Tony, You don’t have to save it as an EPUB. Calibre indexes and opens pdfs without a problem! Furthermore, by not converting to EPUB, you’re avoiding the funky formatting that often happens as a result of the process.
On 16 Feb 2017, at 07:39, Tony Arnold <tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk> wrote: > > Patrick, > > On Thu, 2017-02-16 at 07:19 -0500, Patrick Shanahan wrote: >> * Tony Arnold <tony.arn...@manchester.ac.uk> [02-16-17 06:23]: >>> Is there an EPUB (or other ebook format) version of the darktable >>> manual >>> available? Or how might I go about creating such a version? >>> >>> I ask, as every now and again I take a look at Calibre to organise >>> documents. It can handle PDF docs, but I think EPUB or some such >>> may be >>> better suited. >>> >>> Any help greatly appreciated as always. >> >> Why don't you just convert it? >> >> a google search for "pdf to epub" provides many references, first: >> http://www.digitaltrends.com/computing/how-to-convert-a-pdf-to-epub/ > > Converting it is an option and indeed Calibre can do this. However, the > resulting EPUB document then is incredibly slow when it is opened in > Calibre. My belief is creating the EPUB from the original source may > produce better results, but I need to try it first! > > Regards, > Tony. > -- > Tony Arnold MBCS, CITP | Senior IT Security Analyst | Directorate of IT > Services | G64, Kilburn Building | The University of Manchester | Manchester > M13 9PL | T: +44 161 275 6093 | M: +44 773 330 0039 > ____________________________________________________________________________ > darktable user mailing list > to unsubscribe send a mail to darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.or > <mailto:darktable-user+unsubscr...@lists.darktable.or>
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