Interesting ...

Gunnerp245 · 11-25-2012, 12:07 PM

I had massaged an ebook yesterday which looked good in both Sigil and calibre viewer; BUT when viewed in ADE and Sony Reader Library (PC) every paragraph was underlined. Further inspection with Sigil I found each paragraph began with <a> and ended with </a>. Removal of the <a></a> produced paragraphs without underlining.

Therefore, why did this show in ADE and Sony Reader Library (PC) and not in Sigil or calibre viewer?

Thanks.

theducks · 11-25-2012, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Gunnerp245

I had massaged an ebook yesterday which looked good in both Sigil and calibre viewer; BUT when viewed in ADE and Sony Reader Library (PC) every paragraph was underlined. Further inspection with Sigil I found each paragraph began with <a> and ended with </a>. Removal of the <a></a> produced paragraphs without underlining.

Therefore, why did this show in ADE and Sony Reader Library (PC) and not in Sigil or calibre viewer?

Thanks.

Now you see why Sigil is not the last word (usually it looks great in Sigil and does not work at all in ADE).

Both Sigil and Calibre use the same rendering engine, which is why similar looks.

DiapDealer · 11-25-2012, 12:46 PM

I'm guessing WebKit ignores pointless anchor tags. There could also be CSS involved that only underlines anchor tags having href attributes which is being ignored by ADE (and honored by WebKit) for a variety of reasons.

Gunnerp245 · 11-25-2012, 02:46 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Both Sigil and Calibre use the same rendering engine, which is why similar looks.

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I'm guessing WebKit ignores pointless anchor tags.

Good information to know.

Serpentine · 11-27-2012, 07:51 PM

a tags like that, which are not used as links; a is for anchor, anchors to link back to specific paragraphs from notes and such usually - often just spammed everywhere by an automatic process to make sure references will work.

The styling of an a tag without a link to something is meant to not be underlined, but some renders assume they're always going to be used as links. The render in Sigil is correct in this case.

11-25-2012, 12:07 PM	#1
Gunnerp245 Gadget Freak Posts: 1,169 Karma: 1043832 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: US Device: EE, Note 8	Interesting ... I had massaged an ebook yesterday which looked good in both Sigil and calibre viewer; BUT when viewed in ADE and Sony Reader Library (PC) every paragraph was underlined. Further inspection with Sigil I found each paragraph began with <a> and ended with </a>. Removal of the <a></a> produced paragraphs without underlining. Therefore, why did this show in ADE and Sony Reader Library (PC) and not in Sigil or calibre viewer? Thanks. Last edited by Gunnerp245; 11-25-2012 at 12:08 PM. Reason: grammar

11-25-2012, 12:46 PM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,891 Karma: 207182180 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I'm guessing WebKit ignores pointless anchor tags. There could also be CSS involved that only underlines anchor tags having href attributes which is being ignored by ADE (and honored by WebKit) for a variety of reasons. Last edited by DiapDealer; 11-25-2012 at 12:50 PM.

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Serpentine Evangelist Posts: 416 Karma: 1045911 Join Date: Sep 2011 Location: Cape Town, South Africa Device: Kindle 3	a tags like that, which are not used as links; a is for anchor, anchors to link back to specific paragraphs from notes and such usually - often just spammed everywhere by an automatic process to make sure references will work. The styling of an a tag without a link to something is meant to not be underlined, but some renders assume they're always going to be used as links. The render in Sigil is correct in this case.