Extra paragraph marks in ePub - Page 2

Hitch · 12-20-2013, 05:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Carl A. Carlsson

Sorry Guys I thought I had closed this question.

The problem was the pretty print feature on Sigil was adding stuff to the file that was interacting with Apple's HTML. It was a question of conflicting styles of using HTML not a bug. The solution was to turn pretty print and allied options off before loading the file.

Hi:

FWIW, you probably mean HTML Tidy, not Pretty Print. All Pretty Print does is add whitespace, in CODE view, to make it easier to read the code. Nothing it does should affect the actual book. Hope that helps.

Hitch

DiapDealer · 12-20-2013, 05:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hitch

All Pretty Print does is add whitespace, in CODE view, to make it easier to read the code. Nothing it does should affect the actual book.

Usually true. But when that "white-space: pre;" attribute gets inlined or linked externally, the whitespace changes that Pretty Print makes actually can affect the rendered book view.

Hitch · 12-20-2013, 07:13 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

Usually true. But when that "white-space: pre;" attribute gets inlined or linked externally, the whitespace changes that Pretty Print makes actually can affect the rendered book view.

Seriously?

How does that occur? I don't think I've ever seen it happen here, so I'm genuinely asking.

Hitch

DiapDealer · 12-20-2013, 10:15 PM

I'll try to put together a quick epub as an example.

OK:

Make sure to have all cleaning turned off upon opening/saving and see how the code renders in Book View.

Then change Sigil to automatically Pretty Print the same ePub upon opening it and note how it renders.

I don't know if it has any adverse effect in ADE or other readers, but that attribute can sure create funky results within Sigil's Book View (not that anyone should trust Book View, of course, but I've seen it trip people up before).

Toxaris · 12-21-2013, 03:26 AM

Well, considering the issues "white-space: pre;" causes, it should be avoided like the plague...

DiapDealer · 12-21-2013, 07:37 AM

Absolutely!
But I vaguely rememer one of the iSomething editors wedging it in by default. Perhaps that's been fixed in later versions, though.

Hitch · 12-21-2013, 03:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

I'll try to put together a quick epub as an example.

OK:

Make sure to have all cleaning turned off upon opening/saving and see how the code renders in Book View.

Then change Sigil to automatically Pretty Print the same ePub upon opening it and note how it renders.

I don't know if it has any adverse effect in ADE or other readers, but that attribute can sure create funky results within Sigil's Book View (not that anyone should trust Book View, of course, but I've seen it trip people up before).

Well, I'll be damned. Holy *&^%$#@! I guess as I don't use PP or HT, I've never seen this. It absolutely affects the view in a reader. Damn.

Thanks, Diap. I doubt that I ever woulda seen that. Hm.

Hitch

DiapDealer · 12-21-2013, 04:03 PM

I'd say it's pretty rare. Just one to keep in the back of your mind for whenever someone is at the end of their rope trying to figure out where some extra white-space is coming from (and whenever someone swears on a stack of bibles that the line-spacing in code view is affecting how things render).

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12-21-2013, 03:26 AM	#20
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	Well, considering the issues "white-space: pre;" causes, it should be avoided like the plague...

12-21-2013, 07:37 AM	#21
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,572 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Absolutely! But I vaguely rememer one of the iSomething editors wedging it in by default. Perhaps that's been fixed in later versions, though.

12-21-2013, 04:03 PM	#23
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 28,572 Karma: 204127028 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	I'd say it's pretty rare. Just one to keep in the back of your mind for whenever someone is at the end of their rope trying to figure out where some extra white-space is coming from (and whenever someone swears on a stack of bibles that the line-spacing in code view is affecting how things render).