not considered

README.md

@@ -96,6 +96,16 @@ Options:
 -v --version             show program version
 ```
 
+## Reading mobi files
+
+`epuppy`   doesn't   support  mobi   files,   but   you  can   install
+[mobitool](https://github.com/bfabiszewski/libmobi/)  and  use  it  to
+convert mobi files to epub. The ubuntu package is `libmobi-tools`. To convert, execute: 
+
+```default
+mobitool -e somebook.epub
+```
+
 ## Installation
 
 The tool does not have any dependencies.  Just download the binary for

cmd/config.go

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 /*
-Copyright © 2025 Thomas von Dein
+Copyright © 2025-2026 Thomas von Dein
 
 This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
 it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
@@ -27,12 +27,13 @@ import (
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf/parsers/toml"
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/file"
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/posflag"
+	"github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/structs"
 	"github.com/knadh/koanf/v2"
 	flag "github.com/spf13/pflag"
 )
 
 const (
-	Version string = `v0.0.7`
+	Version string = `v0.0.8`
 	Usage   string = `This is epuppy, a terminal ui ebook viewer.
 
 Usage: epuppy [options] <epub file>
@@ -42,6 +43,7 @@ Options:
 -s --store-progress      remember reading position
 -n --line-numbers        add line numbers
 -c --config <file>       use config <file>
+   --create-config       create a default config file
 -i --cover-image         display cover image
 -t --txt                 dump readable content to STDOUT
 -x --xml                 dump source xml to STDOUT
@@ -51,6 +53,31 @@ Options:
 -v --version             show program version`
 )
 
+var (
+	DefaultDark = ColorSetting{
+		Title:   "#ff4500",
+		Chapter: "#ff4500",
+		Body:    "#cdb79e",
+	}
+
+	DefaultLight = ColorSetting{
+		Title:   "#ff0000",
+		Chapter: "#8b0000",
+		Body:    "#696969",
+	}
+)
+
+// used for config writing, it's a subset of the Config struct
+// add fields as you add user configurable fields to Config
+type UserConfig struct {
+	StoreProgress bool         `koanf:"store-progress"`
+	Darkmode      bool         `koanf:"dark"`
+	LineNumbers   bool         `koanf:"line-numbers"`
+	NoColor       bool         `koanf:"no-color"`
+	ColorDark     ColorSetting `koanf:"colordark"`
+	ColorLight    ColorSetting `koanf:"colorlight"`
+}
+
 type Config struct {
 	Showversion     bool         `koanf:"version"`        // -v
 	Debug           bool         `koanf:"debug"`          // -d
@@ -64,13 +91,15 @@ type Config struct {
 	ColorDark       ColorSetting `koanf:"colordark"`      // comes from config file only
 	ColorLight      ColorSetting `koanf:"colorlight"`     // comes from config file only
 	ShowHelp        bool         `koanf:"help"`
-	ShowCover       bool         `koanf:"cover-image"` // -i
+	ShowCover       bool         `koanf:"cover-image"`   // -i
+	CreateConfig    bool         `koanf:"create-config"` // --create-config
 	Colors          Colors       // generated from user config file or internal defaults, respects dark mode
 	Document        string
 	InitialProgress int // lines
 }
 
 func InitConfig(output io.Writer) (*Config, error) {
+	conf := &Config{}
 	var kloader = koanf.New(".")
