Error: CSSNamespaceRule: namespaceURI is readonly

therealjoeblow · 09-07-2011, 11:10 PM

I'm getting an error that I've never seen before when converting a .htmlz file to epub (or any other format for that matter).

1) this file started as a badly formatted regular html file that was a conversion from abcamberlit converter, with several dozen images and lots of text.

2) I imported that file.html into calibre with no error, it came in as a .zip file

3) I used calibre to convert the .zip to .htmlz, again no error at all

4) I spent about 12 hours editing the file, cleaning up formatting, adding a few css classes, searching and replacing some here and there but nothing different than I've done hundreds of times on other files before

...then upon converting the edited .htmlz to epub (or any other format), I get the following error and cannot continue:

Code:

calibre, version 0.8.16
ERROR: Conversion Error: ...

<snip>

Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Python function terminated unexpectedly
  CSSNamespaceRule: namespaceURI is readonly. (Error Code: 1)
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "site.py", line 132, in main
  File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point
  File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 181, in main
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
  File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1023, in run
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\flatcss.py", line 123, in __call__
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\flatcss.py", line 150, in stylize_spine
  File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\stylizer.py", line 222, in __init__
  File "site-packages\cssutils-0.9.7b4-py2.7.egg\cssutils\util.py", line 719, in __setitem__
  File "site-packages\cssutils-0.9.7b4-py2.7.egg\cssutils\css\cssnamespacerule.py", line 235, in _setNamespaceURI
  File "site-packages\cssutils-0.9.7b4-py2.7.egg\cssutils\errorhandler.py", line 96, in __handle
xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr: CSSNamespaceRule: namespaceURI is readonly.

Ovbiously something's screwed in my css, but I've since run the file through HTMLTidy and TopStyle's CSS checker and there are no glaring or fatal errors that I can see.

It displays perfectly in firefox and IE8, I can't see anything wrong with it.

Can anyone please help me to salvage this? I've invested *way* too much time in this particular file to start over!

Thanks
The REAL Joe

kovidgoyal · 09-07-2011, 11:11 PM

post the css that error message isn't enough information.

therealjoeblow · 09-07-2011, 11:15 PM

css is embedded in the html file, here it is

Code:

