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| author | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2025-11-15 03:40:06 -0600 |
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| committer | Craig Jennings <c@cjennings.net> | 2025-11-15 03:40:06 -0600 |
| commit | 72f2ed186ee9d226503ce39037b1e26b53d203fa (patch) | |
| tree | 27629b0a0e0b9efa927e228e1e24e8686282600f | |
| parent | 8126e7334bd86d06775c7cf72042b840b314beb2 (diff) | |
feat(epub): Improve nov reader typography and layout
- Reduce variable-pitch font from 1.8x to 1.0x for normal reading size
- Add configurable margin percentage (cj/nov-margin-percent, default 25%)
- Calculate text width dynamically based on window size and margins
- Text now uses 50% of window width with 25% margins on each side
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Co-Authored-By: Claude <noreply@anthropic.com>
| -rw-r--r-- | modules/calibredb-epub-config.el | 16 |
1 files changed, 13 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/modules/calibredb-epub-config.el b/modules/calibredb-epub-config.el index ab9defd0..cf4b65ba 100644 --- a/modules/calibredb-epub-config.el +++ b/modules/calibredb-epub-config.el @@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ ;; ------------------------------ Nov Epub Reader ------------------------------ +(defvar cj/nov-margin-percent 25 + "Percentage of window width to use as margins on each side when reading epubs. +For example, 25 means 25% left margin + 25% right margin, with 50% for text.") + ;; Prevent magic-fallback-mode-alist from opening epub as archive-mode ;; Advise set-auto-mode to force nov-mode for .epub files before magic-fallback runs (defun cj/force-nov-mode-for-epub (orig-fun &rest args) @@ -123,7 +127,7 @@ (interactive) ;; Use Merriweather for comfortable reading with appropriate scaling ;; Darker sepia color (#E8DCC0) is easier on the eyes than pure white - (face-remap-add-relative 'variable-pitch :family "Merriweather" :height 1.8 :foreground "#E8DCC0") + (face-remap-add-relative 'variable-pitch :family "Merriweather" :height 1.0 :foreground "#E8DCC0") (face-remap-add-relative 'default :family "Merriweather" :height 180 :foreground "#E8DCC0") (face-remap-add-relative 'fixed-pitch :height 180 :foreground "#E8DCC0") ;; Make this buffer-local so other Nov buffers can choose differently @@ -136,8 +140,14 @@ ;; Enable visual-fill-column for centered text with margins (when (require 'visual-fill-column nil t) (setq-local visual-fill-column-center-text t) - ;; Set text width for comfortable reading (characters per line) - (setq-local visual-fill-column-width 100) + ;; Calculate text width based on configurable margin percentage + (let ((window (get-buffer-window (current-buffer))) + (text-width-ratio (- 1.0 (* 2 (/ cj/nov-margin-percent 100.0))))) + (if window + (setq-local visual-fill-column-width + (floor (* text-width-ratio (window-body-width window)))) + ;; Fallback if no window yet + (setq-local visual-fill-column-width 80))) (visual-fill-column-mode 1)) (nov-render-document) ;; Force visual-fill-column to recalculate after rendering |