"HTML files that are not well formed"

automa · 05-23-2014, 02:40 AM

Quote:

This EPUB has HTML files that are not well formed and your current Clean Source preferences are set to automatically clean on Save. Saving a file that is not well formed will cause it to be automatically fixed, which can result in data loss.

Do you want to automatically fix the files before saving?

What is this?

Toxaris · 05-23-2014, 02:55 AM

Exactly what it says. Apparently you have an issue in one or more of your HTML files according to Sigil. If you save, it will be fixed automatically based on your settings. However, be careful, since the fix is sometimes worse than the cure.

theducks · 05-23-2014, 11:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by automa

What is this?

as Toxaris says +1 :

It could be as simple as
stuff < case mismatch
or
more stuff < missing slash or missing close all together

IMHO avoid the auto
Use the PINK box info in BV to track it down

GMcG · 06-04-2014, 01:44 PM

When trying to import an html file into Sigil, I get the message
line1: whitespace expected
and the file will not be imported. This is line 1:
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
There is no problem with Calibre. So what's wrong?

(It is possible to copy the html code, paste it into Sigil and then let it be fixed automatically, but it is not the fastest way if you have many files.)

George

Doitsu · 06-05-2014, 05:29 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by GMcG

There is no problem with Calibre. So what's wrong?

Calibre accepts pretty much any file. OTOH, Sigil is more strict in its interpretation of standards.
Most likely Sigil expects a space and a dtd reference.

Quote:

Originally Posted by GMcG

(It is possible to copy the html code, paste it into Sigil and then let it be fixed automatically, but it is not the fastest way if you have many files.)

If you have hundreds of files that are formatted like this and are not averse to using a command line tool, you could install sed and use the following one-line script with it:

Code:

# sed -f sigil.sed -i *.html
s/<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4\.01 Transitional\/\/EN">/<\?xml version="1\.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="no"\?>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD XHTML 1\.1\/\/EN"\n  "http:\/\/www\.w3\.org\/TR\/xhtml11\/DTD\/xhtml11\.dtd">/g

I.e., install sed*, save the above code as a sigil.sed in the folder that contains the .html files that you want to modify. Then open a DOS prompt, navigate to the folder with the .html files and enter the following command:

Code:

sed -f sigil.sed -i *.html

This will change all doctype declarations to Sigil style doctype declarations. Since this command will overwrite the original files, you may want to create backup copies first.

*If you have a Mac or a Linux machine you won't have to install sed.

GMcG · 06-05-2014, 02:34 PM

Thanks so far. But it's useless, to change just the doctype declaration. I have tried it. You have to edit the rest of the document too until it fits.
I found out, that "Line 1: whitespace expected" means, that Sigil wants an empty line instead of the doctype declaration. But then all the other messages follow.

So in short: Calibre converts old style html files, Sigil does not. They must be in UTF-8 format, you have to convert them first to the xml type and they have to be well formatted. Otherwise they will be rejected.
Or, as I have done: Create the epub with Calibre, then clean the CSS code in Sigil if wanted.

George

calvin-c · 06-10-2014, 11:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by theducks

as Toxaris says +1 :

It could be as simple as
stuff < case mismatch
or
more stuff < missing slash or missing close all together

IMHO avoid the auto
Use the PINK box info in BV to track it down

Another 'common' error that's hard to spot (at least for me) is a missing bracket:
 stuff /p>
When looking at tags I find myself looking at the content & not the entire tag. Particularly 'complex' tags ()

06-04-2014, 01:44 PM	#4
GMcG Writer Posts: 101 Karma: 590630 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Munich, Germany Device: none	whitespace expected When trying to import an html file into Sigil, I get the message line1: whitespace expected and the file will not be imported. This is line 1: <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"> There is no problem with Calibre. So what's wrong? (It is possible to copy the html code, paste it into Sigil and then let it be fixed automatically, but it is not the fastest way if you have many files.) George

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05-23-2014, 02:55 AM	#2
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Exactly what it says. Apparently you have an issue in one or more of your HTML files according to Sigil. If you save, it will be fixed automatically based on your settings. However, be careful, since the fix is sometimes worse than the cure.

06-05-2014, 02:34 PM	#6
GMcG Writer Posts: 101 Karma: 590630 Join Date: Mar 2011 Location: Munich, Germany Device: none	Thanks so far. But it's useless, to change just the doctype declaration. I have tried it. You have to edit the rest of the document too until it fits. I found out, that "Line 1: whitespace expected" means, that Sigil wants an empty line instead of the doctype declaration. But then all the other messages follow. So in short: Calibre converts old style html files, Sigil does not. They must be in UTF-8 format, you have to convert them first to the xml type and they have to be well formatted. Otherwise they will be rejected. Or, as I have done: Create the epub with Calibre, then clean the CSS code in Sigil if wanted. George

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