Remove Double Spaces

[HarryT]

I'm very well aware of how to edit the code - I'm a professional programmer and do this stuff as a part of my job. But in the cases where Calibre will do the job for me, I let it do so. In the cases that it doesn't, that's when deeper investigations are required, but even then the problem can always, in my experience, be sorted using Calibre's "search and replace" facility.

[PortMan]

OK, here are some passages from the html files:

For the first one (the one with almost nothing in the CSS file):

<p><span style="margin-right: 10px;font-size: large;">1</span><span style="text-transform: uppercase;">In</span> the  beginning God created the  heaven and the  earth.</p>
<p><span style="margin-right: 10px;font-size: large;">2</span>And the earth was without  form, and void; and  darkness<i>was</i> upon the face of the deep.   And the  Spirit of God  moved upon the face of the waters.</p>
<p><span style="margin-right: 10px;font-size: large;">3</span>And God  said, Let there be  light: and there was light.</p>

Here's a passage from the second one:

<p class="calibre3">“Why does it have to be you?� Teena asked.</p>
<p class="calibre3">He looked up and saw how she stood with her back to him.</p>
<p class="calibre3">“Teena� he said, sadly.</p>
<p class="calibre3">“Why?�</p>

[geormes]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Another issue is the code does get changed. If you are converting an ePub that has @page and/or embedded fonts, you get a nightmare in return due to Calibre's placing all the CSS @ code in almost every XML file. I prefer to know how to edit the code. In fact, it's not that difficult to do. Sometimes all it takes is removing @page & body if either/both exist and putting in a new body style. Sometimes all you need is a body style with the margin as you want them.

body {
  font-family: serif;
  widows: 0;
  orphans: 0;
  margin-top: 0;
  margin-bottom: 0;
  margin-left: 0;
  margin-right: 0;
  text-align: justify
}

Most newer ereaders let you change fonts, font-size, margins, etc. Why not have Calibre remove fonts, margins, font-size, etc. when doing an epub to epub conversion? Then you are left with a calibre generated stylesheet like this:

.calibre {
display: block
}
.calibre1 {
height: auto;
width: auto
}
.calibre2 {
font-weight: bolder
}
.calibre3 {
display: block;
font-weight: bold
}
.calibre4 {
display: block
}
.calibre5 {
font-style: italic
}

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by HarryT

I'm very well aware of how to edit the code - I'm a professional programmer and do this stuff as a part of my job. But in the cases where Calibre will do the job for me, I let it do so. In the cases that it doesn't, that's when deeper investigations are required, but even then the problem can always, in my experience, be sorted using Calibre's "search and replace" facility.

But once you do the conversion, you don't know if it failed unless you know where the section breaks are supposed to be and where they now are not.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by geormes

Most newer ereaders let you change fonts, font-size, margins, etc. Why not have Calibre remove fonts, margins, font-size, etc. when doing an epub to epub conversion? Then you are left with a calibre generated stylesheet like this:

.calibre {
display: block
}
.calibre1 {
height: auto;
width: auto
}
.calibre2 {
font-weight: bolder
}
.calibre3 {
display: block;
font-weight: bold
}
.calibre4 {
display: block
}
.calibre5 {
font-style: italic
}

Because the way I did it allows you to have the embedded font or if the reader app/device allows font changing, you can change the font. It gives you more choice without taking anything away.

[geormes]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Because the way I did it allows you to have the embedded font or if the reader app/device allows font changing, you can change the font. It gives you more choice without taking anything away.

True. But I am LAZY.
If an automated method exists that comes close to what I want most of the time, I prefer it. If I really like the embedded font and it's not on my device I can usually add it.
Did I mention I am LAZY?