From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Msuck: nntp://news.gmane.io/gmane.comp.tex.context/85275 Path: news.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: "Keith J. 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EPUB is a container format that just wraps around your PDF. I do not know o= f any = ereader that can actually adjust the formatting/layout of a pdf in any sign= ificantly 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. Producin= g PDF an sticking it into a = EPUB or MOBI wrapper just does not make sense. = regards Keith. Am 16.11.2013 um 16:16 schrieb Bill Meahan : > I have been trying for a very long time to generate an epub document via = context without success. > = > I have followed the steps on the wiki to the letter, using the export-exa= mple file provided with the standalone distribution. A PDF generated from t= he 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. > = > Adobe Digital Editions 2.0 crashes trying to open it. Sumatra and Sigil g= et it open but the results are as described above. Obviously I am missing a= step or doing something wrong but I cannot see what. > = > Context Standalone from a couple of days ago. Windows 7-64 (Home Premium)= but I got the same results several months ago on a Linux system so I do no= t think it is OS-related. > = > Sign me, "Frustrated!" > = > -- = > Bill Meahan, Westland, Michigan > = > =93Writing is like getting married. One should never > commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.=94 > = > =97Iris Murdoch > = > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ > 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-co= ntext > webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net > archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ > wiki : http://contextgarden.net > _________________________________________________________________________= __________ ___________________________________________________________________________= ________ If your question is of interest to others as well, please add an entry to t= he Wiki! maillist : ntg-context@ntg.nl / http://www.ntg.nl/mailman/listinfo/ntg-cont= ext webpage : http://www.pragma-ade.nl / http://tex.aanhet.net archive : http://foundry.supelec.fr/projects/contextrev/ wiki : http://contextgarden.net ___________________________________________________________________________= ________