Where is line -1 ??

Ref60 · 02-03-2013, 04:00 PM

I get the following "WARNINGS" when doing ePubCheck ? I have no idea what this is and can't find any google references on how to fix ??

Will this pass the publishers filters or do I need to figure out how to make these Warnings go away ?

Type File Line Position Message
WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :
WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :
WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :
WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :
WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :
WARNING -1 -1 The character 'NEWLINE' is not allowed in 'STRING' expressions
WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :
WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :
WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :
WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :

Aerys · 02-05-2013, 04:24 AM

Assuming that your publisher follows standards of using epubcheck/flightcrew then they will see the errors.

WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :

This is just a guess since you did not post your CSS or HTML but it seems there is a misdeclaration of using a comma "," instead of a colon ":".

DSpider · 02-05-2013, 11:18 AM

Check it with Sigil. It usually tells you which line(s) have issues and where it needs tweaking.

mrmikel · 02-05-2013, 01:30 PM

-1 may suggest it is up above the <body> statement.

Toxaris · 02-05-2013, 02:12 PM

I expect it is an unwanted linebreak, probably in the XML declaration.

_savage · 02-05-2013, 02:47 PM

Also notice "The character 'NEWLINE' is not allowed in 'STRING' expressions" which indicates that maybe a closing quote or double-quote is missing somewhere. The -1 can also mean that it's right at the beginning of the file and the scanner (wrongly) hasn't started counting lines/chars yet, or you have so many lines/chars that the scanner overflowed while counting :-)

Can you tell us more about the .epub archive? Where it came from, how big it is etc? It may help to remove files to narrow down which one causes these warnings.

02-03-2013, 04:00 PM	#1
Ref60 Junior Member Posts: 1 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2013 Device: none	Where is line -1 ?? I get the following "WARNINGS" when doing ePubCheck ? I have no idea what this is and can't find any google references on how to fix ?? Will this pass the publishers filters or do I need to figure out how to make these Warnings go away ? Type File Line Position Message WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting : WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting : WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting : WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting : WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting : WARNING -1 -1 The character 'NEWLINE' is not allowed in 'STRING' expressions WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting : WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting : WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting : WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting :

02-05-2013, 11:18 AM	#3
DSpider Addict Posts: 368 Karma: 298951 Join Date: Nov 2009 Location: Romania Device: iPod touch 2G (16 GB)	Check it with Sigil. It usually tells you which line(s) have issues and where it needs tweaking. __________________ The The Impotence of Proofreading LayoutPrep – a custom Word macro that preps your OCR content for styles Resources for identifying fonts

02-05-2013, 02:12 PM	#5
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 2,114 Karma: 958803 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-300, PRS-T1	I expect it is an unwanted linebreak, probably in the XML declaration. __________________ Creator and maintainer of the e-Book Tools Word add-in. Creator and maintainer of the Clean HTML macro for MS Word.

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02-05-2013, 04:24 AM	#2
Aerys Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 29994 Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: Manila, Philippines Device: iPad	Assuming that your publisher follows standards of using epubcheck/flightcrew then they will see the errors. WARNING -1 -1 Token ',' not allowed here, expecting : This is just a guess since you did not post your CSS or HTML but it seems there is a misdeclaration of using a comma "," instead of a colon ":".

02-05-2013, 01:30 PM	#4
mrmikel Book Twiddler Posts: 982 Karma: 1118807 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	-1 may suggest it is up above the <body> statement.

02-05-2013, 02:47 PM	#6
_savage Enthusiast Posts: 46 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: Seattle, USA Device: Nook	Also notice "The character 'NEWLINE' is not allowed in 'STRING' expressions" which indicates that maybe a closing quote or double-quote is missing somewhere. The -1 can also mean that it's right at the beginning of the file and the scanner (wrongly) hasn't started counting lines/chars yet, or you have so many lines/chars that the scanner overflowed while counting :-) Can you tell us more about the .epub archive? Where it came from, how big it is etc? It may help to remove files to narrow down which one causes these warnings.


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