Epub validator http://validator.idpf.org/application/validate return an unknown error

Extra field length for first filename must be 0, but was 9 !

Objectives

*Fully translated application
*Minimum support: french and english

container.xml should be

container version="1.0" xmlns="urn:oasis:names:tc:opendocument:xmlns:container"

xml namespace missing. This cause an error in EPUB Validator http://validator.idpf.org/application/validate

The extension has not yet been tested on another platform than ubunu.

We should test it under Windows, Mac and Android.

In browserOverlay.js

var wbp = Components.classes['@mozilla.org/embedding/browser/nsWebBrowserPersist;1'].createInstance(Components.interfaces.nsIWebBrowserPersist);
wbp.saveDocument(window.content.document, webPageLocal, webFilesLocal, null, wbp.ENCODE_FLAGS_RAW,null);

/**
* Collect files informations
*/
var array = [];
if (webFiles.exists()){
var entries = webFiles.directoryEntries;

How should it works ?

"entries" should be an iterator containing all files and directories saved in "webFiles".

Bug

Files and directories are correctly saved but only directories are put into "entries" as if "files" were saved afterwards.

Workaround ?

Same problem has been encountered while zipping files. It has been solved by changing the "aQueue" parameter of the "addEntryFile" function from "true" to "false".

When we use "save as" in firefox, the saved page is added to the download manager. This indicate that the task has been completed. This is how it should work in our extension.

Daniel Glazman has put together a few notes on how you can improve the result, for a future version: http://www.glazman.org/weblog/dotclear/index.php?post/2012/02/27/Save-as-EPUB

If you don't know who Daniel Glazman is, feel free to google him :)

Incorporate the entry Save as EPUB into Save Page As... where user would select EPUB File from the already available drop-down menu.

When the user choose a file name for his epub, ou code append ".epub" to it. This should only be done if the user has given a file name without ".epub" extension.

Reference file from OEPBS/Files in content.opf

http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/xml/tutorials/x-epubtut/section3.html

Here is a list of issue with content.opf

• id of files without extension is null
• missing

• xmlns declaration should be done once for the default namespace

Epubs generated by our plugin seems to be uncompatible with Fbreader, Adobe Digital (but not tested) and Reader for PC (but not tested).

When FBReader open one of our epub, there is a progress bar wich complete its loading and then nothing. Firefox's EPUBReader can read the same file without problem.

http://www.fbreader.org/

The epub file (zip file) doesn't contains "webpage.html" and other files form the "Files" directory. This is propably a synchronization problem.

We should find an icon for our extension.
This icon should be compliant with MPL 2.0.

Here is the official EPUB icon. (proprietary?)
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/1/14/EPUB_logo.svg/160px-EPUB_logo.svg.png

Once the add-on is usable, submit it to http://addons.mozilla.org .

Each Epub should be identified by a unique URI

We should also use this URI to identify the temporary directory we are working in.
For now it's "Tmp_D/FHTE" it should be "Tmp_D/FHTE_URI12345" or something like that.

You should add:

• a file called LICENSE, at the toplevel of the git, with the license of this project;
• a standard header at the top of each file, with the license.

See for instance http://www.mozilla.org/MPL/boilerplate-1.1/

mimetype should be added first to the epub file (zip file) and shouldn't be compressed.

Issue: Files aren't referenced in content.opf

• No error message.
• Files are correctly added to the zipFile

You should create a file called AUTHORS, listing all the authors of this add-on. This file should be at the toplevel of the git.