Comments on: An e-reader that accepts any XML http://www.teleread.org/2007/12/04/an-e-reader-that-accepts-any-xml/ News & views on e-books, libraries, publishing and related topics Sun, 08 Nov 2009 03:38:33 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Yoric http://www.teleread.org/2007/12/04/an-e-reader-that-accepts-any-xml/comment-page-1/#comment-648691 Yoric Fri, 07 Dec 2007 06:20:04 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/04/an-e-reader-that-accepts-any-xml/#comment-648691 Actually, OpenBerg Lector accepts a super-set of cbr/cbz, which I'm also using for slide-shows. Essentially, this is cbr/cbz except you can have any kind of resources, not just images, and with provisions for hiding files and directories so as to remove them from the reading order. In the next version, we'll also recognize if there's a file named "index.html"/"index.xhtml"/"index.php". This will give us extra-lightweight e-Book management for people who do not care too much about meta-data. If, at any time, people wish to add opf meta-data to an existing cbr/cbz, they can just put it inside the archive, Lector will recognize it the next time the book is opened. Actually, OpenBerg Lector accepts a super-set of cbr/cbz, which I’m also using for slide-shows. Essentially, this is cbr/cbz except you can have any kind of resources, not just images, and with provisions for hiding files and directories so as to remove them from the reading order.

In the next version, we’ll also recognize if there’s a file named “index.html”/”index.xhtml”/”index.php”. This will give us extra-lightweight e-Book management for people who do not care too much about meta-data.

If, at any time, people wish to add opf meta-data to an existing cbr/cbz, they can just put it inside the archive, Lector will recognize it the next time the book is opened.

]]> By: Dhamu http://www.teleread.org/2007/12/04/an-e-reader-that-accepts-any-xml/comment-page-1/#comment-647008 Dhamu Wed, 05 Dec 2007 19:53:31 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/04/an-e-reader-that-accepts-any-xml/#comment-647008 Typically the files in a cbz/cbr archive will just have names like Unfab27-12.jpg and Unfab27-25.jpg, with the names proceeding in order from front cover to back. Most viewers will also pop up a thumbnail sheet so you can click on a particular page. There's no separate file listing the order of the images. The viewer simply progresses through the pictures in alphabetical order, so if for some reason you want a different order, you rename files to get it. Typically the files in a cbz/cbr archive will just have names like Unfab27-12.jpg and Unfab27-25.jpg, with the names proceeding in order from front cover to back. Most viewers will also pop up a thumbnail sheet so you can click on a particular page. There’s no separate file listing the order of the images. The viewer simply progresses through the pictures in alphabetical order, so if for some reason you want a different order, you rename files to get it.

]]> By: Roger Sperberg http://www.teleread.org/2007/12/04/an-e-reader-that-accepts-any-xml/comment-page-1/#comment-646911 Roger Sperberg Wed, 05 Dec 2007 17:24:20 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/04/an-e-reader-that-accepts-any-xml/#comment-646911 For that matter, there's nothing special about a .opf file -- it's just a list of all the text and image files in a publication and the order the text files should appear in. So how does one specify the order of images for a comic book in .cbz/r? Is it alphabetical? For that matter, there’s nothing special about a .opf file — it’s just a list of all the text and image files in a publication and the order the text files should appear in.

So how does one specify the order of images for a comic book in .cbz/r? Is it alphabetical?

]]> By: Dan Jackson http://www.teleread.org/2007/12/04/an-e-reader-that-accepts-any-xml/comment-page-1/#comment-646281 Dan Jackson Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:37:11 +0000 http://www.teleread.org/blog/2007/12/04/an-e-reader-that-accepts-any-xml/#comment-646281 The .cbz and .cbr formats are just renamed ZIP and RAR files typically containing comic book images. Unlike .obz there's nothing special about them, they include no metadata - it's basically just a bunch of jpegs or pngs or whatever put into a single archive for ease of use. The .cbz and .cbr formats are just renamed ZIP and RAR files typically containing comic book images. Unlike .obz there’s nothing special about them, they include no metadata – it’s basically just a bunch of jpegs or pngs or whatever put into a single archive for ease of use.

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