html to pdf, TOC Page# trouble from CSS...

[MrBen]

We are using //h:h1 etc for level 1 TOC.

When we have a style that includes a negative left or right margin on the h1,
e.g.

margin-left: -1em;

then the page numbering on the TOC goes wrong.

The obvious workaround is to not use negative values for margin-left and margin-right, especially with TOC-level elements.

I have included a zip file that demonstrates the behaviour.
Line 270 of the style.css file switches the behaviour on and off.

We would love to have the ability to resolve this, but we know no python - we are merely humble users (and fans) of Calibre.

[kovidgoyal]

Your zip file is missing style.css

[MrBen]

so sorry!!

[kovidgoyal]

I tried running convert.sh on my system with calibre 2.10 and I saw nothing wrong in the output PDF file, see attached.

[MrBen]

That is interesting. We are using calibre 2.10 also - but on mac os x / Yosemite.
Note in the pdf (sent in the first zip bundle) the page numbers for The Project A, The Project B, and Post launch services are 8,2,3 respectively rather than 1,2,3.

Also, the pdf you attach looks very different indeed - I'm wondering if we are doing something wrong, or is it that different os will produce different results?

BTW, thanks for your near instant support.

[kovidgoyal]

The biggest difference in PDF output comes from fonts. Make sure your style file specifies proper font-families that are available on your system.