get rid of blank line html code

[Blurr]

Is there a way to have calibre filter out, or simply not create, blank line code such as

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1"> </span></p>

The remove blank lines option is checked. I've used the replace function in Sigil to do it, but Sigil always deletes my TOC info when I save the file. Converting the file again in Calibre from epub to epub after saving with Sigil doesn't bring back the TOC for some reason either.

I know I could edit each file in the epub, but I'm trying not to have to change 30 or so files.

Any help would be appreciated.

[kovidgoyal]

That blank line is coming from the input file. If the blanks lines in the input file have a particular tag structure you can use extra css to remove them like this


p.MsoNormal {display:none}

This will of course remove all paragraphs that have class MsoNormal, which is why you need the extra structure

[Blurr]

Sorry, I don't quite understand. I get the tag.class part of the line, but how do I get more specific in the removal. All of the paragraphs are msonormal class. Here's an example of one of the problem files.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1">"That's the story," she said, finishing her tale.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1">"Well done. Conclusion."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1"> </span></p>

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by Blurr

Sorry, I don't quite understand. I get the tag.class part of the line, but how do I get more specific in the removal. All of the paragraphs are msonormal class. Here's an example of one of the problem files.

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1">"That's the story," she said, finishing her tale.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1"> </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1">"Well done. Conclusion."</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1"> </span></p>

That's easy. get a copy of Notepad++, load all the HTML files into it. It supports tabs. Then you can do a single search/replace to remove

<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="calibre1"> </span></p>

Simple really.

[kovidgoyal]

Look at the input file not the calibre generated HTML. There is a brief description of how to look at the html from the input file in the conversion section of the calibre user manual