One simple way, without preprocessing, is to put your file up on a local webserver (say, apache on your own machine, linux or otherwise) and then use a utility like AvantGo (with a custom "channel" definition for your own machine, if possible, or even a small free-hosting service) to load up your own pages... There is a "more free" tool called Plucker which is another offline HTML viewer:
http://www.plkr.org/index.plkr You also might just want to start out with a specialized reader, esp. if this is just for your own use... but if you are trying to make distributable palmOS documents, for people who don't want to (or cannot) install new software, I can understand... however, you can beam both a reader application as well as documents from one palm to another. Here is a nice-looking Free reader, I found on a freshmeat.net search: http://gutenpalm.sourceforge.net/about.php They use a format called zTXT, and have a links section for "Converting Texts" including their own makeztxt tool... zTXT has better compression than others, apparently. They explain both java- and perl-based conversionone link is to this project, which ALSO DOES EBOOK format: http://www.pyrite.org/publisher/index.html I also came across another converter, which appears small, fast, and fault-tolerant (against incorrect html)... might be worthwhile. It also says that it's output can be optimized for ebook reading: http://www.mysunrise.ch/users/bhaak/vilistextum/ hope these help!! Let us know what works best for you (sorry I don't have direct experiences of my own to offer -- I have enjoyed using AvantGo, but I think they've become more commercialized recently, and the free tools for palm are far more mature than when I was tinkering). ciao, Ben B PS - Rob, you might be interested in the zTXT format details, they can be found at: http://gutenpalm.sourceforge.net/ztxt_format.php On Wed, 2003-04-02 at 10:20, Barker, Gerald A (MD) wrote: > I am interested in this topic too. I have been messing around with tex > and find it interesting but difficult. Also can someone suggest how > to make text files into formats for a palm using linux tools > > thanks > Garry > > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Hudson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, April 02, 2003 10:05 AM > To: EUGLUG > Subject: [Eug-lug]ebooks > > > Anyone know about how to create an ebook using Linux tools? I hear > it's > similar to XHTML as a document type, with some sort of attachment ball > for graphics and charts and such. > > -Rob _______________________________________________ Eug-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
