Oh, I see archive.org have djvu formats. Then I guess that would be much better than bitmap pdfs. Evince supports djvu, so I think you still can use xbook for that.
On Sun, 2007-01-21 at 11:23 +0100, Bert Freudenberg wrote: > So it appears it is just scanned bitmaps, you're not doing OCR on them. > > I wonder ... is there an image compression method taking advantage of > the subject being printed text? > > - Bert - > > Am Jan 21, 2007 um 8:47 schrieb Brewster Kahle: > > > > > we can construct anything, but pdf is the best for us-- we have > > them built now. > > > > the old revision of software used to play our pdf's (but crash > > after a minute or so), but they dont run at all in the new release > > (by clicking from the web browser). the "flip book" javascript > > viewer works, but the pages should be one-up and rotated so they > > fill the screen. > > > > Here is an example book: > > http://www.archive.org/details/flatlandromanceo00abbouoft > > > > flip book is here: > > http://www.openlibrary.org/details/flatlandromanceo00abbouoft > > > > pdf is here: > > http://www.archive.org/download/flatlandromanceo00abbouoft/ > > flatlandromanceo00abbouoft.pdf > > > > thank you for the help. > > > > -brewster > > > > > > > > Jim Gettys wrote: > >> What format is the book source in? HTML, PDF, bitmap? > >> - Jim > >> On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 18:49 -0800, Brewster Kahle wrote: > >>> thank you for the quick reply. we will be hacking something > >>> tomorrow. > >>> > >>> would you guess the quickest way to get a demo is browser/ > >>> javascript? > >>> > >>> the other approach seems to be python GTK. > >>> > >>> Any early guidance to keep us from a rathole would be appreciated. > >>> > >>> -brewster > >>> > >>> > >>> Jim Gettys wrote: > >>>> Hi, Brewster, > >>>> > >>>> This sort of question would normally go to the devel@laptop.org > >>>> list, > >>>> where the low level types hang out. I might discuss the > >>>> detailed UI > >>>> design on sugar@laptop.org, where the UI people tend to hang > >>>> out, and > >>>> this list for library related items themselves. At least that > >>>> would be > >>>> my take on it. > >>>> > >>>> Yes, the buttons should work. > >>>> > >>>> They appear to be keyboard keys. > >>>> > >>>> I don't remember if we have X keysyms all hooked up for them this > >>>> instant or not, but it should be possible without much trouble: > >>>> we only > >>>> got rotation running very recently. > >>>> > >>>> On the BTest-1 systems, holding multiple keys down at once may not > >>>> result in separate key events; this should be fixed in BTest-2. > >>>> Best regards, > >>>> - Jim Gettys > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Sat, 2007-01-20 at 18:02 -0800, Brewster Kahle wrote: > >>>>> We are trying to make a quick and dirty demo of a few images of > >>>>> book pages showing up on the screen. tablet mode, we think, > >>>>> will make the best demo. we would like to use the directional > >>>>> buttons to flip between pages. > >>>>> > >>>>> In preparation for a programmer working on this (sorry if this > >>>>> is obvious) does anyone know if these buttons send a character > >>>>> to the machine? > >>>>> > >>>>> also, is this the right list for talking about book viewers? > >>>>> > >>>>> -brewster > >>>>> Internet Archive > >>>>> > >>>>> _______________________________________________ > >>>>> Library mailing list > >>>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>>>> http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/library > > _______________________________________________ > > Devel mailing list > > Devel@laptop.org > > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Devel mailing list > Devel@laptop.org > http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@laptop.org http://mailman.laptop.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
