Txt to lrf: how to separate paragraphs, esp speech?

BookCat · 04-28-2009, 04:17 AM

When I try to use calibre to convert a txt document to lrf, I lose the paragraphing, especially that which occurs when a different character begins speaking.

For example:

"Nice day today," said Fred.
"I suppose it is," George replied absent-mindedly.

becomes:

"Nice day today," said Fred. "I suppose it is," George replied absent-mindedly.

This is so ANNOYING.
Even the standard paragraphing is lost.
I've tried ticking the "insert lines between paragraphs" box, but this makes no difference. Can anyone help in non-tech language please; I'm fairly new to Calibre.

gwynevans · 04-28-2009, 04:41 AM

You need to have a blank line to create a new paragraph. See markdown syntax for more details.

BookCat · 04-28-2009, 05:03 AM

Thanks Gwyn, but can't this be done using Calibre; I don't really want to download yet another program.

gwynevans · 04-28-2009, 09:54 AM

No, the point is that Calibre treats any .txt as if it's in Markdown format, and the link I gave explained the syntax it's expecting, not anything to download. If you want to have your text as you want, you'll need the input to be:

Code:

"Nice day today," said Fred.

"I suppose it is," George replied absent-mindedly.

It does make it easy to add chapters though (just put a "## " before the chapter text, e.g. "## Chapter 1"

BookCat · 05-01-2009, 05:53 AM

Thanks Gwyn, I'll have a go using that. I recently devised a Word template which I've been pasting my old txt books into. It seems to work for most documents, except, oddly, "A Little Princess" which Calibre made a real hash of converting.

JSWolf · 05-01-2009, 08:28 AM

You could load the text into Word, format it as you want, save it as HTML and convert it using html2lrf.

BookCat · 05-12-2009, 09:36 AM

Thanks. I'll try this if I can't find a version already formatted in lrf.

04-28-2009, 04:17 AM	#1
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Txt to lrf: how to separate paragraphs, esp speech? When I try to use calibre to convert a txt document to lrf, I lose the paragraphing, especially that which occurs when a different character begins speaking. For example: "Nice day today," said Fred. "I suppose it is," George replied absent-mindedly. becomes: "Nice day today," said Fred. "I suppose it is," George replied absent-mindedly. This is so ANNOYING. Even the standard paragraphing is lost. I've tried ticking the "insert lines between paragraphs" box, but this makes no difference. Can anyone help in non-tech language please; I'm fairly new to Calibre.

04-28-2009, 09:54 AM	#4
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	No, the point is that Calibre treats any .txt as if it's in Markdown format, and the link I gave explained the syntax it's expecting, not anything to download. If you want to have your text as you want, you'll need the input to be: Code: "Nice day today," said Fred. "I suppose it is," George replied absent-mindedly. It does make it easy to add chapters though (just put a "## " before the chapter text, e.g. "## Chapter 1"

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04-28-2009, 04:41 AM	#2
gwynevans Wizzard Posts: 1,402 Karma: 2000000 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: UK Device: iPad 2, iPhone 6s, Kindle Voyage & Kindle PaperWhite	You need to have a blank line to create a new paragraph. See markdown syntax for more details.

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BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Thanks Gwyn, but can't this be done using Calibre; I don't really want to download yet another program.

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BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Thanks Gwyn, I'll have a go using that. I recently devised a Word template which I've been pasting my old txt books into. It seems to work for most documents, except, oddly, "A Little Princess" which Calibre made a real hash of converting.

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JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 79,252 Karma: 145488788 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	You could load the text into Word, format it as you want, save it as HTML and convert it using html2lrf.

05-12-2009, 09:36 AM	#7
BookCat C L J Posts: 2,911 Karma: 21115458 Join Date: Dec 2008 Location: Birmingham UK Device: Sony e-reader 505, Kindle PW2, Kindle PW3, Kobo Libra2	Thanks. I'll try this if I can't find a version already formatted in lrf.

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