The strange thing was I didn’t extract the oxt from the zip. I simply renamed the zip to an oxt. There was no oxt file inside the zip.
Virgil From: Tom Davies Sent: Wednesday, August 14, 2013 2:36 PM To: Virgil Arrington ; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer Hi :) I think extracting the Oxt from the Zip file makes it work better but i haven't really dabbled with Extensions much at all so i really don't know either Regards from Tom :) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> To: users@global.libreoffice.org Sent: Wednesday, 14 August 2013, 12:34 Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer I installed it through LO's extension manager. I also found that I had to change the name of the extension file from a "zip" file to an "oxt" file. I just did that through Windows Explorer. Even though LO's extension manager says it recognizes ZIP files, it installed better with an OXT extension. I don't know why. Now that I think about it, maybe that was the key variable rather than uninstalling AOO. Looks like I changed too many variables to be able to say for certain *which* change made the whole thing work. And, I did it all so quickly that I cannot now recall the order of all my changes. Virgil -----Original Message----- From: jorge Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:43 PM To: Virgil Arrington Cc: Kracked_P_P---webmaster ; users@global.libreoffice.org Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer Hi all ! Virgil, How did you try to install the "writer2epub" ? Did you use the wizzard that have LO or AOO ? Regards, Jorge Rodríguez El mar, 13-08-2013 a las 20:36 -0400, Virgil Arrington escribió: > I got mine from http://lukesblog.it/ebooks/ebook-tools/writer2epub/. > There's > a version that words for LO 3, LO 4 and AOO 3, along with a separate > version > for AOO 4. > > My problem wasn't that I had the wrong version. I got the version that was > designed for LO. It just wouldn't install as long as I had AOO on my > system. > Once I uninstalled AOO, the extension worked fine with LO. > > Of course, I have no idea *why* this behavior occurred. I won't blame AOO > or > anything else. I can't even scientifically say that LO and AOO had a > conflict. I just know that, once I uninstalled AOO, I was able to install > the writer2epub extension into my LO. I recalled someone else on the list > saying that LO and AOO may conflict by sharing common Windows registry > entries. That stuff is beyond my abilities, but I just shared it for > others > who may be interested. > > Virgil > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Kracked_P_P---webmaster > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 7:41 PM > To: users@global.libreoffice.org > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > > > There is a version for AOO, several actually written by a guy with an > Italian country code. > > One for version if for 3.x, another for 4.0, and a new Beta one. > > So you may need to look into which one you are using for which version > of LO or AOO. > > I found this out by Googling "odf to epub converter" > > > On 08/13/2013 04:15 PM, Virgil Arrington wrote: > > Another thing I noticed about the writer2epub extension. When I first > > downloaded it, it would not properly install into my LO 3.6.7. I then > > uninstalled my AOO 3.4.1 and AOO 4.0. The writer2epub extension then > > installed into LO. > > > > It appears (as others have alluded) that LO and AOO have some conflicts > > when installed side by side on the same machine (registry perhaps which > > is > > beyond my knowledge). Since I'm finding that LO is progressing better > > than > > AOO, I'm happy to commit to just one of the suites. > > > > Virgil > > > > > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Virgil Arrington > > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:58 PM > > To: Tom Davies > > Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > > > > I just redid the Writer2epub test with my theology paper after applying > > default LO styles. It worked a *lot* better. I really liked the way it > > handled the default "Text Body" style by not indenting the first > > paragraph > > after a heading and then indenting subsequent paragraphs. That is > > excellent > > typography (a standard in LaTeX) and often missing in EPUB files. > > However, > > it still ignored my attempt to apply outline numbering to the default > > Heading styles. But, it did recognize the heading styles for my table of > > contents and navigation keys on my Kindle. > > > > As you allude, this is a good tool as long as you understand what it > > will, > > and will not, do. Work within its parameters and you'll like the result. > > Try > > to make it work *your* way, and it will disappoint. > > > > Virgil > > > > -----Original Message----- From: Tom Davies > > Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 2:41 PM > > To: Virgil Arrington > > Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org > > Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > > > > Hi :) > > That sounds a lot like LaTeX being best if you stick with their defaults > > so > > it kinda makes sense to me. I think the Docs Team (i think mostly Dan & > > Jean wasn't it?) experimented with a few ways of getting ePubs from the > > guides and they might have useful ideas about it even though it's years > > later already. > > Regards from > > Tom :) > > > > > > > > > > > >> ________________________________ > >> From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> > >> To: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>; e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> > >> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org > >> Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 19:22 > >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > >> > >> > >> I just did a couple experiments with LO and Writer2epub. I tried > >> converting > >> the entire 390 page Getting Started book to EPUB. It choked. I then > >> tried > >> doing the same with just the 18 page introduction. Same result. No EPUB > >> output file was generated. > >> > >> I noticed that Writer2epub