<html>
<head>
<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8">
<style type="text/css">
@namespace h "http: //www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";
.calibre {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 6pt;
    margin-right: 6pt;
    margin-top: 0;
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 0
    }
.calibre1 {
    display: block;
    text-align: center
    }
.calibre10 {
    height: 209px;
    width: 223px
    }
.calibre11 {
    height: 86px;
    width: 87px
    }
.calibre12 {
    height: 11px;
    width: 39px
    }
.calibre13 {
    height: 114px;
    width: 169px
    }
.calibre14 {
    height: 40px;
    width: 115px
    }
.calibre15 {
    height: 84px;
    width: 84px
    }
.calibre16 {
    height: 101px;
    width: 233px
    }
.calibre17 {
    height: 108px;
    width: 107px
    }
.calibre18 {
    height: 500px;
    width: 378px
    }
.calibre19 {
    height: 205px;
    width: 291px
    }
.calibre2 {
    color: blue;
    cursor: pointer;
    text-decoration: underline
    }
.calibre20 {
    height: 500px;
    width: 368px
    }
.calibre21 {
    height: 449px;
    width: 336px
    }
.calibre22 {
    height: 92px;
    width: 243px
    }
.calibre23 {
    height: 94px;
    width: 100px
    }
.calibre24 {
    height: 94px;
    width: 93px
    }
.calibre25 {
    display: block;
    list-style-position: outside;
    list-style-type: decimal;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 48px;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 0;
    padding-top: 0;
    text-align: left;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre26 {
    display: list-item
    }
.calibre27 {
    height: 449px;
    width: 335px
    }
.calibre28 {
    height: 93px;
    width: 93px
    }
.calibre29 {
    height: 500px;
    width: 346px
    }
.calibre3 {
    border: 1px inset;
    color: #000;
    display: block;
    height: 2px;
    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-top: 0.5em
    }
.calibre30 {
    height: 387px;
    width: 284px
    }
.calibre31 {
    height: 156px;
    width: 334px
    }
.calibre32 {
    height: 145px;
    width: 253px
    }
.calibre33 {
    height: 123px;
    width: 243px
    }
.calibre34 {
    height: 123px;
    width: 244px
    }
.calibre35 {
    height: 275px;
    width: 280px
    }
.calibre36 {
    height: 276px;
    width: 280px
    }
.calibre37 {
    height: 189px;
    width: 189px
    }
.calibre38 {
    height: 150px;
    width: 127px
    }
.calibre39 {
    height: 228px;
    width: 163px
    }
.calibre4 {
    display: block
    }
.calibre40 {
    height: 228px;
    width: 161px
    }
.calibre41 {
    height: 124px;
    width: 124px
    }
.calibre42 {
    height: 115px;
    width: 170px
    }
.calibre43 {
    height: 459px;
    width: 328px
    }
.calibre44 {
    height: 115px;
    width: 169px
    }
.calibre45 {
    height: 41px;
    width: 43px
    }
.calibre46 {
    height: 237px;
    width: 135px
    }
.calibre47 {
    height: 163px;
    width: 175px
    }
.calibre48 {
    height: 44px;
    width: 78px
    }
.calibre49 {
    height: 263px;
    width: 176px
    }
.calibre5 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    text-align: justify;
    text-indent: 1.5em
    }
.calibre50 {
    height: 11px;
    width: 43px
    }
.calibre51 {
    height: 264px;
    width: 177px
    }
.calibre52 {
    height: 495px;
    width: 181px
    }
.calibre53 {
    border: 1px inset;
    border-style: solid none none none;
    color: #000;
    display: block;
    height: 2px;
    margin-bottom: 0.5em;
    margin-left: auto;
    margin-right: auto;
    margin-top: 0.5em
    }
.calibre54 {
    display: block;
    list-style-position: outside;
    list-style-type: disc;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 48px;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    padding-bottom: 0;
    padding-left: 0;
    padding-right: 0;
    padding-top: 0;
    text-align: left;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre55 {
    height: 130px;
    width: 203px
    }
.calibre56 {
    height: 500px;
    width: 345px
    }
.calibre57 {
    height: 215px;
    width: 161px
    }
.calibre58 {
    height: 216px;
    width: 154px
    }
.calibre59 {
    height: 105px;
    width: 187px
    }
.calibre6 {
    height: 56px;
    width: 41px
    }
.calibre60 {
    height: 103px;
    width: 162px
    }
.calibre61 {
    height: 218px;
    width: 334px
    }
.calibre62 {
    height: 247px;
    width: 334px
    }
.calibre63 {
    height: 172px;
    width: 285px
    }
.calibre64 {
    height: 107px;
    width: 107px
    }
.calibre65 {
    height: 223px;
    width: 288px
    }
.calibre66 {
    height: 392px;
    width: 273px
    }
.calibre67 {
    height: 231px;
    width: 320px
    }
.calibre68 {
    height: 279px;
    width: 278px
    }
.calibre69 {
    height: 200px;
    width: 151px
    }
.calibre7 {
    height: 500px;
    width: 344px
    }
.calibre70 {
    height: 273px;
    width: 291px
    }
.calibre71 {
    height: 266px;
    width: 334px
    }
.calibre72 {
    height: 232px;
    width: 312px
    }
.calibre73 {
    border-collapse: separate;
    border-spacing: 2px;
    color: #000;
    display: table;
    font-family: "Courier New";
    font-size: 1em;
    font-style: normal;
    font-weight: normal;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    text-decoration: none;
    text-indent: 0
    }
.calibre74 {
    display: table-row;
    vertical-align: middle
    }
.calibre75 {
    display: table-cell;
    padding-bottom: 1px;
    padding-left: 1px;
    padding-right: 1px;
    padding-top: 1px;
    text-align: inherit;
    vertical-align: inherit
    }
.calibre76 {
    height: 101px;
    width: 157px
    }
.calibre77 {
    height: 261px;
    width: 288px
    }
.calibre78 {
    height: 496px;
    width: 257px
    }
.calibre79 {
    height: 265px;
    width: 260px
    }
.calibre8 {
    height: 38px;
    width: 28px
    }
.calibre80 {
    height: 143px;
    width: 320px
    }
.calibre81 {
    height: 105px;
    width: 225px
    }
.calibre82 {
    height: 222px;
    width: 261px
    }
.calibre83 {
    height: 276px;
    width: 295px
    }
.calibre84 {
    height: 183px;
    width: 286px
    }
.calibre85 {
    height: 187px;
    width: 275px
    }
.calibre86 {
    height: 168px;
    width: 333px
    }
.calibre87 {
    height: 231px;
    width: 211px
    }
.calibre88 {
    height: 224px;
    width: 288px
    }
.calibre89 {
    height: 16px;
    width: 187px
    }
.calibre9 {
    height: 275px;
    width: 370px
    }
.images {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    text-align: center
    }
.normalpara1 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0;
    text-align: justify;
    text-indent: 1.5em
    }
.chapter {
    display: block;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 1.5em;
    margin-bottom: 2em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0em
    }
.part {
    display: block;
    font-weight: bold;
    font-size: 1.67em;
    margin-bottom: 0em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0em
    }
.center1 {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0em
    }
.quote {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 7%;
    margin-right: 7%;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: justify;
    text-indent: 0em
    }
.noindent {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: justify;
    text-indent: 0em
    }
.copyright1 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 0.75em;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0em
    }
.copyright2 {
    display: block;
    font-size: 0.75em;
    margin-bottom: 1em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 1em;
    text-align: center;
    text-indent: 0em
    }
.scenebreak {
    display: block;
    margin-bottom: 0em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 2em;
    text-align: justify;
    text-indent: 0em
    }
.subchapter {
    display: block;
    font-style: italic;
    margin-bottom: 0em;
    margin-left: 0;
    margin-right: 0;
    margin-top: 0em;
    text-align: left;
    text-indent: 0em
    }
.mbppagebreak {
    page-break-before: always
    }
</style>
<title></title>
</head>
<body>

