Fanfix is a small Java program that can download stories from some supported websites and render them offline.
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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 or LaTeX).
To help organize your stories, it can also work as a local library.
- 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
+ - 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)
Any platform with at lest Java 1.6 on it should be ok.
-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 or change the Bundle.java class from the utilities; 1.6 and 1.8 have been tested and work), please contact me.
+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.
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+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.
## Usage
-You can start the program in CLI mode:
+You can start the program in GUI mode (as in the screenshot on top):
- ```java -jar fanfix.jar```
-__TODO__: offer a GUI mode (work in progress)
-The following arguments are allowed:
+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
- ```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)
+- ```DEBUG=1```: force the ```DEBUG=true``` option of the configuration file (to show more information on errors)
## Compilation
- [ ] A GUI (work in progress)
- [x] Make one
- [x] Make it run when no args passed
- - [ ] Fix the UI, it is ugly
+ - [x] Fix the UI, it is ugly
- [ ] Work on the UI thread is BAD
- [ ] Allow export
- [ ] Show a list of types
- [x] ..in the menu
- [ ] ..as a screen view
- - options screen
+ - [ ] options screen
- [ ] A TUI reader
- [ ] Check if it can work on Android
- [ ] Translations
- [x] Make use of it
- [x] Use it for all user output (some WIP remains)
- [ ] French translation
-- [ ] Allow lauching a custom application instead of Desktop.star ?
+- [ ] Allow lauching a custom application instead of Desktop.start ?
- [ ] Make a wrapper for firefox to create a new, empty profile ?
+- [ ] Install a mechanism to handle stories import progress update
git://git.nikiroo.be / fanfix.git / blobdiff