EPUB output - Page 25

yacoob · 02-24-2009, 05:13 PM

Hmm, doesn't seem to be working:

$ epub-meta accelerando.epub
Title : Accelerando-test
Author : Charles Stross
Producer : calibre (0.4.139) [http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net]
Tags : prose, singularity
Series : joyful exploits of merry manfred #1
Language : UND

Reader (Sony PRS-505) doesn't show up any collections. Anything else I need to do?

kovidgoyal · 02-24-2009, 05:14 PM

you need to transfer it to the reader using the GUI

yacoob · 02-24-2009, 05:18 PM

Ah, this is exactly the part I wanted to avoid. Blast. I take that it's the xml db on the reader itself that gets updated during transfer? Any chance of having this functionality as a separate binary/script? Something like:
transfer2reader file1 file2 file3 /path/to/root/of/sdcard/or/reader
?
Pretty please?

kovidgoyal · 02-24-2009, 05:25 PM

yeah the xml db has to be updated. Sorry, too much work implementing a CLI for that.

yacoob · 02-24-2009, 09:20 PM

Aw, come on. It's all python modules that are already there, no?

kovidgoyal · 02-24-2009, 10:16 PM

xcellent opportunity for you to get your feet wet

pepak · 02-25-2009, 08:21 AM

Not exactly what you want, but it does create collections from command line.

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29217

starrigger · 02-26-2009, 04:23 PM

Change of subject:

Kovid, I believe Nate opened a ticket about an EPUB conversion bug relating to << and >> marks used in text causing problems in the epub version. (Came up in a conversion of the Diamonds in the Sky online anthology.) Is that something likely to be corrected soon, or should we look for a workaround for that version?

Thanks.

JSWolf · 02-26-2009, 04:34 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by starrigger

Change of subject:

Kovid, I believe Nate opened a ticket about an EPUB conversion bug relating to << and >> marks used in text causing problems in the epub version. (Came up in a conversion of the Diamonds in the Sky online anthology.) Is that something likely to be corrected soon, or should we look for a workaround for that version?

Thanks.

I know the workaround. Don't know the solution. In your source, replace << and >> with other text not already in the source. Then after the ePub is created, extract the html/xml and replace the faked text with the << and >> and put the html/xml that needed to be edited back into the ePub.

kovidgoyal · 02-26-2009, 04:50 PM

That works for me, as I've indicated on the ticket. Some details about what OS and calibre version were used would be helpful

Lave · 03-02-2009, 07:40 PM

Hi,
firstly thank you for Calibre.
I have a little problem. I have a .txt ebook encoded in cp1250 (Central European). When I convert it to .lrf I have to specify "source encoding" because it doesn't autodetect correctly. So far so good.
But when I tried to convert it to .epub specifying "cp1250" on "Look & Feel => Source encoding" didn't help. Probably because it's for .html files only as comment says. Same applies for converting to .mobi.
I have Calibre 0.4.141 on Ubuntu 8.10
Thanks
Laco

Student1 · 03-02-2009, 08:39 PM

Hi,

looking for a tip to fix this problem when converting to epub (previously from html.toc file) :

I tried to use linearise tables but no luck. Just trying to make the text flowable so the right sides doesn t go off screen when viewed on my prs 505. Any css overide that could fix the problem?

thanks

tompe · 03-02-2009, 09:09 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I know the workaround. Don't know the solution. In your source, replace << and >> with other text not already in the source. Then after the ePub is created, extract the html/xml and replace the faked text with the << and >> and put the html/xml that needed to be edited back into the ePub.

