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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.)
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.
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