SVG or HTML alternative to eips

nunojpg · 09-22-2019, 06:46 AM

I am using a KT4 with 5.12.1, and checking what options I have to render graphics to the screen from a shell script.

I can think of using a SVG render engine to create a PNG and print with eips, or to piggyback on the Kindle original browser to render HTML directly.

Any suggestions where to start?

Thanks!

NiLuJe · 09-22-2019, 10:16 AM

Depends on what exactly you mean by "graphics"

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I'd go with Pillow + FBInk, but that's just me

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(All of this is bundled w/ my Python packages).

SVG is slightly tricky because most decent rasterizers have a shitton of dependencies. That mainly leaves nanosvg, which understandably has limited capabilities.

nunojpg · 09-23-2019, 02:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by NiLuJe

Depends on what exactly you mean by "graphics"

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Yes...thinking better about it, I only want to print text, lines and images. Images I could do fine with eips. Lines I think any library could also do. So I'm looking for a text render. I see your library does it. Thanks for the hint.

09-22-2019, 06:46 AM	#1
nunojpg Junior Member Posts: 6 Karma: 10 Join Date: Sep 2019 Device: KT4	SVG or HTML alternative to eips I am using a KT4 with 5.12.1, and checking what options I have to render graphics to the screen from a shell script. I can think of using a SVG render engine to create a PNG and print with eips, or to piggyback on the Kindle original browser to render HTML directly. Any suggestions where to start? Thanks!

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NiLuJe BLAM! Posts: 13,477 Karma: 26012494 Join Date: Jun 2010 Location: Paris, France Device: Kindle 2i, 3g, 4, 5w, PW, PW2, PW5; Kobo H2O, Forma, Elipsa, Sage, C2E	Depends on what exactly you mean by "graphics" . I'd go with Pillow + FBInk, but that's just me . (All of this is bundled w/ my Python packages). SVG is slightly tricky because most decent rasterizers have a shitton of dependencies. That mainly leaves nanosvg, which understandably has limited capabilities.

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