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paulpeer · 03-09-2010, 11:10 AM

I've made an ePub book with Sigil, and ePubValidator (http://threepress.org/document/epub-validate/) gives this error:

ERROR: Origino de specioj.epub/OEBPS/Text/content022.xhtml(94): attribute "span" not allowed at this point

I cannot find anything wrong. Does someone know how to interpret the number (94) behind the page name? I thought it might be the 94th line, but the 94th line from Sigils point of view is empty. 94th character in the file doesn't make sence either ...

Valloric · 03-09-2010, 12:05 PM

Without the epub file in question, helping you is impossible.

KevinH · 03-09-2010, 12:36 PM

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Originally Posted by paulpeer

I've made an ePub book with Sigil, and ePubValidator (http://threepress.org/document/epub-validate/) gives this error:

ERROR: Origino de specioj.epub/OEBPS/Text/content022.xhtml(94): attribute "span" not allowed at this point

I cannot find anything wrong. Does someone know how to interpret the number (94) behind the page name? I thought it might be the 94th line, but the 94th line from Sigils point of view is empty. 94th character in the file doesn't make sence either ...

FWIW, I have received a similar error once and it was because < span > is an inline element by default and I had used a < span > tag that was NOT inside a block level tag. It was only inside the < body > tag.

Once I placed it within a block level tag (like a <p > < /p > tag set) that error message went away for me.

But the error messages from epubcheck are so vague I have no idea if you are having the same issue or not.

paulpeer · 03-09-2010, 12:43 PM

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Originally Posted by KevinH

FWIW, I have received a similar error once and it was because < span > is an inline element by default and I had used a < span > tag that was NOT inside a block level tag. It was only inside the < body > tag.

Thanks for trying, Kevin, but no, I've just checked: every < span > element is within a <p > element ...

paulpeer · 03-09-2010, 12:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Valloric

Without the epub file in question, helping you is impossible.

Thanks for the suggestion, Valloric, but publishing it here could give problems with copyright. Can I send it somehow privately?

pdurrant · 03-09-2010, 12:55 PM

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Originally Posted by paulpeer

ERROR: Origino de specioj.epub/OEBPS/Text/content022.xhtml(94): attribute "span" not allowed at this point

I cannot find anything wrong. Does someone know how to interpret the number (94) behind the page name?

It's the 94th line. But not the 94th line in Sigil, but the 94th line in the source file content022.xhtml, where lines are delimited by CR/LF or CR or LF.

Valloric · 03-09-2010, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by paulpeer

Thanks for the suggestion, Valloric, but publishing it here could give problems with copyright. Can I send it somehow privately?

Create an issue on the tracker and use the "Private" label. Only you and I will be able to see it. More details on this wiki page.

paulpeer · 03-09-2010, 02:39 PM

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Originally Posted by pdurrant

It's the 94th line. But not the 94th line in Sigil, but the 94th line in the source file content022.xhtml, where lines are delimited by CR/LF or CR or LF.

Thanks. I thought both were the same, but there is indeed a slight difference in counting. The 94th line in the source is the 103rd line in Sigil.

But the bad news is, that the 94th line is a blank line between two paragraphs ...

So a start supposing that EPUBValidator is getting crazy ...

DaleDe · 03-09-2010, 02:46 PM

Often an error turns up because of a lack of something. This results in a display like you are seeing. Perhaps there should have been a </span> before the point in the file or it is not well nested.

paulpeer · 03-09-2010, 03:13 PM

I found it!!! But the problem was not in line 94, but several paragraphs before that ... Thanks to all who tried thinking with me!

AlexBell · 03-10-2010, 02:27 AM

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Originally Posted by paulpeer

I found it!!! But the problem was not in line 94, but several paragraphs before that ... Thanks to all who tried thinking with me!

Could you tell us please what the problem was that you found?

Regards, Alex

paulpeer · 03-10-2010, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by AlexBell

Could you tell us please what the problem was that you found?

Regards, Alex

Yes, all my paragraphs have the basic form < p > ... </ p> but one of them had this structure: < p span="" >

I haven't the slightest idea how it came there, and why I managed not to see it ...

Today I had a similar problem. I imported an HTML file in Sigil. This file had many < h1 > chapters. After opening it in Sigil I saw that every < h1 > had been changed to < h1 class="" >. This empty class gave the same error message as the strange span="" yesterday.

Valloric · 03-10-2010, 12:21 PM

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Originally Posted by paulpeer

Today I had a similar problem. I imported an HTML file in Sigil. This file had many < h1 > chapters. After opening it in Sigil I saw that every < h1 > had been changed to < h1 class="" >. This empty class gave the same error message as the strange span="" yesterday.

That's strange. Could you make a small test case that reproduces the problem and then report it on the tracker?

paulpeer · 03-10-2010, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Valloric

That's strange. Could you make a small test case that reproduces the problem and then report it on the tracker?

Done!

Valloric · 03-10-2010, 05:24 PM

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Originally Posted by paulpeer

Done!

And fixed, too!

03-09-2010, 11:10 AM	#1
paulpeer Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 56 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Antwerpen Device: iPhone, Sony PRS-505, EPUBreader	attribute "span" not I've made an ePub book with Sigil, and ePubValidator (http://threepress.org/document/epub-validate/) gives this error: ERROR: Origino de specioj.epub/OEBPS/Text/content022.xhtml(94): attribute "span" not allowed at this point I cannot find anything wrong. Does someone know how to interpret the number (94) behind the page name? I thought it might be the 94th line, but the 94th line from Sigils point of view is empty. 94th character in the file doesn't make sence either ...

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03-09-2010, 12:05 PM	#2
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Without the epub file in question, helping you is impossible.

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DaleDe Grand Sorcerer Posts: 11,470 Karma: 13095790 Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: Grass Valley, CA Device: EB 1150, EZ Reader, Literati, iPad 2 & Air 2, iPhone 7	Often an error turns up because of a lack of something. This results in a display like you are seeing. Perhaps there should have been a </span> before the point in the file or it is not well nested.

03-09-2010, 03:13 PM	#10
paulpeer Zealot Posts: 147 Karma: 56 Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Antwerpen Device: iPhone, Sony PRS-505, EPUBreader	I found it!!! But the problem was not in line 94, but several paragraphs before that ... Thanks to all who tried thinking with me!