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Old 04-29-2013, 12:40 PM   #1
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I'm reading a programming book with the Calibre reader/viewer on my pc (running Ubuntu 12.10). There are coding examples that I'm trying to copy/paste into a terminal window, however that doesn't work. I've tried the normal Ctrl-C/Ctrl-V both with, and without Shift and it will not work.

Is that functionality not supported?

Thanks!! (I did look for the answer in the forums but couldn't find an answer)

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Old 04-29-2013, 02:06 PM   #2
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Old 04-29-2013, 04:43 PM   #3
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Thanks for the reply Kovid!

Ok, my fault here, right-click DOES work in the e-book viewer, however this book is in "chm" format and Calibre opens that with what appears to be a windows binary called hh.exe. That application I'm not able to copy with.

I'm attempting to convert the book now and re-open it with the e-book reader since that does work with right-click.

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Ok, converted the file to mobi format and used that, which opened with the e-book reader and all is well now!

Note to others - chm format will open in another reader where you cannot copy/paste so just convert the book and you are all set.

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Note to others - chm format will open in another reader where you cannot copy/paste so just convert the book and you are all set.
Wouldn't it easier to run a CHM Viewer that works on your OS - http://www.ngohaibac.com/the-best-ch...-ubuntu-linux/ - that page is a bit old, but some of the products are still around.

I'm sure at least one of them will do copy on selected text

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Preferences->Behavior and tell calibre you want to open chm with the internal viewer. Though I would still suggest you install a proper chm viewer, there are many chm viewers available for linux.
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