This is toy a Java app destined to open .epub files directly in your terminal.
This can be useful to open some documentation when connected to a headless server or when SSHing.
Obviously pictures are not displayed.
A built .jar is in the repo so you don't have to compile it yourself.
When you launch it, you get an interactive prompt.
At the prompt you can :
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select a file name to open it
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get interactive help
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exit the app
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display the table of content of the currently active (opened) book
You get TAB autocompletion for all of these commands (even file names).
Content is displayed in a Less style pager.
Typical flow is :
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launch the app
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open a file
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see its table of content
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display the chapter you want to read
Overview
TAB completion (pressed a then TAB multiple times to cycle through file names)
Table of contents, now just hit q to exit and enter the number you want.
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better packaging (launching a jar isn't optimal). Currently it is a so called fat jar or uber jar (all dependencies are provided in it, so you just need this only jar). The current jar weights 1.9Mo.
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use terminal colors to manage formatted content in books (like bold etc...)