Stop Sigil from inserting unwanted lines between paragraphs

[Benasam]

I've started using Sigil because my mac was inserting invisible files into ePubs that were creating problems on some platforms (iBookstore, for example).

The problems went away simply by opening the ePubs in Sigil and then saving them again.

Now, for some reason, Sigil is inserting extra lines between paragraphs. I've read some other threads, but they don't seem to solve this issue.

Originally, the codes say:

<p class="s1">Sample text</p><p class="s1">More sample text</p>

But Sigil changes it to:

<p class="s1">Sample text</p>
<p class="s1">More sample text</p>

When I use find and replace in Code View, the removed line breaks just reappear when I save.

Please help!

[meme]

What you seem to be referring to are the blank lines between the <p>...</p> tags. These have no effect on how your book is displayed. The space between tags does not matter except for how readable your code is.

In 0.7.1 you can use Preferences->Clean Source and uncheck the Open and Save boxes and Sigil will no longer Pretty Print your source code on Open or Save.

Why iBookstore is having problems with your file is another question/forum.

[Benasam]

Thanks, Meme. But I can't see why else there'd be extra spaces in the saved ePub.

I'm using Sigil 6.2 (my computer isn't running ios 10.7). Any idea what else could be causing this issue?

[Toxaris]

It is no issue. It is not causing problems with your files, it just makes it more readable. It is correct code.

[elibrarian]

The culprit seems to be the style="white-space:pre-wrap". When that is set, the empty lines set by Sigil will be rendered as just that - empty lines. Remove it, and everything looks ok.

- I think ...

Regards,

Kim