From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/85278 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Bill Meahan Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: EPUB woes Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 11:51:39 -0500 Message-ID: <5287A29B.6010302@meahan.net> References: <52878C67.90007@meahan.net> Reply-To: lists@meahan.net, mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: plane.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="windows-1252"; Format="flowed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1384620682 13469 80.91.229.3 (16 Nov 2013 16:51:22 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 16 Nov 2013 16:51:22 +0000 (UTC) To: ntg-context@ntg.nl Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Sat Nov 16 17:51:28 2013 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([5.39.185.229]) by plane.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1Vhj5h-0004Do-QF for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:51:25 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0EFFE1023F; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:51:25 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id Wd9dC8Gszsys; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:51:23 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECF39101FB; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:51:22 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBCA7101FB for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:51:20 +0100 (CET) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at balder.ntg.nl Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([127.0.0.1]) by localhost (balder.ntg.nl [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with LMTP id oB4qNSR5eWue for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:51:19 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (filter3-ams.mf.surf.net [192.87.102.71]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id E8A7D101FA for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:51:18 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from mail16c40.carrierzone.com (mail16c40.carrierzone.com [209.235.156.156]) by filter3-ams.mf.surf.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-9.4) with ESMTP id rAGGpF2x016508 for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 17:51:17 +0100 X-Authenticated-User: subscribed_lists.meahan.net Original-Received: from [192.168.1.114] (d27-96-221-12.nap.wideopenwest.com [96.27.12.221]) (authenticated bits=0) by mail16c40.carrierzone.com (8.13.6/8.13.1) with ESMTP id rAGGpC0x011299 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-CAMELLIA256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sat, 16 Nov 2013 16:51:14 +0000 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows NT 6.1; WOW64; rv:24.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/24.1.0 In-Reply-To: X-CTCH-RefID: str=0001.0A020207.5287A282.007C, ss=1, re=0.100, recu=0.000, reip=0.000, cl=1, cld=1, fgs=0 X-CTCH-VOD: Unknown X-CTCH-Spam: Unknown X-CTCH-Score: 0.100 X-CTCH-Rules: X-CTCH-Flags: 0 X-CTCH-ScoreCust: 0.000 X-Bayes-Prob: 0.0001 (Score 0, tokens from: @@RPTN) X-CanIt-Geo: ip=209.235.156.156; country=US; region=FL; city=Fort Lauderdale; postalcode=33301; latitude=26.1209; longitude=-80.1273; metrocode=528; areacode=954; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=26.1209,-80.1273&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: uu:ntg-context@ntg.nl (inherits from uu:default, base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 03KOgPf2o - a3f42c30d5d2 - 20131116 (trained as not-spam) X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 192.87.102.71 X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:85278 Archived-At: 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 caus= e. > 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 si= gnificantly > 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. Produc= ing PDF an sticking it into a > EPUB or MOBI wrapper just does not make sense. > > regards > Keith. You are totally misreading what I wrote! I know there is no direct PDF -> EPUB route and it's a fool's errand to = think there is. However, with appropriate headers, ConTeXt is supposed = to create either a PDF or and EPUB from a common source file marked up = for ConTeXt. Hence, if I run wwm$ context export-example.tex I expect to get a PDF *but* if I run wwm$ mtxrun --script epub --make export-example.tex <- the same = export-example.tex as above I would /expect/ to get a valid EPUB file, or so I'm lead to believe. At the moment, I'm simply trying it out using Hans' "export-example.tex" = file that comes as part of the standard ConTeXt distribution, either = Standalone or part of one of the other distributions. I haven't even = opened the export-example.tex file in an editor (yet) in this round of = trials and I've even run the script against it right in the ..../base/ = directory where it is found in the distribution so I don't understand = why it is not producing a valid EPUB. Once I've got that sorted out, I = can try applying the lessons learned to my own documents. -- = Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan = =93Writing is like getting married. 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