Title string in mobi format with accented characters

hiperlink · 02-03-2011, 11:21 AM

Hi All!

I'm converting my recipe with the following command line:

Code:

ebook-convert x.recipe x.mobi  \
--output-profile kindle\
--smarten-punctuation\
--title "Élet és Irodalom" \
--preserve-cover-aspect-ratio 
-vv

But the title contains accented (hungarian) characters, which converted weirdly in the output (screenshot: http://imgur.com/8Cz9j ).

Is it a bug?

Thanks in advance!

kovidgoyal · 02-03-2011, 11:24 AM

specify the title in the recipe, not on the command line. Reading non ascii characters from command lines is a black art.

hiperlink · 02-04-2011, 09:49 AM

Did try it with:

Code:

$ grep 'Élet' X.recipe          
    title      = "Élet és Irodalom"
    description = "Élet és Irodalom"
$ ebook-convert X.recipe X.mobi \
--smarten-punctuation \
--output-profile kindle \
--mobi-ignore-margins \
--enable-heuristics \
--pretty-print \
--test \
-vv | tee estitledebugconv.log

Same results. Then tried with title=u"Élet és Irodalom". Same results

kovidgoyal · 02-04-2011, 10:26 AM

Make sure your recipe is encoded in utf-8 and has declared its encoding at the top, like this

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-

hiperlink · 02-08-2011, 03:42 AM

I did try it dear Kovid (and thanks for your answer).

Here is the debug.log: https://gist.github.com/816107

And my recipe: https://gist.github.com/816113

The encoding is set to utf-8 (checked it via: set encoding? in Vim).

Command line:

Code:

ebook-convert es.recipe es.pdf \
--smarten-punctuation \
-vv \
--debug-pipeline debugdir \
--pretty-print \
--test

But the results are still not what expected (in title): http://imgur.com/32z68

kovidgoyal · 02-08-2011, 11:53 AM

Open your mobi file in the calibre ebook viewer and click the show metadata button, see if the title is correct.

hiperlink · 02-08-2011, 03:47 PM

Tried that: ebook-viewer.exe (I'm on windows for 10 hours :-( ) shows the correct title ("Élet és Irodalom").

kovidgoyal · 02-08-2011, 06:29 PM

You're probably suffering from this issue http://bugs.calibre-ebook.com/ticket/8229

hiperlink · 02-09-2011, 04:54 PM

As I converted the recipe to PDF, the same error occured. Anyway, waiting for the fix - and thanks for your answer & work!

kovidgoyal · 02-09-2011, 05:39 PM

Stick a u in front of the title string

Code:

title = u"Élet és Irodalom"

02-03-2011, 11:21 AM	#1
hiperlink Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle 3 Wifi only	Title string in mobi format with accented characters Hi All! I'm converting my recipe with the following command line: Code: ebook-convert x.recipe x.mobi \ --output-profile kindle\ --smarten-punctuation\ --title "Élet és Irodalom" \ --preserve-cover-aspect-ratio -vv But the title contains accented (hungarian) characters, which converted weirdly in the output (screenshot: http://imgur.com/8Cz9j ). Is it a bug? Thanks in advance!

02-08-2011, 03:42 AM	#5
hiperlink Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle 3 Wifi only	I did try it dear Kovid (and thanks for your answer). Here is the debug.log: https://gist.github.com/816107 And my recipe: https://gist.github.com/816113 The encoding is set to utf-8 (checked it via: set encoding? in Vim). Command line: Code: ebook-convert es.recipe es.pdf \ --smarten-punctuation \ -vv \ --debug-pipeline debugdir \ --pretty-print \ --test But the results are still not what expected (in title): http://imgur.com/32z68

02-09-2011, 05:39 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Stick a u in front of the title string Code: title = u"Élet és Irodalom"

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02-03-2011, 11:24 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	specify the title in the recipe, not on the command line. Reading non ascii characters from command lines is a black art.

02-04-2011, 10:26 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Make sure your recipe is encoded in utf-8 and has declared its encoding at the top, like this # -- coding: utf-8 --

02-08-2011, 11:53 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Open your mobi file in the calibre ebook viewer and click the show metadata button, see if the title is correct.

02-08-2011, 03:47 PM	#7
hiperlink Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle 3 Wifi only	Tried that: ebook-viewer.exe (I'm on windows for 10 hours :-( ) shows the correct title ("Élet és Irodalom").

02-08-2011, 06:29 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You're probably suffering from this issue http://bugs.calibre-ebook.com/ticket/8229

02-09-2011, 04:54 PM	#9
hiperlink Enthusiast Posts: 45 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Device: Kindle 3 Wifi only	As I converted the recipe to PDF, the same error occured. Anyway, waiting for the fix - and thanks for your answer & work!