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prky · 07-03-2010, 12:28 AM

Hi all,

I've noticed some HTML -> EPUB conversion funkiness with Calibre since I upgraded from a 0.6.54 version to 0.7.5

I had a book which was converted in 0.6.54 which worked fine, but when I went to reconvert it in 0.7.5 (after changing the CSS for emphasis handling) I found the entire book was converted in large text.

Looking at the HTML, each chapter had the following type of chapter header:

Code:

<h2>1
Chapter 1 Title</h2>

It appears that in 0.6.54, this was parsed as:

Code:

<h2>1</h2>
<h2>Chapter 1 Title</h2>

ie, just use header 2 for those two lines, however in 0.7.5 it was parsed as:

Code:

<h2>1
Chapter 1 Title

ie an unterminated header 2, so the entire chapter was done in header 2!

I edited the HTML to manually make it look like

Code:

<h2>1</h2>
<h2>Chapter 1 Title</h2>

Which fixed it.

Question - is this a HTML parsing bug in 0.7.x, or was it never meant to work the way it did in 0.6.x?

Is there a way I can make it parse HTML tags across multiple lines?

Ta,

prk.

07-03-2010, 12:28 AM	#1
prky Member Posts: 11 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: IPhone 3GS	HTML Conversion - Multiline Headers Hi all, I've noticed some HTML -> EPUB conversion funkiness with Calibre since I upgraded from a 0.6.54 version to 0.7.5 I had a book which was converted in 0.6.54 which worked fine, but when I went to reconvert it in 0.7.5 (after changing the CSS for emphasis handling) I found the entire book was converted in large text. Looking at the HTML, each chapter had the following type of chapter header: Code: <h2>1 Chapter 1 Title</h2> It appears that in 0.6.54, this was parsed as: Code: <h2>1</h2> <h2>Chapter 1 Title</h2> ie, just use header 2 for those two lines, however in 0.7.5 it was parsed as: Code: <h2>1 Chapter 1 Title ie an unterminated header 2, so the entire chapter was done in header 2! I edited the HTML to manually make it look like Code: <h2>1</h2> <h2>Chapter 1 Title</h2> Which fixed it. Question - is this a HTML parsing bug in 0.7.x, or was it never meant to work the way it did in 0.6.x? Is there a way I can make it parse HTML tags across multiple lines? Ta, prk.