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!