kovidgoyal · 09-07-2011, 11:43 PM

delete the @namespace line you've got a space between http: and //

therealjoeblow · 09-07-2011, 11:50 PM

Thank you Kovid, you are a superstar.

I think I inadvertently fubar'd it when searching and replacing for ":" because I had instances where in the text the colon didn't have a space behind it like it should.

I'm normally very careful about not running search/replace till I'm within the body of the html code, and with wraparound turned off, but I must have missed it this time.

Thanks again for the help!

Cheers
The REAL Joe

09-07-2011, 11:10 PM	#1
therealjoeblow Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 52102 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Samsung Android Tablet w/Moon+ Pro Reader	Error: CSSNamespaceRule: namespaceURI is readonly I'm getting an error that I've never seen before when converting a .htmlz file to epub (or any other format for that matter). 1) this file started as a badly formatted regular html file that was a conversion from abcamberlit converter, with several dozen images and lots of text. 2) I imported that file.html into calibre with no error, it came in as a .zip file 3) I used calibre to convert the .zip to .htmlz, again no error at all 4) I spent about 12 hours editing the file, cleaning up formatting, adding a few css classes, searching and replacing some here and there but nothing different than I've done hundreds of times on other files before ...then upon converting the edited .htmlz to epub (or any other format), I get the following error and cannot continue: Code: calibre, version 0.8.16 ERROR: Conversion Error: ... <snip> Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... Python function terminated unexpectedly CSSNamespaceRule: namespaceURI is readonly. (Error Code: 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "site.py", line 132, in main File "site.py", line 109, in run_entry_point File "site-packages\calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 181, in main File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override File "site-packages\calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1023, in run File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\flatcss.py", line 123, in __call__ File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\transforms\flatcss.py", line 150, in stylize_spine File "site-packages\calibre\ebooks\oeb\stylizer.py", line 222, in __init__ File "site-packages\cssutils-0.9.7b4-py2.7.egg\cssutils\util.py", line 719, in __setitem__ File "site-packages\cssutils-0.9.7b4-py2.7.egg\cssutils\css\cssnamespacerule.py", line 235, in _setNamespaceURI File "site-packages\cssutils-0.9.7b4-py2.7.egg\cssutils\errorhandler.py", line 96, in __handle xml.dom.NoModificationAllowedErr: CSSNamespaceRule: namespaceURI is readonly. Ovbiously something's screwed in my css, but I've since run the file through HTMLTidy and TopStyle's CSS checker and there are no glaring or fatal errors that I can see. It displays perfectly in firefox and IE8, I can't see anything wrong with it. Can anyone please help me to salvage this? I've invested way too much time in this particular file to start over! Thanks The REAL Joe

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09-07-2011, 11:11 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,307 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	post the css that error message isn't enough information.

09-07-2011, 11:43 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,307 Karma: 27111242 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	delete the @namespace line you've got a space between http: and //

09-07-2011, 11:50 PM	#5
therealjoeblow Zealot Posts: 106 Karma: 52102 Join Date: Jun 2010 Device: Samsung Android Tablet w/Moon+ Pro Reader	Thank you Kovid, you are a superstar. I think I inadvertently fubar'd it when searching and replacing for ":" because I had instances where in the text the colon didn't have a space behind it like it should. I'm normally very careful about not running search/replace till I'm within the body of the html code, and with wraparound turned off, but I must have missed it this time. Thanks again for the help! Cheers The REAL Joe

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