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epub files, support linear="no" attribute in the .opf #5803

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@monolied

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.

When I try to shape the reader experience by omitting footnote pages from the reading order, Sumatra pdf does not allow for that.

Describe the solution you'd like

I'd like if

  • Sumatra pdf would follow the linear="no" attribute and exclude those pages from the reading order
  • second best: allow for pages to be included in the manifest but omitted from the spine (I know the spec wants all accessible content to be in the spine (except for css and images), but most readers I tried don't require that and it also seems quite redundant to be frank, given the function of the spine and that of the manifest. I'd argue footnotes (especially when formatted as an aside) are equivalent to images. It furthermore would follow the robustness principle of software design, "be conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others".)

Describe alternatives you've considered

The least annoying way I found was putting html pages with footnotes at the very end of the reading order.

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