eReader/PML footnote problems

snarkophilus · 01-04-2012, 07:04 AM

Hi folks,

I've got two different problems with eReader PML footnotes:

There's no footnote link produced. From an input pml with:
Code:
```
No one had gone bananas, not in that way at least.\Fn="Fn1"\Fn
```
produces html like:
Code:
```
No one had gone bananas, not in that way at least.
```
Interestingly, with the eReader app on my Palm TX, there is no link to the footnote either! Would I be correct in assuming that Calibre is actually doing the right thing here and the original PML is incorrect? Or could Calibre be smart enough to create some footnote link text (eg, a single asterisk) if there is no footnote link text in the original PML?
Calibre 0.8.31 appears to get terribly confused in any footnotes are present. This wasn't the case with Calibre 0.8.30. The output from ebook-convert is the same for a pml with and without a footnote except for this one line that is added for the pml without a footnote:
Code:
```
Forcing index.html into XHTML namespace
```
The input/index.html that is generated for the case with a bookmark contains:
Code:
```
<<a href="#rfn-fn">return</a>
```
.

Notice the double << at the start of that. This appears to come from the FN definition around like 83 of src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlconverter.py. The parsed/index.html then comes out with what appears to be the body of the html inside the title tag, with all the < > converted to < and >.

From the changelog, I can't guess what caused this change in behaviour - the entry for "# Conversion engine: When parsing invalid XHTML use the HTML 5 algorithm, for greater robustness. Closes tickets: 901466" appears to be the only thing remotely applicable.

If I had to guess, would changing that "<<small" to "<small" in pmlconverter.py fix this problem? I don't have the setup to rebuild calibre here yet to test this.

Cheers,
Simon.

kovidgoyal · 01-04-2012, 07:43 AM

2. is fixed for 0.8.34.

snarkophilus · 01-04-2012, 08:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

2. is fixed for 0.8.34.

Thanks!

01-04-2012, 07:04 AM	#1
snarkophilus Wannabe Connoisseur Posts: 425 Karma: 2516674 Join Date: Apr 2011 Location: Geelong, Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura 2, Sony PRS-T1, Sony PRS-350, Palm TX	eReader/PML footnote problems Hi folks, I've got two different problems with eReader PML footnotes: There's no footnote link produced. From an input pml with: Code: No one had gone bananas, not in that way at least.\Fn="Fn1"\Fn produces html like: Code: <p>No one had gone bananas, not in that way at least.<span id="rfn-Fn1"></span></p> Interestingly, with the eReader app on my Palm TX, there is no link to the footnote either! Would I be correct in assuming that Calibre is actually doing the right thing here and the original PML is incorrect? Or could Calibre be smart enough to create some footnote link text (eg, a single asterisk) if there is no footnote link text in the original PML? Calibre 0.8.31 appears to get terribly confused in any footnotes are present. This wasn't the case with Calibre 0.8.30. The output from ebook-convert is the same for a pml with and without a footnote except for this one line that is added for the pml without a footnote: Code: Forcing index.html into XHTML namespace The input/index.html that is generated for the case with a bookmark contains: Code: <<small><a href="#rfn-fn">return</a></small> . Notice the double << at the start of that. This appears to come from the FN definition around like 83 of src/calibre/ebooks/pml/pmlconverter.py. The parsed/index.html then comes out with what appears to be the body of the html inside the title tag, with all the < > converted to < and >. From the changelog, I can't guess what caused this change in behaviour - the entry for "# Conversion engine: When parsing invalid XHTML use the HTML 5 algorithm, for greater robustness. Closes tickets: 901466" appears to be the only thing remotely applicable. If I had to guess, would changing that "<<small" to "<small" in pmlconverter.py fix this problem? I don't have the setup to rebuild calibre here yet to test this. Cheers, Simon.

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Continuing a footnote on the next page	DSpider	Workshop	3	11-17-2011 04:19 AM
inline text to footnote	Ciprian	Workshop	0	06-27-2011 04:13 AM
Multiple references to the same footnote	crutledge	Sigil	8	08-23-2010 04:33 AM
Problems with PML Conversions - Is it a bug?	JulianL	Calibre	10	07-18-2010 04:15 PM
Including images from PML	macr0t0r	Calibre	13	12-05-2009 01:52 AM

01-04-2012, 07:43 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,843 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	2. is fixed for 0.8.34.

Advert