A Linux ebook quick launcher - looking for testers and feedback
Hello,
I wrote a piece of software for Linux and or Debian and I am looking for
testers and of course feedback.
In particular, it is about a ebook quick launcher application called
"KISS Ebook" or kisslib in short, which is right now in development.
Its not a viewer of any kind, its simply purpose is, to quickly navigate
through ebooks in a table view and launch any application connected to
the ebook format - which can be set up on demand.
Supported ebook file types are:
- PDF
- EPUB
- MOBI
- CHM
The original problem, why I wrote this application:
Most ebook viewers dont care much about organizing your ebooks, you can
view then just fine or start reading at the place where you left of -
like "evince" in example.
But they dont support organizing your ebooks in a KISS (keep it simple
and stupid) way.
Thats where kisslib comes into place.
kisslib let you define starting applications and lauch the ebook format,
like .pdf, with a particular viewer of choice.
Like middle ware, but with some ability to label and search your ebooks.
The project is under development, but I thought it might be of interest
as it is already in a usable state.
Its using GTK3 as a UI framework, sqlite3 as database storage and libzip
for handling the EPUB format.
And its written in pure C.
Screenshots and further information can be found at:
Gallery: https://www.picflash.org/gallery.php?id=9RGDIIE7K8 (latest
screenshots first)
Github: https://github.com/jrie/kisslib (Usage, Features, Compilation)
I would love to get your feedback about KISS Ebook.
Jan
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