ePub to HTMLZ

MCBastos · 01-22-2021, 07:23 PM

I recently started getting errors when I attempt to convert an ePub to HTMLZ format. It seems to be a fairly recent regression; I have a copy of my epub collection in an external drive (under Portable Calibre, which was updated just before Christmas), and it works fine there.

kovidgoyal · 01-22-2021, 10:11 PM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=186697

MCBastos · 01-25-2021, 11:49 PM

Right. OK, let's see:
1. The file. Actually, it has happening to *any* ePub I try, but for the sake of argument, I'll use as example a file I downloaded from Standard Ebooks -- that would be the first Sherlock Holmes novel, "A Study in Scarlet" (compatible ePub version), which can be downloaded free from here:
https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/ar...udy-in-scarlet

2. The log:

Spoiler:

3. The output file: none

4. Conversion aborts with a big red error saying "Failed: Convert Book 1 of 1 (A Study in Scarlet)" -- details below (seems to me to be a copy of the log, but I'm posting it anyway)

Spoiler:

5. AFAIK, I didn't change any option for the conversion to HTMLZ. I even went to the "HTMLZ Output" dialogue and clicked on "Restore defaults." I also disabled every user-installed plugin that allowed disabling. Still got the error.

kovidgoyal · 01-26-2021, 12:04 AM

Look at your log, right at the top is the option you have changed from defaults

htmlz_class_style: 'inline'

change that back to default and you will be fine. As for the bug with that option it will be fixed in the next release. And read: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/con...for-conversion to understand hw to reset conversion options to defaults.

MCBastos · 01-27-2021, 01:47 PM

Right, thank you, it is now working correctly.

I now understand what I did wrong in my attempt to reset to defaults here -- the button in the conversion dialog resets to default as set by the user in the Preferences dialog, not to default-as-it-was-originally-on-first-install. My mistake, thanks for your help.

Well, apparently my cluelessness helped to reveal a bug, so it was not a total loss.

nqk · 01-29-2021, 03:07 AM

I have a number of markdown documents, the codes are quite stadardized. All seems to work fine. But I have a few questions

All the footnotes are as follows:

Code:

Here's a simple footnote,[^note] and here's a longer one.[^anote]

[^note]: This is the first footnote.

[^anote]: Here's one with multiple paragraphs and code.

All these notes are converted to a list (1, 2, 3.) but

1) They are appended to the last html file. Can can it be a separate file?
I used this to break the files which work with h2. //*[name()='h2' or div[@class="footnote"]].

2) I inserted ".footnote ol {padding: 0;}" to the "Look and Feel" before converting, but this has no effect.

PS: I do all this on the Content Server.

kovidgoyal · 01-29-2021, 03:11 AM

No I dont think the markdown input processor has any way to insert page breaks before outputting footnotes. You can probably do it yourself by using extra css, something like footnote-selector::first-of-type {page-break-before: always}

What's .footnote??

nqk · 01-29-2021, 03:16 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No I dont think the markdown input processor has any way to insert page breaks before outputting footnotes. You can probably do it yourself by using extra css, something like footnote-selector::first-of-type {page-break-before: always}

What's .footnote??

Sorry, I hijacked this thread by mistake, created another thread, please delete for me

The .footnote is an interesting one.

Before I converted to epub, i just tap READ and Browser Viewer let me read it (by converting it on the fly). I prepared simple css to the Styles and .footnote works. That's why I copied the css for conversion. It has no TOC though, I had to convert to epub.

Since this document is in md and is updated regularly, I think I need a way to avoid dealing with the epub directly.

And the .footnote a { display: none;} is actually effective (the back-link is indeed hidden)

01-22-2021, 07:23 PM	#1
MCBastos Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 70 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brazil Device: Galaxy A16 5G	ePub to HTMLZ I recently started getting errors when I attempt to convert an ePub to HTMLZ format. It seems to be a fairly recent regression; I have a copy of my epub collection in an external drive (under Portable Calibre, which was updated just before Christmas), and it works fine there. Last edited by MCBastos; 01-22-2021 at 07:26 PM.