doesn't like custom styles. It is apparently > >> designed for fairly simple documents, using LO's built-in styles. It > >> can't > >> handle the elaborate formatting of the LO User Guides. > >> > >> I then tried it using a theology paper I wrote a few years ago. I have > >> several outline numbered styles, which again, Writer2epub doesn't > >> translate > >> well. > >> > >> I think Writer2epub will work best with a document that is designed > >> from > >> the > >> beginning for EPUB, but if you want to translate an existing document, > >> you > >> may need to do considerable work to make it ready for the extension. > >> > >> These are just my observations after a half-hour experiment. > >> > >> Virgil > >> > >> -----Original Message----- From: Tom Davies > >> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 10:46 AM > >> To: Virgil Arrington ; e-letter > >> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org > >> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > >> > >> Hi :) > >> Sorry, got distracted. Here's a link > >> https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Documentation/Publications > >> Regards from > >> Tom :) > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>> ________________________________ > >>> From: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> > >>> To: Tom Davies <tomdavie...@yahoo.co.uk>; e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> > >>> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org > >>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 14:11 > >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > >>> > >>> > >>> Tom, > >>> > >>> Do you have a link to one of the guides? I may have a go at trying > >>> different > >>> ways of converting one to EPUB just to see how it works. Might be kind > >>> of > >>> fun. > >>> > >>> Virgil > >>> > >>> -----Original Message----- From: Tom Davies > >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 13, 2013 8:31 AM > >>> To: e-letter ; Virgil Arrington > >>> Cc: users@global.libreoffice.org > >>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > >>> > >>> Hi :) > >>> Has anyone successfully tried this to get ePub versions of something > >>> fairly > >>> hefty such as our Published Guides? I think it would be great if we > >>> could > >>> get all those guides done as ePub wouldn't it? Anyone able to give it > >>> a > >>> go? > >>> Regards from > >>> Tom :) > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>>> ________________________________ > >>>> From: e-letter <inp...@gmail.com> > >>>> To: Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> > >>>> Cc: rost52 <bugquestcon...@online.de>; users@global.libreoffice.org > >>>> Sent: Tuesday, 13 August 2013, 12:56 > >>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 12/07/2013, Virgil Arrington <cuyfa...@hotmail.com> wrote: > >>>>> That works just fine. For my tastes, however, it's not quite as > >>>>> smooth > >>>>> a > >>>>> process or polished a result as with LyX/LaTeX. > >>>> > >>>> Agree, for PDF, but it seems that the future of viewing content is in > >>>> digital format via mobile devices. So for archiving to paper, LaTeX > >>>> wins and maybe epub for electronic archives. > >>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -----Original Message----- > >>>>> From: rost52 > >>>>> Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2013 10:00 PM > >>>>> To: users@global.libreoffice.org > >>>>> Subject: Re: [libreoffice-users] Book-writing with Writer > >>>>> > >>>>> "As a proud papa..." I would open the document in Writer, select all > >>>>> and > >>>>> set > >>>>> > >>>>> styles to Default. Then > >>>>> create the styles I wanted and reformat the whole document. > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> By coincidence there has been a guide published to write epub > >>>> documents using LO: > >>>> http://opensource.com/life/13/8/how-create-ebook-open-source-way > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > >>>> Problems? > >>>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >>>> Posting guidelines + more: > >>>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >>>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >>>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot > >>>> be > >>>> deleted > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>> -- > >>> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > >>> Problems? > >>> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >>> Posting guidelines + more: > >>> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >>> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >>> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >>> deleted > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > >> Problems? > >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >> Posting guidelines + more: > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >> deleted > >> > >> > >> -- > >> To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > >> Problems? > >> http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > >> Posting guidelines + more: > >> http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > >> List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > >> All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > >> deleted > >> > >> > >> > > > -- > To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org > Problems? > http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ > Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette > List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ > All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be > deleted > > -- Atentamente, Jorge Rodríguez -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted -- To unsubscribe e-mail to: users+unsubscr...@global.libreoffice.org Problems? http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/mailing-lists/how-to-unsubscribe/ Posting guidelines + more: http://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Netiquette List archive: http://listarchives.libreoffice.org/global/users/ All messages sent to this list will be publicly archived and cannot be deleted
