AmiBookReader
Description:	AmiBookReader - eBook & Document Reader
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Version:	1.3
Date:	12 Jul 26
Author:	Falke_34
Submitter:	Falke_34
Email:	falke 34/gmx de
Homepage:	http://falke34.bplaced.net
Requirements:	AmigaOS 4.1
Category:	office/misc
Replaces:	office/misc/amibookreader.lha
License:	GPL
Distribute:	yes
Min OS Version:	4.1
FileID:	13936
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Short:        AmiBookReader - eBook & document reader for AmigaOS 4.1
Uploader:     Falke_34
Author:       Falke_34
Type:         office
Version:      1.3
Requires:     AmigaOS 4.1
Architecture: ppc-amigaos >= 4.1.0
Distribution: Aminet / OS4Depot
Replaces:     -

================================================================
 AmiBookReader v1.3
 An eBook and document reader for AmigaOS 4.1
================================================================

Description
-----------
AmiBookReader is a native PowerPC AmigaOS 4.1 application for reading
e-books, comics and documents. It uses MuPDF as its rendering engine
together with a classic ReAction GUI, so it feels right at home on
Workbench.

Supported formats:
  * epub, pdf, cbz, xps, oxps, fb2, mobi   - documents / e-books
  * html, htm, xhtml                      - (X)HTML documents
  * png, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, tiff, tif    - standard images
  * svg, txt                              - vector graphics / text
  * jp2, jpx                              - JPEG 2000
  * jbig2                                 - often embedded in scanned
                                             PDFs, can also be opened
                                             directly
  * pnm, pbm, pgm, ppm, pam                - Unix bitmap formats

Features
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  - Native ReAction GUI, resizable window
  - Contents/bookmarks panel showing the document outline (when
    available); the "Contents" menu item is greyed out if the
    document has no outline
  - Search panel: find text, jump to previous/next match, page
    position is remembered
  - Export menu: export the current page or the whole book as PDF,
    PNG, JPEG, HTML, XHTML or plain text
  - Zoom panel with +/- buttons and reset, or +/- keyboard shortcuts
    when the panel is closed
  - Ctrl + mouse wheel zooms in/out
  - Mouse wheel scrolling (scrolls within page, turns page at edge)
  - Vertical and horizontal scrollbars
  - Fullscreen mode (View menu, checkbox)
  - Night mode and Sepia reading mode (experimental)
  - Bookmarking: automatically remembers the last opened book and page
  - "Start with Last Document" option (Settings menu)
  - "Keep Window Size on Exit" option (Settings menu) - now also
    saves and restores the main window's position, not just its size
  - Contents panel and Zoom panel position/size are saved and
    restored reliably
  - Jump to first/last page (<< / >> buttons), direct page selection
  - Drag & Drop: drop a file onto AmiBookReader to open it directly;
    files dropped onto the iconified AppIcon now open right away,
    no need to uniconify first
  - Iconify support
  - Shell support with command line arguments (see below)
  - Workbench icon and screen title integration
  - Full Unicode font fallback (CJK, Vietnamese and other Latin
    Extended scripts, emoji, historical scripts, math/symbol
    characters) for documents without embedded fonts
  - Icons created by McFly

Requirements
------------
  - AmigaOS 4.1 Final Edition
  - A PowerPC AmigaOne / Sam440 / other AmigaOS 4 compatible system
  - A reasonable amount of Fast RAM is recommended for larger PDFs
    or high-resolution scans

Installation
------------
  1. Copy the AmiBookReader drawer to your hard disk (e.g. Work:).
  2. Double-click the AmiBookReader icon to launch.
  3. Optionally drag a supported file onto the icon/window to open
     it directly.

Usage from Shell
-----------------
  AmiBookReader [FILE] [PAGE <n>] [PUBSCREEN <name>]

  FILE       - path to a document, e-book or image to open
  PAGE       - page number to jump to (1 = first page)
  PUBSCREEN  - name of a public screen to open the window on

  Examples:
    AmiBookReader Work:Books/manual.pdf
    AmiBookReader Work:Books/manual.pdf PAGE 42
    AmiBookReader Work:Books/manual.pdf PUBSCREEN MyScreen

  Without any arguments, AmiBookReader resumes the last opened book
  and page automatically, unless "Start with Last Document" has been
  disabled in the Settings menu.

Known Issues
------------
  - Night mode and Sepia are experimental and may still need some
    fine-tuning on certain images or colour profiles.

