I have next to no experience with ebook devices, since I don't own any, or know anyone who owns one. I did read up a bit on them though, and it seems as if most of them can read the same file formats, so it should be possible to export books such a format and have them readable on most ebook readers. I found a Python program called Calibre (http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/) that supports syncing with ebook devices and converting from a wide array of file formats (including cbz and cbr) to ebook formats (such as MOBI). It might be possible to get some inspiration from there (or even copying portions of code since it is licensed under the GPL). It does seem non-trivial though, so I wouldn't hold my breath while waiting for it to turn up in Comix.
As for plaintext and PDF support, it would be nice indeed. I haven't ever thought about plaintext actually (but it shouldn't be too hard). PDF support is harder because of the lack of PDF rendering capabilities in GTK+.
Oh, and thanks for the donation. :-)
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I have next to no experience with ebook devices, since I don't own any, or know anyone who owns one. I did read up a bit on them though, and it seems as if most of them can read the same file formats, so it should be possible to export books such a format and have them readable on most ebook readers. I found a Python program called Calibre (http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net/) that supports syncing with ebook devices and converting from a wide array of file formats (including cbz and cbr) to ebook formats (such as MOBI). It might be possible to get some inspiration from there (or even copying portions of code since it is licensed under the GPL). It does seem non-trivial though, so I wouldn't hold my breath while waiting for it to turn up in Comix.
As for plaintext and PDF support, it would be nice indeed. I haven't ever thought about plaintext actually (but it shouldn't be too hard). PDF support is harder because of the lack of PDF rendering capabilities in GTK+.
Oh, and thanks for the donation. :-)