Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

[Gerben Wierda]

Now that I have my book project basically running on mkiv (the layout probably has a few problems left, the main one currently being extra whitespace after a chapter heading  compared to mkii), I’d like to try producing ePUB from it.

ConTeXtgarden says I have to add a backend and points me to the info on the standard project structure (which I use), but there I don’t find anything about a backend. The extended example says that starting january 2015, things have changed with ePUB, which probably also applies to me as I only recently started with a fresh download of a current ConTeXt mkiv.

So, can someone tell me what I need to do to get a basic ePUB output?

And what command do I run to update my separate ConTeXt tree? 

And which one to find out what version I’m running?

G
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Re: Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

[Gerben Wierda]

Nobody?

On 15 Mar 2015, at 22:12, Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl> wrote:

> Now that I have my book project basically running on mkiv (the layout probably has a few problems left, the main one currently being extra whitespace after a chapter heading  compared to mkii), I’d like to try producing ePUB from it.
> 
> ConTeXtgarden says I have to add a backend and points me to the info on the standard project structure (which I use), but there I don’t find anything about a backend. The extended example says that starting january 2015, things have changed with ePUB, which probably also applies to me as I only recently started with a fresh download of a current ConTeXt mkiv.
> 
> So, can someone tell me what I need to do to get a basic ePUB output?
> 
> And what command do I run to update my separate ConTeXt tree? 
> 
> And which one to find out what version I’m running?
> 
> G
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Re: Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

[Hans Hagen]

On 3/17/2015 3:41 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> Nobody?
>
> On 15 Mar 2015, at 22:12, Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl> wrote:
>
>> Now that I have my book project basically running on mkiv (the layout probably has a few problems left, the main one currently being extra whitespace after a chapter heading  compared to mkii), I’d like to try producing ePUB from it.
>>
>> ConTeXtgarden says I have to add a backend and points me to the info on the standard project structure (which I use), but there I don’t find anything about a backend. The extended example says that starting january 2015, things have changed with ePUB, which probably also applies to me as I only recently started with a fresh download of a current ConTeXt mkiv.
>>
>> So, can someone tell me what I need to do to get a basic ePUB output?

\setupbackend
   [export=yes]

more on wiki

>> And what command do I run to update my separate ConTeXt tree?

just run the first-setup script again

>> And which one to find out what version I’m running?

context --version

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Re: Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

[Procházka Lukáš Ing. - Pontex s. r. o.]

Hello,

there are some ePUB and XML conversion/processing questions time to time here in the forum.

Try to search or to ask directly someone who asked for ePUB conversion.

(I have no experience with ePUB.)

Lukas


On Sun, 15 Mar 2015 22:12:33 +0100, Gerben Wierda <gerben.wierda@rna.nl> wrote:

> Now that I have my book project basically running on mkiv (the layout probably has a few problems left, the main one currently being extra whitespace after a chapter heading  compared to mkii), I’d like to try producing ePUB from it.
>
> ConTeXtgarden says I have to add a backend and points me to the info on the standard project structure (which I use), but there I don’t find anything about a backend. The extended example says that starting january 2015, things have changed with ePUB, which probably also applies to me as I only recently started with a fresh download of a current ConTeXt mkiv.
>
> So, can someone tell me what I need to do to get a basic ePUB output?
>
> And what command do I run to update my separate ConTeXt tree?
>
> And which one to find out what version I’m running?
>
> G


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Re: Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

[Gerben Wierda]

On 17 Mar 2015, at 16:51, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> On 3/17/2015 3:41 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>> Nobody?
>> 
>> On 15 Mar 2015, at 22:12, Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl> wrote:
>> 
>>> Now that I have my book project basically running on mkiv (the layout probably has a few problems left, the main one currently being extra whitespace after a chapter heading  compared to mkii), I’d like to try producing ePUB from it.
>>> 
>>> ConTeXtgarden says I have to add a backend and points me to the info on the standard project structure (which I use), but there I don’t find anything about a backend. The extended example says that starting january 2015, things have changed with ePUB, which probably also applies to me as I only recently started with a fresh download of a current ConTeXt mkiv.
>>> 
>>> So, can someone tell me what I need to do to get a basic ePUB output?
> 
> \setupbackend
>  [export=yes]
> 
> more on wiki

The wiki doesn’t really help. Am I supposed to create another product file in …/products?

