>> Thanks, I just tried Calibre. It does not have an ebook reader, just
>> an organizer for different devices. But it will come in handy if I
>> ever buy that Foxit Reader. Thanks!
>>
>
> My mistake. However, it is a good library organizer, so I think it is worth
> looking at. (I installed it for
> I may inadvertently start a flamewar, but Emacs has wonderful
> bookmarking support. ``C-x r m`` to bookmark any *line* in any
> readable file (including PDFs, as of Emacs 23) and ``C-x r l`` to list
> all your saved bookmarks. I use it for reading just about everything
> and am currently makin
> PDF is a "presentation" file type.
>
> Not much editing allowed on it (you need a good PDF editor to edit these
> kind of files, not easily available for Linux), but it's perfect for
> reading.
>
I understand this. However, when reading I like to adjust the fonts
and colours based on factors su
On 12/30/2009 9:58 AM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
2009/12/30 Mark Allums:
On 12/29/2009 2:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
Thanks.
Calibre
Thanks, I just trie
Dotan Cohen writes:
> Thanks. The program is a bit lacking as it does not support
> bookmarks, and annoying as search terms stay highlighted
I may inadvertently start a flamewar, but Emacs has wonderful
bookmarking support. ``C-x r m`` to bookmark any *line* in any
readable file (including PDFs,
On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 17:46:11 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>> I use to print the HTML page into PDF and then open the file with
>> Evince (or any PDF reader). The output file usually keeps a very good
>> format for computer display reading, I mean, margins and text
>> structure.
>>
>>
> I used Open Of
2009/12/30 Teemu Likonen :
> On 2009-12-29 22:24 (+0200), Dotan Cohen wrote:
>
>> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
>> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
>
> One possibility is to convert the book to LaTeX. It's often as simpl
> ,[ aptitude show fbreader ]
> | FBReader is an e-book reader.
> |
> | Main features:
> |
> | * supports several open e-book formats: fb2, html, chm, plucker,
> | palmdoc, ztxt, tcr (psion text), rtf, oeb, openreader, non-DRM'ed
> | mobipocket, plain text, epub
> | * reads directly fro
2009/12/30 Mark Allums :
> On 12/29/2009 2:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>>
>> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
>> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>
>
> Calibre
>
>
Thanks, I just tried Calibre. It does not h
> What's wrong with gutenbrowser?
I don't know! I've never heard of it until now!
It seems to have a problem searching the folders that I configure it
here, and it cannot reach the online servers as well. I will try to
fix that and see how good it is. Thanks!
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>> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
>> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
>
> vi :-)
>
I know that you are kidding, but Kate in VIM mode with a large Tahoma
font is great. It supports everything that I want in an ebook reade
> I recall a decent little ebook reader in the ubuntu UNR release. It
> allowed you to rotate the page 90 degrees on screen so you could hold a
> netbook in your hand like a real book and have a realistic aspect ratio.
> You could probably get the source from the ubuntu/canonical
> repositories?
>
> I use to print the HTML page into PDF and then open the file with Evince
> (or any PDF reader). The output file usually keeps a very good format for
> computer display reading, I mean, margins and text structure.
>
I used Open Office to export to PDF, but then the document is too
rigid. I cannot
On 2009-12-29 22:24 (+0200), Dotan Cohen wrote:
> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
One possibility is to convert the book to LaTeX. It's often as simple as
adding basic LaTeX headers and
Dotan Cohen writes:
> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
,[ aptitude show fbreader ]
| FBReader is an e-book reader.
|
| Main features:
|
| * supports several open e-book formats:
Oh, I forgot, Calibre is in Sid.
Try Calibre, if you can use Sid. Or manually install it, per my
previous post.
Mark Allums
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On 12/29/2009 2:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
Thanks.
Calibre
Binary install
calibre has a binary installer that has been tested on a number of
distr
What's wrong with gutenbrowser?
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On Wed, 30 Dec 2009 02:36 +0530, "shampavman.cg"
wrote:
> Glenn English wrote:
> > On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> >
> >
> >> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
> >> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
>
On Tue, 29 Dec 2009 22:24:28 +0200, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
I use to print the HTML page into PDF and then open the file with Evince
(or any PDF reader). T
Glenn English wrote:
On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
vi :-)
I would actually agree, but feels a little cumbersome i guess.
On Dec 29, 2009, at 1:24 PM, Dotan Cohen wrote:
> What software is recommended for reading plaintext ebooks? I have been
> opening the documents in Firefox, but maybe there is something better?
vi :-)
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