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Isn't the EPUB format basically just zipped-up HTML files with XML metadata?  If so, why not crack open the file and experiment with the settings to see if the code can't be made more readable?

On 16 August 2011 05:16, Roberto Ierusalimschy <roberto@inf.puc-rio.br> wrote:
> As mentioned in a private message, I didn't find the .epub version of
> PiL very useful.  The prose is harder to distinguish from the code, at
> least when used with FBReader.  It would be nice if this is fixed for
> the next version.  If help is needed, maybe send out a sample page
> with some code, and we can try to convert it using various tools to
> see what looks best with various ereaders.

One problem is that the code is not indented in relation to the text, as
it is in the book. I am not sure whether this is the only problem.

-- Roberto




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