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Ebooks are basically HTML, so this is one case where bundling a browser engine is going to be necessary in any case.

by paol 4y ago

nsonha 4y ago
does it need a js engine though?
- forgotpwd16 4y ago
  App is written in JS and uses a JS library to render epub in the browser, how else could it work?
  - nsonha 4y ago
    NOT "written in JS and use a JS lib"?
    - forgotpwd16 4y ago
      So you've some kind of problem with the implementation language? Because then you can say the same about any other. "Does it need to be written in Python?" "Does it need to be written in Rust?" What's even the point?
      - nsonha 4y ago
        re-read what being discussed, someone said to display epub you need to able to render HTML, I said "but it does NOT need to RUN js". And then you were the person who brought up implementation language which happens to be js, which is irrelevant to the point everyone was making.
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        forgotpwd16 4y ago
        The OG comment mentions JS codebase being bundled to a browser engine. Then it's mentioned that it makes sense to do that. And then you specifically asked "does it need a js engine though?". For this specific app, the answer is yes. You cannot open an epub directly on browser and you need to parse it to do that. That somehow for this app is JS. If your question was whether epubs may contain JS then it's wrongly posed.
        nsonha 4y ago
        I replied to this comment > Ebooks are basically HTML, so this is one case where bundling a browser engine is going to be necessary in any case. and my point was contesting the statement that a full browser engine is necessary for displaying epub, the implementation language is not the point.
- auggierose 4y ago
  epub may contain JS
  - 0cf8612b2e1e 4y ago
    I do not think that is true. My incredibly quick skim of the epub format is not finding JavaScript.
    - LarryMullins 4y ago
      It's part of EPUB3: https://www.w3.org/publishing/epub3/epub-spec.html#sec-cmt-supported https://www.w3.org/publishing/epub3/epub-spec.html#sec-cmt-s...
- dunham 4y ago
  I took a quick look at the github repository (because I'm on macos), and it looks like it is written in javascript (and xml) using "gjs", which exposes the gnome libraries to javascript. So I think it's a gtk/gnome program, but written in javascript instead of C and using a webkit widget for the book itself.

Ebooks are basically HTML, so this is one case where bundling a browser engine is going to be necessary in any case.

by paol 4y ago

Ebooks are basically HTML, so this is one case where bundling a browser engine is going to be necessary in any case.

nsonha 4y ago

does it need a js engine though?

forgotpwd16 4y ago
App is written in JS and uses a JS library to render epub in the browser, how else could it work?
- nsonha 4y ago
  NOT "written in JS and use a JS lib"?
  - forgotpwd16 4y ago
    So you've some kind of problem with the implementation language? Because then you can say the same about any other. "Does it need to be written in Python?" "Does it need to be written in Rust?" What's even the point?
    - nsonha 4y ago
      re-read what being discussed, someone said to display epub you need to able to render HTML, I said "but it does NOT need to RUN js". And then you were the person who brought up implementation language which happens to be js, which is irrelevant to the point everyone was making.
      - deleted 4y ago
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      - forgotpwd16 4y ago
        The OG comment mentions JS codebase being bundled to a browser engine. Then it's mentioned that it makes sense to do that. And then you specifically asked "does it need a js engine though?". For this specific app, the answer is yes. You cannot open an epub directly on browser and you need to parse it to do that. That somehow for this app is JS. If your question was whether epubs may contain JS then it's wrongly posed.
        nsonha 4y ago
        I replied to this comment > Ebooks are basically HTML, so this is one case where bundling a browser engine is going to be necessary in any case. and my point was contesting the statement that a full browser engine is necessary for displaying epub, the implementation language is not the point.
auggierose 4y ago
epub may contain JS
- 0cf8612b2e1e 4y ago
  I do not think that is true. My incredibly quick skim of the epub format is not finding JavaScript.
  - LarryMullins 4y ago
    It's part of EPUB3: https://www.w3.org/publishing/epub3/epub-spec.html#sec-cmt-supported https://www.w3.org/publishing/epub3/epub-spec.html#sec-cmt-s...
dunham 4y ago
I took a quick look at the github repository (because I'm on macos), and it looks like it is written in javascript (and xml) using "gjs", which exposes the gnome libraries to javascript. So I think it's a gtk/gnome program, but written in javascript instead of C and using a webkit widget for the book itself.