Edits not always showing

[ri-chi]

Hi,

I am using calibre to edit an epub.
Some of the edits work just great.
But others, such as colour and spacings, show fine in the preview panel, but do NOT show in the epub.
I am using STDU to view my e-books.

Any suggestions?

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by ri-chi

I am using calibre to edit an epub.
Some of the edits work just great.
But others, such as colour and spacings, show fine in the preview panel, but do NOT show in the epub.
I am using STDU to view my e-books.

How do those edits look in Adobe Digital Editions or Calibre's ebook viewer?

If the edits look fine then it may be the STDU viewer, if they don't look fine post actual code snippets of items that don't seem to work.

[ri-chi]

Hi Dr.O,

The edits are ok in Calibre's book reader.
But they also do not show in Sumatra.

2 edits that don't show in the epub are:
<style> .centre { text-align: center; } #padleft { padding-left:50px; border:no; }
.tab1 { padding-left: 4em; } .tab2 { padding-left: 8em; } .tab3 { padding-left: 12em; } .red{ color: red;</style>
<div id="padleft">
<p class="red">

[DoctorOhh]

Originally Posted by ri-chi

Hi Dr.O,

The edits are ok in Calibre's book reader.
But they also do not show in Sumatra.

2 edits that don't show in the epub are:
<style> .centre { text-align: center; } #padleft { padding-left:50px; border:no; }
.tab1 { padding-left: 4em; } .tab2 { padding-left: 8em; } .tab3 { padding-left: 12em; } .red{ color: red;</style>
<div id="padleft">
<p class="red">

I'm no expert, but if Calibre's viewer renders the book fine, I would expect Adobe Digital Editions (which is the engine used by many eInk devices) would work fine too. Possibly Sumatra has a problem with padding attributes.

[ri-chi]

I have downloaded Adobe Digital Editions to check.
BUT, it is not very good.
The padding shows, but colour changes do not.
Worse, it has blanked large parts of my first 2 pages.
(Also it cannot handle images very well, these are often overlayed on the text.)

[JSWolf]

Given that your eBook is ePub and ADE has problems displaying your eBook, then I would say the problem is with your eBook. ADE is the standard and if it fails, then you need to fix things.

[JSWolf]

Use a proper linked CSS.

.centre {
text-align: center;
}
.padleft {
padding-left: 50px;
}
.tab1 {
padding-left: 4em;
}
.tab2 {
padding-left: 8em;
}
.tab3 {
padding-left: 12em;
}
.red {
color: red;
}

I've fixed your errors. With ADE, if you have an error in the style sheet, the entire style sheet will be ignored.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by ri-chi

I have downloaded Adobe Digital Editions to check.
BUT, it is not very good.
The padding shows, but colour changes do not.
Worse, it has blanked large parts of my first 2 pages.
(Also it cannot handle images very well, these are often overlayed on the text.)

You need to decide who your target customer is.
You can make a book that renders perfect (your version o perfect) on a device that many have not heard of...
OR
You can make it look good on the majority of devices (because they also support the DRM used by industry) ADE /RMSDK

ADE is notorious for ignoring whole stylesheets with syntax errors. Validate

USE A STYLESHEET
It is a lot easier to fix or adjust in a single place

[Phssthpok]

Originally Posted by ri-chi

2 edits that don't show in the epub are:
<style> .centre { text-align: center; } #padleft { padding-left:50px; border:no; }
.tab1 { padding-left: 4em; } .tab2 { padding-left: 8em; } .tab3 { padding-left: 12em; } .red{ color: red;</style>
<div id="padleft">
<p class="red">

You seem to be missing a "}" before "</style>".

[ri-chi]

@JSWolf, thanks. I have incorporated your code, but still no change.
So now I will check the whole style-sheet. Didn't realise that these pgms just ignored the style-sheet if there are errors. Would be more helpful if they flagged the errors.

@theducks. My target customer at the moment is me. Just want to read the corrected book on STDU.

@Phssthpok. Thanks.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by ri-chi

@JSWolf, thanks. I have incorporated your code, but still no change.
So now I will check the whole style-sheet. Didn't realise that these pgms just ignored the style-sheet if there are errors. Would be more helpful if they flagged the errors.

@theducks. My target customer at the moment is me. Just want to read the corrected book on STDU.

@Phssthpok. Thanks.

I like that ADE ignores the stylesheet. It lets me know that there is some error that needs fixing. ADE is the only program I know that ignores the stylesheet upon finding an error.

[ri-chi]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I like that ADE ignores the stylesheet. It lets me know that there is some error that needs fixing. ADE is the only program I know that ignores the stylesheet upon finding an error.

True. But it could also let you know by flagging the error, like in normal programming languages. This would be infinitely more helpful.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

I like that ADE ignores the stylesheet. It lets me know that there is some error that needs fixing. ADE is the only program I know that ignores the stylesheet upon finding an error.

Yes. . .
But it is a PITA when you buged just a dropcap and you turned the whole mess into unreadable.

[BetterRed]

Originally Posted by ri-chi

True. But it could also let you know by flagging the error, like in normal programming languages. This would be infinitely more helpful.

ADE is an e-book viewer just like STDU. Whilst it is regarded as a useful benchmark for reasons previously stated, it is not a diagnostic tool - that's what the epub validators do.

I've never heard of STDU until now. I see it and its companion products haven't been updated for a couple of years or more. So it might be time to consider an alternative viewer. On Windows (which is the only platform STDU supports) most reviews regard the calibre viewer as the best all round product. There are new versions of the calibre-viewer coming down the pipeline - whereas STDU may have been abandoned.

BR

[ri-chi]

Originally Posted by BetterRed

I've never heard of STDU until now. I see it and its companion products haven't been updated for a couple of years or more.

BR

Ok. Thanks Red. That is a shame, because I like the feel of STDU.