From: "Keith J. Schultz" <schultzk@uni-trier.de>
To: lists@meahan.net, mailing list for ConTeXt users <ntg-context@ntg.nl>
Subject: Re: EPUB woes
Date: Mon, 18 Nov 2013 09:05:15 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17A64142-2B9D-4CCC-AAF5-D485749C9CEA@uni-trier.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5287A29B.6010302@meahan.net>
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Am 16.11.2013 um 17:51 schrieb Bill Meahan <subscribed_lists@meahan.net>:
> On 11/16/2013 11:00 AM, Keith J. Schultz wrote:
>> Hi Bill,
>>
>> Using a PDF as a basis for creating an Epub ebook is actually a lost cause.
>> EPUB is a container format that just wraps around your PDF. I do not know of any
>> ereader that can actually adjust the formatting/layout of a pdf in any significantly
>> useful way. You are stuck with the formatting in the PDF.
>>
>> For a EPUB-ebook to adjust properly you need to use HTML5 and CSS. Producing PDF an sticking it into a
>> EPUB or MOBI wrapper just does not make sense.
>>
>> regards
>> Keith.
>
> You are totally misreading what I wrote!
Sorry. But, from your original statement:
I have followed the steps on the wiki to the letter, using the export-example file provided with the standalone distribution. A PDF generated from the file is exactly what I would expect from an example. The generated epub, however, is useless - all the text is jammed together into one continuous block with no formatting whatsoever.
I assumed that the PDF was be put in the EPub- wrapper! According to the EPub standard this can be done!
I have to admit that I have not been following the progress done in ConTeXt for creating EPubs/eBooks.
Others have answered, and explain what you need to do to get a possibly working EPub.
See my comments in my replies to their posts.
regards
Keith.
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Thread overview: 38+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2013-11-16 15:16 Bill Meahan
2013-11-16 16:00 ` Keith J. Schultz
2013-11-16 16:51 ` Bill Meahan
2013-11-16 17:37 ` Aditya Mahajan
2013-11-16 18:15 ` Bill Meahan
2013-11-18 9:00 ` Keith J. Schultz
2013-11-18 12:21 ` Hans Hagen
2013-11-18 15:11 ` Keith J. Schultz
2013-11-18 15:33 ` Hans Hagen
2013-11-18 18:12 ` Keith J. Schultz
2013-11-19 21:39 ` Mica Semrick
2013-11-20 9:39 ` Keith J. Schultz
2013-11-20 13:59 ` Aditya Mahajan
2013-11-20 18:11 ` Bill Meahan
2013-11-20 19:43 ` Jan Tosovsky
2013-11-20 19:12 ` Keith J. Schultz
2013-11-18 8:05 ` Keith J. Schultz [this message]
2013-11-16 16:07 ` Wolfgang Schuster
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2012-11-15 18:58 Epub woes Bill Meahan
2012-11-15 19:24 ` Wolfgang Schuster
2012-11-15 20:20 ` Bill Meahan
2012-11-15 23:55 ` Marcin Borkowski
2012-11-16 0:13 ` Aditya Mahajan
2012-11-16 0:48 ` Bill Meahan
2012-11-16 4:17 ` Aditya Mahajan
2012-11-16 15:41 ` Bill Meahan
2012-11-16 16:36 ` Aditya Mahajan
2012-11-16 6:49 ` Andy Thomas
2012-11-16 7:13 ` luigi scarso
2012-11-16 7:18 ` Andy Thomas
2012-11-16 23:18 ` Zenlima
2012-11-16 23:21 ` Zenlima
2012-11-16 23:41 ` Bill Meahan
2012-11-17 7:08 ` luigi scarso
2012-11-17 9:18 ` Alan BRASLAU
2012-11-17 16:48 ` Bill Meahan
2012-11-17 17:24 ` luigi scarso
2012-11-16 10:21 ` Keith J. Schultz
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