 
 	// setup custom usage
@@ -93,6 +122,7 @@ func InitConfig(output io.Writer) (*Config, error) {
 	flagset.BoolP("no-color", "N", false, "disable colors")
 	flagset.BoolP("cover-image", "i", false, "show cover image")
 	flagset.BoolP("help", "h", false, "show help")
+	flagset.BoolP("create-config", "", false, "create a config file with default settings")
 	flagset.StringP("config", "c", "", "read config from file")
 
 	if err := flagset.Parse(os.Args[1:]); err != nil {
@@ -104,14 +134,13 @@ func InitConfig(output io.Writer) (*Config, error) {
 	var configfiles []string
 
 	configfile, _ := flagset.GetString("config")
-	home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 
 	if configfile != "" {
 		configfiles = []string{configfile}
 	} else {
 		configfiles = []string{
 			"/etc/epuppy.toml", "/usr/local/etc/epuppy.toml", // unix variants
-			filepath.Join(home, ".config", "epuppy", "config.toml"),
+			filepath.Join(conf.GetConfigDir(), "config.toml"),
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -132,7 +161,6 @@ func InitConfig(output io.Writer) (*Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	// fetch values
-	conf := &Config{}
 	if err := kloader.Unmarshal("", &conf); err != nil {
 		return nil, fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling: %w", err)
 	}
@@ -141,7 +169,7 @@ func InitConfig(output io.Writer) (*Config, error) {
 	if len(flagset.Args()) > 0 {
 		conf.Document = flagset.Args()[0]
 	} else {
-		if !conf.Showversion && !conf.ShowHelp {
+		if !conf.Showversion && !conf.ShowHelp && !conf.CreateConfig {
 			flagset.Usage()
 			os.Exit(1)
 		}
@@ -152,18 +180,7 @@ func InitConfig(output io.Writer) (*Config, error) {
 	}
 
 	// setup color config
-	conf.Colors = SetColorconfig(
+	conf.Colors = SetColorconfig(DefaultDark, DefaultLight, conf)
-		ColorSetting{ // Dark
-			Title:   "#ff4500",
-			Chapter: "#ff4500",
-			Body:    "#cdb79e",
-		},
-		ColorSetting{ // Light
-			Title:   "#ff0000",
-			Chapter: "#8b0000",
-			Body:    "#696969",
-		},
-		conf)
 
 	// disable colors if requested by command line
 	if conf.NoColor {
@@ -173,7 +190,41 @@ func InitConfig(output io.Writer) (*Config, error) {
 	return conf, nil
 }
 
-func (c *Config) GetConfigDir() string {
+func (conf *Config) GetConfigDir() string {
 	home, _ := os.UserHomeDir()
 	return filepath.Join(home, ".config", "epuppy")
 }
+
+func (conf *Config) WriteConfigFile() (string, error) {
+	cfgfile := filepath.Join(conf.GetConfigDir(), "config.toml")
+
+	if FileExists(cfgfile) {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("config file %s already exists", cfgfile)
+	}
+
+	var kloader = koanf.New(".")
+
+	userconf := UserConfig{
+		StoreProgress: conf.StoreProgress,
+		Darkmode:      conf.Darkmode,
+		LineNumbers:   conf.LineNumbers,
+		NoColor:       conf.NoColor,
+		ColorDark:     DefaultDark,
+		ColorLight:    DefaultLight,
+	}
+
+	if err := kloader.Load(structs.Provider(userconf, "koanf"), nil); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error loading config struct: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	toml, err := kloader.Marshal(toml.Parser())
+	if err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error unmarshalling config: %w", err)
+	}
+
+	if err := WriteFile(cfgfile, toml); err != nil {
+		return "", fmt.Errorf("error writing config file %s: %w", cfgfile, err)
+	}
+
+	return fmt.Sprintf("new config file %s created.", cfgfile), nil
+}

cmd/io.go

@@ -0,0 +1,52 @@
+/*
+Copyright © 2026 Thomas von Dein
+
+This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
+it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
+the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
+(at your option) any later version.
+
+This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
+but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
+MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
+GNU General Public License for more details.
+
+You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
