Presumably you have already tried SET THE HTML TEXT OF FIELD "BLAH" TO . . .
Richmond. from my jail-broken, recycled iPad 1 On 26 Jul 2015, at 20:31, Brahmanathaswami <bra...@hindu.org> wrote: > We do a lot of work with the contents of ePubs. For those who don't know the > spec: > > "someBook.epub" is just "someBook.zip" > > which when inflated has a mini-portable web site based on responsive CSS (all > percentages). You get > > someBook > /ops # "Open Package Structure" > / fonts > / images > / styles > / xhtml > toc.ncx > > The xhtml folder then has all the these files: > ch09_05_b.html > ch09_05_c.html > ch09_06.html > > etc. > > The text is pretty advanced in the sense that it uses unicode... (I think) > for rendering diacritical fonts. mdash's etc. > > If I simply import the raw file unprocessed into a LC field (7.0.5)... I get > the usual, expected text: > > <h3 class="h3s"><samp>Is Monistic Theism Found in the <span > class="cmitalic"><samp>Vedas?</samp></span></samp></h3> > <h4 class="h4"><samp><span class="smallcap"><samp>ŚLOKA > 145</samp></span></samp></h4> > <p class="noindent"><samp><span class="cmbold"><samp>Again and again in the > <em>Vedas </em>and from <em>satgurus </em>we hear ‚ÄúAhaṁ > Brahmāsmi,‚Äù ‚ÄúI am God,‚Äù and that God is both immanent and > transcendent. Taken together, these are clear statements of monistic theism. > Aum Namaḥ Śivāya.</samp></span></samp></p> > <h4 class="h4"><samp><span > class="smallcap"><samp>BHĀSHYA</samp></span></samp></h4> > <p class="noindent"><samp>Monistic theism is the philosophy of the <span > class="cmitalic"><samp>Vedas</samp></span>. Scholars have long noted that the > Hindu scriptures are alternately monistic, describing the oneness of the > individual soul and God, and theistic, describing the reality of the Personal > God. One cannot read the <span class="cmitalic"><samp>Vedas</samp></span>, > <span class="cmitalic"><samp>Śaiva Āgamas</samp></span> and hymns > of the saints without being overwhelmed with theism as well as monism. > Monistic theism is the essential teaching of Hinduism, of Śaivism. It > is the conclusion of Tirumular, Vasugupta, Gorakshanatha, Bhaskara, > Srikantha, Basavanna, Vallabha, Ramakrishna, Yogaswami, Nityananda, > Radhakrishnan and thousands of others. It encompasses both Siddhānta > and Vedānta. It says, God is and is in all things. It propounds the > hopeful, glorious, exultant concept that every soul will finally merge with > Śiva in undifferentiated oneness, none left to suffer forever because > of human transgression. The <span class="cmitalic"><samp>Vedas</samp></span> > wisely proclaim, ‚ÄúHigher and other than the world-tree, time and forms is > He from whom this expanse proceeds‚Äîthe bringer of <span > class="cmitalic"><samp>dharma,</samp></span> the remover of evil, the lord of > prosperity. Know Him as in one‚Äôs own Self, as the immortal abode of all.‚Äù > Aum Namaḥ Śivāya.</samp></p> > > Goal is to create a tool for volunteers to go in and extract quotes to allow > them to grab a few sentences, which we will them push to an online database. > > So: What is the best way to get this text rendered? Do I go the path of > setting the field's Unicode? But then what about the html mark up? if we > create a browser object... can users select text and does LC know that there > is a selected chunk if it is inside a browser object? > > Before I start wading into this I though to see if anyone else has some good > guidance in advance, > > > Swasti Astu, Be Well! > Brahmanathaswami > > Kauai's Hindu Monastery > www.HimalayanAcademy.com > > > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > use-livecode@lists.runrev.com > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription > preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list use-livecode@lists.runrev.com Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
