Angle bracket conversion?

mflood · 12-02-2007, 11:13 PM

I have a book in .lit format in which a character's speech is enclosed within angle brackets. <Greetings mobileread forum dwellers> etc. When I use lit2lrf to convert this book, that speech completely disappears. For longer messages (several sentences at least enclosed within the brackets) a few words at the end are sometimes displayed, but for the most part, everything in the brackets is lost / not converted. I'm assuming this is because lit2lrf uses some sort of html converter, and the angle brackets are viewed as tags, and mess up the parsing.

Is there any way around this? Thanks in advance.

RWood · 12-02-2007, 11:18 PM

The easiest way I know of is to take it in two (2) stages. First, convert the LIT to HTML using clit. Then edit the HTML. After edit you can use either the program from libprs500 or BookDesigner to create the LRF.

kovidgoyal · 12-02-2007, 11:42 PM

This is a bug it will be fixed in the next release of libprs500

mflood · 12-03-2007, 02:25 AM

Thanks to you both. I'll fix the book I'm currently reading by hand, and look forward to the new release. I appreciate the help.

12-02-2007, 11:13 PM	#1
mflood Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 14 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505	Angle bracket conversion? I have a book in .lit format in which a character's speech is enclosed within angle brackets. <Greetings mobileread forum dwellers> etc. When I use lit2lrf to convert this book, that speech completely disappears. For longer messages (several sentences at least enclosed within the brackets) a few words at the end are sometimes displayed, but for the most part, everything in the brackets is lost / not converted. I'm assuming this is because lit2lrf uses some sort of html converter, and the angle brackets are viewed as tags, and mess up the parsing. Is there any way around this? Thanks in advance.

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12-02-2007, 11:18 PM	#2
RWood Technogeezer Posts: 7,233 Karma: 1601464 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Virginia, USA Device: Sony PRS-500	The easiest way I know of is to take it in two (2) stages. First, convert the LIT to HTML using clit. Then edit the HTML. After edit you can use either the program from libprs500 or BookDesigner to create the LRF.

12-02-2007, 11:42 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This is a bug it will be fixed in the next release of libprs500

12-03-2007, 02:25 AM	#4
mflood Enthusiast Posts: 25 Karma: 14 Join Date: Nov 2007 Device: Sony PRS-505	Thanks to you both. I'll fix the book I'm currently reading by hand, and look forward to the new release. I appreciate the help.

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