[gentoo-user] eBook reader

[gentoo-user] eBook reader

[Anthony E. Caudel]

I'm looking for a good eBook reader (software).  No packages in portage
that I could find.  I found etr but no ebuild and its not great.

Any ideas?

Tony
-- 
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
   -- Benjamin Franklin
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] eBook reader

[Hans-Werner Hilse]

Hi,

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:25:09 -0500 "Anthony E. Caudel"
<acaudel@gt.rr.com> wrote:

> I'm looking for a good eBook reader (software).  No packages in
> portage that I could find.  I found etr but no ebuild and its not
> great.

What are you missing (except the ebuild)? What functionality are you
searching for? Are you searching for text-based viewers only?
Basically: What's your usage scenario?

-hwh
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] eBook reader

[Anthony E. Caudel]

Hans-Werner Hilse wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 01:25:09 -0500 "Anthony E. Caudel"
> <acaudel@gt.rr.com> wrote:
> 
>> I'm looking for a good eBook reader (software).  No packages in
>> portage that I could find.  I found etr but no ebuild and its not
>> great.
> 
> What are you missing (except the ebuild)? What functionality are you
> searching for? Are you searching for text-based viewers only?
> Basically: What's your usage scenario?
> 
> -hwh
Basically looking for text readers, although PDF, HTML and others would
be nice.  Need for it to be able to automatically save position, change
fonts, fg/bg colors, etc.

If I can't find one, this may be the ideal time to learn how to do ebuilds.

Tony

-- 
Those who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary
Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety.
   -- Benjamin Franklin
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] eBook reader

[Hans-Werner Hilse]

Hi,

On Thu, 20 Jul 2006 08:20:10 -0500
"Anthony E. Caudel" <acaudel@gt.rr.com> wrote:

> Basically looking for text readers, although PDF, HTML and others would
> be nice.  Need for it to be able to automatically save position, change
> fonts, fg/bg colors, etc.

OK, I don't know of such multi-purpose apps, not exactly meeting my
style :-) But anyway, you may want to have a short look at multivalent.
It's not in portage either, but it only consists of one .jar - it's a
java application. It's here: http://multivalent.sf.net

> If I can't find one, this may be the ideal time to learn how to do ebuilds.

That's an easy one. Although there's a handbook, I'd suggest starting
with looking at small, not too complex existing ebuilds. Create
yourself a portage overlay directory and configure it in /etc/make.conf
(see example file). Make a directory there, e.g. app-text/etr and
create the ebuild in there. When you've done the ebuild, you have to
create a digest using "ebuild etr-1.2.3.ebuild digest". Then you can
install it using "emerge etr".

But beware, wxWindows on Gentoo is not for the faint at heart due to
it's many versions...

-hwh
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list

Re: [gentoo-user] eBook reader

[Richard Fish]

On 7/20/06, Anthony E. Caudel <acaudel@gt.rr.com> wrote:
> Yeah, I'd forgotten about wxWindows.  It's not in portage either.  So I
> guess that means I'll have to do 2 ebuilds?? (Nothing is ever simple!)

Technically it is called wxWidgets now (Microsoft paid them to change
the name I think), and it is in portage: x11-libs/wxGTK

-Richard
-- 
gentoo-user@gentoo.org mailing list