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ePub + The opensource eBook standard with no portable reader

Submitted by bigpallooka on August 7, 2009 - 12:18pm

EPUB (electronic publication) is an e-book standard, by the International Digital Publishing Forum (IDPF), which consists of three file format standards (files have the extension .epub), described below. It supersedes the Open eBook standard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EPUB

There is a portable compiler eCub available.

https://portableapps.com/node/9219

There was a project to portablise FBReader although no action has been taken for some time. I would be happy to test as I read copious amounts of eBooks and desperately need a portable reader.

Is it possible to...?

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Submitted by kadardalton on August 5, 2009 - 5:47pm

hey is it possible with dosbox to make a folder in the X:/DOSBoxPortable\App\DOSBox
called Games and when ever u put a game folder in it once the dosboxportable.exe runs it automatically runs that game. and everytime u want to swich the games all u got to do is change a simple config file or somethiung with the new folders directory and exe. so u dont have to mount and drag n drop.

For Example:

this is how the file directory would look like:

X:/DOSBoxPortable\App\DOSBox\Games\Warcraft\war.exe

But then u want to change to a different game. so all u do is do this:

Open Source DAISY Production Tool

Submitted by harshaknagaraj on August 5, 2009 - 1:53pm

Hi,

I am fairly new to the Portable-App world. I was looking at building some installers for the blind and came across Portable Apps which seems to be a better option. One of the tools I was looking at was

1. Open Source DAISY Production Tool

and DAISY Playback Tools - AMIS and Emerson

Please let me know if I can get any help with a Portable version of this?

Sorry, did not read the guidelines Smile

Program: Open Source DAISY Production Tool

Powerpro portability

Submitted by Stjerneklar on August 5, 2009 - 8:24am

anybody know if its possible to get powerpro, the greatest freeware app ever, ported to portapps?

edit:

I cant begin to describe what you can do with powerpro.
i am currently using it to create a bar on the top of my screen where i have buttons that can:
controls sound(left click -2 vol, middle mute, right click +2)
browses my network drive
open a menu of code snippets, select one and put it in the clipboard
button that launches 5 programs i have to start every morning

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