Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-11 Thread Rik Kabel
On 12/11/2019 10:45, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: Am 2019-12-11 um 16:17 schrieb Rik Kabel : On 12/11/2019 01:10, Jan U. Hasecke wrote: Ebooks are xhtml so styles are limited to the capabilities of css. I fear that initials has to be left flowing images. Sorry, but if I understand what you

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-11 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
> Am 2019-12-11 um 16:17 schrieb Rik Kabel : > > On 12/11/2019 01:10, Jan U. Hasecke wrote: >> Ebooks are xhtml so styles are limited to the capabilities of css. I >> fear that initials has to be left flowing images. >> > Sorry, but if I understand what you mean by initials, that is not the

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-11 Thread Rik Kabel
On 12/11/2019 01:10, Jan U. Hasecke wrote: Ebooks are xhtml so styles are limited to the capabilities of css. I fear that initials has to be left flowing images. Sorry, but if I understand what you mean by initials, that is not the case. Consider .lettrine>p::first-letter {    

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-11 Thread Hans Hagen
On 12/11/2019 7:10 AM, Jan U. Hasecke wrote: What I can say about epub generally is: It's better to avoid fancy styling at all and use the default fonts and styles of the ebook devices. indeed, and when you come from context export, just process the file in 1pt bodyfont on a very large page ..

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-10 Thread Jan U. Hasecke
Am 10.12.19 um 20:38 schrieb Nicola: > As for ConTeXt, I have tried the latest beta with: > > context mybook.tex > mtxrun --script epub --make mybook > > This, among the rest, creates an .epub file, which unfortunately the > above mentioned tools do not like (maybe, that output is still

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-10 Thread Jan U. Hasecke
Am 10.12.19 um 08:50 schrieb Nicola: > On 2019-12-10, Jan U. Hasecke wrote: > Thanks, I didn't think of Pandoc, I'll give it a try. In the past, > I have tried to create some simple content (slides) with Markdown, but > my conclusion was that if you know TeX, it doesn't make sense to use >

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-10 Thread Nicola
On 2019-12-10, Hans Hagen wrote: > On 12/9/2019 10:13 PM, Nicola wrote: >> What is the current status of epub support in ConTeXt? >> >> I have never followed ConTeXt's development on the XML front too >> closely, but recently I have been asked to help format a text-only >> manuscript for

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-10 Thread Nicola
On 2019-12-10, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote: > >> Am 2019-12-10 um 16:53 schrieb Denis Maier : >>> >>> Perhaps this is a silly question (excuse my ignorance about the >>> topic): what if you want to add some stylistic touches to your >>> ebooks, such as initials? Or Non-breaking spaces? How about

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-10 Thread Henning Hraban Ramm
> Am 2019-12-10 um 16:53 schrieb Denis Maier : >> >> Perhaps this is a silly question (excuse my ignorance about the topic): >> what if you want to add some stylistic touches to your ebooks, such as >> initials? Or Non-breaking spaces? How about adding, say, a text box with >> a different

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-10 Thread Denis Maier
Sorry, no info concerning ConTeXT. You don't have to use proprietary tools. An easy way to create ebooks from Markdown files (or other sources) is Pandoc. https://pandoc.org/ I produce all of my ebooks in this way. In most cases they validate without errors. If there are some errors though I

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-10 Thread Hans Hagen
On 12/9/2019 10:13 PM, Nicola wrote: What is the current status of epub support in ConTeXt? I have never followed ConTeXt's development on the XML front too closely, but recently I have been asked to help format a text-only manuscript for publishing on platforms such as Kindle or Apple Books

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-09 Thread Nicola
On 2019-12-10, Jan U. Hasecke wrote: > Am 09.12.19 um 22:13 schrieb Nicola: >> What is the current status of epub support in ConTeXt? >> >> I have never followed ConTeXt's development on the XML front too >> closely, but recently I have been asked to help format a text-only >> manuscript for

Re: [NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-09 Thread Jan U. Hasecke
Am 09.12.19 um 22:13 schrieb Nicola: > What is the current status of epub support in ConTeXt? > > I have never followed ConTeXt's development on the XML front too > closely, but recently I have been asked to help format a text-only > manuscript for publishing on platforms such as Kindle or Apple

[NTG-context] Ebooks with ConTeXt?

2019-12-09 Thread Nicola
What is the current status of epub support in ConTeXt? I have never followed ConTeXt's development on the XML front too closely, but recently I have been asked to help format a text-only manuscript for publishing on platforms such as Kindle or Apple Books Store. Can ConTeXt be used (or perhaps