Lew, but honestly, who the heck would wanna use anything else than bash for things like that? Fine it is not perfect but as a certain person says in star wars… it got it where it counts, you could blame that we have many users who might find it a little too geeky, but we surely have geeks enough too be able too explain the proper operation of the program for these who needs more help:) and aint that what the life is about if you are a geek helping others? :)
On 4/25/12, sandi sørensen <sandi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > hi annie, nope i thought about that when i wrote it , since i can see > what is on the monitor now. I turned the monitor off so i was sure > that the instructions i gave you would work with voiceover. > If it is too geeky for you i might be able too make a script for you > so you can say stand in your "download" folder and just have the books > made there, instead of coding and copying the files too the other > location like i did in the last mail, but if you have any problems let > me know and i will happily help you. > Note, it seems that epub files are split into chapters where mobi > files are just one huge html file. > here is a better example, and if you follow that it should work, > however if it don't, you are welcome too mail again. > in this example i am assuming that your books are in your download folder > 1: stand in your books folder with the epub file or mobi file and type > the following. > cp file.mobi /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS > 2: type ebook-convert file and a name of the folder for the book. > ebook-convert file.mobi sandi > Okay that was the hard part, of course now i am not sure how much bash > or as it is called on a mac terminal you are used to use, but this is > relatively easy, i believe i have made it so if all goes wrong and you > are suffering from an anxiety attack you can just paste the commands > in. :) > at least that is my intention by writing it as i do. > I have used it on 2 books so far and it seems to work okay, to be > really honest i was about to find a hack so i could extract the files > from the books i have bought before i read about the program on > google, so thank you for getting me a kick where it counted:) > but again write if it don't work, if you want me to explain it in > danish just write me privately and ill happily do so. :) > > > > /sandi who is not in the least a geek just cause she got 8 macs in > one huge cluster. > > > On 4/25/12, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi Sandi. >> >> Great. Will you not need sighted assistance to turn on the command line >> in >> calibre? >> >> Best regards Annie. >> >> Den Apr 25, 2012 kl. 1:14 PM skrev sandi sørensen: >> >>> hey, thanks works :) >>> to annie >>> see my example below for instructions . >>> jadzias-MacBook-Air:MacOS jadzia$ ./ebook-convert test.mobi sandi >>> 1% Converting input to HTML... >>> InputFormatPlugin: MOBI Input running >>> on /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/test.mobi >>> Parsing all content... >>> Forcing test.html into XHTML namespace >>> Referenced file 'images/00007use.jpg' not found >>> 34% Running transforms on ebook... >>> Merging user specified metadata... >>> Detecting structure... >>> Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... >>> Source base font size is 12.00000pt >>> Removing fake margins... >>> Cleaning up manifest... >>> Trimming unused files from manifest... >>> Trimming u'images/00016.jpg' from manifest >>> Trimming u'images/00015.jpg' from manifest >>> Creating OEB Output... >>> 67% Creating OEB Output >>> The cover image has an id != "cover". Renaming to work around bug in >>> Nook >>> Color >>> OEB output written to /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/sandi >>> Output saved to /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/sandi >>> jadzias-MacBook-Air:MacOS jadzia$ >>> >>> >>> On 4/24/12, Tyler Spivey <tspi...@pcdesk.net> wrote: >>>> None of you found ebook-convert which comes with calibre? >>>> I don't have a mac, but this should work: go to your terminal, cd to >>>> the >>>> right place, and do: >>>> ebook-convert file.mobi .epub >>>> If your shell can't find it, just specify its path. Once done, it'll >>>> put >>>> an epub in the same place you ran it from. >>>> Obviously, this won't work with drm infested mobi files. >>>> >>>> On 4/24/2012 1:14 PM, Annie Skov Nielsen wrote: >>>>> Hi. >>>>> >>>>> I have tried calibre, it is not accessible. >>>>> >>>>> Best regards Annie. >>>>> Den Apr 24, 2012 kl. 1:27 AM skrev sandi sørensen: >>>>> >>>>>> Hey. >>>>>> The answer too your ebooks needs seems to be a program called >>>>>> calibre. >>>>>> Not sure if we can use it yet, but just curled it, will write more if >>>>>> it >>>>>> works. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> /sandi >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> On 4/22/12, Annie Skov Nielsen <annieskovniel...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>>> Hi. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Do any of you know an application for the mac, that can convert mobi >>>>>>> to >>>>>>> epub, html text or rtf. I have tried stanza, but it will not work >>>>>>> very >>>>>>> well. >>>>>>> I have played a little with calibre, but it is inaccessible. 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