From: Nick Dokos <nicholas.dokos@hp.com>
To: Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com>
Cc: nicholas.dokos@hp.com, emacs-orgmode@gnu.org
Subject: Re: Making ePub books
Date: Sun, 11 Dec 2011 02:07:48 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <6723.1323587268@alphaville.dokosmarshall.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com> of "Sun, 11 Dec 2011 17:59:30 +1100." <1323586770.20628.12@windy>
Alan L Tyree <alantyree@gmail.com> wrote:
> Debian Squeeze; org 7.7; emacs 23.2.1
>
> I am back to trying to make ePub books from org articles/books. I am=20
> working on a book which currently produces about 100 pages in LaTeX=20
> export. It will be about 200 pages when finished.
>
> ePub uses XHTML for the main content. So, I export the org file to=20
> HTML. It verifies as a valid XHTML1.0 file at the w3c verification=20
> site: http://validator.w3.org/
>
> OK. Then wrap it up in the mess that is the ePub specification. It=20
> actually reads OK in FBReader and in Iceweasel with the ePub add on,=20
> BUT it does not validate. There are several problems, but most of the=20
> errors involve the "name" attribute. For example:
>
> <h2 id=3D"history"><a name=3D"sec-1" id=3D"sec-1"></a><span class=3D"sectio=
> n-
> number-2">1</span> History</h2>
>
> ePub does not like the name in there. Wipe out all the name=3D"xxx" and=20
> the problem goes away. Everything else still works.
>
> I know that I can do a post export clean up of the XHTML file, but I=20
> wonder if this is set in some variable that I cannot find.
>
> And, as a general question, whay have both name=3D"sec-1" and id=3D"sec-1"=20
> in the same element?
>
> I would like to automate everything to go from org to ePub. It doesn't=20
> seem too hard, but I'm a legal academic, not a programmer :-). Any=20
> pointers appreciated.
>
Back when Avdi Green was working on his book, there was some discussion
of this and Anthony Lander provided a pointer to http://calibre-ebook.com/
- see
http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.orgmode/41826/focus=41849
Nick
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2011-12-11 7:07 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 13+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2011-12-11 6:59 Making ePub books Alan L Tyree
2011-12-11 7:07 ` Nick Dokos [this message]
2011-12-11 7:25 ` Alan L Tyree
2011-12-11 7:42 ` Nick Dokos
2011-12-11 8:28 ` Alan L Tyree
2011-12-11 9:41 ` Making ePub books: further report Alan L Tyree
2011-12-11 9:52 ` Alan L Tyree
2011-12-11 10:02 ` Jambunathan K
2011-12-11 19:29 ` Alan L Tyree
2011-12-11 15:52 ` Bastien
2011-12-11 15:51 ` Bastien
2011-12-11 20:47 ` Alan L Tyree
2011-12-11 7:50 ` Making ePub books Nick Dokos
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