A couple issues with the Viewer

dan2the6th · 06-19-2015, 08:29 AM

I'm using the calibre Book Viewer to read a fairly long book for the first time. It's a "scholarly" book, with lots of footnotes. Some of the footnotes have footnotes.

Issue #1: I have a problem that some others have reported before; the viewer occasionally cuts lines in half at the page break. Like there will be the top part of a line at the bottom of the page, and when I flip to the next page, the bottom part of the split line will be at the top. I've tried some things suggested by others (changing fonts, changing font sizes) but this still happens.

Issue #2: I absolutely HATE the way a footnote is opened in a separate little window. Mainly because the secondary window seems incapable of displaying all of the footnote! If there's anything in the footnote not in plain text (e.g., highlighting, another footnote reference) it doesn't show up until I click the right arrow that makes the main screen jump to the footnote section. I would MUCH prefer that clicking a footnote would just jump the entire page to the footnotes, letting me return to the text with the backarrow button (as the Amazon PC reader does, for example). I don't suppose there's any way of configuring this?

kovidgoyal · 06-19-2015, 08:37 AM

1) Read in paged mode, not scroll mode (click the scroll butto in the top right corner)

2) This will happen if the book you are reading does not have well defined footnotes, then the viewer has to guess what is part of the footnote and what isn't. Since the book you are reading has both complex footnotes and has failed to mark them up properly, you are out of luck.

dan2the6th · 06-19-2015, 09:31 AM

I do use paged mode. Never do the scrolled mode.

kovidgoyal · 06-19-2015, 09:35 AM

The paged mode cannot cut lines in half, remember that the Scroll icon has to be unchecked for you to be in paged mode.

dan2the6th · 06-19-2015, 10:04 AM

Umm...OK. I'm sitting here right now looking at a page with the bottom line cut off, and it's not in scroll mode.

I have attempted to attach a jpg of a screenshot.

kovidgoyal · 06-19-2015, 11:10 AM

I really dont see how that's possible, unless the book you are viewing is using images of text instead of actual text. Attach an ebook file that reproduces the issue.

06-19-2015, 10:04 AM	#5
dan2the6th Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: iPhone XR	Umm...OK. I'm sitting here right now looking at a page with the bottom line cut off, and it's not in scroll mode. I have attempted to attach a jpg of a screenshot. Attached Thumbnails

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06-19-2015, 08:29 AM	#1
dan2the6th Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: iPhone XR	A couple issues with the Viewer I'm using the calibre Book Viewer to read a fairly long book for the first time. It's a "scholarly" book, with lots of footnotes. Some of the footnotes have footnotes. Issue #1: I have a problem that some others have reported before; the viewer occasionally cuts lines in half at the page break. Like there will be the top part of a line at the bottom of the page, and when I flip to the next page, the bottom part of the split line will be at the top. I've tried some things suggested by others (changing fonts, changing font sizes) but this still happens. Issue #2: I absolutely HATE the way a footnote is opened in a separate little window. Mainly because the secondary window seems incapable of displaying all of the footnote! If there's anything in the footnote not in plain text (e.g., highlighting, another footnote reference) it doesn't show up until I click the right arrow that makes the main screen jump to the footnote section. I would MUCH prefer that clicking a footnote would just jump the entire page to the footnotes, letting me return to the text with the backarrow button (as the Amazon PC reader does, for example). I don't suppose there's any way of configuring this?

06-19-2015, 08:37 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,300 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	1) Read in paged mode, not scroll mode (click the scroll butto in the top right corner) 2) This will happen if the book you are reading does not have well defined footnotes, then the viewer has to guess what is part of the footnote and what isn't. Since the book you are reading has both complex footnotes and has failed to mark them up properly, you are out of luck.

06-19-2015, 09:31 AM	#3
dan2the6th Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: iPhone XR	I do use paged mode. Never do the scrolled mode.

06-19-2015, 09:35 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,300 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	The paged mode cannot cut lines in half, remember that the Scroll icon has to be unchecked for you to be in paged mode.

06-19-2015, 11:10 AM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,300 Karma: 27111240 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I really dont see how that's possible, unless the book you are viewing is using images of text instead of actual text. Attach an ebook file that reproduces the issue.

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