Lire

Lire /ˈlaɪ(ə)r/: to read

Features

• EPUB Parsing: Reads and extracts text from EPUB files.
• Navigation: Scroll through the text with arrow keys or j/k keys, jump by pages, and navigate between chapters.
• Text Redaction: Manually blank out words you already read to keep track of progress.

Key Bindings

• UP / k: Scroll up one line.
• DOWN / j: Scroll down one line.
• LEFT / h: Go to the previous chapter.
• RIGHT / l: Go to the next chapter.
• f: Scroll forward one page.
• b: Scroll backward one page.
• n: Move the redaction boundary forward (hiding one word).
• p: Move the redaction boundary backward (Revealing last redacted word).
• SPACE: Toggle redaction on/off.
• P: Reset the redaction boundary.
• q: Quit the reader.

Requirements

• Python 3.6+
• Required Python packages:
  • ebooklib
  • beautifulsoup4
  • argparse (built-in module in most Python3 distributions)
  • curses (built-in module in most Python distributions)

Usage

Run the program with the following command:

./lire <path_to_epub_file>