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# Fanfix
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Fanfix is a small Java program that can download stories from some supported websites and render them offline.
+## Description
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(If you are interested in the recent changes, please check the [Changelog](changelog.md) -- note that starting from version 1.4.0, the changelog is checked at startup.)
(A [TODO list](TODO.md) is also available to know what is expected to come in the future.)
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 so you can:
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- 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
## Supported websites
Currently, the following websites are supported:
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- 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
## A note about file support
We support a few file types for local story conversion (both as input and as output):
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- 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
+ - 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``` as the main file -- we only support importing HTML files created by Fanfix
## Usage
You can start the program in GUI mode (as in the screenshot on top):
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- ```java -jar fanfix.jar```
The following arguments are also allowed:
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- ```--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
- ```--list```: list the stories present in the library and their associated IDs
- ```--set-reader [reader type]```: set the reader type to CLI, TUI or GUI for this command
- ```--server [key] [port]```: start a story server on this port
-- ```--stop-server [key] [port]: stop the remote server running on this port (key must be set to the same value)
+- ```--stop-server [key] [port]```: stop the remote server running on this port (key must be set to the same value)
- ```--remote [key] [host] [port]```: contact this server instead of the usual library (key must be set to the same value)
- ```--help```: display the available options
- ```--version```: return the version of the program
### Environment variables
Some environment variables are recognized by the program:
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- ```LANG=en```: force the language to English
- ```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)
Note that calling ```make libs``` will export the libraries into the src/ directory.
+## Author
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+Fanfix was written by Niki Roo <niki@nikiroo.be>
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git://git.nikiroo.be / fanfix.git / blobdiff