LRF output

[kovidgoyal]

Open a ticket for NCX support and attach the file.

[JSWolf]

I'll attach the epub fle. It is able to be split into it's parts by unzipping it.

[JSWolf]

Ticket #522 created.

[moneytoo]

Hi,

I'm trying to convert some html files (decompiled chm) but I'm getting this error:

sequence item 0: expected string, NoneType found
Detailed traceback:
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "main.py", line 297, in add_books
File "main.py", line 309, in _add_books
File "libprs500\ebooks\metadata\meta.pyo", line 43, in get_metadata
File "libprs500\ebooks\metadata\html.pyo", line 63, in get_metadata
File "libprs500\ebooks\metadata\__init__.pyo", line 110, in __str__
TypeError: sequence item 0: expected string, NoneType found

Here's sample file: http://www.smartmadsoft.com/temp/cpy.html
I have tried 4 decompiled chm and I cannot convert any of them.

[kovidgoyal]

That's a regression, will be fixed in the next release ina couple of days. In the meantime you can use the commandline html2lrf command to convert the HTML files.

[moneytoo]

Thanks, kovidgoyal. Commandline html2lrf works. The converting take a long time but the book looks really great. The only not so good page is the table of content. Is there any solution or settings (I want to still keep tables in the book)? http://smartmadsoft.com/temp/toc.html

[kovidgoyal]

Simplest solution is to manually edit the file and remove the <table> tag. Leave the <tr> and <td> tags.

[jackhammer]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

To force page breaks you have to put a style="page-break-before: always" in the tag.

what I am doing is rong but I cant seem to think of a diffrent way to do this.

<style ="page-break-before: always"></style>

nothing happens.
please show me an example of how to force a page break.

thx for your help..

[JSWolf]

This is what works for me...

<p style="page-break-after:always"></p>

[jackhammer]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

This is what works for me...

<p style="page-break-after:always"></p>

ok I have inserted the above line into my html file on it's own line, ran it through html2lrf and viewed the result with the lrf viewer no page break.
code below

<p><em>To Jonathon, who never freaks about my choice of
research. He took away my serial killer books, at my request. When I
was ready he gave them back. He's helping me understand that just
because someone else thinks you're a monster doesn't mean you are. Even
if that person says they love you. Here's to finding love that builds
you up, instead of breaking you down.</em></p>
<p style="page-break-after: always;"></p>

one thing I have noticed is that my html editor (KompoZer) keeps inserting a ";" after the always is this a problem ?
again thx muchly for your assistance in advance..

[kovidgoyal]

Here's what i use:

<br style="page-break-after: always;">

[jackhammer]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Here's what i use:

<br style="page-break-after: always;">

That worked like a charm

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by jackhammer

ok I have inserted the above line into my html file on it's own line, ran it through html2lrf and viewed the result with the lrf viewer no page break.
code below

<p><em>To Jonathon, who never freaks about my choice of
research. He took away my serial killer books, at my request. When I
was ready he gave them back. He's helping me understand that just
because someone else thinks you're a monster doesn't mean you are. Even
if that person says they love you. Here's to finding love that builds
you up, instead of breaking you down.</em></p>
<p style="page-break-after: always;"></p>

one thing I have noticed is that my html editor (KompoZer) keeps inserting a ";" after the always is this a problem ?
again thx muchly for your assistance in advance..

The thing is not to use an editor that changes the code as you put it in. You want the code to remain as is.

[curtw]

I'm having a problem, but I'd like to try to figure out if it's a limitation of the Reader before I try to ask for a "fix" to html2lrf.

I have tried to format some text with a sans-serif font, bold, and italicized, but I can't seem to get that combination out of libprs500. Does the Reader even contain this character set?

I've tried both <strong> and <b> tags for bold, as well as both <em> and <i> for italics. I have not tried a CSS implementation.

Any advice?

[kovidgoyal]

The reader has neither bold nor italic typefaces. It simulates both by hacking the fonts (it thickens the font for bold and slants it for italics). I dont remember if it supports both bold and italic at the same time, one way to test is to see the file in libprs500's inbuilt viewer.