epy-reader 2021.7.8

Terminal/CLI Ebook (epub, fb2, mobi, azw3) Reader

$ epy

CLI Ebook Reader.

This is just a fork of my own epr with these extra features:

• Supported formats:
  • Epub (.epub, .epub3)
  • FictionBook (.fb2)
  • Mobi (.mobi)
  • AZW3 (.azw3), some but not all (see KindleUnpack)
• Reading progress percentage
• Bookmarks
• External dictionary integration (sdcv or dict)
• Inline formats: bold and italic (depend on terminal and font capability. Italic only supported in python>=3.7)
• Text-to-Speech (with additional setup, read below)
• Double Spread

Installation

Via PyPI

$ pip3 install epy-reader

Via Pip+Git

$ pip3 install git+https://github.com/wustho/epy

Reading Tips Using Epy

When reading using epy you might occasionally find triple asteriks ***. That means you reach the end of some section in your ebook and the next line (right after those three asteriks, which is in new section) will start at the top of the page. This might be disorienting, so the best way to get seamless reading experience is by using next-page control (space, l or Right) instead of next-line control (j or Down).

Configuration File

Config file is available in json format which is located at:

• Linux: ~/.config/epy/config.json or ~/.epy/config.json
• Windows: %USERPROFILE%\.epy\config.json

Although, there are not many stuffs to configure.

Using Mouse

Although mouse support is useful when running epy on Termux Android, it’s disabled by default since most people find it intrusive when using epy in desktop. But you can enable it by setting MouseSupport to true in config file.

Key	Action
Left Click (right side of screen)	next page
Left Click (left side of screen)	prev page
Right Click	ToC
Scroll Up	scroll up
Scroll Down	scroll down
Ctrl + Scroll Up	increase text width
Ctrl + Scroll Down	decrease text width

Text-to-Speech

To get Text-to-Speech (TTS) support, you need to install these external dependencies:

• pico2wave (from libttspico-utils package (Ubuntu) or svox-pico-bin package (AUR))
• play (from sox package)

eg.

$ # Ubuntu
$ apt install libttspico-utils sox

$ # Arch
$ yay -S svox-pico-bin
$ pacman -S sox

And then make sure pico2wave and play is in $PATH.

Double Spread

Double spread is intended to mimic the behaviour of real book, so line scrolling navigation will act as scrolling page and textwidth is not adjustable.

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