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Fanfix is a small Java program that can download stories from some supported websites and render them offline.
(If you are interested in the recent changes, please check the Changelog – note that starting from version 1.4.0, the changelog is checked at startup (unless the option is disabled))
It will convert from a (supported) URL to an .epub file for stories or a .cbz file for comics (a few other output types are also available, like Plain Text, LaTeX, HTML…).
To help organize your stories, it can also work as a local library.
In this mode, you can: - Import a story from its URL (or just from a file) - Export a story to a file (in any of the supported output types) - Display a story from the local library in text format in the console - Display a story from the local library graphically by calling a native program to handle it (though Fanfix can automatically process it into HTML so any browser can open it)
Currently, the following websites are supported: - http://FimFiction.net/: fan fictions devoted to the My Little Pony show - http://Fanfiction.net/: fan fictions of many, many different universes, from TV shows to novels to games - http://mangafox.me/: a well filled repository of mangas, or, as their website states: most popular manga scanlations read online for free at mangafox, as well as a close-knit community to chat and make friends - https://e621.net/: a Furry website supporting comics, including MLP - https://sofurry.com/: same thing, but story-oriented
We support a few file types for local story conversion (both as input and as output):
- epub: .epub files created by this program (we do not support “all” .epub files, at least for now)
- text: local stories encoded in plain text format, with a few specific rules:
- the title must be on the first line
- the author (preceded by nothing, by or ©) must be on the second line, possibly with the publication date in parenthesis (i.e., By Unknown (3rd October 1998))
- chapters must be declared with Chapter x or Chapter x: NAME OF THE CHAPTER, where x is the chapter number
- a description of the story must be given as chapter number 0
- a cover image may be present with the same filename as the story, but a .png, .jpeg or .jpg extension
- info_text: contains the same information as the text format, but with a companion .info file to store some metadata (the .info file is supposed to be created by Fanfix or compatible with it)
- cbz: .cbz (collection of images) files, preferably created with Fanfix (but any .cbz file is supported, though without most of Fanfix metadata, obviously)
- html: HTML files that you can open with any browser; note that it will create a directory structure with index.html being the file you need to open (or select if you want to convert it into something else) – we only support importing HTML files created by Fanfix or compatible
Any platform with at lest Java 1.6 on it should be ok.
It has been tested on Linux, MacOS X and Windows for now, but feel free to inform me if you try it on another system.
If you have any problems to compile it with a supported Java version (1.5 won’t work, but you may try to cross-compile; 1.6 and 1.8 have been tested and work), please contact me.
You can start the program in GUI mode (as in the screenshot on top):
- java -jar fanfix.jar
The following arguments are also allowed:
- --import [URL]: import the story at URL into the local library
- --export [id] [output_type] [target]: export the story denoted by ID to the target file
- --convert [URL] [output_type] [target] (+info): convert the story at URL into target, and force-add the .info and cover if +info is passed
- --read [id] ([chapter number]): read the given story denoted by ID from the library
- --read-url [URL] ([chapter number]): convert on the fly and read the story denoted by ID, without saving it
- --list: list the stories present in the library and their associated IDs
- --set-reader [reader type]: set the reader type to CLI or LOCAL for this command (must be the first option)
- --help: display the available options
Some environment variables are recognized by the program:
- LANG=en: force the language to English (the only one for now…)
- CONFIG_DIR=$HOME/.fanfix: use the given directory as a config directory (and copy the default configuration if needed)
- NOUTF=1: try to fallback to non-unicode values when possible (can have an impact on the resulting files, not only on user messages)
- DEBUG=1: force the DEBUG=true option of the configuration file (to show more information on errors)
./configure.sh && make
You can also import the java sources into, say, Eclipse, and create a runnable JAR file from there.
There are some unit tests you can run, too:
./configure.sh && make build test run-test
Nothing else but Java 1.6+.
Note that calling make libs will export the libraries into the src/ directory.
Currently missing, but either in progress or planned: - [ ] Support new websites - [x] YiffStar - [ ] Two Kinds - [ ] Slightly damned - [ ] A GUI (work in progress) - [x] Make one - [x] Make it run when no args passed - [x] Fix the UI, it is ugly - [x] Work on the UI thread is BAD - [x] Allow export - [x] Allow delete/refresh - [x] Show a list of types - [x] ..in the menu - [x] ..as a screen view - [ ] options screen - [ ] A TUI reader - [ ] Check if it can work on Android - [x] First checks: it should work, but with changes - [ ] Adapt work on images :( - [ ] Partial/Conditional compilation - [ ] APK export - [ ] Translations - [x] i18n system in place - [x] Make use of it - [ ] Use it for all user output - [ ] French translation - [x] Allow lauching a custom application instead of Desktop.start - [x] Install a mechanism to handle stories import/export progress update - [x] Progress system - [x] in support classes (import) - [x] in output classes (export) - [x] CLI usage of such - [x] GUI usage of such - [ ] Version - [x] Use a version number - [x] Show it in UI - [ ] A check-update feature