Setting indent when converting epub to mobi

Bigo2 · 06-25-2014, 03:43 AM

When converting from epub to mobi I like to indent the first line of the paragraph.

It is possible to set the Indent size (I am using about 0.2) in Look and Feel, but it is only available together with the Remove spacing between paragraphs. The problem is that this often removes all the spacing - even between the sections...

So, is there some other way how to set the Ident when converting from epub to mobi?

DoctorOhh · 06-25-2014, 03:47 AM

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kovidgoyal · 06-25-2014, 04:34 AM

p, div { text-indent: whatever }

in extra css.

Bigo2 · 06-25-2014, 06:33 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

p, div { text-indent: whatever }

in extra css.

Thanks KovidGoyal, I'm going to try...

Regards

Bigo2 · 06-25-2014, 06:34 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DoctorOhh

Moved to Conversion sub-forum.

Thanks

andrewburt · 07-12-2014, 03:11 PM

Hi, Kovid, a followup question to this... I'm using --remove-paragraph-spacing-indent-size=1 along with --remove-paragraph-spacing, and like the results for 99% of the paragraphs.

There are a select few paragraphs for which I'd like to adjust the text-indent to 0 (such as, say, start of chapter or after a scene break).

I've tried an extra-css file with (variations on)
.LeftJust { text-indent: 0; }
and while the LeftJust class does appear in the resulting .epub, and the paragraph is marked as class=LeftJust, the actual code above keeps getting altered to "text-indent: 1em". (Presumably from the --remove-paragraph-spacing-indent-size=1 setting.) I tried adding an "!important" but to no avail.

Is there any way to get this to work? E.g., any way to use extra-css to over-override --remove-paragraph-spacing-indent-size=1 for select cases? Or have it not alter the text-indent in certain classes? Like a --remove-paragraph-spacing-IGNORE-CLASS=LeftJust option?

Or, maybe, --extra-css-VERBATIM=... ???

Thanks!

kovidgoyal · 07-12-2014, 10:33 PM

No, those setting will override extra css. You either use extra css alone to do it as I described earlier or you convert to azw3 instead of mobi and edit the azw3 file with calibre's editor to adjust the few paragraphs manually.

andrewburt · 07-14-2014, 07:07 PM

Ah, ok, thanks.

06-25-2014, 03:43 AM	#1
Bigo2 Zealot Posts: 129 Karma: 48786 Join Date: Oct 2010 Location: Australia - Adelaide Device: Kindle3	Setting indent when converting epub to mobi When converting from epub to mobi I like to indent the first line of the paragraph. It is possible to set the Indent size (I am using about 0.2) in Look and Feel, but it is only available together with the Remove spacing between paragraphs. The problem is that this often removes all the spacing - even between the sections... So, is there some other way how to set the Ident when converting from epub to mobi?

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06-25-2014, 04:34 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	p, div { text-indent: whatever } in extra css.

07-12-2014, 03:11 PM	#6
andrewburt Science Fiction Writer Posts: 229 Karma: 124188 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Golden, CO Device: several	Hi, Kovid, a followup question to this... I'm using --remove-paragraph-spacing-indent-size=1 along with --remove-paragraph-spacing, and like the results for 99% of the paragraphs. There are a select few paragraphs for which I'd like to adjust the text-indent to 0 (such as, say, start of chapter or after a scene break). I've tried an extra-css file with (variations on) .LeftJust { text-indent: 0; } and while the LeftJust class does appear in the resulting .epub, and the paragraph is marked as class=LeftJust, the actual code above keeps getting altered to "text-indent: 1em". (Presumably from the --remove-paragraph-spacing-indent-size=1 setting.) I tried adding an "!important" but to no avail. Is there any way to get this to work? E.g., any way to use extra-css to over-override --remove-paragraph-spacing-indent-size=1 for select cases? Or have it not alter the text-indent in certain classes? Like a --remove-paragraph-spacing-IGNORE-CLASS=LeftJust option? Or, maybe, --extra-css-VERBATIM=... ??? Thanks!

07-12-2014, 10:33 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,850 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No, those setting will override extra css. You either use extra css alone to do it as I described earlier or you convert to azw3 instead of mobi and edit the azw3 file with calibre's editor to adjust the few paragraphs manually.

07-14-2014, 07:07 PM	#8
andrewburt Science Fiction Writer Posts: 229 Karma: 124188 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Golden, CO Device: several	Ah, ok, thanks.