kepubify 2.0 - A standalone tool to convert ePubs to Kepubs - Page 4

konstantinus · 10-12-2018, 11:29 AM

When I use kepubify, I drag and drop the .epub file onto kepubify.exe into windows, as a result the non-breaking space character & #160; is added to the .kepub file. Because of it, Russian hyphens work incorrectly in my kobo - the last letter is transferred to the next line. Can I avoid this?

geek1011 · 10-12-2018, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by konstantinus

When I use kepubify, I drag and drop the .epub file onto kepubify.exe into windows, as a result the non-breaking space character & #160; is added to the .kepub file. Because of it, Russian hyphens work incorrectly in my kobo - the last letter is transferred to the next line. Can I avoid this?

I would need to see the original epub file to figure this out. Can you PM or email it to me?

geek1011 · 10-12-2018, 03:35 PM

I received your PM. The issue is that the spaces are actually non-breaking spaces. See the screenshot (I searched for ordinary spaces).

The reason why the book worked fine before the conversion is because some parsers would ignore that was, as it should be escaped. Kepubify will try to make non-compliant html compliant (and as a result, converts nbsp chars to their escaped equivalent).

konstantinus · 10-12-2018, 03:44 PM

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Originally Posted by geek1011

...The issue is that the spaces are actually non-breaking spaces...

Thanks for the explanation, I will look for a way to fix it.

geek1011 · 10-12-2018, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by konstantinus

Thanks for the explanation, I will look for a way to fix it.

I could add an option to kepubify to do a find and replace on all files. I'll fix a copy of your epub and send it to you.

konstantinus · 10-17-2018, 08:08 AM

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Originally Posted by geek1011

I could add an option to kepubify to do a find and replace on all files. I'll fix a copy of your epub and send it to you.

I have now solved my problem by removing all non-breaking spaces from the .epub. But this is wrong, they should be in these places. Is it possible to make kepubify not replace these characters with & # 160; ? For example, an additional option? Although I still do not know how kobo will react to these characters in .kepub. In .epub everything is correct.

geek1011 · 10-23-2018, 06:20 PM

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Originally Posted by konstantinus

I have now solved my problem by removing all non-breaking spaces from the .epub. But this is wrong, they should be in these places. Is it possible to make kepubify not replace these characters with & # 160; ? For example, an additional option? Although I still do not know how kobo will react to these characters in .kepub. In .epub everything is correct.

Do you want me to add an option?

geek1011 · 10-23-2018, 06:21 PM

Kepubify now includes a Debian/Ubuntu package repository for simpler installation. See https://deb.geek1011.net/packages/stable/ for installation instructions.

konstantinus · 10-23-2018, 09:16 PM

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Originally Posted by geek1011

Do you want me to add an option?

If possible.

geek1011 · 11-04-2018, 03:09 PM

I have released kepubify v0.3.1.

This release includes a workaround for the issues with kepub stylesheets in firmware 4.11.11976. See this post for more information.

konstantinus · 11-22-2018, 12:20 PM

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Originally Posted by geek1011

Do you want me to add an option?

Will you do this? Would be very grateful if yes.

geek1011 · 11-22-2018, 07:27 PM

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Originally Posted by konstantinus

Will you do this? Would be very grateful if yes.

Yes. Sorry about the delay, I forgot about it earlier. I'll do it next week.

DNSB · 11-23-2018, 02:39 AM

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Originally Posted by konstantinus

I have now solved my problem by removing all non-breaking spaces from the .epub. But this is wrong, they should be in these places. Is it possible to make kepubify not replace these characters with & # 160; ? For example, an additional option? Although I still do not know how kobo will react to these characters in .kepub. In .epub everything is correct.

One problem is that the & #160; IS a non-breaking space. In an epub2, it is treated exactly the same as a &nbsp ;. With an epub3, named character entities — such as &nbsp ; for non-breaking spaces and &mdash ; for em dashes — are no longer supported though you can use them after defining them. This means using &nbsp ; should be avoided though the numeric entities for a non-breaking space either &#x000A0 ; or & #160; are allowed. The only exceptions are the quotation mark ", apostrophe ', ampersand &, less-than < and greater-than > since they must be escaped in the content and metadata though some sites seem to indicate that even for these, using the numeric entities is preferred.

Since a kepub is rendered on a Kobo ereader using an epub3 compliant (more or less) renderer, using named character entities should be avoided.

geek1011 · 11-24-2018, 06:25 PM

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Originally Posted by konstantinus

Will you do this? Would be very grateful if yes.

Done. I haven't released it yet, as I'm in the middle of a refactor, but here is a build with the new replace option.

konstantinus · 11-25-2018, 01:01 PM

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Originally Posted by geek1011

Done. I haven't released it yet, as I'm in the middle of a refactor, but here is a build with the new replace option.

Do I need to use this option to get the non-breakable space character that was in the original epub and delete the "& # 160;"?

10-12-2018, 11:29 AM	#46
konstantinus Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2018 Device: Kobo Glo HD, Kobo Forma	When I use kepubify, I drag and drop the .epub file onto kepubify.exe into windows, as a result the non-breaking space character & #160; is added to the .kepub file. Because of it, Russian hyphens work incorrectly in my kobo - the last letter is transferred to the next line. Can I avoid this? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by konstantinus; 10-12-2018 at 01:09 PM.

10-12-2018, 03:35 PM	#48
geek1011 Wizard Posts: 2,731 Karma: 6678757 Join Date: May 2016 Location: Ontario, Canada Device: Kobo Mini, Aura Edition 2 v1, Clara HD	I received your PM. The issue is that the spaces are actually non-breaking spaces. See the screenshot (I searched for ordinary spaces). The reason why the book worked fine before the conversion is because some parsers would ignore that was, as it should be escaped. Kepubify will try to make non-compliant html compliant (and as a result, converts nbsp chars to their escaped equivalent). Attached Thumbnails

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