From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/55003 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: William Adams Newsgroups: gmane.comp.tex.context Subject: Re: TeX as an eBook engine? Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:52:05 -0500 Message-ID: <7F04309D-F522-42B5-9F71-3E2BAFFEC8BD@frycomm.com> References: <60DB6B0E-C759-43E0-A13F-54AB7D0D5560@wideopenwest.com> <4B177DAC.80408@wxs.nl> <931F0902-AE4B-408F-AB1C-A3AC8B9901F2@frycomm.com> Reply-To: mailing list for ConTeXt users NNTP-Posting-Host: lo.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; Format="flowed"; DelSp="yes" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Trace: ger.gmane.org 1259848350 662 80.91.229.12 (3 Dec 2009 13:52:30 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@ger.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 3 Dec 2009 13:52:30 +0000 (UTC) To: mailing list for ConTeXt users Original-X-From: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Thu Dec 03 14:52:20 2009 Return-path: Envelope-to: gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl ([195.12.62.10]) by lo.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 4.50) id 1NGC6U-0004I8-Of for gctc-ntg-context-518@m.gmane.org; Thu, 03 Dec 2009 14:52:18 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7ED1BC9CF6; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:49:03 +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 TLTqIGJa2aRl; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:48:59 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from balder.ntg.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id EE266C9C90; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:48:58 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id C83AEC9C90 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:48:57 +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 mOOwO3txXAc5 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:48:54 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from ares.frycomm.com (ares.frycomm.com [65.167.125.8]) by balder.ntg.nl (Postfix) with ESMTP id B7E58C9C7C for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 14:48:53 +0100 (CET) Original-Received: from [192.168.21.139] (charon.frycomm.com [65.167.125.1]) by ares.frycomm.com (Switch-3.1.8/Switch-3.1.7) with ESMTP id nB3Dq6U2018610 for ; Thu, 3 Dec 2009 08:52:06 -0500 (EST) In-Reply-To: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) X-BeenThere: ntg-context@ntg.nl X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.12 Precedence: list List-Id: mailing list for ConTeXt users List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Original-Sender: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Errors-To: ntg-context-bounces@ntg.nl Xref: news.gmane.org gmane.comp.tex.context:55003 Archived-At: On Dec 3, 2009, at 8:22 AM, luigi scarso wrote: > Not really. My apologies, lost the thread of the discussion. I agree w/ this. > With mkiv you can typeset xml files as pdf, > so you can also (using modes) convert it to xhtml (we have lua now). > Writing a css is not a problem, and you can also manage fonts -- > after all > you know them because you need for pdf . Other infos are trivial. > > Following this route you can also make an (x)html for a WOFF enable > browser > like firefox 2.6 beta -- it's almost the same of epub, after all > Cfr > people.mozilla.com/~jkew/woff/woff-spec-latest.html > > Of course none can say that epub is like pdf from a typographical > point of view > but for low energy devices can be better epub than pdf. I'll grant that .epub can be more flexible and more appropriate, but one has to keep in mind that one is giving up quite a bit of typographical quality, and that one is at the mercy of the h&j of the viewing program and I've yet to see one which puts more than a minimal / brain-dead / greedy --- set as much as will fit on the current line and then break to the next algorithm in. William -- William Adams senior graphic designer Fry Communications Sphinx of black quartz, judge my vow. ___________________________________________________________________________________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to the Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-context webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________________