[Feature Request] Being able to read folders containing multiple images as comics by assigning a tag

Panels
#1

Hi, I love this app, but theres one major thing that makes it incompatible for my use-case. That is that i have many comics inside folders as numbered .png and .jpg files.

I think it would be great if you could assign a tag to a selected amount of folders that let Panels treat those folders similarly to .zip archives, aka being able to read them as books.

This might be a easier way to accomplish this feature considering how nested folders work in Panels.
The tag you assign to selected folders of your choosing could be called something like „treat folder(s) as comic“.

#2

A .cbz is just a zip file with a renamed extension—compress the files and rename the extension, job done

#3

I know that, I was suggesting being able to open folders as comics, similarly to .zip archives and .cbz.

If it doesn’t get added thats fine, i just wanted to bring up the idea, my use-case is def not common.

#4

Sorry, my assumption there

Web comic, is it?

#5

We might add this in a future release. We can already handle non-compressed ePUBs, which, in the modern iOS versions, the file system treats as folders.

We just need to figure out some things before releasing it. For instance, we need a way to generate a unique identifier for a given “comic”. For binary files, we use the MD5 checksum, and for non-compressed ePUBs, we use the OPF file.
A random folder with random images is quite hard to identify, especially when it can change over time.
We will probably define a spec for these kinds of folders, and make them work by adding a “fake extension” to the folder name. Something like .comic or .manga (ie: awesome-web-comic.comic).

It’s something I want to look into in the following months.

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