epub converted from chm crash sony reader

fdge · 06-13-2011, 02:02 AM

I was having problems converting a chm to epub and my reader kept restarting when I got past the ToC that Calibre generated.

After much editing, I found out there were stray "<td>"'s (not part of any "<table>") after removing the strays from between ending and opening table's I was able to read it on my reader.

My problem is the same as old Ticket #6166 (epub converted from chm crash sony reader)

kovidgoyal · 06-13-2011, 11:09 AM

Interesting, I'll add code to the epub output plugin to convert orphaned tds into divs.

fdge · 06-17-2011, 01:59 AM

After posting I went back to mess with the code of the chm a little more.
I removed "Team Lib"'s tagging:

Code:

<table>
<td><a>Team LiB</a></td><td align="right">
	<a><img alt="Previous Section"></a>
<a><img alt="Next Section"></a>
	
</td></table>

and replaced it by mimicking another chm with out the tagging

Code:

<table>
	<tr>
		<td><a><img alt="Previous Section"></a></td>
		<td align="right"><a><img alt="Next Section"></a></td>
	</tr>
</table>

after that it converted just fine

itimpi · 06-17-2011, 02:09 AM

Interesting in that technically the code you removed is illegal HTML as it contains <td> tags not enclosed in <tr> tags. Maybe some HTML renders act as if there were implied <tr> tags (so that you get away with it) but the Sony one does not?

06-13-2011, 02:02 AM	#1
fdge Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Sony Reader PRS-700	epub converted from chm crash sony reader I was having problems converting a chm to epub and my reader kept restarting when I got past the ToC that Calibre generated. After much editing, I found out there were stray "<td>"'s (not part of any "<table>") after removing the strays from between ending and opening table's I was able to read it on my reader. My problem is the same as old Ticket #6166 (epub converted from chm crash sony reader)

06-17-2011, 01:59 AM	#3
fdge Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2011 Device: Sony Reader PRS-700	After posting I went back to mess with the code of the chm a little more. I removed "Team Lib"'s tagging: Code: <table> <td><a>Team LiB</a></td><td align="right"> <a><img alt="Previous Section"></a> <a><img alt="Next Section"></a> </td></table> and replaced it by mimicking another chm with out the tagging Code: <table> <tr> <td><a><img alt="Previous Section"></a></td> <td align="right"><a><img alt="Next Section"></a></td> </tr> </table> after that it converted just fine

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06-13-2011, 11:09 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,230 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Interesting, I'll add code to the epub output plugin to convert orphaned tds into divs.

06-17-2011, 02:09 AM	#4
itimpi Wizard Posts: 4,553 Karma: 950151 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: Sony PRS-950, iphone/ipad (Marvin/iBooks/QuickReader)	Interesting in that technically the code you removed is illegal HTML as it contains <td> tags not enclosed in <tr> tags. Maybe some HTML renders act as if there were implied <tr> tags (so that you get away with it) but the Sony one does not?

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