Re: ebook format

[Wim Stockman]

If any one knows how to run groff on a e-reader. I d love that :-). Just
vim and groff :-)
Op wo 16 jun. 2021 10:25 schreef Oliver Corff <oliver.corff@email.de>:

> On 16/06/2021 08:56, Dave Kemper wrote:
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> > On 6/10/21, Deri <deri@chuzzlewit.myzen.co.uk> wrote:
> >> Just out of interest, why do you dismiss pdf format for reading on the
> kindle? I find you have
> >> greater control over the way you want it to look using groff and pdf.
> > As a creator, that may have some appeal.  But most readers won't be
> > happy with this, because it means they can no longer resize the type
> > and have the page adjust appropriately.  (They could if the device
> > understood raw groff, but I'd be surprised if that were an option on
> > any commercial tablet.)
>
> Actually, a surprising number of ebook readers runs on some kind of
> linux, so running groff should be possible.
>
> > As an alternative to disabling kerning, instructing groff to embed all
> > the fonts in the PDF ("-e" option of gropdf, thus "-P -e" to groff)
> > may help with this.  With this, the page should display identically
> > across all viewers and devices.
> >
> Thank you for the suggestion, I'll try that.
>
> Oliver.
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