Strange behaviour

Ghitulescu · 06-05-2015, 01:07 PM

I noticed that Calibre "forgets" a descriptive line from the header when splitting an HTML file into two.

Code:

 <meta content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/>

Is this related to the fact that the file itself is an HTML and not an XHTML one? That line comes from a commercial book BTW.

Thanks for clarifying.

Ghitulescu · 06-16-2015, 04:47 AM

The same thing also happens with xhtml files.

Which brings me to the conclusion that calibre thinks this line is superfluous.

kovidgoyal · 06-16-2015, 04:57 AM

It is superfluous since the default encoding for HTML in epub/azw3 files is defined as utf-8 --which means that when charset is not declared, it *must* be assumed to be utf-8.

And the calibre editor guarantees that edited HTML files are always saved as UTF-8, regardless of the encoding of file originally.

06-05-2015, 01:07 PM	#1
Ghitulescu Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 403106 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: PRS-T1	Strange behaviour I noticed that Calibre "forgets" a descriptive line from the header when splitting an HTML file into two. Code: <meta content="application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8" http-equiv="Content-Type"/> Is this related to the fact that the file itself is an HTML and not an XHTML one? That line comes from a commercial book BTW. Thanks for clarifying.

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06-16-2015, 04:47 AM	#2
Ghitulescu Fanatic Posts: 563 Karma: 403106 Join Date: Aug 2014 Device: PRS-T1	The same thing also happens with xhtml files. Which brings me to the conclusion that calibre thinks this line is superfluous.

06-16-2015, 04:57 AM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,859 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	It is superfluous since the default encoding for HTML in epub/azw3 files is defined as utf-8 --which means that when charset is not declared, it must be assumed to be utf-8. And the calibre editor guarantees that edited HTML files are always saved as UTF-8, regardless of the encoding of file originally.

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