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Is it possible to alter what goes in the clippings file?
I use the clippings file as my "notes" for every book I read on my kindle. It contains a lot of useful info but I have some gripes with it:
- No newlines : This means that anything I highlight gets squished down into one single line. No paragraph / line delineation at all. - No chapter name / number Is there any way to modify how the clippings file is written to? Alternatively, is it possible to intercept what is given to the clippings file? I am using the 2021 KPW, jailbroken. Last edited by 0ripkindle; 06-12-2022 at 09:27 AM. Reason: fix formatting |
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this tool can edit clippings file: click “open” button, choose “My Clippings”
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=341123 |
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Have you tried using KoReader? Koreader gives you a lot of control over how you export your highlights and notes. It includes the chapter name/number and new lines like you are looking for. And it gives you the option to output as html so it is beautifully formatted. I don't even use the native kindle reader anymore after using Koreader.
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IMO the way kindle displays books looks much better, KOReader looks a bit amateurish, a little rough around the edges, in the same way calibre (or really any "ebook reading software") does on a PC. Maybe it's because I've gotten used to how kindle shows ebooks, but I seriously think that Amazon nailed the rendering, apart from the restrictive line height and top/bottom margins. Can't do anything about the margins but I convert all my books in calibre accordingly so I can have smaller line heights and support for much smaller font sizes. |
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You could use KRDS https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=322172 and bits and pieces from KindleUnpack https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...ad.php?t=61986 to extract highlights and notes from the contents of the azw3* files and the book itself. The highlighted text might have HTML embedded in it.
It would probably be quite a bit of work |
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https://imgur.com/a/KQ7NW8S Yeah, it does look like there's a fair bit of tinkering necessary but KOReader could look like the stock kindle reader. |
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