Curving text layout

RKEP71 · 04-08-2012, 06:04 AM

I have a copy of Alice in Wonderland that in chapter three has a paragraph where the text curves like a puff of smoke.

I have tried to replicate this??? The code uses widows and orphans but it dosent seem to do anything in Sigil.

Not having any success I tried saving the original Alice file in Sigil as a new file without changing a thing but this altered the layout of the curved text and it no longer curves.

How did this work on the original file? Does anyone know how to replicate this in Sigil?

theducks · 04-08-2012, 06:23 AM

Something seems to have broken the right margin on that paragraph and the text no longer wraps

DiapDealer · 04-08-2012, 09:09 AM

Sigil seems to be removing all of the self-contained span tags like:

Code:

<span style="display:inline-block;width:3.75em;"/>

Which destroys the formatting needed to create the effect.
This seems to happen whether HTMLTidy is on or off. Perhaps it's a violation of epub or (x)html specs? Someone else may be able to answer that. Either way... it doesn't look like you'll be able to use Sigil to create a similar effect.

EDIT:
I tried changing all instances of

Code:

<span style="display:inline-block;width:x.xxem;"/>

to

Code:

<span style="display:inline-block;width:x.xxem;"></span>

It makes no difference. Sigil seems to strip empty span tags, regardless.

user_none · 04-08-2012, 07:37 PM

This is an issue with Tidy. Tidy is still used for formatting text. Unfortunately, even when only used for formatting it still does some processing such as stripping what it feels are empty tags.

Jellby · 04-09-2012, 06:53 AM

"inline-block" is not a supported value in ePub 2.1, so you shouldn't expect it to work.

Have you checked my copy of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in the library forum? (it's not a puff of smoke, but a mouse tail...)

04-08-2012, 09:09 AM	#3
DiapDealer Grand Sorcerer Posts: 27,553 Karma: 193191846 Join Date: Jan 2010 Device: Nexus 7, Kindle Fire HD	Sigil seems to be removing all of the self-contained span tags like: Code: <span style="display:inline-block;width:3.75em;"/> Which destroys the formatting needed to create the effect. This seems to happen whether HTMLTidy is on or off. Perhaps it's a violation of epub or (x)html specs? Someone else may be able to answer that. Either way... it doesn't look like you'll be able to use Sigil to create a similar effect. EDIT: I tried changing all instances of Code: <span style="display:inline-block;width:x.xxem;"/> to Code: <span style="display:inline-block;width:x.xxem;"></span> It makes no difference. Sigil seems to strip empty span tags, regardless. Last edited by DiapDealer; 04-08-2012 at 09:36 AM.

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04-08-2012, 06:23 AM	#2
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 29,818 Karma: 54830978 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	Something seems to have broken the right margin on that paragraph and the text no longer wraps

04-08-2012, 07:37 PM	#4
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	This is an issue with Tidy. Tidy is still used for formatting text. Unfortunately, even when only used for formatting it still does some processing such as stripping what it feels are empty tags.

04-09-2012, 06:53 AM	#5
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,516 Karma: 18512745 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	"inline-block" is not a supported value in ePub 2.1, so you shouldn't expect it to work. Have you checked my copy of "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" in the library forum? (it's not a puff of smoke, but a mouse tail...)