Feature request

Stuart_L · 01-17-2011, 01:01 AM

Would it be possible to add in a feature to remove unused elements from the css file(s). I often run into css files where only 5 or 10 elements are actually used in an epub, but the css file contains dozens, if not hundreds of elements. It would simplify knowing which elements will actually affect the epub, so they can be modified to improve the resulting, edited epub.

cybmole · 01-17-2011, 03:31 AM

i second that - I have noticed the same thing.

Toxaris · 01-17-2011, 04:33 AM

I personally have one template stylesheet which fills most of my needs. If a book has some special needs, I add it to the stylesheet in that book. So, in my stylesheets are unused elements. They don't bother me. They hardly take up space, especially since they will be zipped, and I don't think there will be a perfomance issue.
Editing is easier for me, because all my books use the same stylesheet.

So, if that option will be built in, please let it be turned on or off.

Valloric · 01-17-2011, 09:12 AM

Create an issue on the tracker.

Do note that implementing this issue will take quite a bit of work, so you probably won't see it any time soon.

chinookdesign · 01-18-2011, 04:39 PM

Cool idea. I've accomplished this inefficiently by doing lots of searches, but a single command or some sort of highlighting would certainly be easier.

01-17-2011, 01:01 AM	#1
Stuart_L Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: BC Device: Kobo, EeePC w/ FBReader	Feature request Would it be possible to add in a feature to remove unused elements from the css file(s). I often run into css files where only 5 or 10 elements are actually used in an epub, but the css file contains dozens, if not hundreds of elements. It would simplify knowing which elements will actually affect the epub, so they can be modified to improve the resulting, edited epub.

01-17-2011, 04:33 AM	#3
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 2,097 Karma: 927511 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-300, PRS-T1	I personally have one template stylesheet which fills most of my needs. If a book has some special needs, I add it to the stylesheet in that book. So, in my stylesheets are unused elements. They don't bother me. They hardly take up space, especially since they will be zipped, and I don't think there will be a perfomance issue. Editing is easier for me, because all my books use the same stylesheet. So, if that option will be built in, please let it be turned on or off. __________________ Creator and maintainer of the e-Book Tools Word add-in. Creator and maintainer of the Clean HTML macro for MS Word.

01-17-2011, 09:12 AM	#4
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,975 Karma: 348069 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS 505	Create an issue on the tracker. Do note that implementing this issue will take quite a bit of work, so you probably won't see it any time soon. __________________ Try Sigil, the free and open source ebook editor Try FlightCrew, the superior open source epub validator

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01-17-2011, 03:31 AM	#2
cybmole Wizard Posts: 1,686 Karma: 772746 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: Sony PRS 650, Kindle for PC	i second that - I have noticed the same thing.

01-18-2011, 04:39 PM	#5
chinookdesign Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Near Chicago Device: none	Cool idea. I've accomplished this inefficiently by doing lots of searches, but a single command or some sort of highlighting would certainly be easier.


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