Interesting, thanks. Do you know if there's a discernible difference between how a Kindle displays a PDF and a MOBI?
Regards, John Ralls > On Oct 2, 2021, at 7:55 PM, A Harvey <gah1...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Just a nit. I don't think Kindle devices support ePub, at least not in > recent models. I'm not sure whether the apps they have for PCs and phones. > I have a book in LPR format (whatever that is) that works on Kindle for PC > and Phone but not Kindle devices. > From the Amazon site: > Content Formats Supported > Kindle Format 8 (AZW3), Kindle (AZW), TXT, PDF, unprotected MOBI, PRC > natively; HTML DOC, DOCX, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PMP through conversion; Audible > audio format (AAX). > > > On Sat, Oct 2, 2021 at 6:07 PM john <jra...@ceridwen.us > <mailto:jra...@ceridwen.us>> wrote: > It hasn't been a while since I last built mobi-formatted documents with Cmake > because I do so with every release and we just did one on Tuesday. It works > fine. > *However* the mobi format was a proprietary format devised by Amazon.com > <http://amazon.com/ <http://amazon.com/>> for their Kindle-branded readers > that they deprecated in 2019. We're planning to remove it from the build > system soon. You should be able to load the ePub documents into your Kindle. > > Regards, > John Ralls > > > On Oct 2, 2021, at 1:26 PM, Geert Janssens <geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be > > <mailto:geert.gnuc...@kobaltwit.be>> wrote: > > > > Please remember to send replies to the list rather than individual users. > > Particularly if you are soliciting for answers from "anyone" ;) > > > > As to your problems, can you provide more details ? > > > > It's been a while since I tested the mobi format. Back then it worked > > fine, > > also with cmake. You have to enable it explicitly though by passing > > '-DWITH_MOBI=ON' to the cmake call. > > > > I wouldn't spend too much effort on it though. We're currently considering > > to > > drop that format. It has been abandoned by Amazon as well. > > > > Regards, > > > > Geert > > > > Op zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 19:40:30 CEST schreef Giuseppe Foti: > >> I am fighting with it too, trying to create a gentoo ebuild for it. > >> > >> At now I can build, html and epub. > >> > >> With pdf I have a sandbox access violation issue, > >> > >> Can anyone confirm that "mobi" can be built both for "help" and "guide" ? > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Il 02/10/21 18:51, Geert Janssens ha scritto: > >> > >> Op zaterdag 2 oktober 2021 18:14:02 CEST schreef Mike Commissaris: > >> > >> Installing past versions of docs (ver 4.4) went smoothly. > >> With ver 4.8 docs build, starting the install from my script file ./ > >> gnucash-docs-4.8.sh <http://gnucash-docs-4.8.sh/> > >> I get an error at line 11: ./configure: No such file or directory > >> Sure enough, there is no configure script file in my 4.8 docs build > >> directory. > >> I have searched for answers but have not figured out how to build docs in > >> ver 4.8. > >> Any suggestions or pointer to documentation? > >> > >> The autotools based build system for gnucash-docs has been deprecated in > >> favor of the cmake based build system. > >> > >> In gnucash-docs 4.8, the bits to use autotools have been fully removed. > >> > >> The new way of building is summarized as follows: > >> > >> - create a build directory (eg 'build') next to your source directory > >> - cd build > >> - cmake ../<source-dir> > >> - make > >> > >> If you used to set an installation prefix while running configure you may > >> want do to the equivalent for your cmake run. > >> The syntax is "-DCMAKE_INSTALL_PREFIX=<path-to-install>" > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Geert > >> > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> gnucash-user mailing list > >> gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > >> To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > >> https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > >> <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > >> If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > >> https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > >> <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> for more information. ----- > >> Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > >> You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > gnucash-user mailing list > > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> for more information. > > ----- > > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. > > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-user mailing list > gnucash-user@gnucash.org <mailto:gnucash-user@gnucash.org> > To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user > <https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user> > If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see > https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists > <https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists> for more information. > ----- > Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. > You can do this by using Reply-To-List or Reply-All. _______________________________________________ gnucash-user mailing list gnucash-user@gnucash.org To update your subscription preferences or to unsubscribe: https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-user If you are using Nabble or Gmane, please see https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/Mailing_Lists for more information. ----- Please remember to CC this list on all your replies. 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