Comment 5 for bug 1058912

Hi,

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On Tue, Oct 09, 2012 at 03:13:14AM -0000, David Forrester wrote:
> As to the original problem...
>
> That is something new I didn't know about the Kobo readers. I just
> tested it with an epub randomly picked from my library, added ".kepub"
> as part of the name and put it on my Touch. And, yes, it opened with the
> kepub reader instead of the epub.

Yah, it comes with 2 broweres :-)

> So, adding support for "kepub.epub" would be a good thing for Kobo
> users. But, I'll have to investigate how to do this without breaking
> anything else.

Very good point which I am still pondering.

> In the meantime, there is a workaround. If you change the save template
> you are using to include ".kepub" as part of the name, it will do what
> you want. As an example, I changed mine to be:
>
> {author_sort}/{title} - {authors}.kepub
>
> So that will create files like:
>
> Francis, Dick/The Danger - Dick Francis.kepub.epub
>
> The only issue I had with this is that the Touch didn't generate a cover
> for the two samples I tried. I'll have to see if I can work out why.
> Hopefully the books you have will have covers generated properly as they
> were originally .kepub.epub.
>
> The only other thing with this is that it will name all books you put on
> the device like this. You could change the template to only put the
> ".kepub" for certain books. If the metadata has something that could be
> selected on, this can be done. The language might be a good choice. I'm
> not an expert in the template language, so I suggest you ask in the
> calibre forum for suggestions on how to do it.

as I experiment with Kobo more with Japanese content, maybe keeping
mostly original behavior may be what is needed except when we import
.kepub.epub file. Now it seems to drop kepub resulting to use older
rendering engin. The older engin has some goods over newer one but the
older one lacks supporting ruby character properly.
 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ruby_character

> Lastly, this might have changed with firmware 2.1.4. The".kepub.epub"
> are still handled in the manner you describe, but the epub reader might
> now handle Japanese correctly.

Most simple horizontally written japanese like web articles renders OK.
The problem is vertical old book with ruby-characters.

Osamu

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