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kovidgoyal · 09-03-2011, 07:44 PM

Try this

preprocess_regexps= [(re.compile(r'<!DOCTYPE[^>]+>', re.I), '')]

and note that you can also define preprocess_raw_html() i your recipe to remove the doctype programmitacally if you have trouble with regeps.

09-03-2011, 07:44 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,414 Karma: 27757236 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Try this preprocess_regexps= [(re.compile(r'<!DOCTYPE[^>]+>', re.I), '')] and note that you can also define preprocess_raw_html() i your recipe to remove the doctype programmitacally if you have trouble with regeps.