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Re: Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

[Hans Hagen]

On 3/17/2015 10:33 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> On 17 Mar 2015, at 16:51, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>
>> On 3/17/2015 3:41 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>> Nobody?
>>>
>>> On 15 Mar 2015, at 22:12, Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Now that I have my book project basically running on mkiv (the layout probably has a few problems left, the main one currently being extra whitespace after a chapter heading  compared to mkii), I’d like to try producing ePUB from it.
>>>>
>>>> ConTeXtgarden says I have to add a backend and points me to the info on the standard project structure (which I use), but there I don’t find anything about a backend. The extended example says that starting january 2015, things have changed with ePUB, which probably also applies to me as I only recently started with a fresh download of a current ConTeXt mkiv.
>>>>
>>>> So, can someone tell me what I need to do to get a basic ePUB output?
>>
>> \setupbackend
>>   [export=yes]
>>
>> more on wiki
>
> The wiki doesn’t really help. Am I supposed to create another product file in …/products?

no, just enable it ... export files end up in a subpath

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Re: Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

[Gerben Wierda]

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On 18 Mar 2015, at 02:14, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> On 3/17/2015 10:33 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>> On 17 Mar 2015, at 16:51, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 3/17/2015 3:41 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>>> Nobody?
>>>> 
>>>> On 15 Mar 2015, at 22:12, Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> Now that I have my book project basically running on mkiv (the layout probably has a few problems left, the main one currently being extra whitespace after a chapter heading  compared to mkii), I’d like to try producing ePUB from it.
>>>>> 
>>>>> ConTeXtgarden says I have to add a backend and points me to the info on the standard project structure (which I use), but there I don’t find anything about a backend. The extended example says that starting january 2015, things have changed with ePUB, which probably also applies to me as I only recently started with a fresh download of a current ConTeXt mkiv.
>>>>> 
>>>>> So, can someone tell me what I need to do to get a basic ePUB output?
>>> 
>>> \setupbackend
>>>  [export=yes]
>>> 
>>> more on wiki
>> 
>> The wiki doesn’t really help. Am I supposed to create another product file in …/products?
> 
> no, just enable it ... export files end up in a subpath

I did add this to the environment file and tried to create an ePub for the whole book and for an individual chapter, but no success yet:

luna-wifi:chapters gerben$ (. /usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex/setuptex && mtxrun --script epub --make c_loosely.specification)
Setting "/usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex" as ConTeXt root.

mtx-epub        | unknown specificaton file 'c_loosely.specification-export/c_loosely.specification-pub' for 'c_loosely.specification'
luna-wifi:chapters gerben$ (. /usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex/setuptex && mtxrun --script epub --make prd_book.specification)
Setting "/usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex" as ConTeXt root.

mtx-epub        | unknown specificaton file 'prd_book.specification-export/prd_book.specification-pub' for 'prd_book.specification'


What am I missing? What is a specification file?

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Re: Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

[Hans Hagen]

On 3/18/2015 7:34 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
> On 18 Mar 2015, at 02:14, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl
> <mailto:pragma@wxs.nl>> wrote:
>
>> On 3/17/2015 10:33 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>> On 17 Mar 2015, at 16:51, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl
>>> <mailto:pragma@wxs.nl>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 3/17/2015 3:41 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>>>> Nobody?
>>>>>
>>>>> On 15 Mar 2015, at 22:12, Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl
>>>>> <mailto:Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Now that I have my book project basically running on mkiv (the
>>>>>> layout probably has a few problems left, the main one currently
>>>>>> being extra whitespace after a chapter heading  compared to mkii),
>>>>>> I’d like to try producing ePUB from it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> ConTeXtgarden says I have to add a backend and points me to the
>>>>>> info on the standard project structure (which I use), but there I
>>>>>> don’t find anything about a backend. The extended example says
>>>>>> that starting january 2015, things have changed with ePUB, which
>>>>>> probably also applies to me as I only recently started with a
>>>>>> fresh download of a current ConTeXt mkiv.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> So, can someone tell me what I need to do to get a basic ePUB output?
>>>>
>>>> \setupbackend
>>>>  [export=yes]
>>>>
>>>> more on wiki
>>>
>>> The wiki doesn’t really help. Am I supposed to create another product
>>> file in …/products?
>>
>> no, just enable it ... export files end up in a subpath
>
> I did add this to the environment file and tried to create an ePub for
> the whole book and for an individual chapter, but no success yet:
>
> luna-wifi:chapters gerben$ (. /usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex/setuptex &&
> mtxrun --script epub --make c_loosely.specification)
> Setting "/usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex" as ConTeXt root.
>
> mtx-epub        | unknown specificaton file
> 'c_loosely.specification-export/c_loosely.specification-pub' for
> 'c_loosely.specification'
> luna-wifi:chapters gerben$ (. /usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex/setuptex &&
> mtxrun --script epub --make prd_book.specification)
> Setting "/usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex" as ConTeXt root.
>
> mtx-epub        | unknown specificaton file
> 'prd_book.specification-export/prd_book.specification-pub' for
> 'prd_book.specification'
>
>
> What am I missing? What is a specification file?