Credits
-------
  - Rendering engine: MuPDF (https://mupdf.com)
  - GUI: ReAction / AmigaOS 4.1 classes (window.class, layout.class,
    button.class, space.class, scroller.class, menuclass)

Contact
-------
  Author:  Falke_34
  Email:   falke.34()gmx.de

================================================================
 History / Changelog
================================================================

v1.3 (12.07.26)
  New:
    - Added Contents/bookmarks panel (when available in the document)
    - The "Contents" menu item is greyed out when no outline is
      available
    - Added Export menu (page/book as PDF, PNG, JPEG, HTML, XHTML,
      Text)
    - Added Search panel (find text, jump to previous/next match,
      page position remembered)
    - (X)HTML files (.html, .htm, .xhtml) can now be opened directly,
      alongside PDF, EPUB, XPS/OpenXPS, CBZ, FB2/MOBI and image
      formats
    - Files dropped onto the iconified AppIcon now open directly, no
      need to uniconify first
    - Ctrl + mouse wheel zooms in/out
    - "Keep Window Size on Exit" now also saves the main window's
      position, not just its size
    - Contents panel position and size are now saved and restored
    - Zoom panel position saving was already partially in place -
      now it's saved reliably in all cases
  Rebuild:
    - MuPDF rebuilt with the full Noto fallback font set: CJK
      (Chinese/Japanese/Korean), Vietnamese and other Latin Extended
      glyphs, emoji, historical scripts and math/symbol characters
      now render correctly in documents without embedded fonts,
      instead of showing "tofu" placeholder boxes

v1.2 (06.07.26)
    - update MuPDF to 1.28.0

v1.1 (23.06.2026)
  New:
    - Mouse wheel support: scrolls within the current page; turns to the
      next or previous page only when the top or bottom edge is reached
    - Last used file-requester drawer is saved and restored across
      sessions

Beta 6 (Final Version)
  New:
    - Drag & Drop: drop a file onto AmiBookReader to open it directly
    - Workbench screen title now shows "AmiBookReader" while the
      program is active
    - Zoom panel (View menu) with a Reset button, or zoom via +/-
      keys when the panel is closed
    - Zoom panel opens centred on the first start; its position is
      then saved to ENV:AmiBookReader.prefs
    - Fullscreen mode added as a checkbox in the View menu
    - Vertical and horizontal scrollbars
    - Shell support (see "Usage from Shell" above)
    - Night mode and Sepia reading mode (experimental)
  Fixed:
    - Icon bug: removed a stray FreeDiskObject() call on exit that
      caused a crash whenever a Workbench icon was set

Beta 5
  New:
    - "Keep Window Size on Exit" added as a checkbox under the
      Settings menu (checkmark reflects the current state).
      Default: off
    - "Start with Last Document" added as a checkbox under the
      Settings menu (checkmark reflects the current state).
      Default: on (previous behaviour)
    - Two new buttons, << and >>, to jump straight to the first or
      last page
  Fixed:
    - Welcome page buffer switched from shared to copied data (was
      causing a crash on exit on real hardware)
    - Window size was being saved slightly too small when "Keep
      Window Size on Exit" was active; saving is now more accurate
    - Minor optimisations to the ENV/.prefs file

Beta 4
  - Added support for .jp2
  - Added page selection (jump to a specific page)
  - Bookmarking: the current book and last visited page are now saved
    to ENV: - on the next launch, AmiBookReader resumes exactly where
    you left off
  - Added a welcome/start page (only shown when no saved settings
    exist yet)

Beta 3
  - Updated MuPDF to 1.27.2
  - Fixed the window resize (grow/shrink) freeze
  - Added version information (About)
  - Added Iconify support
  - All supported formats should now be included:
      * epub, pdf, cbz, xps, oxps, fb2, mobi - documents / e-books
      * png, jpg, jpeg, gif, bmp, tiff, tif   - standard images
      * svg, txt                             - vector graphics / text
      * jp2, jpx                             - JPEG 2000
      * jbig2 - often embedded in scanned PDFs, can also be opened
                directly
      * pnm, pbm, pgm, ppm, pam               - Unix bitmap formats

Beta 2
  - EPUB, MOBI and PDF all working (fixed a path bug in the file
    requester)
  - Added a filter for all supported formats in the file requester

Beta 1
  - Basic ReAction GUI
  - EPUB support working
  - PDF support not yet working
  - Window resize (grow/shrink) still causes a freeze