+along with this program. If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
+*/
+package cmd
+
+import (
+	"fmt"
+	"log"
+	"os"
+)
+
+func FileExists(filename string) bool {
+	info, err := os.Stat(filename)
+
+	if err != nil {
+		// return false on any error
+		return false
+	}
+
+	return !info.IsDir()
+}
+
+func WriteFile(filename string, content []byte) error {
+	var err error
+
+	fd, err := os.OpenFile(filename, os.O_WRONLY|os.O_CREATE|os.O_TRUNC, 0755)
+	if err != nil {
+		return fmt.Errorf("failed to open file %s for writing: %w", filename, err)
+	}
+	defer func() {
+		if err := fd.Close(); err != nil {
+			log.Fatal(err)
+		}
+	}()
+
+	_, err = fd.Write(content)
+
+	return err
+}

cmd/root.go

@@ -52,6 +52,20 @@ func Execute(output io.Writer) int {
 		return 0
 	}
 
+	if conf.CreateConfig {
+		msg, err := conf.WriteConfigFile()
+		if err != nil {
+			return Die(err)
+		}
+
+		_, err = fmt.Fprintln(output, msg)
+		if err != nil {
+			return Die(fmt.Errorf("failed to print to output: %s", err))
+		}
+
+		return 0
+	}
+
 	if conf.StoreProgress {
 		progress, err := GetProgress(conf)
 		if err == nil {

cmd/store.go

@@ -102,7 +102,6 @@ func Mkdir(dir string) error {
 	return nil
 }
 
-// FIXME: check https://github.com/gosimple/slug
 func Slug(input string) string {
 	slug := slugify.ReplaceAllString(input, "-")
 	slug = suffix.ReplaceAllString(slug, "")

go.mod

@@ -44,10 +44,12 @@ require (
 	github.com/blacktop/go-termimg v0.1.20 // indirect
 	github.com/charmbracelet/x/mosaic v0.0.0-20250702191427-5bdfc8f2e4ff // indirect
 	github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 // indirect
+	github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0 // indirect
 	github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 // indirect
 	github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/golang/groupcache v0.0.0-20210331224755-41bb18bfe9da // indirect
 	github.com/knadh/koanf/maps v0.1.2 // indirect
+	github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/structs v1.0.0 // indirect
 	github.com/makeworld-the-better-one/dither/v2 v2.4.0 // indirect
 	github.com/mattn/go-sixel v0.0.5 // indirect
 	github.com/mitchellh/copystructure v1.2.0 // indirect

go.sum

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1 h1:vj9j/u1bqnvCEfJOwUhtlOARqs3+rkHYY13jYWTU97c
 github.com/davecgh/go-spew v1.1.1/go.mod h1:J7Y8YcW2NihsgmVo/mv3lAwl/skON4iLHjSsI+c5H38=
 github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f h1:Y/CXytFA4m6baUTXGLOoWe4PQhGxaX0KpnayAqC48p4=
 github.com/erikgeiser/coninput v0.0.0-20211004153227-1c3628e74d0f/go.mod h1:vw97MGsxSvLiUE2X8qFplwetxpGLQrlU1Q9AUEIzCaM=
+github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0 h1:Q7juDM0QtcnhCpeyLGQKyg4TOIghuNXrkL32pHAUMxo=
+github.com/fatih/structs v1.1.0/go.mod h1:9NiDSp5zOcgEDl+j00MP/WkGVPOlPRLejGD8Ga6PJ7M=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0 h1:2Ml+OJNzbYCTzsxtv8vKSFD9PbJjmhYF14k/jKC7S9k=
 github.com/fsnotify/fsnotify v1.9.0/go.mod h1:8jBTzvmWwFyi3Pb8djgCCO5IBqzKJ/Jwo8TRcHyHii0=
 github.com/go-viper/mapstructure/v2 v2.4.0 h1:EBsztssimR/CONLSZZ04E8qAkxNYq4Qp9LvH92wZUgs=
@@ -48,6 +50,8 @@ github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/file v1.2.0 h1:hrUJ6Y9YOA49aNu/RSYzOTFlqzXSCpmY
 github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/file v1.2.0/go.mod h1:bp1PM5f83Q+TOUu10J/0ApLBd9uIzg+n9UgthfY+nRA=
 github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/posflag v1.0.1 h1:EnMxHSrPkYCFnKgBUl5KBgrjed8gVFrcXDzaW4l/C6Y=
 github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/posflag v1.0.1/go.mod h1:3Wn3+YG3f4ljzRyCUgIwH7G0sZ1pMjCOsNBovrbKmAk=
+github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/structs v1.0.0 h1:DznjB7NQykhqCar2LvNug3MuxEQsZ5KvfgMbio+23u4=
+github.com/knadh/koanf/providers/structs v1.0.0/go.mod h1:kjo5TFtgpaZORlpoJqcbeLowM2cINodv8kX+oFAeQ1w=
 github.com/knadh/koanf/v2 v2.3.0 h1:Qg076dDRFHvqnKG97ZEsi9TAg2/nFTa9hCdcSa1lvlM=
