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Wow, that's neat!

Well, I unzipped the Python Cookbook app (PythonCook 1.0.ipa), installed Adobe Digital Editions, opened default.epub (the only .epub file in the bundle) and was surprised to see H.G.Wells' "The Time Machine" appear. I tried to open the rather larger PythonCook file, but DE just showed a blank page.

On the other hand, I was pleased to see the complete book in html format, in the folder OEBPS. That could be very useful in terms of cutting and pasting code into Python.

Hi Andrew,

The additional info and suggestions are appreciated - thanks! Reducing the text size does help, although at the smallest (which makes the text quite hard to read) there are still a few truncated lines where the code and output are shown in a single line.

The EPUB content solution looks promising, but that costs extra, right?

I feel much happier now that the iPhone apps may be improved.

Hi Andrew,

Many thanks for your speedy reply. It's really good to know that the problem has been recognized and is being worked on.

Unfortunately, although your suggested workaround does indeed truncate fewer of the long code lines, many remain chopped. (The first example I could find was in the chapter Aligning Strings where the code ".center(20), '|'" appears as ".cent" in landscape mode.)

Also, some of the output (shown in Constant width bold) appears at the end of the producing code when it, when it should appear at the start of the next line. There are several examples of this anomaly in the chapter Converting Between Characters and Numeric Codes. This is a less serious problem in terms of usability than the truncated lines - at least the reader can see everything. However, it detracts from the overall impression and user experience. It would be considered a major typographic flaw in a printed book.

Sorry to be the bringer of bad tidings - I truly want this endeavor to succeed.