Sigil-generated styles

Notjohn · 11-11-2014, 09:39 AM

One of the reasons I didn't Calibre was its seeming insistence on creating its own version of my styles. Now I notice that occasionally Sigil does the same thing, most recently this:



I have pondered this and come to the conclusion that Sigil has chosen to correct my instances of bolded italics. Here's the relevant style:

<style type="text/css">
i.sgc-1 {font-weight: bold}

Is there something wrong or undesirable about going bold italics?

Thanks!

PeterT · 11-11-2014, 09:44 AM

I might be wrong but if you use just the calibre EDITOR and not calibre CONVERSION styles are left excatly as you write them.

Toxaris · 11-11-2014, 10:17 AM

It seems as an action of HTML Tidy. Is it turned off?

eschwartz · 11-11-2014, 04:07 PM

All problems with changing CSS will only happen when using automated processes.

calibre conversions are the main offender -- as an end-use program it wil flatten all CSS for normalizing, carefully nuking all semantic meaning... as it is designed to do.
Sigil will auto-clean sometimes, when it feels uncomfortable with the code. When opening a text file, and when switching to/from Book View, it will Tidy your files. Tidy is overeager, it also hates b/i tags.

calibre editor will only do so when using the Beautify or Fix HTML buttons, and it is advisable to use Check Book instead of Fix, and before Beautify. Nevertheless, only the actions crucial to parsing the book as valid (X)HTML+CSS will be taken. Your styles will NEVER be renamed.

Tex2002ans · 11-11-2014, 07:16 PM

You want to go into Edit - Preferences - Clean Source, and you want to make sure that "When Cleaning, Use This Type:" says "Pretty Print Tidy".

All of those sgc-1 classes are because "HTML Tidy" is on instead. You want that disabled.

11-11-2014, 09:39 AM	#1
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,518 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	Sigil-generated styles One of the reasons I didn't Calibre was its seeming insistence on creating its own version of my styles. Now I notice that occasionally Sigil does the same thing, most recently this: <i class="sgc-1"> I have pondered this and come to the conclusion that Sigil has chosen to correct my instances of bolded italics. Here's the relevant style: <style type="text/css"> i.sgc-1 {font-weight: bold} Is there something wrong or undesirable about going <i><b>bold italics</b></i>? Thanks!

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11-11-2014, 09:44 AM	#2
PeterT Grand Sorcerer Posts: 13,307 Karma: 78876004 Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Toronto Device: Libra H2O, Libra Colour	I might be wrong but if you use just the calibre EDITOR and not calibre CONVERSION styles are left excatly as you write them.

11-11-2014, 10:17 AM	#3
Toxaris Wizard Posts: 4,520 Karma: 121692313 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Heemskerk, NL Device: PRS-T1, Kobo Touch, Kobo Aura	It seems as an action of HTML Tidy. Is it turned off?

11-11-2014, 04:07 PM	#4
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	All problems with changing CSS will only happen when using automated processes. calibre conversions are the main offender -- as an end-use program it wil flatten all CSS for normalizing, carefully nuking all semantic meaning... as it is designed to do. Sigil will auto-clean sometimes, when it feels uncomfortable with the code. When opening a text file, and when switching to/from Book View, it will Tidy your files. Tidy is overeager, it also hates b/i tags. calibre editor will only do so when using the Beautify or Fix HTML buttons, and it is advisable to use Check Book instead of Fix, and before Beautify. Nevertheless, only the actions crucial to parsing the book as valid (X)HTML+CSS will be taken. Your styles will NEVER be renamed.

11-11-2014, 07:16 PM	#5
Tex2002ans Wizard Posts: 2,306 Karma: 13057279 Join Date: Jul 2012 Device: Kobo Forma, Nook	You want to go into Edit - Preferences - Clean Source, and you want to make sure that "When Cleaning, Use This Type:" says "Pretty Print Tidy". All of those sgc-1 classes are because "HTML Tidy" is on instead. You want that disabled.