ebook-thumbnailer.py
| Author: | Iñigo Serna, inigoserna AT gmail DOT com |
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| Version: | 1.0, May 14th. 2012 |
| Home page: | https://inigo.katxi.org/devel/ebook-thumbnailer |
| License: | (C) 2012, Iñigo Serna This software has been realised under the GPL License version 3 or later, read the COPYING file that comes with this package for more information. There is NO WARRANTY. |
| Last update: | Mon May 14 00:46:56 2012 |
Table of Contents
Introduction
ebook-thumbnailer.py is a python script which generates thumbnails for some common ebook formats.
The package also includes the needed schemas to be integrated with GNOME 3 Desktop but it should easily work with any other desktop environment.
Current supported formats are:
- .fb2
- .epub
- .mobi, .prc, .azw, .azw4
- .chm
Dependencies: python v2.6+, pygtk, cairo, pypoppler, mobi_unpack, python-chm
Note that, as mobi_unpack is not usually provided by your OS, download it from MobileRead copy to your system and change line #160 in the script. Search MOBI section in source for more information.
You could even use PIL/Imaging instead of pygtk to create the image files. Code is already there, just comment/uncomment the proper lines in function create_thumb.
Installing
Download this file, copy binary and thumbnailers definition:
# cp ebook-thumbnailer.py /usr/local/bin
# cp {chm,epub,fb2,mobi}.thumbnailer /usr/share/thumbnailers
optionally (not needed as evince - GNOME default pdf viewer - already can create thumbs for .pdf files):
# cp pdf.thumbnailer /usr/share/thumbnailers
and restart nautilus.
Remember the extra step for mobi ebooks.