Why not use entities for < and > (<< and >&gt

?

kovidgoyal · 03-03-2009, 12:25 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lave

Hi,
firstly thank you for Calibre.
I have a little problem. I have a .txt ebook encoded in cp1250 (Central European). When I convert it to .lrf I have to specify "source encoding" because it doesn't autodetect correctly. So far so good.
But when I tried to convert it to .epub specifying "cp1250" on "Look & Feel => Source encoding" didn't help. Probably because it's for .html files only as comment says. Same applies for converting to .mobi.
I have Calibre 0.4.141 on Ubuntu 8.10
Thanks
Laco

Just save your txt file in utf-8 as a workaround

kovidgoyal · 03-03-2009, 12:27 AM

@Student1

That's probably from a <pre> tag in the HTML. Unfortunately AFAIK you can't control the line wrapping with CSS

03-02-2009, 08:39 PM	#372
Student1 Groupie Posts: 159 Karma: 170 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: PRS-505	Hi, looking for a tip to fix this problem when converting to epub (previously from html.toc file) : I tried to use linearise tables but no luck. Just trying to make the text flowable so the right sides doesn t go off screen when viewed on my prs 505. Any css overide that could fix the problem? thanks Last edited by Student1; 03-02-2009 at 08:41 PM.

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02-24-2009, 05:13 PM	#361
yacoob Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 1326 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: none	Hmm, doesn't seem to be working: $ epub-meta accelerando.epub Title : Accelerando-test Author : Charles Stross Producer : calibre (0.4.139) [http://calibre.kovidgoyal.net] Tags : prose, singularity Series : joyful exploits of merry manfred #1 Language : UND Reader (Sony PRS-505) doesn't show up any collections. Anything else I need to do?

02-24-2009, 05:14 PM	#362
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,620 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	you need to transfer it to the reader using the GUI

02-24-2009, 05:18 PM	#363
yacoob Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 1326 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: none	Ah, this is exactly the part I wanted to avoid. Blast. I take that it's the xml db on the reader itself that gets updated during transfer? Any chance of having this functionality as a separate binary/script? Something like: transfer2reader file1 file2 file3 /path/to/root/of/sdcard/or/reader ? Pretty please?

02-24-2009, 05:25 PM	#364
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,620 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	yeah the xml db has to be updated. Sorry, too much work implementing a CLI for that.

02-24-2009, 09:20 PM	#365
yacoob Zealot Posts: 120 Karma: 1326 Join Date: Feb 2009 Device: none	Aw, come on. It's all python modules that are already there, no?

02-24-2009, 10:16 PM	#366
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,620 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	xcellent opportunity for you to get your feet wet

02-25-2009, 08:21 AM	#367
pepak Guru Posts: 610 Karma: 4150 Join Date: Mar 2008 Device: Sony Reader PRS-T3, Kobo Libra H2O	Not exactly what you want, but it does create collections from command line. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29217

02-26-2009, 04:23 PM	#368
starrigger Jeffrey A. Carver Posts: 1,355 Karma: 1107383 Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Massachusetts, USA Device: Lenovo Yoga Tab Plus, Droid phone, Nook HD+	Change of subject: Kovid, I believe Nate opened a ticket about an EPUB conversion bug relating to << and >> marks used in text causing problems in the epub version. (Came up in a conversion of the Diamonds in the Sky online anthology.) Is that something likely to be corrected soon, or should we look for a workaround for that version? Thanks.

02-26-2009, 04:50 PM	#370
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,620 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	That works for me, as I've indicated on the ticket. Some details about what OS and calibre version were used would be helpful

03-02-2009, 07:40 PM	#371
Lave Junior Member Posts: 3 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2008 Device: PRS-505	Hi, firstly thank you for Calibre. I have a little problem. I have a .txt ebook encoded in cp1250 (Central European). When I convert it to .lrf I have to specify "source encoding" because it doesn't autodetect correctly. So far so good. But when I tried to convert it to .epub specifying "cp1250" on "Look & Feel => Source encoding" didn't help. Probably because it's for .html files only as comment says. Same applies for converting to .mobi. I have Calibre 0.4.141 on Ubuntu 8.10 Thanks Laco

03-03-2009, 12:27 AM	#375
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,620 Karma: 28549044 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	@Student1 That's probably from a <pre> tag in the HTML. Unfortunately AFAIK you can't control the line wrapping with CSS