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aaronpk_tv
Wednesday, November 1, 2017
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That feeling when you have to install Java to run a program that validates XML epub files. 😭 -
Isaac😱Rabinovitch
http://picknit.com
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Nov 1
Also, the two leading xml editor both run on the JRE. So how did you get that Epub file in the first place?
@isaac32767 Generator? I'm creating it by hand. It's quite a mess of various XML formats and namespaces with no meaningful significance -
mcepl
https://matej.ceplovi.cz/
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Nov 1
yum install java-1.8.0-openjdk-headless # your OS doesn't offer separate Java from the browser plugin?
I haven't had a Java browser plugin in ages thankfully. macOS. -
Isaac😱Rabinovitch
http://picknit.com
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Nov 1
You're writing XML without a validating editor? I hope your insurance has good mental health coverage.
by "hand", I mean with some PHP scripts. e.g. the TOC is generated by parsing my source files, etc.
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HTML, a file for each chapter and section, with Microformats to indicate chapter names for building the ToC...
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PHP for conditional rendering of content for the epub vs print editions, e.g. "on page X" vs hyperlink, and to get images to flow properly
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Isaac😱Rabinovitch
http://picknit.com
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Nov 1
Instead of jumping through hoops to generate the XML, consider authoring in XML in the first place.
@isaac32767 I'm not going to maintain individual XML files for the ncx/opf files. Those need to be generated automatically from my content.
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Isaac😱Rabinovitch
http://picknit.com
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Nov 1
There are a lot of off-the-shelf workflows for converting XML to any user doc format you could name. So if you *start* in XML ... 2/2
@isaac32767 I'm starting in HTML which is what Prince uses to generate the print PDF. That part works great.
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Isaac😱Rabinovitch
http://picknit.com
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Nov 1
In other words, you're using a legacy workflow. Moving on from it may not be practical, but you should at least consider it.
@isaac32767 What's legacy about that? It's an actively developed tool, and I was following their rec's: http://www.princexml.com
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Isaac😱Rabinovitch
http://picknit.com
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Nov 1
Or maybe I'm just mis-stating the argument, which might be really between advocates of structure and those who just want to hack out content
@isaac32767 There's plenty of structure in these HTML files, that's how the ToC is generated.
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Tyler Gillies
http://kodo.fairuse.org
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Nov 1
Why are you even making epub? is that what kindle uses?
@tylergillies All the eBook readers except kindle use it, and Amazon provides a tool to convert from ePub to their format
