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Old 09-27-2014, 02:01 PM   #1
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Two (well three) suggestions/requests about the Cover addition util

  • Would it be possible to add a tick/selector/dropdown menu in the GUI dialogue in order to kill the preserveAspectRatio="None" attribute? I understand some (or most) people may prefer a fully stretched cover, but I really hate it. I prefer the default "xMidYMid", (applied if not set). So I always end editing and deleting that attribute. Yes, I know it's not a really a huge work but the possible problem is that other people which do not know, (and do not care), about coding might also prefer an original aspect ratio rather than a distorted one.
  • I think that Beautify should be applied in the obtained html. In the current way it is generated it doesn't follow the "standard beauty" looking so it feels somehow incoherent with the rest of the software.
  • (And here the third and rogue one). I asked for something similar quite long ago, and Kovid's answer was "Sure, patches are welcomed" , but it was quite before the cover util was up and running. The Cover util inserts <svg>+<image> tags. Would it be possible to reuse that code in the common Image insertion util? I mean, adding a tick/selector in the Image insertion GUI to switch between <img> and <svg>+<image>.
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Old 09-27-2014, 11:49 PM   #2
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Aspect ratio is controlled via Preferences->Output Options->EPUB Output in calibre.
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Old 09-28-2014, 12:19 AM   #3
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Aspect ratio is controlled via Preferences->Output Options->EPUB Output in calibre.
Does this apply to the editor as well?

I have that setting ticked (at least a year ago, and confirmed still ticked) but whenever I use Tools ==> Add cover, it adds it with
preserveAspectRatio="None"
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Old 09-28-2014, 12:27 AM   #4
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As far as I recall, it should, if it is not, then open a bug report for it and I will take a look at it when I am next working on the editor.
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I had a quick look at this, and I was wrong, the editor has its own preserve aspect ratio setting which is at the bottom of the add a cover window you get via

Tools->Add a cover
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I had a quick look at this, and I was wrong, the editor has its own preserve aspect ratio setting which is at the bottom of the add a cover window you get via

Tools->Add a cover
Err, how the hell did I miss it!?!?!?

I'm outside home for the weekend but, OBVIOUSLY, I'll check ASAP and, OBVIOUSLY, I suppose I'll post a HUGE
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I read somewhere that the cheapest place to buy print advertising in western publications (LTR text, RTL paging) is bottom left corner of left hand page.

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I read somewhere that the cheapest place to buy print advertising in western publications (LTR text, RTL paging) is bottom left corner of left hand page.

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Could be why...
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Could be why...
Indeed, 'twas months before I saw the Reset to default at bottom left of conversion, and I recall other occasions where folks have failed to spot controls (widgets) in 'cost cutters corner' as it is/was known in the print advertising business.

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Indeed, 'twas months before I saw the Reset to default at bottom left of conversion, and I recall other occasions where folks have failed to spot controls (widgets) in 'cost cutters corner' as it is/was known in the print advertising business.

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