure you're right, twowheels, but I think it works as an ereader in its own right fabulously.

It certainly does!

As a desktop ereader, it is excellent -- although most would probably use a portable device of some sort.

It makes an excellent offering on Windows tablets, too, or so I've heard.