The Complete Plays of William Shakespeare - Page 2

Dr. Drib · 02-19-2007, 05:21 PM

Found it!!! Thanks!

RWood · 02-19-2007, 09:42 PM

The old scripts we used many moons ago in Drama would have the character's full name when they first entered a scene and then the initials for the rest -- assuming that there were no conflicts and then it was something short or numbered.

skesler · 02-20-2007, 04:49 PM

Falstaff,

All I can say is a great, big "Thank You" for your work. This goes directly to the heart of what an electronic book reader is about. It is wonderful to be able to carry--literally--a LIBRARY of literature on such a small device.

You have made an outstanding contribution.

Thanks again.

Steve

HarryT · 02-21-2007, 03:24 AM

Don't forget: "say it with karma"! If you think someone's made a useful contribution, click on the "karma" rating under their name to increase it.

Stingo · 02-21-2007, 07:13 AM

This is brilliant. What a great contribution. By the way, how did you create the files with the table of content? What program did you use?

Falstaff · 02-21-2007, 06:51 PM

Quote:

By the way, how did you create the files with the table of content? What program did you use?

I wrote a custom program in Python to read the original XML text and create the ebooks from that. As it encounters act and scene changes, it starts a new page for the text and makes a button on the table of contents page for the play.

The eBook creation software is available from the same web page as the plays (http://www.falstaffshouse.com). The actual program that reads the XML files and calls the eBook creation software is not on the web site, but I plan to upload it after the next revision of the plays.

Falstaff · 02-21-2007, 07:03 PM

While I'm here posting, I'd like to say thank you to everyone for the kind words. I am glad that somthing that took so many hours to do can be enjoyed by more people than just me. It was a labor of love, but a lot more labor than I thought.

PS. I have found well "marked-up" versions of the sonnets and poems on the internet, so there may be an edition of those in the future.

HarryT · 02-22-2007, 03:43 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Falstaff

PS. I have found well "marked-up" versions of the sonnets and poems on the internet, so there may be an edition of those in the future.

That would be absolutely wonderful if you do have the opportunity to do it. In the mean time, however, all the plays should be enough to keep us going for a while

.

CCDMan · 02-22-2007, 11:35 PM

Way Cool! Thanks!

Antonio · 03-01-2007, 01:50 AM

I'll chime in also with a huge thank you. This is fantastic.

I wonder if the tools can be used to do the same with the Greek canon...

HarryT · 03-01-2007, 05:50 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Antonio

I'll chime in also with a huge thank you. This is fantastic.

I wonder if the tools can be used to do the same with the Greek canon...

Hi Antonio,

I have a number of ancient Greek texts on my Reader - Homer, Plato, etc. One has to use a PDF file for the embedded Greek font - although fonts can, in theory, be embedded in LRF files I believe there are some difficulties with doing this. In PDFs it works extremely well. I use a program called "PDF Factory" to create the PDFs.

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02-19-2007, 05:21 PM	#16
Dr. Drib Grand Sorcerer Posts: 45,461 Karma: 59592133 Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Peru Device: KINDLE: Oasis 3, Scribe (1st), Matcha; KOBO: Libra 2, Libra Colour	Found it!!! Thanks!

02-19-2007, 09:42 PM	#17
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	The old scripts we used many moons ago in Drama would have the character's full name when they first entered a scene and then the initials for the rest -- assuming that there were no conflicts and then it was something short or numbered.

02-20-2007, 04:49 PM	#18
skesler Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2007 Device: Sony PRS-500	Falstaff, All I can say is a great, big "Thank You" for your work. This goes directly to the heart of what an electronic book reader is about. It is wonderful to be able to carry--literally--a LIBRARY of literature on such a small device. You have made an outstanding contribution. Thanks again. Steve

02-21-2007, 03:24 AM	#19
HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,556 Karma: 93383099 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Don't forget: "say it with karma"! If you think someone's made a useful contribution, click on the "karma" rating under their name to increase it.

02-21-2007, 07:13 AM	#20
Stingo Fanatic Posts: 582 Karma: 1334691 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Miami Device: KH2O, KPW2, KDXG, KPW1, K3, S505	This is brilliant. What a great contribution. By the way, how did you create the files with the table of content? What program did you use?

02-21-2007, 07:03 PM	#22
Falstaff Member Posts: 21 Karma: 289 Join Date: Dec 2006 Device: Sony eReader	While I'm here posting, I'd like to say thank you to everyone for the kind words. I am glad that somthing that took so many hours to do can be enjoyed by more people than just me. It was a labor of love, but a lot more labor than I thought. PS. I have found well "marked-up" versions of the sonnets and poems on the internet, so there may be an edition of those in the future.

02-22-2007, 11:35 PM	#24
CCDMan *** Posts: 335 Karma: 5759 Join Date: Mar 2006 Device: ***	Way Cool! Thanks!

03-01-2007, 01:50 AM	#25
Antonio Junior Member Posts: 8 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2007 Device: Sony Reader	I'll chime in also with a huge thank you. This is fantastic. I wonder if the tools can be used to do the same with the Greek canon...

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