Ebooks Yawn !

[7zark7]

having got the sdk up and running and written a few basic things , i want to try and port an ebook reader across, anybody got any suggestions for existing open source readers that we could port across, the basic ebook reader aka text file reader is pretty poor !!!

 

[judge0]

having got the sdk up and running and written a few basic things , i want to try and port an ebook reader across, anybody got any suggestions for existing open source readers that we could port across, the basic ebook reader aka text file reader is pretty poor !!!

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Agreed - stores bookmark.dat on NAND (should be on /mnt/sd/{booksdirectory})
- tries to load entire text file to memory (chokes on greater than 1.4 MB files)
- bookmark.dat only stores info on ONE file (should store info on all ebooks in
directory)
- does anyone know why it displays all the kanji characters? I have tried all
sorts of converters and can't get rid of them
- Poor filename display (should either wrap filename to next line, or crop
filename in middle)
- doesn't seem to handle Tabs/PageBreaks well
- should have option to reverse video (low-intensity white background, black
text for ease on eyes)

A few links I found with *nix source code:

Plucker - Here

Agenda VR3 - Here

JustReader - Here

TWReader - Here

CSpotRun - Here

WeaselReader - Here

 

[Quiest]

WeaselReader sounds the best (I`m just judging from the name here )

 

[7zark7]

hmm all the palm os stuff uses the palm os api calls so that might be harder, the zarus sharp thing is nix based afaik , so might have a closer look at the readers for that and see what can be done....

 

[triton]

i think i know the reason for the kanji characters, accented letters, like from charmap certian ones mess it up i guess

 

[Gaijin]

Hey 7Zark7,

How goes it with the reader?

Anything (remotely) usable?

 

[7zark7]

getting the environments working so i could compile took a lot of time, i have managed to get TTL fonts displaying text, now i need to write the parsing and word wrapping etc, once i have the framework it should not take long to get something better than the text viewer thats included.

my problem is time, real life gets in the way, it will be a month or two i think before you see anything from this...

I am on it, and any spare time which i can spend on it i will.

7Zark7

 

[icurafu]

Maybe once you get the firmware souce, you could try and replace the current once built into the menu. Just as a patch.

I think that would be better then loading a new program just for ebooks.

That's the same with oldplay. I use that instead of the music player, so I wish it could be built into the interface instead of whats there now.

 

[xalres]

If you (or anyone) could incorporate the Flite voice synthesis engine to read e-books back through the speakers/headphones that would rock. Should also incorporate a screen on/off button like the MP3 player so it doesn't waste the batteries.

 

[Gaijin]

Hey,

I'm just glad you are working on it, anything you can do is appreciated!

Is Justreader any use for source or is it too reliant on the QT toolkit?

 

[7zark7]

I would really need something SDL based to enable an easy port, otherwise i am probably best writing my own and using shared code to do things like read pdb files etc (i.e. not reinvent the wheel).

 

[hitbyambulance]

how hard would it be to make it able to read OpenDocument (.odf) files?

 

[FluffyPanda]

how hard would it be to make it able to read OpenDocument (.odf) files?

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To read them?

Easy.

To render them to the screen?

:blink:

I think OpenOffice2x / KOffice2x might be pushing things a bit.

 

[nickspoon]

If you (or anyone) could incorporate the Flite voice synthesis engine to read e-books back through the speakers/headphones that would rock. Should also incorporate a screen on/off button like the MP3 player so it doesn't waste the batteries.

I'm looking into Flite, but then again I say I'm looking into a lot of things and don't get round to doing anything, so don't expect much.

 

[hitbyambulance]

I'm looking into Flite, but then again I say I'm looking into a lot of things and don't get round to doing anything, so don't expect much.

how's this going?

 

[nickspoon]

Downloadable in the archive under Utilities, I can't be bothered to link it

 

[hitbyambulance]

Downloadable in the archive under Utilities, I can't be bothered to link it

i did a search for your user name, i looked under Applications... the other text readers are under Misc Apps, but I can't find yours.

 

[nubie]

WeaselReader sounds the best (I`m just judging from the name here )

Yes it does sound great, I assume it is produced under the Stun-A-Vole brand and marketed by the Bewilder-A-Beast folks. (Have you seent the Confuse-A-Cat Ltd. skit by Monty Python? :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: )