Impossible to open a file when linear="no"

[civodulab]

Impossible to open a file whose itemref attribute is linear="no".
However it works in Thorium.

[mickael-menu]

Yes non linear resources are not yet supported, mostly because the correct behavior is unclear. See this discussion readium/architecture#143

What do you personally expect should happen?

• Opening a pop-up with the non linear resource inside.
• Replacing the currently visible resource by the non linear one, then how do you go back?

Do you have a sample book with linear="no"?

[civodulab]

I am working on a book for visually impaired youngsters. There is a rather long notice explaining how the options work. I wanted to hide it to avoid too many pages to turn. This notice will only be read once or twice. On my configuration page I have a link to this manual and on the page of this manual I have a link to the configuration page.

Since I saw that the option existed I wanted to use it.

What do you personally think should happen?
Open a pop-up with the non-linear resource inside.
Replace the currently visible resource with the non-linear resource, then how do you go back?

Replace the currently visible resource with the non-linear resource.

I made a very quick epub with a non-linear resource.
test_linear_no.zip
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[mickael-menu]

Thank you, such samples are very useful.

This feature is a real can of worms so I doubt we will get a good implementation soon. But maybe we can work out a limited solution in the meantimes, as it's completely broken right now.

[qnga]

Closing as we've implemented a way for apps to handle non-linear resources and it's not clear if we'll do more.