https://github.com/rofl0r/sdlbook

simple djvu/pdf ebook viewer based on djvulibre, libmupdf and SDL 1.2
https://github.com/rofl0r/sdlbook

c djvu ebook lightweight mupdf sdl

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simple djvu/pdf ebook viewer based on djvulibre, libmupdf and SDL 1.2

• Host: GitHub
• URL: https://github.com/rofl0r/sdlbook
• Owner: rofl0r
• License: gpl-3.0
• Created: 2019-05-05T02:50:57.000Z (almost 6 years ago)
• Default Branch: master
• Last Pushed: 2024-04-29T21:11:08.000Z (10 months ago)
• Last Synced: 2024-10-14T12:46:42.578Z (4 months ago)
• Topics: c, djvu, ebook, lightweight, mupdf, sdl
• Language: C
• Homepage:
• Size: 96.7 KB
• Stars: 18
• Watchers: 3
• Forks: 3
• Open Issues: 3
• Metadata Files:
  • Readme: README.md
  • License: COPYING

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README

        
SDLBook - a tiny djvu/pdf eBook reader

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## What?

Tiny eBook reader using only `SDL` or `SDL2`, `djvulibre`, and `libmupdf`.

## Why?

Since there are no djvu readers with reasonable dependency requirements

(i.e. GTK+2, X11, SDL1 or 2, framebuffer) available, I decided to write

my own, by taking a firm glance at what djvulibre's `ddjvu` utility does

and rendering to a video buffer instead of a file. I'm not interested in

installing heavy-weight GUI toolkits such as QT4,5,GTK+3,4 etc just for

a simple eBook reader. Nor in installing python3 just to run someone's

meson build recipe.

As I dislike the interruptive page jumping of `mupdf-x11`, I've added

mupdf support too so it can take advantage of the smooth page border

scrolling mechanism of SDLBook. Therefore it now also supports all

the formats supported by mupdf, namely `pdf`, `epub`, `fb2`, `xps`,

`openxps`, `cbz`, `cbr`.

## How?

- Install `SDL` and `djvulibre` libraries including development headers.

- Compile using `gnu make` by running `make CFLAGS=-O2`.

  if you want to use SDL2, run `make SDL2=1 CFLAGS=-O2` instead.

- Install as root user by doing `make install prefix=/usr`.

- Run like `sdlbook /path/to/file.djvu`

- Press F1 to see available keyboard shortcuts

- Have fun reading.