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ACE

ACE Plugin for calibre

About

This plugin is a simple ACE (Accessibility Checker for EPUB) wrapper.

Credits

This plugin is based on Doitsu's code for Sigil's ACE Plugin and EPUBCheck for calibre.
The Config Menu is based on KindleUnpack's. Thanks to @kovidgoyal for providing the feature that made possible linked error messages.

System requirements

You need to install ACE before you can run the plugin. Mininum calibre version: 2.0.0 (when the Editor was introduced).

Ace installation

Visit the ACE's website and follow the instructions.

Plugin installation

You can add this plugin to calibre via Preferences > Plugins > Get new plugins. Select ACE on the list and click on the 'Install' button. You can also download it from the MobileRead forum.

Settings

You can change the settings on the 'Configure' dropdown menu beside the ACE icon on the Editor. The same menu is reachable via Preferences > Advanced > Plugins > Customize Plugin.

Options:

  • Report Folder: select de default folder to save ACE report.
  • Open Report after checking: opens the report, after finished.
  • Debug Mode: copy ACE log to clipboard.
  • Close Validation Docks: automatically close Check Book and EPUBCheck docks.
  • Language: choose the language to display Ace messages.
  • Split multiline errors: split into multiple lines long messages.

Language

The default language for ACE is English. Other languages available: ACE (es, fr, pt_BR) and AXE (de, es, fr, ja, nl, pt_BR).
As for the plugin itself, it is available* in several languages: de, et, es, eu, fr, hu, id, it, nl, pt_BR, ru, sv, and uk. *Some have partial translations.

Translation

You are welcome to translate this plugin via Transifex.