01-25-2021, 11:49 PM	#3
MCBastos Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 70 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brazil Device: Galaxy A16 5G	Right. OK, let's see: 1. The file. Actually, it has happening to any ePub I try, but for the sake of argument, I'll use as example a file I downloaded from Standard Ebooks -- that would be the first Sherlock Holmes novel, "A Study in Scarlet" (compatible ePub version), which can be downloaded free from here: https://standardebooks.org/ebooks/ar...udy-in-scarlet 2. The log: Spoiler: calibre, version 5.10.1 (win32, embedded-python: True) Conversion error: Failed: Convert book 1 of 1 (A Study in Scarlet) Convert book 1 of 1 (A Study in Scarlet) Integration status: True Failed to initialize plugin: 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Roaming\\calibre\\p lugins\\KoboBooks.zip' Failed to initialize plugin: 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Roaming\\calibre\\p lugins\\Webscription.zip' Conversion options changed from defaults: htmlz_class_style: 'inline' read_metadata_from_opf: 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibr e_xsjce6sb\\8o3mnhc0.opf' cover: 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibr e_xsjce6sb\\gmrwjsex.jpeg' htmlz_title_filename: True verbose: 2 Resolved conversion options calibre version: 5.10.1 {'asciiize': False, 'author_sort': None, 'authors': None, 'base_font_size': 0.0, 'book_producer': None, 'change_justification': 'original', 'chapter': "//[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., " "'\\s((chapter\|book\|section\|part)\\s+)\|((prolog\|p rologue\|epilogue)(\\s+\|$))', " "'i')) or @class = 'chapter']", 'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak', 'comments': None, 'cover': 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibr e_xsjce6sb\\gmrwjsex.jpeg', 'debug_pipeline': None, 'dehyphenate': True, 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True, 'disable_font_rescaling': False, 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False, 'embed_all_fonts': False, 'embed_font_family': None, 'enable_heuristics': False, 'expand_css': False, 'extra_css': None, 'filter_css': '', 'fix_indents': True, 'font_size_mapping': None, 'format_scene_breaks': True, 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4, 'htmlz_class_style': 'inline', 'htmlz_css_type': 'class', 'htmlz_title_filename': True, 'input_encoding': None, 'input_profile': , 'insert_blank_line': False, 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5, 'insert_metadata': False, 'isbn': None, 'italicize_common_cases': True, 'keep_ligatures': False, 'language': None, 'level1_toc': None, 'level2_toc': None, 'level3_toc': None, 'line_height': 0.0, 'linearize_tables': False, 'margin_bottom': 5.0, 'margin_left': 5.0, 'margin_right': 5.0, 'margin_top': 5.0, 'markup_chapter_headings': True, 'max_toc_links': 50, 'minimum_line_height': 120.0, 'no_chapters_in_toc': False, 'no_inline_navbars': False, 'output_profile': , 'page_breaks_before': '/', 'prefer_metadata_cover': False, 'pretty_print': False, 'pubdate': None, 'publisher': None, 'rating': None, 'read_metadata_from_opf': 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibr e_xsjce6sb\\8o3mnhc0.opf', 'remove_fake_margins': True, 'remove_first_image': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5, 'renumber_headings': True, 'replace_scene_breaks': '', 'search_replace': '[]', 'series': None, 'series_index': None, 'smarten_punctuation': False, 'sr1_replace': None, 'sr1_search': None, 'sr2_replace': None, 'sr2_search': None, 'sr3_replace': None, 'sr3_search': None, 'start_reading_at': None, 'subset_embedded_fonts': False, 'tags': None, 'timestamp': None, 'title': None, 'title_sort': None, 'toc_filter': None, 'toc_threshold': 6, 'transform_css_rules': '[]', 'unsmarten_punctuation': False, 'unwrap_lines': True, 'use_auto_toc': False, 'verbose': 2} InputFormatPlugin: EPUB Input running on C:\Users\MCBastos\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_xsjce 6sb\zde5scut.epub Parsing all content... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-4.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-7.xhtml ... Parsing epub/toc.xhtml ... Parsing epub/css/se.css ... CSSStylesheet: Unknown @rule found. [103:1: @supports] Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-2.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/imprint.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-2.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-6.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-5.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/titlepage.xhtml ... Parsing epub/css/core.css ... Parsing epub/css/local.css ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-7.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/colophon.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-3.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/part-1.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-3.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-6.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/uncopyright.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-1.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/endnotes.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-4.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-1.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-5.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/part-2.xhtml ... Reading TOC from NCX... Merging user specified metadata... Detecting structure... Detected chapter: Part I Detected chapter: Part II Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... Source base font size is 12.00000pt Removing fake margins... Found 13 items of level: p_2 Found 783 items of level: p_3 Found 3 items of level: p_5 Found 6 items of level: p_4 Ignoring level p_5 Ignoring level p_2 Ignoring level p_4 p_3 left margin stats: Counter({'0': 782, 'auto': 1}) p_3 right margin stats: Counter({'0': 782, 'auto': 1}) Cleaning up manifest... Trimming unused files from manifest... Trimming 'epub/toc.ncx' from manifest Trimming 'epub/toc.xhtml' from manifest Creating HTMLZ Output... Converting OEB book to HTML... Converting epub/text/titlepage.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/imprint.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/part-1.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-1.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-2.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-3.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-4.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-5.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-6.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-7.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/part-2.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-1.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-2.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-3.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-4.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-5.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-6.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-7.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/endnotes.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/colophon.