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Brett Merkey · 07-10-2015, 04:11 PM

@eschwartz,
Yes, I am talking azw3 here. The format does not really matter. If I use Calibre to produce clean HTML structure directly in AZW3, if I convert to ePub, then the code I am complaining about is again generated by Calibre. This is a Calibre issue.

The actual "look" of the book does not change for a reader. This is not (yet) my concern. I am concerned about code maintenance and editing. For this reason, I want simple, stripped, semantic HTML--leaving the presentational complexity to the stylesheet.

What we see from Calibre conversions is bloated, hard to maintain structural code. I see no reason for Calibre to do this.

07-10-2015, 04:11 PM	#6
Brett Merkey Not Quite Dead Posts: 195 Karma: 654170 Join Date: Jul 2015 Device: Paperwhite 4; Galaxy Tab	@eschwartz, Yes, I am talking azw3 here. The format does not really matter. If I use Calibre to produce clean HTML structure directly in AZW3, if I convert to ePub, then the code I am complaining about is again generated by Calibre. This is a Calibre issue. The actual "look" of the book does not change for a reader. This is not (yet) my concern. I am concerned about code maintenance and editing. For this reason, I want simple, stripped, semantic HTML--leaving the presentational complexity to the stylesheet. What we see from Calibre conversions is bloated, hard to maintain structural code. I see no reason for Calibre to do this. Last edited by Brett Merkey; 07-10-2015 at 04:14 PM.