Error reading ODT Doc

[MichaelBKK]

Seems like this error is a recurring one, but I can't find a situation that matches mine, or a solution, since this obviously isn't a DRM issue. I've been using Calibre for a while now, and currently I'm trying to create a new ebook from existing source material I have. I've done some preliminary conversions without any problems, but now that I have the nearly complete book done, I'm getting the following error trying to convert to Mobi or ePub:

calibre, version 0.8.8
ERROR: Conversion Error: <b>Failed</b>: Convert book 1 of 1 (Bangkok Essentials)

Spoiler:

Convert book 1 of 1 (Bangkok Essentials)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 0.8.8
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., 'chapter|book|section|part|prologue|epilogue\\s+', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'/tmp/calibre_0.8.8_tmp_NuOKvy/calibre_0.8.8_haVZaj.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_compress': False,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'extra_css': None,
'fix_indents': True,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0xa6b29ac>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'mobi_ignore_margins': False,
'no_chapters_in_toc': True,
'no_inline_navbars': True,
'no_inline_toc': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.KindleOutput object at 0xa6b932c>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'personal_doc': u'[PDOC]',
'prefer_author_sort': False,
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'pretty_print': False,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'/tmp/calibre_0.8.8_tmp_NuOKvy/calibre_0.8.8_Y1v94n.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'rescale_images': False,
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: ODT Input running
on /tmp/calibre_0.8.8_tmp_NuOKvy/calibre_0.8.8_qGdfO7.odt
Extracting ODT file...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/calibre-parallel", line 19, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 181, in main
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
override_input_metadata=True)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
plumber.run()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 922, in run
accelerators, tdir)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 204, in __call__
log, accelerators)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/odt/input.py", line 120, in convert
return Extract()(stream, '.', log)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/odt/input.py", line 82, in __call__
html = self.odf2xhtml(stream)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1501, in odf2xhtml
self.load(odffile)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1486, in load
self._walknode(self.document.topnode)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1492, in _walknode
self._walknode(c)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1492, in _walknode
self._walknode(c)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1492, in _walknode
self._walknode(c)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1492, in _walknode
self._walknode(c)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1490, in _walknode
self.startElementNS(node.qname, node.tagName, node.attributes)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 555, in startElementNS
self.handle_starttag(tag, method, attrs)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 572, in handle_starttag
method(tag,attrs)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/odf/odf2xhtml.py", line 1161, in s_text_a
if href[0] == "#":
IndexError: string index out of range

I'm guessing there may be a bad hyperlink in the document, but I don't see any clues that will help me find it. Any suggestions?

[kovidgoyal]

That's caused by empty links, but calibre shouldn't be stopping on them,fixed in the next release.

[MichaelBKK]

That's what I guessed from the error. I'd just as soon get rid of the empty hyperlink in the source doc, but I can't find any reference for doing that in Libreoffice. Anyone have any ideas?

[alansplace]

Originally Posted by MichaelBKK

That's what I guessed from the error. I'd just as soon get rid of the empty hyperlink in the source doc, but I can't find any reference for doing that in Libreoffice. Anyone have any ideas?

IIRC, right click the hyperlink and there's a choice to 'delete hyperlink'.

[MichaelBKK]

Originally Posted by alansplace

IIRC, right click the hyperlink and there's a choice to 'delete hyperlink'.

Rigghhht... so which hyperlink is it? The question is how to find the offending hyperlink, since the error message gives no information about where in the document it is.