PPub - A light ePub reader made with pygtk

Hello everyone,
I got my hands on some epub files two days ago but I didn't find any reader I liked so I decided to write my own. And here it is:
Screenshot
Git Repository
PKGBUILD
Dependencies:
-python2
-unzip
-gobject-introspection
-python2-gobject
-gtk3
-libwebkit3
Bookmarks are matched with the MD5 hash of each book so they are valid even if you rename or move your books.
In case you have a book that is not working, please extract your epub file like a zip and send me any .opf and .ncx files it has inside. I will do my best to fix the problem then.
So far it's perfectly usable but it could use more features, so please post your ideas here.
Thanks for trying!
Changelog:
21 Nov:
-Now using python's zipfile instead of unzip.
-Updated PKGBUILD for new dependencies.
19 Nov:
-Better error handling.
7 Nov:
-Added icons and a .desktop file.
-Updated PKGBUILD.
6 Nov:
-Added content menu listing all chapters.
-Fixed some minor bugs.
3 Nov:
-Added config validation.
-Added night mode.
-Added User CSS support.
2 Nov:
-Fixed PKGBUILD
-Replaced most menu items with stock ones (for icons)
-Added the ability to enable/disable javascript.
-Fixed menu separators.
1 Nov:
-Switch to GI dynamic bindings and gtk3 support (by Laurent Bigonville)
-Now it cleans the cache on exit.
-Added limit to zoom level.
-The default cache path includes user's name (so multiple users can use it on the same time)
-Changed permissions for cache (700)
-Updated PKGBUILD (new dependencies)
31 Oct:
-Fixed license (by Psycojoker)
-Fixed a bug that prevented ppub from running when using an older version of webkit (by Psycojoker)
29 Oct:
-Added zoom controls
-Added caret mode
-Changed keyboard shortcuts for chapter navigation:
--Next chapter: Right instead of Control+Right
--Previous chapter: Left instead of Control+Left
-Minor bugfix (with .css)
-Disabled more useless webkit features
28 Oct:
-Fixed PKGBUILD
-Added support for non-standard .opf paths
-Fixed opening files containing 'bad' characters in their filenames.
-Disabled some browser-related features webkit was loading.
Known bugs:
-Cover pages don't work.
-Links inside book pages work but they mess up the current chapter value. The chapter changes but the application is unaware of it, so it changes back later.
Last edited by sakisds (2011-11-21 14:01:10)

It doesn't seem to work at all, at least with the ones I tried. Now, a screen comes up, but it's blank and none of the navigation commands seem to do anything.
Here's an epub I created that has embedded fonts. (The work is public domain.) I made this by hand by hand-writing the XHTML and XML files and hand-zipping them up (in the appropriate way for the epub spec.) It passes epubcheck, so should work:
tlp.epub
Here's another one I made, but not by hand, but instead by converting through calibre (another public domain title). This one doesn't have embedded fonts, and doesn't pass epubcheck. (I don't think calibre's ever do, though... still, you'll want to support them.)
imp.epub
When I try to open that one, it says "Error opening file: No such file or directory" in the ppub window.
(I'm actually mostly interested in your viewer to make sure that epubs I make are compatible with it.)
I also tried it with the NET bible epub, with no luck. (No, before you ask, I'm not religious... I just figured that was probably a fairly standard book people will want it to work with.) It has embedded fonts, and passes epubcheck.
Last edited by frabjous (2011-10-28 14:04:26)

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