xkcd recipe error

[sonyreaderuser]

Hi all,

first thanks Kovid for your awesome tool! I really appreciate it!

I have a problem at the moment with the xkcd recipe: Calibre stops converting and I get an error message:

Fetch news from xkcd
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.7.18
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': 'original',
'chapter': None,
'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': None,
'debug_pipeline': None,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_download_recipe': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': True,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'footer_regex': '(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'header_regex': '(?i)(?<=<hr>)((\\s*<a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?\\d+<br>\\s*.*?\\s*)|(\\s* <a name=\\d+></a>((<img.+?>)*<br>\\s*)?.*?<br>\\s*\\d+))(?=<br>)' ,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x03ACF850>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'lrf': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.SonyReaderOutput object at 0x03ACFBD0>,
'page_breaks_before': None,
'password': None,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preprocess_html': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': None,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_footer': False,
'remove_header': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'tags': None,
'test': False,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'username': None,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: Recipe Input running
Skipping article Green Flash (Mi, 14 Jul, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Dilution (Mo, 12 Jul, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article One Two (Fr, 09 Jul, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Workaround (Mi, 07 Jul, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Analogies (Mo, 05 Jul, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article DFS (Fr, 02 Jul, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Moria (Mi, 30 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article 3x9 (Mo, 28 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Raptor Fences (Fr, 25 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Toot (Mi, 23 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Public Opinion (Mo, 21 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Interdisciplinary (Fr, 18 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Dependencies (Mi, 16 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Southern Half (Mo, 14 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Phobia (Fr, 11 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Swimsuit Issue (Mi, 09 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Book Burning (Mo, 07 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Study (Fr, 04 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Worst-Case Scenario (Mi, 02 Jun, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Geeks and Nerds (Mo, 31 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Birth (Fr, 28 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Dyslexics (Mi, 26 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Walkthrough (Mo, 24 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Infrastructures (Fr, 21 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Campfire (Mi, 19 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Blogging (Mo, 17 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article The Tell-Tale Beat (Fr, 14 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Malamanteau (Mi, 12 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Incision (Mo, 10 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Yogurt (Fr, 07 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Cemetery (Mi, 05 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Floor (Mo, 03 Mai, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Outbreak (Fr, 30 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Eagle (Mi, 28 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article HDTV (Mo, 26 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Desert Island (Fr, 23 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Circuit Diagram (Mi, 21 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Laser Pointer (Mo, 19 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article iPad (Fr, 16 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Trade Expert (Mi, 14 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Seat Selection (Mo, 12 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Literally (Fr, 09 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Hell (Mi, 07 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Seismic Waves (Mo, 05 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Skipping article Computer Problems (Fr, 02 Apr, 2010 00:00) from feed xkcd as it is too old.
Python function terminated unexpectedly
('utf8', 'Skipping article Flatland (Mi, 31 M\xe4r, 2010 00:00) from feed ', 35, 38, 'invalid data') (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "site.py", line 103, in main
File "site.py", line 85, in run_entry_point
File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 99, in main
File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 24, in gui_convert
File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 815, in run
File "site-packages\calibre\customize\conversion.py", line 211, in __call__
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\input.py", line 104, in convert
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 707, in download
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\news.py", line 834, in build_index
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\__init__.py", line 334, in feeds_from_index
File "site-packages\calibre\web\feeds\__init__.py", line 168, in populate_from_preparsed_feed
UnicodeDecodeError: 'utf8' codec can't decode bytes in position 35-37: invalid data

I tried to solve this myself, but I am no programmer...

But I found out that if I make a custom recipe by modifying xkcd.recipe and deleting the part that is responsible for "turn image bubblehelp into a paragraph" it somehow works but misses as expected the mouse over text of the comics.

Does anyone have any solution for that?

[kovidgoyal]

will be fixed in next release

[sonyreaderuser]

Thank you!

[sonyreaderuser]

Thank you Kovid, I tested version 0.7.19 and it works like a charm!