Non-Breaking hyphens missing after conversion

[onlyra]

Hy, is there a way to preserve the Non-Breaking hyphens when converting from docx to epub or mobi?
From what a have seen if I convert a docx, that contains Non-Breaking hyphens (the hyphen from "e-book" word), they are lost after conversion ( I get "ebook" word).
In my language we use a lot of these hyphens with words that should not be broken on two lines (as it happens when I just use hyphen-minus on the keyboard instead Non-Breaking hyphen).
I am using Calibre 2.0 Portable with a fresh install.

The conversion log is:

Converteşte cartea 1 din 1 (Hyphen example)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 2.0.0
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|pr ologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': None,
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'docx_no_cover': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_all_fonts': False,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'epub_flatten': False,
'epub_inline_toc': False,
'epub_toc_at_end': False,
'expand_css': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x03794DD0>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0x037A8130>,
'page_breaks_before': u'/',
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'C:\\DOCUME~1\\ADMINI~1\\LOCALS~1\\Temp\\calibre_ dymeyn\\t_kkkh.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'search_replace': '[]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'start_reading_at': None,
'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: DOCX Input running
on C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\calibre_dymeyn\ bhwci4.docx
Converting Word markup to HTML
Converting styles to CSS
Cleaning up redundant markup generated by Word
Parsing all content...
Parsing docx.css ...
Parsing index.html ...
Initial parse failed, using more forgiving parsers
Parsing index.html as HTML
Generating default TOC from spine...
Merging user specified metadata...
Detecting structure...
Auto generated TOC with 0 entries.
Flattening CSS and remapping font sizes...
Source base font size is 10.00000pt
Removing fake margins...
Found 1 items of level: p_1
Ignoring level p_1
Cleaning up manifest...
Trimming unused files from manifest...
Creating EPUB Output...
Splitting markup on page breaks and flow limits, if any...
Looking for large trees in index.html...
No large trees found
Generating default cover
This EPUB file has no Table of Contents. Creating a default TOC
EPUB output written to C:\DOCUME~1\ADMINI~1\LOCALS~1\Temp\calibre_dymeyn\ 908u78.epub

[kovidgoyal]

While there is indeed a bug where non breaking hyphens are being ignored, which will be fixed, note that converting to epub will convert the non-breaking hyphens into ordinary hyphens since Adobe Digital Editions cannot display non breaking hyphens on many existing epub reading devices.

[onlyra]

Thank you for your quick answer.

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

note that converting to epub will convert the non-breaking hyphens into ordinary hyphens since Adobe Digital Editions cannot display non breaking hyphens on many existing epub reading devices.

The same thing happens with mobi or azw3 formats ?

[kovidgoyal]

azw3 should be fine.

[onlyra]

Calibre Release: 2.2 [05 Sep, 2014]
Bug Fixes
...
DOCX Input: Fix non-breaking hyphens being ignored

Thanks , but I was happy only for a few moments. I have WinXP so no update.
I have been using Calibre v2.0 for a week without problems . Are you sure that only a WinXP warning in isn't enough?

sorry, my mistake, I have been using Calibre v2.0

[eschwartz]

Yes, it needs to be fully blocked.

Originally Posted by eschwartz

See the ongoing discussion here: https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=245069

[...]

If you want to run unstable software, you are more than welcomed to run from source, which makes disabling the XP block trivial.

See:
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...1&postcount=56
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...5&postcount=61

I assume anyone who would know enough to want to try this, would be capable of figuring it out.

No one is interested in making a one-click installer for calibre2.x on WinXP.

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

Approx 6% of visitors to the calibre-ebook.com use XP and 4% use versions of OS X older than 10.7 (which is the minimum that calibre 2.0 requires).

Let me re-iterate. calibre 1.48 works just fine on all these older systems and is a perfectly mature and functional piece of software. Use it as long as you feel the need to not upgrade. After all if you are not upgrading your OS you should not mind not upgrading your applications either.

Personally, I would be delighted to continue supporting older systems, and indeed, nothing in calibre's own code prevents it from working on these systems. But the decision is not in my hands, support for them was dropped because of Qt 5.

As for those of you complaining about the fact that calibre 2 runs OK on your XP systems. That is great for you, but I cannot, in good conscience, release software that I know to crash randomly on large numbers of XP systems. Such crashes can in the worst case lead to loss of your data. And if the release exists, it will be used regardless of how many warnings I put up.

If you are willing to accept that risk, and run on XP anyway, you can run from source, that is the extent of the support I am willing to provide for running on XP. Otherwise, just be happy with the nice, free, fully functional calibre 1.48 that will always remain available to you.

[goldilocks]

On the Calibre download page it says:

"The calibre portable build can be run on any windows computer running at least Windows XP SP3. It is self contained, your calibre libraries and settings are all kept together in one place."

So do you have Windows XP SP3?

[onlyra]

yes WinXP SP3

Yes, it needs to be fully blocked.
...

Ok, I understand your point.

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by goldilocks

On the Calibre download page it says:

"The calibre portable build can be run on any windows computer running at least Windows XP SP3. It is self contained, your calibre libraries and settings are all kept together in one place."

So do you have Windows XP SP3?

Unfortunately, the page needs to be updated to clarify that portable 2.1 and above will only run on Windows 7 and above.

[goldilocks]

Originally Posted by PeterT

Unfortunately, the page needs to be updated to clarify that portable 2.1 and above will only run on Windows 7 and above.

Sorry, I thought that was new wording!