[FM Discuss] preview fixed

[adam]

On Wed, 2011-01-05 at 09:16 -0600, James Simmons wrote:
> Adam,
> 
> The Insert Image and Attachment files are sorted.  Looks good!
> 
> The only other thing I can remember is that in my installations at
> home if I import a book from the Internet Archive then attempt to
> generate an EPUB from it that EPUB is invalid.  I heard that the
> problem was already fixed but doing a GIT PULL didn't get me any new
> code.  I don't know that this is currently a problem with the
> production Booki install.

would you try a book in booki.cc and see if that creates a valid epub?

> 
> It looks like 600 px wide images are shown properly now.  They do
> cause the editor to have a slight amount of horizontal scrolling, so
> maybe the editor window could be made just a bit wider.  What we have
> is tolerable, though.
> 

i think we can still fix that

> In addition to a proper Booki install script I'm interested in the
> non-FM Booki.  I have a couple of projects I'd like to do there that
> I'm currently using my home Booki for.  One is a proofed and corrected
> EPUB for Thirteen Women, a novel I scanned and donated to the Internet
> Archive.  I want to see how well that process works.  The second is a
> community translation from French to English of a Jules Verne novel
> done using the same method that was used to translate "Make Your Own
> Sugar Activities!" into Spanish.
> 
> I'm also using Booki at home to write a book I plan to actually sell,
> and at work I want to use it to organize our application framework
> articles into actual books that we can give to overseas developers.
> Anything I learn from these experiences will go into my FM E-Book
> Enlightenment, plus there could be some blog posts.
> 
> You could say I'm a big fan of the software.

sounds _very_ cool :)

adam

> 
> James Simmons
> 
> 
> On Wed, Jan 5, 2011 at 3:51 AM, adam hyde <adam at flossmanuals.net> wrote:
> > i think James was particularly keen to see the preview fixed in the new
> > system?
> >
> >
> > its fixed...try and it let us know if there is a problem.
> >
> >
> > James - apart from the new fm install, was there anything else in that
> > initial list you had that still needs to be addressed? I think we got
> > them all but just checking...
> >
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