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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
"And my understanding is that using non-absolute measurements is generally recommended for epubs"
And HTML, because really mobi, epub etc are based on HTML.
Except NO source creation tool for writing allows ems, only absolute. Most eBooks seem to use points or tenths of an Inch.
Calibre conversion has no option simply to convert points or tenths (1em = 12pt is a standard), only the remove blank paragraphs and clobber to a particular em setting.
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No ebook source code creation tools(
*) allow ems or other relative measurements? I am not aware of any epub editing tool that forces use of absolute measurements so perhaps you could name a few. You might tell the original creator of Sigil that it does not support relative measurements since it has allowed use of ems since the first time I tried it. Ditto for AWP, InDesign, Vellum and Jutoh though I would not recommend InDesign for most uses unless you absolutely need a feature that is not available elsewhere.
*: I specified
ebook creation tool deliberately. Why use Word or LibreOffice or other general purpose tool when there are tools designed for that purpose?
Very few ebooks that I have seen use absolute measurements other than in the mobi specific sections. Any ebooks I've edited that use absolute measurements are converted to relative measurements by a collection of saved searchs. And yes, using absolute measurements even on web pages is generally held to be a "Bad Idea" unless you know what screen resolution the display device has.
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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
My issue was real. I turned off two badly labelled options to solve it nearly 7 months later. The issue appeared originally without me changing any settings, either with a Kobo or Calibre/Plugin update.
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Sorry to disagree but I took the time to look at the KoboTouch and KoboTouchExtended driver before deciding which one to use. As davidfor has said, other than the on-the-fly conversion to kepub, there is little difference between them. It would appear that you installed the KoboTouchExtended driver without knowing what made it the "extended" driver and you never went through the driver options just to see what was available.
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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
I've suggested now how to replicate it. It's obviously a real bug either in Kobo FW, Calibre or Driver, or interaction between two of them.
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Again, I have to disagree with you. I have no major issues with either the Kobo firmware or calibre or calibre's drivers and other plugins that I use. Something that does not work the way you expect is not a bug (IMNSHO).
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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
I'm actually famous for reading manuals and tooltips. I found Mobile Read by accident, WHICH IS NOT A MANUAL. It's crazy that it's taken over seven months to get back to where I was when I first got the Kobo.
I was always able to enlarge images, though it took a few attempts. The double tap sometimes works and sometimes doesn't. If that's only kepubs, then I don't care. I will see can I enlarge them as before. It took a while for the Kobo to import over 1000 epubs!
I've now lost the reading position in them all, but at least I'm now looking the same format and file as on all the other epub readers.
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Sorry but I am surprised that you never Googled something like "zooming images on Kobo ereader". The first hits on that search all mention kepub. And oddly, several of them are links back to MobileRead.
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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
I didn't even know there is a thread on "extended driver".
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Again, Google is your friend. The first hit I got on "kobotouchextended driver" was to the Calibre Plugins forum for that driver.
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Originally Posted by FrustratedReader
Obviously I'm a poor communicator, David, as you seem to have misunderstood almost everything I've said.
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From my point of view, it would appear more that you were overly sure of what issues you were seeing and possible causes. Then where you appeared to have trouble accepting comments such as zooming images
only works for kepubs, it only added to the communication issues.
I may not be seeing the issues you are since I make a habit of checking any ebooks for errors after importing to calibre, cleaning up those errors and cleaning up the css (or adding a stylesheet if needed -- RemoveInlineStyles is a handy plugin for Sigil). After a few years of practice, it takes <5 minutes for a relatively clean input file. The final product is a rather boring layout according to several friends but then the content is the point.