From: | Fabien COELHO <coelho(at)cri(dot)ensmp(dot)fr> |
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To: | Peter Eisentraut <peter_e(at)gmx(dot)net> |
Cc: | PostgreSQL Developers <pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
Subject: | Re: Documentation epub format |
Date: | 2013-05-03 06:05:28 |
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>> The table of contents too much detailed, so it is long and slow to
>> scan, and there is no clear shortcut. Flipping pages in the
>> documentation takes ages (well, close to one second or more if I flip
>> a few pages). Do not try "search".
>
> EPUB is essentially a zip file with per-section simplified HTML files.
> So any device that can render simple web pages should be able to handle
> that with ease. What I think iBooks is doing is it internally
> pre-renders all the pages in order to be able to attach page numbers to
> all the table of contents entries. I suspect other readers that don't
> do that will be able to handle this better.
Indeed, iBooks computes page numbers, which mean processing the whole
contents.
> That said, I think trimming down the table of contents nesting depth
> might be worth checking into for this output format.
That at least would be a relief. The TOC on iBooks is shown as a very long
scrolling window, without collapsable parts.
--
Fabien.
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