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One of the real joys of reading phlogs and skulking through the depths of the gopher underground is discovering new software. So I thought I'd share a really impressive python application. I feel a little like K.Mandla here[1]! epr, as the title to this phlog indicates, is a command-line interface ebook reader[2]. So far it renders my epub files flawlessly[3]. To invoke the program, you enter 'epr' (without the quotation marks) followed by the filename. If you simply enter 'epr' the program will launch with the last file open at the point where you stopped reading. The in-program keyboard commands are so intuitive that I guessed most of them before going back to read the README.md at Github. Here's a short list of the commands I use most frequently: t - display the table of contents down arrow - scroll down right arrow, pg down, space bar - page down up arrow - scroll up left arrow, pg up - page up n - next chapter p - previous chapter o - open an image q - quit image, quit epr Note that you can also navigate documents using the h, j, k, and l keys. In my estimation, epr is the epitome of great programming, at least from the end-user perspective. It's small, uncomplicated, and does exactly what it is supposed to do. Installation instructions can be found on the Github page. The program requires python3 and curses, so you'll have to have those installed before proceeding. ------- [1] I've said it here before, but if you've never read K.Mandla's blogs, you owe it to yourself to check them out: https://kmandla.wordpress.com/ https://inconsolation.wordpress.com/author/kmandla/ [2] https://github.com/wustho/epr [3] the author of the app notes a few limitations of the program on the github page. They also provide a couple of solutions.