nov-xwidget - the best epub reader in Emacs

Introduction

nov-xwidget extends nov.el with the built-in xwidget webkit (You have to compile Emacs with xwidget support) and render the epub html/xhtml files with any customized CSS styles or JavaScript scripts.

Features

Render epub with any CSS or JavaScript scripts, including but not limited to fonts, layout etc.
Support dark or light mode
For some systems that can not use xwidget, set nov-xwidget-browser-function to other browser functions, e.g. browse-url.

Installation and Configuration

(use-package nov-xwidget
  :demand t
  :after nov
  :config
  (define-key nov-mode-map (kbd "o") 'nov-xwidget-view)
  (add-hook 'nov-mode-hook 'nov-xwidget-inject-all-files))

Three options for you to configure:

nov-xwidget-script
nov-xwidget-style-light
nov-xwidget-style-dark

Usage

Open an epub file in Emacs, then M-x nov-xwidget-view to change to xwidget webkit buffer.

Function	Feature
`xwidget-webkit-back`	Back
`xwidget-webkit-forward`	Forward
`nov-xwidget-goto-toc`	Goto table of contents
`nov-xwidget-next-document`	Goto next document
`nov-xwidget-previous-document`	Goto previous document
`nov-xwidget-find-source-file`	Goto the original source file
`nov-xwidget-inject-all-files`	Apply styles and scripts to all documents in one epub

Contributions

I need your helps on adding more advanced styles or scripts. Add more features and make Emacs as the best epub reader!

chenyanming / nov-xwidget