Re: Helper apps from ePub

⚠ Warning: malformed data URL in the previous email 🤪

On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 10:32 AM Lars Wallin <lars@colibrio.com> wrote:

> Hi guys!
>
> You could perhaps, maybe, add the GPX file as a data URL in an A tag with
> a "download" attribute.
> I would add the inlined GPX file to the manifest as well, just to make
> sure that the manifest is a complete representation of the package contents.
>
> <a download="thegpxfile.gpx" href="data:application/gpx+xml,...">Click to
> download the GPX file</a>
>
> What say ye Dave and Matt?
>
> 👋
> Lars
>
>
>
> On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 2:01 AM Dave Cramer <dauwhe@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 4:47 PM Matt Garrish <matt.garrish@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> > But you can't link to the GPX from a content document.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Technically, you can if you specify a manifest fallback for the GPX
>>> file. Probably an html doc that explains the reading system can’t handle
>>> the media type and directs the user how to manually get the file from the
>>> zip container as the chances are low that a reading system would display or
>>> launch the file.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>> Ah, I had to make the GPX file a spine item for that to work. Another use
>> case for linear="no"? :)
>>
>> <manifest>
>>   <item id="content_001"  href="content_001.xhtml"
>> media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
>>   <item id="nav"  href="nav.xhtml" media-type="application/xhtml+xml"
>> properties="nav"/>
>>   <item id="gpx"  href="Prospect_Mountain_Skinning.gpx"
>> media-type="application/gpx+xml" fallback="fallback"/>
>>   <item id="fallback"  href="fallback.xhtml"
>> media-type="application/xhtml+xml"/>
>> </manifest>
>> <spine>
>>   <itemref idref="content_001" />
>>   <itemref idref="gpx" linear="no"/>
>> </spine>
>>
>>
>> Dave
>>
>>
>>