PDF to..., with Calibre 4.2

jbacelar · 10-18-2019, 06:57 AM

PDF conversion to epub or fb2, does not work, independent of the source file or / and the settings used in the conversion.
The funny thing is that opening the PDF with the Caliber viewer, it presents it without problems and in a few seconds.
I attach a PDF and copy of the details of the task, after stopping it after thirty minutes.
With Windows 10

JSWolf · 10-18-2019, 07:08 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jbacelar

PDF conversion to epub or fb2, does not work, independent of the source file or / and the settings used in the conversion.
The funny thing is that opening the PDF with the Caliber viewer, it presents it without problems and in a few seconds.
I attach a PDF and copy of the details of the task, after stopping it after thirty minutes.
With Windows 10

The problem is PDF to anything else can be very problematic. It's not usually worth the hassle and the errors.

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2019, 08:08 AM

WOrks for me on linux, dont have access to a windows computer right now to check. Can you run the conversion from a command prompt using ebook-convert

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2019, 08:12 AM

Worked on my windows 10 machine as well

BetterRed · 10-18-2019, 08:16 AM

Convert to ePub took 3 seconds here with default settings

$20 please

BR

jbacelar · 10-18-2019, 10:25 AM

Thank you, Kovid and BR.
Your information has encouraged me to start a trial and error list.
And I found the culprit!
In the Search and Replace section, I had: search for "\s" and replace with "normal space" (with the intention of eliminating break-spaces etc).
Until last month it had done his job correctly, but now he leaves the converter hanging.

kovidgoyal · 10-18-2019, 11:05 AM

As I recall \s only matches normal space, newline, tab etc. Though why it should cause the other PDf cleanup regular expression to hang I dont kow.

jbacelar · 10-18-2019, 11:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

As I recall \s only matches normal space, newline, tab etc. Though why it should cause the other PDf cleanup regular expression to hang I dont kow.

kovidgoyal · 10-19-2019, 01:18 AM

This is fixed by: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...7b3df701a5f688

jbacelar · 10-19-2019, 01:37 AM

Wow! Awesome.

awz3 · 11-15-2019, 02:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

This is fixed by: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...7b3df701a5f688

and how can i use this script?

theducks · 11-15-2019, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by awz3

and how can i use this script?

By loading the latest Calibre.
That is the notation to the fix that will be used in the next build (which has happened by now: 4.3)

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10-18-2019, 08:08 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	WOrks for me on linux, dont have access to a windows computer right now to check. Can you run the conversion from a command prompt using ebook-convert

10-18-2019, 08:12 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Worked on my windows 10 machine as well

10-18-2019, 10:25 AM	#6
jbacelar Interested in the matter Posts: 421 Karma: 426094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Spain, south coast Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	Thank you, Kovid and BR. Your information has encouraged me to start a trial and error list. And I found the culprit! In the Search and Replace section, I had: search for "\s" and replace with "normal space" (with the intention of eliminating break-spaces etc). Until last month it had done his job correctly, but now he leaves the converter hanging.

10-18-2019, 11:05 AM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	As I recall \s only matches normal space, newline, tab etc. Though why it should cause the other PDf cleanup regular expression to hang I dont kow.

10-19-2019, 01:18 AM	#9
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,347 Karma: 27182818 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	This is fixed by: https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...7b3df701a5f688

10-19-2019, 01:37 AM	#10
jbacelar Interested in the matter Posts: 421 Karma: 426094 Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: Spain, south coast Device: Pocketbook InkPad 3	Wow! Awesome.

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