Re: [docbook-apps] Generating a page list for epub

[Richard Hamilton <dick@rlhamilton.net>]

Hi Bob,

Thanks, I'll check that out. I figured I'd need to go directly into the PDF, but this sounds like it will be easier to work with (I much prefer parsing XML to parsing PDF:-).

If I come up with anything useful (which is an if, and a possibly long-term if:-), I'll post the results on the list.

Dick
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On Feb 10, 2015, at 14:15, Bob Stayton <bobs@sagehill.net> wrote:

> Hi Dick,
> I have not actually done it, but I think you should look at using the intermediate file format that most XSL-FO processors can output. For example, FOP has:
> 
> https://xmlgraphics.apache.org/fop/1.1/intermediate.html
> 
> That format is an XML rendering of the area tree as pages.  It contains page numbers and ids, so I think you could use it to post process the epub by matching up ids and inserting page numbers.
> 
> Bob Stayton
> Sagehill Enterprises
> bobs@sagehill.net
> 
> On 2/10/2015 10:36 AM, Richard Hamilton wrote:
>> Has anyone on the list tackled the challenge of generating a page list for ePub output?
>> 
>> A page list is a mapping of print page numbers to locations in the ePub.
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>> I don't see any easy way to do it; I suspect it would take some kind of parsing of a PDF version of the book, and post-processing of the ePub based on that parsing.
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>> But, before I decide whether it's worth even trying, I thought I'd ask the group whether anyone has thought about approaches to the problem.
>> 
>> Best regards,
>> Dick Hamilton
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>> XML for Technical Communicators
>> http://xmlpress.net
>> hamilton@xmlpress.net
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