Another problem with nbsp

Notjohn · 01-19-2014, 07:55 AM

I have checked the threads on nbsp but I don't see this problem addressed:

My e-book is peppered with instances of   where I didn't ask for them and don't see any reason for including them. I am using Sigil 0.7.4.

Can I simply delete them with search & replace?

Thank you!

mrmikel · 01-19-2014, 08:31 AM

Yes, but don't count on a series of them to be displayed, nor an ordinary space between two paragraph tags to be honored by the ereader as a blank paragraph.

DiapDealer · 01-19-2014, 08:49 AM

  is the same thing as  . If you delete them all, the vertical spacing they represent in your document will be lost (not that I recommend using them for vertical spacing).

It's not a question of "asking" for them. If you hit the return key in Book View to add vertical spacing, Sigil automatically generates the code:

Code:

<p>&#160;</p>

in code view.

Prior to v0.7.4 the same action would have created:

Code:

<p>&nbsp;</p>

There is no fundamental difference between the two when it comes to rendering.

Also: any unicode non-breaking space characters in your source document will be converted to   when opened in Sigil. Any horizontal spacing that may have been achieved with consecutive non-breaking space characters will be lost if you delete all the  s

Notjohn · 01-24-2014, 06:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by DiapDealer

It's not a question of "asking" for them. If you hit the return key in Book View to add vertical spacing, Sigil automatically generates the code:

Gosh, I've never done that. All vertical spacing is in the style sheet. All the instances were randomly inserted into the text. As I recall, most often it would go like this: the close of an italics tag, followed by a non-breaking space, followed by the next character. Usually this caused no problem, but sometimes it glued the end of one sentence to the start of the next, with possible ill effects to the justification of the paragraph.

There weren't as many as I thought--maybe twelve or fifteen in a lengthy book.

Anyhow, I deleted them, adding an actual space where necessary, and the book is the better for it.

(The html, by the way, was created by word2cleanhtml online. Perhaps that's where the non-breaks came from?)

Thank you all!

GrannyGrump · 01-24-2014, 07:00 AM

I can't remember the exact circumstances to reproduce it, but you will get the unexpected #160 / nbsp when you edit in Book View and add spaces as you type. I know for sure it happens if you have used the Italics icon, and type a space at the end of the word, it will insert the #160 entity inside the italic tag. There are other circumstances, I just cannot call them to mind.

01-19-2014, 08:49 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,548 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	is the same thing as  . If you delete them all, the vertical spacing they represent in your document will be lost (not that I recommend using them for vertical spacing). It's not a question of "asking" for them. If you hit the return key in Book View to add vertical spacing, Sigil automatically generates the code: Code: <p> </p> in code view. Prior to v0.7.4 the same action would have created: Code: <p> </p> There is no fundamental difference between the two when it comes to rendering. Also: any unicode non-breaking space characters in your source document will be converted to   when opened in Sigil. Any horizontal spacing that may have been achieved with consecutive non-breaking space characters will be lost if you delete all the  s Last edited by DiapDealer; 01-19-2014 at 09:03 AM.

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01-19-2014, 07:55 AM	#1
Notjohn mostly an observer Posts: 1,515 Karma: 987654 Join Date: Dec 2012 Device: Kindle	Another problem with nbsp I have checked the threads on nbsp but I don't see this problem addressed: My e-book is peppered with instances of   where I didn't ask for them and don't see any reason for including them. I am using Sigil 0.7.4. Can I simply delete them with search & replace? Thank you!

01-19-2014, 08:31 AM	#2
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Yes, but don't count on a series of them to be displayed, nor an ordinary space between two paragraph tags to be honored by the ereader as a blank paragraph.

01-24-2014, 07:00 AM	#5
GrannyGrump Obsessively Dedicated... Posts: 3,200 Karma: 34977896 Join Date: May 2011 Location: JAPAN (US expatriate) Device: Sony PRS-T2, ADE on PC	I can't remember the exact circumstances to reproduce it, but you will get the unexpected #160 / nbsp when you edit in Book View and add spaces as you type. I know for sure it happens if you have used the Italics icon, and type a space at the end of the word, it will insert the #160 entity inside the italic tag. There are other circumstances, I just cannot call them to mind.

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