HTML file added to library is truncated unexpectedly

[seth123abc]

The file contained in the .zip when added to the library is only 42k when the original is 382k. Opening the file reveals the following at the end, where it is cut off:

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<dd>"</dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></dd></body>
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The original file uses the 'dd' tag for paragraphs, but does not close them. The </dd> must have been added by calibre when the file was added to the library. I can only guess that calibre expects the <dd> to be closed and therefore adds all of those </dd>, and the file is truncated perhaps because it thinks all of those tags are being chained and there is some sort of limit preventing it from adding the entire file? In any case the original file opens and views perfectly in any web browser. I am not really sure what exactly is going on here, perhaps someone here will be able to explain/fix.

[acidzebra]

The <dd> tag is used to describe an item in a definition list - not paragraphs. Remove them from the source file. Web browsers are used to handling crappy code and try to work around it by ignoring/fixing as best they can; conversion tools do not have this luxury.

[seth123abc]

But the <dd> tag is actually needed to properly indent and separate the paragraphs -- removing them lumps everything together. Regardless of what the tag is originally intended for, it does serve a necessary purpose here.

I did find that replacing them all with <p>, while adding unneccessary blank lines when viewed with a web browser, is converted by calibre into a properly formatted lrf, which is an acceptable workaround for me.

[acidzebra]

Originally Posted by seth123abc

Regardless of what the tag is originally intended for, it does serve a necessary purpose here.

Not "originally intended for" - intended for, period. Abusing a tag will lead to things breaking down, as you have just noticed.

You can style the p tag to behave in the same fashion by manipulating the margin/padding attributes in CSS; this way it will render consistently, be compliant, and behave in the fashion you want.