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cybmole · 10-19-2011, 08:40 AM

i have no instances of class="body" in the original epub ( which has not come from calibre)
i have just <body>
then <h2 chapter header stuff....
then <p class="indent".... stuff
and no instances of 5pt margins in either the body or the indent definitions- the relevent bits are:
p.indent
{
text-indent: 1.00em;
margin-left: 0em;
margin-right: 0em;
text-align: justify;
}
body
{
margin-left: 0em;
margin-right: 0em;
}

so with those definitions, and your explanation, I'd expect to see text flow right up to bevel - which it does. - TICK

I now understand what calibre does, & where it does it, to add 5pt margins - TICK

I can also "prove" your explanation of the overrides, by setting e.g. left margin 5em in body to make a big visible difference.
body (without dot) then hugely indents the whole chapter. body (with dot) is over-ridden by p.indent & thus has no effect. TICK

but a zero left margin in body ( no dot) does not look the same as a zero left margin in p.indent & that is just mystifying - unless it is a side effect of justify...
YES. THAT IS IT. if i set p.indent text-align:left; then the text flows right up to left edge and all behaviour is consistent with explanations given:

body , with dot, is overridden by p.indent, and the text-align :justify in that definition adds something akin to a 5pt left & right border

I'm going tp quit while I think I'm winning & go read something :0)

10-19-2011, 08:40 AM	#21
cybmole Wizard Posts: 3,720 Karma: 1759970 Join Date: Sep 2010 Device: none	i have no instances of class="body" in the original epub ( which has not come from calibre) i have just <body> then <h2 chapter header stuff.... then <p class="indent".... stuff and no instances of 5pt margins in either the body or the indent definitions- the relevent bits are: p.indent { text-indent: 1.00em; margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; text-align: justify; } body { margin-left: 0em; margin-right: 0em; } so with those definitions, and your explanation, I'd expect to see text flow right up to bevel - which it does. - TICK I now understand what calibre does, & where it does it, to add 5pt margins - TICK I can also "prove" your explanation of the overrides, by setting e.g. left margin 5em in body to make a big visible difference. body (without dot) then hugely indents the whole chapter. body (with dot) is over-ridden by p.indent & thus has no effect. TICK but a zero left margin in body ( no dot) does not look the same as a zero left margin in p.indent & that is just mystifying - unless it is a side effect of justify... YES. THAT IS IT. if i set p.indent text-align:left; then the text flows right up to left edge and all behaviour is consistent with explanations given: body , with dot, is overridden by p.indent, and the text-align :justify in that definition adds something akin to a 5pt left & right border I'm going tp quit while I think I'm winning & go read something :0)