Just to say a big thank you for this, Les, it works very well! With ebooks gaining in importance now, it would be great if Lyx added on more capabilities on this front. To make a great too, better!
Frederick Noronha Goa, India Founder and Editor Goa,1556* * Published over 70 books so far, nearly all set in LyX! See http://goa1556.in On 14 July 2014 04:30, Les Denham <lden...@hal-pc.org> wrote: > On Mon, 14 Jul 2014 01:08:47 +0530 > Frederick FN Noronha फ्रेड्रिक नोरोन्या *فريدريك نورونيا > <fredericknoro...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > * What is the easiest way to convert a Lyx file (with images) to epub? > > * How can one ensure this will be consistent with epub standards? > > * Any site to test the resultant epub? > > * Can Lyx developers help to develop some tools that make it easy to > > create epub and other formats of ebooks? > > Frederick, > > I've done this for several books. From my experience the answer to your > questions are: > > * Conversion > 1. Export your file to LyXHTML > 2. Using your favorite text editor (I use vi), delete the first line of > the file (something like <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>) and > save as type HTML. > 3. The file can now be imported into Sigil > (http://web.sigil.googlecode.com/git/files/OEBPS/Text/introduction.html > ), > which saves files in epub format. > > * Epub standards > Sigil includes the FlightCrew validator, and also a link to validate > stylesheets with W3C. > > * Testing the epub > I don't know of any site for testing, other than > http://validator.idpf.org/, which as far as I know does exactly the > same as the Sigil validator. The real problem is that no e-reader > supports the standards completely and exactly, so you need to test > your epub on several readers. I use Nook, Calibre and FBreader. > > * LyX development > I'll leave this to developers. > > Without images, the conversion is straightforward, with the main > problem being how to handle footnotes: as epub is reflowable, the > concept of footnote does not exist, so you will have to decide how to > handle them. Sigil gives you the tools to implement any solution you > decide on, but it may involve a lot of detailed editing. > > Images complicate the conversion. Do you want small images in a fixed > location in the text? That is fairly easy. So is putting all the images > at the end of a chapter (or at the end of the book). But if you want > clickable links to images, and a clickable link to return you to the > page you were on, it can become very complicated, and involve a lot of > hand editing. But again, Sigil has all the tools you need for this. > > I hope this helps, > > Les > -- FN P +91-832-2409490 M +91-9822122436 http://goa1556.in
