Text pasting as HTML?

ChipSuey · 02-27-2017, 09:13 AM

Hi! Since updating to v 2.80, I've noticed that any time I paste in either text or HTML into the editor, it's coming up as HTML, or I'm getting an error that there's no valid text - for example, I have a snippet of code I like to plug into my TOC's in order to remove the standard blue/underlined text. Up until last week, I simply had that living in my notes app, would copy and paste the code, and move on with my work.

Now when I try that, it pastes an entire HTML page, from <html> to </html>.

Copy/pasting from a Word doc is giving me the error that follow:

AttributeError:'NoneType' object has no attribute 'isValid'

I don't know what that means, but I'd like to be able to copy/paste properly again. I'm not seeing a "paste as HTML" feature in the editor prefs. Is there something I'm missing?

Thanks for any help with this!

kovidgoyal · 02-27-2017, 10:00 AM

How exactly are you pasting? With a keyboard shortcut/paste button/something else? What OS?

phossler · 02-27-2017, 10:05 AM

Not an answer to pasting, but for inline TOC's I have a 'override' CSS file in
C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Roaming\calibre\resource s\templates\inline_toc_styles.css
that gets used instead of the default

Took a little tweaking since I'm not so hot with CSS but it does format inline TOCs the way I wanted without having to paste in CSS code

kovidgoyal · 02-27-2017, 10:09 AM

This should take care of it https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...072597752885ac

ChipSuey · 02-27-2017, 10:11 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

How exactly are you pasting? With a keyboard shortcut/paste button/something else? What OS?

Sorry, forgot to mention any of that-

I'm on Mac OS 10.10.5

Pasting from just the default notes app gets a whole bunch of HTML, even for just a couple of sentences. Pasting from Word or Text Edit gives me the error I mentioned previously.

ChipSuey · 02-27-2017, 10:17 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

This should take care of it https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...072597752885ac

Is this going to be published in the next update? I'm just not sure how to fix the code myself, and I can certainly wait for a new version to update (if there's a link I can use to download a new version from there, I'm happy to- just never used GitHub for anything).

PeterT · 02-27-2017, 10:26 AM

Anytime Kovid posts a link to GitHub it means the fix will be in the next release

Thom* · 02-27-2017, 04:20 PM

Make sure you are selecting text and pasting it. Do not select a text file and try to paste that.

ChipSuey · 02-28-2017, 08:11 AM

Thanks for the help everyone - looks like this will be addressed in the next Calibre update (Kovid has published a fix on github).

Thanks again!

02-27-2017, 09:13 AM	#1
ChipSuey Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: none	Text pasting as HTML? Hi! Since updating to v 2.80, I've noticed that any time I paste in either text or HTML into the editor, it's coming up as HTML, or I'm getting an error that there's no valid text - for example, I have a snippet of code I like to plug into my TOC's in order to remove the standard blue/underlined text. Up until last week, I simply had that living in my notes app, would copy and paste the code, and move on with my work. Now when I try that, it pastes an entire HTML page, from <html> to </html>. Copy/pasting from a Word doc is giving me the error that follow: AttributeError:'NoneType' object has no attribute 'isValid' I don't know what that means, but I'd like to be able to copy/paste properly again. I'm not seeing a "paste as HTML" feature in the editor prefs. Is there something I'm missing? Thanks for any help with this!

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02-27-2017, 10:00 AM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	How exactly are you pasting? With a keyboard shortcut/paste button/something else? What OS?

02-27-2017, 10:05 AM	#3
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,087 Karma: 447222 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	Not an answer to pasting, but for inline TOC's I have a 'override' CSS file in C:\Users\<userid>\AppData\Roaming\calibre\resource s\templates\inline_toc_styles.css that gets used instead of the default Took a little tweaking since I'm not so hot with CSS but it does format inline TOCs the way I wanted without having to paste in CSS code

02-27-2017, 10:09 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,345 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This should take care of it https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...072597752885ac

02-27-2017, 10:26 AM	#7
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,511 Karma: 78910202 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	Anytime Kovid posts a link to GitHub it means the fix will be in the next release

02-27-2017, 04:20 PM	#8
Thom* The Fumbler Posts: 66 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jun 2015 Device: android 4.2/fbreader	Make sure you are selecting text and pasting it. Do not select a text file and try to paste that.

02-28-2017, 08:11 AM	#9
ChipSuey Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: Aug 2016 Device: none	Thanks for the help everyone - looks like this will be addressed in the next Calibre update (Kovid has published a fix on github). Thanks again!

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