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[Question] How do you parse the .epub files? #23

Closed nschoe closed 1 year ago

nschoe commented 4 years ago

Hi, first of all, kudos for this project! It's a very ambitious project and I fully support it. It looks like fun :-)

I'm also working on something myself and found out your project while looking for information.

I looked at the code but I could not see how you handle .epub files? They are basically .zip archives, and a bunch of .xml / .html files. I did not see code to deal with this.

How do you intend to do? Do you have a few pointers to this?

Thanks for the comments, have fun and keep the good work up!

joeycastillo commented 4 years ago

Thanks for the comment! At this time the software support (MVBook, in the examples folder) is pretty basic; it only supports plain text files that have been processed with a script to establish page boundaries. It mostly exists as a proof of concept; I'm focused on getting the hardware to a point where it's manufacturable and more broadly available, so more folks than just me can work on software support. Things like ePub support are more complex and not something that I've been able to get to thus far.