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From: Gilles <codecomplete-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
To: pandoc-discuss-/JYPxA39Uh5TLH3MbocFFw@public.gmane.org
Subject: Re: EPUB files crash my e-book reader
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2021 14:24:25 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <a8169c7e-15a5-167d-2f59-54d2c2740e33@free.fr> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87lf91e1la.fsf-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>

Thanks but… same issue.

There's something in those HTML pages: I haven't had the problem after 
converting other web pages into EPUB with Pandoc, and reading them on my 
reader.

On 29/04/2021 14:07, Albert Krewinkel wrote:
> The only thing I can think of is to try and use EPUB2 instead of EPUB3.
> Maybe the reader doesn't like some EPUB3 feature that's triggered by
> these websites? Try this:
>
>      pandoc -o mypage.epub -t epub2 mypage.html
>
> HTH,
> Albert
>
> Gilles <codecomplete-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org> writes:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I used the following commands to turn a couple of web pages into EPUB to read on
>> my no-name reader:
>>
>> wget -O mypage.html http://www.acme.com/somepage.html
>> pandoc.2.9.2.1.exe -o mypage.epub mypage.html
>>
>> (Until I gather the courage of installing a new, 64-bit computer and
>> re-installing all my stuff, that is the most recent release of Pando I can use
>> because I'm still running 32-bit Windows7.)
>>
>> For some reason, those two URLs freeze my reader after turning them into EPUB
>> files, although they open fin in Windows using SumatraPDF :
>>
>> https://www.vox.com/22346085/covid-19-vietnam-response-travel-restrictions
>> https://www.vox.com/22380161/south-korea-covid-19-coronavirus-pandemic-contact-tracing-testing
>>
>> I haven't experienced that with other files, be they EPUB or PDF.
>>
>> Any idea what I could try in the meantime ?
>>
>> Thank you.
>
> --
> Albert Krewinkel
> GPG: 8eed e3e2 e8c5 6f18 81fe  e836 388d c0b2 1f63 1124
>

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2021-04-29 12:24 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-04-29  9:17 Gilles
     [not found] ` <6056bed7-8403-6397-dbba-363889d433f8-GANU6spQydw@public.gmane.org>
2021-04-29 12:07   ` Albert Krewinkel
     [not found]     ` <87lf91e1la.fsf-9EawChwDxG8hFhg+JK9F0w@public.gmane.org>
2021-04-29 12:24       ` Gilles [this message]
2021-04-29 16:01   ` dmccunney

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