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/uncopyright.xhtml to HTML... Traceback (most recent call last): File "runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main File "runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code File "site.py", line 82, in File "site.py", line 77, in main File "site.py", line 49, in run_entry_point File "calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 216, in main File "calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 41, in gui_convert_override File "calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 28, in gui_convert File "calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1274, in run File "calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\htmlz_output.py ", line 78, in convert File "calibre\ebooks\htmlz\oeb2html.py", line 57, in oeb2html File "calibre\ebooks\htmlz\oeb2html.py", line 342, in mlize_spine TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "bytes") to str 3. The output file: none 4. Conversion aborts with a big red error saying "Failed: Convert Book 1 of 1 (A Study in Scarlet)" -- details below (seems to me to be a copy of the log, but I'm posting it anyway) Spoiler: Convert book 1 of 1 (A Study in Scarlet) Integration status: True Failed to initialize plugin: 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Roaming\\calibre\\p lugins\\KoboBooks.zip' Failed to initialize plugin: 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Roaming\\calibre\\p lugins\\Webscription.zip' Conversion options changed from defaults: htmlz_class_style: 'inline' read_metadata_from_opf: 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibr e_xsjce6sb\\8o3mnhc0.opf' cover: 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibr e_xsjce6sb\\gmrwjsex.jpeg' htmlz_title_filename: True verbose: 2 Resolved conversion options calibre version: 5.10.1 {'asciiize': False, 'author_sort': None, 'authors': None, 'base_font_size': 0.0, 'book_producer': None, 'change_justification': 'original', 'chapter': "//[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., " "'\\s((chapter\|book\|section\|part)\\s+)\|((prolog\|p rologue\|epilogue)(\\s+\|$))', " "'i')) or @class = 'chapter']", 'chapter_mark': 'pagebreak', 'comments': None, 'cover': 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibr e_xsjce6sb\\gmrwjsex.jpeg', 'debug_pipeline': None, 'dehyphenate': True, 'delete_blank_paragraphs': True, 'disable_font_rescaling': False, 'duplicate_links_in_toc': False, 'embed_all_fonts': False, 'embed_font_family': None, 'enable_heuristics': False, 'expand_css': False, 'extra_css': None, 'filter_css': '', 'fix_indents': True, 'font_size_mapping': None, 'format_scene_breaks': True, 'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4, 'htmlz_class_style': 'inline', 'htmlz_css_type': 'class', 'htmlz_title_filename': True, 'input_encoding': None, 'input_profile': , 'insert_blank_line': False, 'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5, 'insert_metadata': False, 'isbn': None, 'italicize_common_cases': True, 'keep_ligatures': False, 'language': None, 'level1_toc': None, 'level2_toc': None, 'level3_toc': None, 'line_height': 0.0, 'linearize_tables': False, 'margin_bottom': 5.0, 'margin_left': 5.0, 'margin_right': 5.0, 'margin_top': 5.0, 'markup_chapter_headings': True, 'max_toc_links': 50, 'minimum_line_height': 120.0, 'no_chapters_in_toc': False, 'no_inline_navbars': False, 'output_profile': , 'page_breaks_before': '/', 'prefer_metadata_cover': False, 'pretty_print': False, 'pubdate': None, 'publisher': None, 'rating': None, 'read_metadata_from_opf': 'C:\\Users\\MCBastos\\AppData\\Local\\Temp\\calibr e_xsjce6sb\\8o3mnhc0.opf', 'remove_fake_margins': True, 'remove_first_image': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing': False, 'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5, 'renumber_headings': True, 'replace_scene_breaks': '', 'search_replace': '[]', 'series': None, 'series_index': None, 'smarten_punctuation': False, 'sr1_replace': None, 'sr1_search': None, 'sr2_replace': None, 'sr2_search': None, 'sr3_replace': None, 'sr3_search': None, 'start_reading_at': None, 'subset_embedded_fonts': False, 'tags': None, 'timestamp': None, 'title': None, 'title_sort': None, 'toc_filter': None, 'toc_threshold': 6, 'transform_css_rules': '[]', 'unsmarten_punctuation': False, 'unwrap_lines': True, 'use_auto_toc': False, 'verbose': 2} InputFormatPlugin: EPUB Input running on C:\Users\MCBastos\AppData\Local\Temp\calibre_xsjce 6sb\zde5scut.epub Parsing all content... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-4.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-7.xhtml ... Parsing epub/toc.xhtml ... Parsing epub/css/se.css ... CSSStylesheet: Unknown @rule found. [103:1: @supports] Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-2.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/imprint.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-2.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-6.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-5.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/titlepage.xhtml ... Parsing epub/css/core.css ... Parsing epub/css/local.css ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-7.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/colophon.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-3.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/part-1.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-3.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-6.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/uncopyright.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-1.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/endnotes.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-2-4.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-1.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/chapter-1-5.xhtml ... Parsing epub/text/part-2.xhtml ... Reading TOC from NCX... Merging user specified metadata... Detecting structure... Detected chapter: Part I Detected chapter: Part II Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes... Source base font size is 12.00000pt Removing fake margins... Found 13 items of level: p_2 Found 783 items of level: p_3 Found 3 items of level: p_5 Found 6 items of level: p_4 Ignoring level p_5 Ignoring level p_2 Ignoring level p_4 p_3 left margin stats: Counter({'0': 782, 'auto': 1}) p_3 right margin stats: Counter({'0': 782, 'auto': 1}) Cleaning up manifest... Trimming unused files from manifest... Trimming 'epub/toc.ncx' from manifest Trimming 'epub/toc.xhtml' from manifest Creating HTMLZ Output... Converting OEB book to HTML... Converting epub/text/titlepage.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/imprint.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/part-1.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-1.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-2.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-3.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-4.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-5.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-6.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-1-7.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/part-2.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-1.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-2.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-3.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-4.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-5.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-6.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/chapter-2-7.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/endnotes.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/colophon.xhtml to HTML... Converting epub/text/uncopyright.xhtml to HTML... Traceback (most recent call last): File "runpy.py", line 194, in _run_module_as_main File "runpy.py", line 87, in _run_code File "site.py", line 82, in File "site.py", line 77, in main File "site.py", line 49, in run_entry_point File "calibre\utils\ipc\worker.py", line 216, in main File "calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 41, in gui_convert_override File "calibre\gui2\convert\gui_conversion.py", line 28, in gui_convert File "calibre\ebooks\conversion\plumber.py", line 1274, in run File "calibre\ebooks\conversion\plugins\htmlz_output.py ", line 78, in convert File "calibre\ebooks\htmlz\oeb2html.py", line 57, in oeb2html File "calibre\ebooks\htmlz\oeb2html.py", line 342, in mlize_spine TypeError: can only concatenate str (not "bytes") to str 5. AFAIK, I didn't change any option for the conversion to HTMLZ. I even went to the "HTMLZ Output" dialogue and clicked on "Restore defaults." I also disabled every user-installed plugin that allowed disabling. Still got the error. Last edited by PeterT; 01-26-2021 at 07:11 AM.