you process the tex file as normal .. that will produce a specification 
file that will be used if you use mtxrun --script epub later (the call 
is mentioned at the end of a tex run that has the export enabled)

Hans


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Re: Now that I have something working on mkiv, I'd like to try ePUB

[Gerben Wierda]

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On 18 Mar 2015, at 08:46, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl> wrote:

> On 3/18/2015 7:34 AM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>> On 18 Mar 2015, at 02:14, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl
>> <mailto:pragma@wxs.nl>> wrote:
>> 
>>> On 3/17/2015 10:33 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>>> On 17 Mar 2015, at 16:51, Hans Hagen <pragma@wxs.nl
>>>> <mailto:pragma@wxs.nl>> wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> On 3/17/2015 3:41 PM, Gerben Wierda wrote:
>>>>>> Nobody?
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 15 Mar 2015, at 22:12, Gerben Wierda <Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl
>>>>>> <mailto:Gerben.Wierda@rna.nl>> wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Now that I have my book project basically running on mkiv (the
>>>>>>> layout probably has a few problems left, the main one currently
>>>>>>> being extra whitespace after a chapter heading  compared to mkii),
>>>>>>> I’d like to try producing ePUB from it.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> ConTeXtgarden says I have to add a backend and points me to the
>>>>>>> info on the standard project structure (which I use), but there I
>>>>>>> don’t find anything about a backend. The extended example says
>>>>>>> that starting january 2015, things have changed with ePUB, which
>>>>>>> probably also applies to me as I only recently started with a
>>>>>>> fresh download of a current ConTeXt mkiv.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> So, can someone tell me what I need to do to get a basic ePUB output?
>>>>> 
>>>>> \setupbackend
>>>>> [export=yes]
>>>>> 
>>>>> more on wiki
>>>> 
>>>> The wiki doesn’t really help. Am I supposed to create another product
>>>> file in …/products?
>>> 
>>> no, just enable it ... export files end up in a subpath
>> 
>> I did add this to the environment file and tried to create an ePub for
>> the whole book and for an individual chapter, but no success yet:
>> 
>> luna-wifi:chapters gerben$ (. /usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex/setuptex &&
>> mtxrun --script epub --make c_loosely.specification)
>> Setting "/usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex" as ConTeXt root.
>> 
>> mtx-epub        | unknown specificaton file
>> 'c_loosely.specification-export/c_loosely.specification-pub' for
>> 'c_loosely.specification'
>> luna-wifi:chapters gerben$ (. /usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex/setuptex &&
>> mtxrun --script epub --make prd_book.specification)
>> Setting "/usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex" as ConTeXt root.
>> 
>> mtx-epub        | unknown specificaton file
>> 'prd_book.specification-export/prd_book.specification-pub' for
>> 'prd_book.specification'
>> 
>> 
>> What am I missing? What is a specification file?
> 
> you process the tex file as normal .. that will produce a specification file that will be used if you use mtxrun --script epub later (the call is mentioned at the end of a tex run that has the export enabled)

Ha, I’ve got my first ePUB!

(. /usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex/setuptex && context --mode=editor  ../products/prd_book.tex)
(. /usr/local/src/ConTeXt/tex/setuptex && mtxrun --script epub --make "prd_book")

Now, it’s time to see how I can tweak the ePUB.

Things I would like to do:
- The quotes that now appear on the LHS page facing the first page of a chapter should instead appear on the top of the RHS new chapter page above the heading
- manage footnotes. Probably best is to have them at the end of the chapter when producing for ePub. Basically, I need to know what to do if the structure of my document differs between PDF and ePUB.
- manage the index (empty now)
- manage bibliographic references (empty now)
 And of course I need to look into CSS and stuff to create a nice ePUB

G

> 
> Hans
> 
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