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Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] epub parameters: explain


> Which reminds me: What's the easiest way in your customization layer
> to suppress an single instance of a  HTML element?

I don't understand the question.  Can you provide an example of what you are trying to 
do?

Bob Stayton
Sagehill Enterprises
bobs@sagehill.net


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Robert Nagle" <idiotprogrammer@gmail.com>
To: "Keith Fahlgren" <abdelazer@gmail.com>
Cc: <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 2010 11:45 PM
Subject: Re: [docbook-apps] epub parameters: explain


> I've been studying the Mobipocket format (with Joshua Tallent's
> excellent book on Kindle formatting).
>
> Much of the limited styling available for it comes from HTML classes
> of elements having to do with presentation. This doesn't seem to be
> good semantics and frankly, doesn't seem very compatible with html
> generated from docbook.  It seems the only way to get an epub ready
> for kindlegen is to do a lot of profiling..
>
> Which reminds me: What's the easiest way in your customization layer
> to suppress an single instance of a  HTML element?
>
>
> Robert
>
> On Thu, Dec 2, 2010 at 1:10 AM, Keith Fahlgren <abdelazer@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 10:53 PM, Robert Nagle <idiotprogrammer@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> Hi, I browsed through the docbook.xsl file in the epub directory, and
>>> I see some unfamiliar parameters.
>>
>> Yes, most of them are not actually intended for external customization.
>>
>>> Most I can guess the function of, but a few left me puzzled. Anyone
>>> know what they refer to:
>>>
>>> epub.cover.linear ?
>>
>> Some publishers prefer the cover (XHTML file) to be the first document
>> displayed to a reader, while others want the first "real" bit of
>> content. If epub.cover.linear is non-zero, the cover file will be
>> marked as the first file to open (in the linear reading order of the
>> OPF spine). More on the best practices around covers here:
>> http://blog.threepress.org/2009/11/20/best-practices-in-epub-cover-images/
>>
>>> ade.extensions ? (Adobe digital editions?)
>>
>> Yes, Adobe Digital Editions, but unused at this time.
>>
>>
>>> Also, mobipocket requires a TOC in the main body but epub does not. if
>>> I want to suppress the TOC in the main body (while leaving the ebook
>>> reading software to construct it from the content.opf file) how would
>>> I do this?
>>
>> One technique for getting around this problem is described here:
>> http://blog.threepress.org/2010/11/16/better-single-source-mobiepub-files/
>> ..that said, many folks generate a "real" EPUB and a highly degraded
>> one for Mobi conversion.
>>
>
>
>
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