<div> instead of <p>?

[Slevin#7]

Guys, you're missing the point: the Apple users are the real victims here - once again extra hours with the psychiatrist...

[Moonbase59]

@Slevin#7: Yeah, it’s a mess- The more apps & devices you try, the more problems you find… :-(

@RbnJrg: I don’t change smartphones often – it’s a Sony Xperia (H4213) running Android 9. No more updates, as usual… :-(

And you know what? After switching it to page margins "Author" once, I can’t make it misbehave anymore, whatever I set the page margins to! So maybe there is a hidden bug in the PB app somewhere…

KOReader on the same device works nicely.

[PeterT]

The hiding / placement of options in many programs I find highly counter intuitive.

So few programs come with any real documentation these days. Authors seem to have a myriad of ways to hide even finding their settings menu.

And it's not just mobile apps. I always have a hard time remembering where on earth certain features are within calibre.

[Quoth]

Though there is some excuse for Calibre as it's at least:

• A Library / Database to manage your ebooks
• An advanced full text content search system for research
• An ebook viewer
• An ebook editor, inc ToC creation/editing and more.
• Manage devices and transfer to or from them, inc user templates.
• Edit Metadata.
• Create or add covers
• Search Internet for covers or metadata.
• Convert between many ebook formats.
• Manage annotations from devices (Kobo Utilities or Annotations)
• Well supported 3rd party plugins for many features*.
• Supports all three main OS for desktops/laptops
• A server that provides a web interface and OPDS.
• Can create catalogues as ebooks
• Better docx to epub than expensive "rent only" Adobe InDesign

It's beyond a Swiss Army knife or tool box but a virtual digital version of the library in a mansion (not a lending library) with a workshop and expert bookbinders, librarians, researchers, secretaries and butler. However it doesn't actually serve drinks.

A multi-tool where each blade or part can be a multi-tool!


Thanks Kovid. It's up there with web Browser, spreadsheet, wordprocessor, email and image editor for anyone that writes, reads or publishes as a "must have" application.

[* What's in this cupboard? Oh, fantastic!]

[RbnJrg]

Originally Posted by Moonbase59

And you know what? After switching it to page margins "Author" once, I can’t make it misbehave anymore, whatever I set the page margins to! So maybe there is a hidden bug in the PB app somewhere…

Well, now we have the same "issue" , try changing the paragraph in lightblue to have <div> instead of <p> tag. The problem should disappear.

[Moonbase59]

Originally Posted by RbnJrg

try changing the paragraph in lightblue to have <div> instead of <p> tag.

Nah, as I said above, I give up. And I will not change well-done EPUBs just for a bloody effing reader deficiency! Let them repair their reader software.

Yep, that’s just how I am. Stubborn, at times. ;-)

[Quoth]

Originally Posted by RbnJrg

Well, now we have the same "issue" , try changing the paragraph in lightblue to have <div> instead of <p> tag. The problem should disappear.

No, they need to fix their end. I'm not going to break the semantic and other logics of the epubs. Clue in name. p for paragraph, div for division.

Oddly I don't see the issue on my pocketbook app on Android.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by RbnJrg

By enabling author-based margins (a hidden feature deep within the application's settings), PB honors the margins specified in the style sheet.

However, if the user happens to modify the page margins using the easily accessible command in PB's main menu, the program not only modifies the page margins, but also all the margins, including paragraph margins. Thus, the specific values specified in the style sheet are no longer honored.

The only way for these margins to remain unchanged even when the user changes the page margins is to use <div> tags instead of <p> in paragraphs where a special margin is required. Terrible handling of margins by PB.

Is this an issue with PB on iOS or just Android?