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eschwartz · 11-11-2014, 04:07 PM

All problems with changing CSS will only happen when using automated processes.

calibre conversions are the main offender -- as an end-use program it wil flatten all CSS for normalizing, carefully nuking all semantic meaning... as it is designed to do.
Sigil will auto-clean sometimes, when it feels uncomfortable with the code. When opening a text file, and when switching to/from Book View, it will Tidy your files. Tidy is overeager, it also hates b/i tags.

calibre editor will only do so when using the Beautify or Fix HTML buttons, and it is advisable to use Check Book instead of Fix, and before Beautify. Nevertheless, only the actions crucial to parsing the book as valid (X)HTML+CSS will be taken. Your styles will NEVER be renamed.

11-11-2014, 04:07 PM	#4
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	All problems with changing CSS will only happen when using automated processes. calibre conversions are the main offender -- as an end-use program it wil flatten all CSS for normalizing, carefully nuking all semantic meaning... as it is designed to do. Sigil will auto-clean sometimes, when it feels uncomfortable with the code. When opening a text file, and when switching to/from Book View, it will Tidy your files. Tidy is overeager, it also hates b/i tags. calibre editor will only do so when using the Beautify or Fix HTML buttons, and it is advisable to use Check Book instead of Fix, and before Beautify. Nevertheless, only the actions crucial to parsing the book as valid (X)HTML+CSS will be taken. Your styles will NEVER be renamed.