tkbook - an eBook Reader

Overview:

- About tkbook
- Features
- Screenshot
- Requirements
- Download tkbook
- Links to other available eBook Readers

About:

his is a free eText Reader running on Linux, Windows, and Un*x Boxes and one of my first programmes written in TCL/TK language. It displays eBooks (pure ASCII) that are freely available from the Gutenberg homepage or other ditributors.
There are certainly other free reader-tools on the web but most for a specific operating system like Windows or PalmOS. In addition these books are distributed in a proprietary format and can only be displayed with the fitting reader.(See in the links section)

Have you ever read an eBook 'onscreen'? In the case you answer with yes you already know that this is not very comfortable by using a simple editor! You probably wished to set a bookmark? Or you wanted to resize the editor but the text already wraps after 78 chars?

tkBook gives you the advantage to use all this features you missed! It should be as easy to use as an Internet-browser in my oppinion. Colors and fonts are configurable so you can set up the tool 'for your eyes'.

Send me a mail if you have got problems or hints about tkbook.

Features:

- Easy scrolling with left and middle mousebutton
- Page counting (relative to the text-windowsize!)
- Multi-Bookmarks (Dog-ears)
- Auto wrapping text
- Simple HTML, PDF and postscript import now (text only)
- You do not have to touch your mouse a single time, if you prefer to use the keyboard
- Fontsize-, color and background is configurable - KDE look and feel

Screenshot:

Requirements:

- TCL/TK interpreter from www.scriptics.com
- Gostscript Interpreter (optional)
- Lots of eBooks and the courage to read those on screen :-)

Download:

- Download a zipped tkbook 0.2 sources (Linux/Windows)
- Download a zipped tkbook 0.1 (old!) sources (Linux/Windows)

- Download a recent version (required for tkbook!) of TCL/TK from www.scriptics.com
- See README for more infos about installation and requirements
- See the Changes
- Download eBooks from Gutenberg server

Links to other available eBook Readers:

If you still want to try out other readers:

- microsoft reader
- Acrobat eBook Reader[tm]

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