Calibre v8.0 kepub features?

[theducks]

Originally Posted by SamLoki

Thank you for Creating Calibre kovidgoyal. I am still learning it. Is there a book or manual or anything to learn more about using Calibre? Tutorials? Thanks again.

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Some of the videos may be a bit dated... BUT THE FUNCTION is still there.

Also, Do read the FAQ section on the help page.
Press F1 while the main Calibre app has focus to get there.
That will help both avoid later grief and offer solutions for common issues'

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by SamLoki

Thank you for Creating Calibre kovidgoyal. I am still learning it. Is there a book or manual or anything to learn more about using Calibre? Tutorials? Thanks again.

There are two sticky threads from Kovid at the top of this forum Ψ³

New to calibre? Start Here

Video Tutorials

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[.tycho]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

https://github.com/kovidgoyal/calibr...44ef1c900d0997

So I just installed 8.1.1, and I'm happy to report that my <style> tag now contains:

* {
    /* Vendor-prefixed CSS properties for hyphenation. Keep -webkit first since
     * some user agents also recognize -webkit properties and will apply them.
     */
    -webkit-hyphens: auto;
    -webkit-hyphenate-limit-after: 5;
    -webkit-hyphenate-limit-before: 3;
    -webkit-hyphenate-limit-chars: 8 3 5;
    -webkit-hyphenate-limit-lines: 2;

    /* CSS4 standard properties for hyphenation. If a property isn't represented
     * in the standard, don't put a vendor-prefixed property for it above.
     */
    hyphens: auto;
    hyphenate-limit-chars: 8 3 5;
    hyphenate-limit-lines: 2;
    hyphenate-limit-last: page;
}

The bad news, unfortunately, is that the hyphenation still isn't working for some reason? Clearly this is above my pay grade, but I'm definitely confused... It used to work with KoboTouchExtended. Anything I can do or look at to help troubleshoot?

Thank you!!

[kovidgoyal]

What does the hyphenate section for a kepub produced by KTE look like? It will be in one of the css files. As far as I can tell from looking at the code it should be identical.

[PeterT]

Just found this morning the option to select on a book by book basis whether to convert to kepub or not Great feature.

If like me you haven't seen it, go to Preferences | Plugins | KoboTouch | Customize plugin. On the Collections, covers & uploads tab select the option to Use Kobo viewer for EPUB books and then in the Template to decide conversion enter either {tags:str_in_list(\,,as_epub,false,true)} or {tags:str_in_list(\,,as_kepub,true,false)} depending on whether you want to only tag books to leave in EPUB format, or only those to convert to KEPUB.

Depending on which template you use, either tag ebooks with as_epub or as_kepub.

[.tycho]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

What does the hyphenate section for a kepub produced by KTE look like? It will be in one of the css files. As far as I can tell from looking at the code it should be identical.

I'll resinstall 7.26 with KTE and create some KEPUBs, and then I'll be able to compare them to those created in 8.1.1 with KT. We'll get this nailed down!

[PeterT]

Originally Posted by .tycho

I'll resinstall 7.26 with KTE and create some KEPUBs, and then I'll be able to compare them to those created in 8.1.1 with KT. We'll get this nailed down!

If you can, just install the portable version of 7.26 which can co-exist with the regular installation. You can't run both at the same time but still can have both installed at the same time.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

What does the hyphenate section for a kepub produced by KTE look like? It will be in one of the css files. As far as I can tell from looking at the code it should be identical.

Here is what it looks like from calibre 7.24. This is in hyphenation.css.

* {
	/* Vendor-prefixed CSS properties for hyphenation. Keep -webkit last since
	 * some user agents also recognize -webkit properties and will apply them.
	 */
	-webkit-hyphens: auto;
	-webkit-hyphenate-limit-after: 3;
	-webkit-hyphenate-limit-before: 3;
	-webkit-hyphenate-limit-chars: 6 3 3;
	-webkit-hyphenate-limit-lines: 2;

	/* CSS4 standard properties for hyphenation. If a property isn't represented
	 * in the standard, don't put a vendor-prefixed property for it above.
	 */
	hyphens: auto;
	hyphenate-limit-chars: 6 3 3;
	hyphenate-limit-lines: 2;
	hyphenate-limit-last: page;
}

h1, h2, h3, h4, h5, h6, td {
	-webkit-hyphens: none !important;
	hyphens: none !important;
}

[.tycho]

Perhaps Kobos require the separate hyphenation.css files, and don’t work if it’s embedded in the chapter HTML files?

Does the hyphenation work on anyone else’s Kobo? I’ve got a Libra 2 running the latest firmware. Or am I the only one with the issue? Thanks!

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by .tycho

Perhaps Kobos require the separate hyphenation.css files, and don’t work if it’s embedded in the chapter HTML files?

Does the hyphenation work on anyone else’s Kobo? I’ve got a Libra 2 running the latest firmware. Or am I the only one with the issue? Thanks!

I'll test 8.1.1 on my Kobo when I get a chance.

[Lavender]

What does hyphenation refer to in this case?

[.tycho]

Originally Posted by Lavender

What does hyphenation refer to in this case?

Splitting a long word across lines, with a hyphen between them.

[Sirtel]

Just connected my Kobos for the first time after the version 8 update, to load some books. Everything worked perfectly, as it always has.

Many thanks again for calibre & plugins! I couldn't imagine my life without it.

[.tycho]

Originally Posted by Sirtel

Just connected my Kobos for the first time after the version 8 update, to load some books. Everything worked perfectly, as it always has.

Many thanks again for calibre & plugins! I couldn't imagine my life without it.

So can you please check if hyphenation is working in your KEPUBs?

[DNSB]

Originally Posted by .tycho

So can you please check if hyphenation is working in your KEPUBs?

Since I read in left justified (AKA ragged right), hyphens are not of much interest. I did switch one ePub to justified and there were hyphens along with lines with wide word gaps and interword spacing. I'm back to left justified until micro-justification becomes a commonplace for ereaders. See micro-typography for more information.

Have you tried going to the Hypenation tab in the KoboTouch driver configuration and changing the values there to match the ones used by the KTE driver.