 github.com/knadh/koanf/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:gRb40VRAbd4iJMYYD5IxZ6hfuopFcXBpc9bbQpZwo28=
 github.com/lucasb-eyer/go-colorful v1.2.0 h1:1nnpGOrhyZZuNyfu1QjKiUICQ74+3FNCN69Aj6K7nkY=

pkg/epub/content.go

@@ -8,11 +8,12 @@ import (
 )
 
 var (
-	cleanentitles = regexp.MustCompile(`&[a-z]+;`)
+	cleanenTitles       = regexp.MustCompile(`&[a-z]+;`)
-	empty         = regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)^[\s ]*$`)
+	isEmpty             = regexp.MustCompile(`(?s)^[\s ]*$`)
-	newlines      = regexp.MustCompile(`[\r\n\s]+`)
+	cleanNewlines       = regexp.MustCompile(`[\r\n\s]+`)
-	cleansvg      = regexp.MustCompile(`(<svg.+</svg>|<!\[CDATA\[.+\]\]>)`)
+	cleanSVG            = regexp.MustCompile(`(<svg.+</svg>|<!\[CDATA\[.+\]\]>)`)
-	cleanmarkup   = regexp.MustCompile(`<[^<>]+>`)
+	cleanMarkup         = regexp.MustCompile(`<[^<>]+>`)
+	cleanMobiPageBreaks = regexp.MustCompile(`<mbp:pagebreak/>`)
 )
 
 // Content nav-point content
@@ -25,13 +26,28 @@ type Content struct {
 }
 
 // parse XML, look for title and <p>.*</p> stuff
-func (c *Content) String(content []byte) error {
+func (c *Content) Extract(content []byte) error {
-	doc, err := xmlquery.Parse(
+	rawXML := cleanSVG.ReplaceAllString(
-		strings.NewReader(
+		cleanenTitles.ReplaceAllString(string(content), " "), "")
-			cleansvg.ReplaceAllString(
+
-				cleanentitles.ReplaceAllString(string(content), " "), "")))
+	var doc *xmlquery.Node
+	var err error
+
+	doc, err = xmlquery.Parse(strings.NewReader(rawXML))
 	if err != nil {
-		return err
+		if strings.Contains(err.Error(), `namespace mbp is missing`) {
+			fixedmbp := strings.NewReader(
+				cleanMobiPageBreaks.ReplaceAllString(
+					rawXML, `<span style="page-break-after: always" />`))
+
+			doc, err = xmlquery.Parse(fixedmbp)
+			if err != nil {
+				return err
+			}
+
+		} else {
+			return err
+		}
 	}
 
 	if c.Title == "" {
@@ -47,9 +63,9 @@ func (c *Content) String(content []byte) error {
 	txt := strings.Builder{}
 	var have_p bool
 	for _, item := range xmlquery.Find(doc, "//p") {
-		if !empty.MatchString(item.InnerText()) {
+		if !isEmpty.MatchString(item.InnerText()) {
 			have_p = true
-			txt.WriteString(newlines.ReplaceAllString(item.InnerText(), " ") + "\n\n")
+			txt.WriteString(cleanNewlines.ReplaceAllString(item.InnerText(), " ") + "\n\n")
 		}
 	}
 
@@ -57,9 +73,9 @@ func (c *Content) String(content []byte) error {
 		// try  <div></div>, which some  ebooks use, so get  all divs,
 		// remove markup and paragraphify the parts
 		for _, item := range xmlquery.Find(doc, "//div") {
-			if !empty.MatchString(item.InnerText()) {
+			if !isEmpty.MatchString(item.InnerText()) {
-				cleaned := cleanmarkup.ReplaceAllString(item.InnerText(), "")
+				cleaned := cleanMarkup.ReplaceAllString(item.InnerText(), "")
-				txt.WriteString(newlines.ReplaceAllString(cleaned, " ") + "\n\n")
+				txt.WriteString(cleanNewlines.ReplaceAllString(cleaned, " ") + "\n\n")
 			}
 		}
 	}

pkg/epub/open.go

@@ -112,6 +112,8 @@ func (bk *Book) getSections() error {
 
 	// we have ncx points from the TOC, try those
 	if len(bk.Ncx.Points) > 0 {
+		known := map[string]int{}
+
 		for _, block := range bk.Ncx.Points {
 			sect := Section{
 				File:  "OEBPS/" + block.Content.Src,
@@ -128,7 +130,13 @@ func (bk *Book) getSections() error {
 				}
 			}
 
-			sections = append(sections, sect)
+			if _, haveFile := known[sect.File]; !haveFile {
+				// sometimes  epub's have  many sections but  they all
+				// point to the same  file. To avoid duplicate content
+				// we ignore sections (thus files) we have already seen.
+				sections = append(sections, sect)
+				known[sect.File] = 1
+			}
 		}
 
 		if len(sections) < manifestcount {
@@ -189,7 +197,7 @@ func (bk *Book) readSectionContent() error {
 		ct := Content{Src: section.File, Title: section.Title}
 
 		if types.MatchString(section.MediaType) {
-			if err := ct.String(content); err != nil {
+			if err := ct.Extract(content); err != nil {
 				return err
 			}
 		}