Multi-leveled indent won't convert to mobi

[paulspen]

Hello all:

First, thanks to the developers and everyone else who has made Calibre and this forum such a useful tool for so many of us.

I've recently stumbled upon a glitch when trying to convert an epub to mobi. I am converting a large legal document which contains up to 9 levels of nested indentation. It looks somewhat like this:

a. ASDF

1. ASDF

A. ASDF

i. ASDF

I. ASDF

(a). ASDF

(1). ASDF

(A). ASDF

Crazy I know, but hey, it's the law. Anyway...

Our stylesheet uses divs with the left margin set as a decreasing percentage for each increasing level of indent (i.e., div1 margin=22%, div2 margin=20%, div3margin=18%). So the further to the right the indent, the less the amount of indent applied. This allows us to cram all these levels into something that approximates the look of a printed page given the width constraints of a web page or ereader.

This works well on the web, and results in a good looking epub via Calibre. But when we convert the epub to mobi, it completely breaks down. Either the indents don't show up at all, or the first two or three levels work and then all subsequent ones get stuck on that level, like so:

a. ASDF

1. ASDF

A. ASDF

i. ASDF

I. ASDF

(a). ASDF

Given the lack of a real mobi editor and the lack of css use in mobi, does anyone have any idea how we can make this work? Or is it a limitation in the mobi format that limits the amount of nested indentation?

Many thanks again,

p.

[DiapDealer]

Or is it a limitation in the mobi format that limits the amount of nested indentation?

This. You'll never get 7 levels of indentation in a mobi. MOBI doesn't do margins, so indentation is accomplished by nesting <blockquotes>.

[paulspen]

Thanks for the info. So, forgive my ignorance of css, but it is possible to nest blockquotes thus?

<blockquote>Here is the first indent.
<blockquote>And this is the second level of indent.
</blockquote></blockquote>

p.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by paulspen

Thanks for the info. So, forgive my ignorance of css, but it is possible to nest blockquotes thus?

<blockquote>Here is the first indent.
<blockquote>
And this is the second level of indent.
<blockquote>
And this is the Third level of indent.
</blockquote>
</blockquote>
</blockquote>

p.

I added a third level for clarity and to emphasise that the closing tags need to be done in the proper places