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So, I've been using nov.el for #emacs to read epubs. It does a pretty decent job of it, but I have one point of irritation: I can't for the life of me find a way to tell how far through the book I am. Is there some way to see this?

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in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I use it! It shows a % figure on the bottom line, but it does it only if I maximize past the 80 columns (in other words, it doesn't appear on my VT terminal!).
in reply to peron

@peron Yeah, but that's the percentage through the current buffer (chapter).
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

I think this might help
codeberg.org/divyaranjan/emacs…

ps - I know this is not related to your question about nov.el specifically but I saw its readme, it shows page number in modeline

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in reply to मोक्ष / untrusem ⁂

@मोक्ष / untrusem ⁂ This package appears to render documents using SVG output. Considering that I spend 95% of my time in the terminal, this would likely be a deal-breaker for me unfortunately. 🙁
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

this is for Doom but might give you some ideas? I stole some code from here and it's a bit beyond me but involves setting a custom modeline when in nov mode > tecosaur.github.io/emacs-confi…
in reply to Jonathan Lamothe

Nov.el is on my list of things to do when I get back to working on my config. But do you not display your file location in your modeline?

I'd have to fire it up and check, but I'd expect my usual modeline indicators to be there.

in reply to Zenie

@Zenie The mode line shows the position in the current buffer. The buffer displays the current chapter. Thus, it shows your position in the current chapter, not the book overall.

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