[GNC] Build 4.8 docs issue

[john]

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 <gah1178 at 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 <jralls at ceridwen.us <mailto:jralls at 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.gnucash at kobaltwit.be <mailto:geert.gnucash at 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
> >> 
> >> 
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