A Way To Keep "Certain" Lines From Indenting? - Page 2

JSWolf · 08-03-2011, 12:44 PM

Whatever the class is you are using inside the blockquote has an indent. Set that to a text-indent: 0 and it will not be indented. I just tested this with Firefox and it worked fine.

Code:

<blockquote>
<p class="noindent">this is a test.<br/>This isn't a test.</p>
</blockquote>

.noindent {
    text-indent: 0
}

HarryT · 08-03-2011, 01:17 PM

Apologies for the slight digression, but isn't using the named entity "—" rather more readable than "&#8212"?

ldolse · 08-03-2011, 02:54 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Ransom

I'm not mixing up anything. You're simply doing a lot of strange assuming.

It doesn't. Period. I'm not converting anything yet. It's still in html form.

It's just basic html for Pete's sake. No other css or scritping whatsoever. Just basic 'blockquote' tags with 'br' at the end of each line except the last of course.

If you're not converting it then Calibre wouldn't be doing what you started this discussion for - any problems you have would be in your original html. You started this thread in the Calibre conversion sub-forum, and stating that you're having a problem with Calibre - apologies for assuming you wanted help converting things with Calibre....

Anyway if you solely want advice on html authoring follow JSWolf's advice...

ldolse · 08-03-2011, 03:20 PM

Give this one more shot...

Here is some very simple HTML, no css:

Spoiler:

Add that to Calibre in a new book record.

Then convert, go to the 'Look and Feel' section, and paste the following lines in extra CSS:

Code:

p {margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 0.0em; text-indent:1.5em}
h3 + p {text-indent:0}
blockquote > p {text-indent:0;}

Make sure 'remove spacing between paragraphs' is NOT checked.

click OK to convert.

If you're converting to mobi (your first screenshot is of a mobi file and not html) then I suggest you not use the Calibre viewer to decide if your ebook is 'good' as Calibre will convert from mobi to ePub to load it in the Calibre viewer. Use the Kindle previewer for accurate rendering of mobi files.

That output looks like this on my machine:

Converted mobi file attached.

Starson17 · 08-03-2011, 03:51 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ldolse

Give this one more shot...

You are very kind to go the extra mile. Be comforted in knowing that regardless, it didn't go to waste. I learned something by reading your comments, and for that, I thank you.

ldolse · 08-03-2011, 09:48 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Starson17

You are very kind to go the extra mile. Be comforted in knowing that regardless, it didn't go to waste. I learned something by reading your comments, and for that, I thank you.

Glad it was useful to someone then

Ransom · 08-06-2011, 09:36 PM

I figured it out. It's one of those things so simple you can't imagine you didn't think of it in the first ten minutes. Now I know how Kary Mullis felt after he came up with PCR. (It was so simple an idea, he couldn't believe that no one else had already thought of it.)

You can't use a paragraph end tag before the block quote. Just use a line break instead and use the paragraph end tag after the block quote. That way the block quote won't be looked upon as a new paragraph and get automatically indented. This is true whether you use CSS to do the space removal/indents or allow Calibre to do it.

Duh! So simple....

Thanks for everyone's help!

Ransom · 08-06-2011, 09:44 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by HarryT

Apologies for the slight digression, but isn't using the named entity "—" rather more readable than "—"?

There are at least three different codes for an Em dash in HTML that have been used over the years. Quite honestly, I'm not sure which is the latest or considered the more proper of the three. But the code I use seems to work everywhere no matter what, so that's why I use it. And it definitely works fine with Calibre.

Ransom · 08-06-2011, 11:15 PM

By the way, for those looking for a simple way to make the block quote text stand out from the rest, I just use a 'sub' (subscript) tag. I think that looks better than anything else myself. This is exactly what I was after from the beginning:

08-03-2011, 12:44 PM	#16
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,932 Karma: 128903250 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Whatever the class is you are using inside the blockquote has an indent. Set that to a text-indent: 0 and it will not be indented. I just tested this with Firefox and it worked fine. Code: <blockquote> <p class="noindent">this is a test.<br/>This isn't a test.</p> </blockquote> .noindent { text-indent: 0 }

08-06-2011, 09:36 PM	#22
Ransom Banned Posts: 242 Karma: 51054 Join Date: Jun 2011 Location: Belleville, IL Device: Kindle-3	I figured it out. It's one of those things so simple you can't imagine you didn't think of it in the first ten minutes. Now I know how Kary Mullis felt after he came up with PCR. (It was so simple an idea, he couldn't believe that no one else had already thought of it.) You can't use a paragraph end tag before the block quote. Just use a line break instead and use the paragraph end tag after the block quote. That way the block quote won't be looked upon as a new paragraph and get automatically indented. This is true whether you use CSS to do the space removal/indents or allow Calibre to do it. Duh! So simple.... Thanks for everyone's help! Last edited by Ransom; 08-07-2011 at 01:10 AM.

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HarryT eBook Enthusiast Posts: 85,544 Karma: 93383043 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: UK Device: Kindle Oasis 2, iPad Pro 10.5", iPhone 6	Apologies for the slight digression, but isn't using the named entity "—" rather more readable than "&#8212"?

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