tyler, you learn something new everyday, blush i had totally forgotten about that option. Don't it need more than just the soft link?
sandi On 4/25/12, Tyler Spivey <tspi...@pcdesk.net> wrote: > There's one minor change you can make, to avoid copying the book. > From your example, ebook-convert is in > /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS, so in your downloads folder you > can do: > > /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert file.mobi .epub > > (or .txt or whatever format you want it in). This avoids cluttering up > calibre's directory with your books. > > If you do this often and don't want to type that long path, just symlink > ebook-convert to somewhere on your $PATH (e.g. /usr/bin). > > sudo ln -s /Applications/calibre.app/Contents/MacOS/ebook-convert /usr/bin > > On 4/25/2012 1:37 PM, sandi sørensen 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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