control blockquote indentation

bobb40 · 08-09-2011, 05:11 AM

I am using ebook-convert from CLI, to convert text to epub. I want to control the indentation of paragraphs inside a blockquote. It works as I expected on the w3schools/tryit page (text-indent-example.jpg). But ebook-convert tag <p style="text-indent: 0;"> does not override the text-indent set by css. Is there a way of doing it without hacking the epub file?

ldolse · 08-09-2011, 09:11 AM

By default Calibre will honor what's in your html - odds are that some conversion setting is overriding the css. What conversion options do you have enabled?

Remove Spacing between paragraphs is the most common culprit - if you want control over indents avoid that feature and just use css to control spacing.

bobb40 · 08-09-2011, 09:47 AM

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Originally Posted by ldolse

By default Calibre will honor what's in your html - odds are that some conversion setting is overriding the css. What conversion options do you have enabled?

Remove Spacing between paragraphs is the most common culprit - if you want control over indents avoid that feature and just use css to control spacing.

Thanks, ldolse, you're spot on: I removed "--remove-paragraph-spacing" and the indent size option, and the anomalies are gone.

Is there an accepted way to "use css to control spacing"?

ldolse · 08-09-2011, 12:12 PM

p {margin-top:.3em; margin-bottom:.3em;}

Or 0 (that's what the option does), or whatever you like. Either add it directly to your doc or to Calibre's 'extra css' box.

unboggling · 08-09-2011, 03:06 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ldolse

p {margin-top:.3em; margin-bottom:.3em;}

Or 0 (that's what the option does), or whatever you like. Either add it directly to your doc or to Calibre's 'extra css' box.

I thought the CSS box in Conversion dialog only applied to what you see in the calibre viewer, and not the document itself as seen by other readers/devices? If the CSS box actually changes the html in the document so it applies to any other readers that display html correctly, then I need to change my wrong assumptions and start using it.

Starson17 · 08-09-2011, 04:43 PM

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Originally Posted by unboggling

I thought the CSS box in Conversion dialog only applied to what you see in the calibre viewer, and not the document itself as seen by other readers/devices?

That assumption is wrong. The viewer does have its own CSS override, but you access it in the viewer. The Conversion settings apply to the converted ebook.

unboggling · 08-09-2011, 06:14 PM

Wow! Thanks, Starson.

Edit: Really, thank you. In that case, CSS will be the next "complexity" I take baby steps into.

DoctorOhh · 08-09-2011, 11:16 PM

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Originally Posted by unboggling

I thought the CSS box in Conversion dialog only applied to what you see in the calibre viewer, and not the document itself as seen by other readers/devices? If the CSS box actually changes the html in the document so it applies to any other readers that display html correctly, then I need to change my wrong assumptions and start using it.

I have been waiting to see how long it would be before someone corrected your KISS post about the same assumption you voiced there. Now that you have the correct info you might want to edit that first post over in the KISS thread.

unboggling · 08-09-2011, 11:22 PM

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Originally Posted by dwanthny

I have been waiting to see how long it would be before someone corrected your KISS post about the same assumption you voiced there. Now that you have the correct info you might want to edit that first post over in the KISS thread.

@dwanthny, thank you. Good catch. I actually remembered to correct it a few hours ago.

Manichean · 08-10-2011, 05:04 AM

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08-09-2011, 05:11 AM	#1
bobb40 Enthusiast Posts: 28 Karma: 274 Join Date: Jul 2011 Device: Kindle3, Kindle4, KoboGlo	control blockquote indentation I am using ebook-convert from CLI, to convert text to epub. I want to control the indentation of paragraphs inside a blockquote. It works as I expected on the w3schools/tryit page (text-indent-example.jpg). But ebook-convert tag <p style="text-indent: 0;"> does not override the text-indent set by css. Is there a way of doing it without hacking the epub file? Attached Thumbnails

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unboggling Wizard Posts: 1,065 Karma: 858115 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: Kobo Clara, Kindle Paperwhite 10	Wow! Thanks, Starson. Edit: Really, thank you. In that case, CSS will be the next "complexity" I take baby steps into. Last edited by unboggling; 08-09-2011 at 06:22 PM.

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ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	By default Calibre will honor what's in your html - odds are that some conversion setting is overriding the css. What conversion options do you have enabled? Remove Spacing between paragraphs is the most common culprit - if you want control over indents avoid that feature and just use css to control spacing.

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ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	p {margin-top:.3em; margin-bottom:.3em;} Or 0 (that's what the option does), or whatever you like. Either add it directly to your doc or to Calibre's 'extra css' box.

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