01-29-2021, 03:07 AM	#6
nqk Fanatic Posts: 564 Karma: 32228 Join Date: Feb 2012 Device: Onyx Boox Leaf	Markdown to Epub: Questions on Footnotes I have a number of markdown documents, the codes are quite stadardized. All seems to work fine. But I have a few questions All the footnotes are as follows: Code: Here's a simple footnote,[^note] and here's a longer one.[^anote] [^note]: This is the first footnote. [^anote]: Here's one with multiple paragraphs and code. All these notes are converted to a list (1, 2, 3.) but 1) They are appended to the last html file. Can can it be a separate file? I used this to break the files which work with h2. //[name()='h2' or div[@class="footnote"]]. 2) I inserted ".footnote ol {padding: 0;}" to the "Look and Feel" before converting, but this has no effect. PS: I do all this on the Content Server. Last edited by nqk; 01-29-2021 at 03:10 AM.*

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01-22-2021, 10:11 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sh...d.php?t=186697

01-26-2021, 12:04 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Look at your log, right at the top is the option you have changed from defaults htmlz_class_style: 'inline' change that back to default and you will be fine. As for the bug with that option it will be fixed in the next release. And read: https://manual.calibre-ebook.com/con...for-conversion to understand hw to reset conversion options to defaults.

01-27-2021, 01:47 PM	#5
MCBastos Enthusiast Posts: 42 Karma: 70 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brazil Device: Galaxy A16 5G	Right, thank you, it is now working correctly. I now understand what I did wrong in my attempt to reset to defaults here -- the button in the conversion dialog resets to default as set by the user in the Preferences dialog, not to default-as-it-was-originally-on-first-install. My mistake, thanks for your help. Well, apparently my cluelessness helped to reveal a bug, so it was not a total loss.

01-29-2021, 03:11 AM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No I dont think the markdown input processor has any way to insert page breaks before outputting footnotes. You can probably do it yourself by using extra css, something like footnote-selector::first-of-type {page-break-before: always} What's .footnote??

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