Problem with html -> Mobi conversion - html tags visible.

[khromov]

I am having some trouble using .html (zip) -> .mobi conversion.

As soon as I enable post-processing (and check any of the alternatives) my resulting mobi loses all formatting and outputs html tags in cleartext (see picture below)


This is happening consistently with multiple html files, Calibre 0.8.12 on Win7.

I apologize if I posted this in the incorrect section.

Edit: also, my heading is wrong. It's supposed to be html -> mobi and nothing else.

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[jackie_w]

Without access to the .zip file it's hard to say, but that <pre> tag on line 2 is suspicious. Where is its matching </pre> tag?

<pre> tags normally mean 'show this text as-is' i.e. you wouldn't expect to see <b> and <i> tags inside <pre>...</pre> tags.

[theducks]

Originally Posted by zapt0

I am having some trouble using .html (zip) -> .mobi conversion.

As soon as I enable post-processing (and check any of the alternatives) my resulting mobi loses all formatting and outputs html tags in cleartext (see picture below)


This is happening consistently with multiple html files, Calibre 0.8.12 on Win7.

I apologize if I posted this in the incorrect section.

I would guess yo have another <pre> tag before the empty <p> tags

[JSWolf]

Try turning off post-processing. I don't use it and don't have these problems.

[khromov]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

Try turning off post-processing. I don't use it and don't have these problems.

I need post-processing due to the layout film scripts have so they fit onto an ebook reader.

Originally Posted by theducks

I would guess yo have another <pre> tag before the empty <p> tags

Actually I don't.

Besides, <pre> tags are only for keeping spaces and line breaks as they are in the HTML (and Calibre should probably remove the pre tags when you perform unwrapping.)
See:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_pre.asp

[theducks]

Originally Posted by zapt0

Besides, <pre> tags are only for keeping spaces and line breaks as they are in the HTML (and Calibre should probably remove the pre tags when you perform unwrapping.)
See:
http://www.w3schools.com/tags/tag_pre.asp

Your screen shot is showing a rendering of the book.
What is in the CODE?
Perhaps:

<pre>    << this one will not show in the book view
<p></p>
<pre>...

</pre>   << this one will not show in the book either
</html>
</body>

I have used Pre tags before

[JSWolf]

One thing is don't use <pre> tags. On most readers, they don't work properly because if they are too wide for the screen, there's no way to scroll left/right to see what's off the screen. Convert <pre> into <div>.

[JSWolf]

Originally Posted by zapt0

I need post-processing due to the layout film scripts have so they fit onto an ebook reader.

But have you tried without post processing just to see what happens?

[khromov]

Originally Posted by JSWolf

But have you tried without post processing just to see what happens?

Yes, the book is rendered without this problem if post processing is disabled, however, the book is rendered poorly thanks to the formatting being optimized for view on a screen, therefore I need to use post processing to make it work well on an e-reader.

Since this is happening over multiple tested html files, regarding of whether the <pre> tag is actually to blame I think the issue needs to be looked over to see if there is a problem with BeautifulSoup or other internal component of Calibre.

As for posting the actual file, I'm not sure if it would be allowed under site rules, but you can simply try saving this page as a html file and import it into Calibre to recreate the issue:
http://www.imsdb.com/scripts/Gattaca.html
(Convert html -> mobi and enable any of the post-processing options to recreate issue.)

[dwig]

You should NOT rely on Calibre's ebook viewer to preview/test an ebook conversion, particularly MOBI conversions.

To properly preview/text a MOBI file you should use either a Kindle device or the Kindle Previewer. The latter is a special software viewer that is designed to replicate the display on the device. The current version can replicate the K3, KDXG, Kindle for iPob, & Kindle for iPhone and is available free from this page:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.htm...cId=1000234621

Also, the <PRE>...</PRE> tag set specifies that all contents are pre-formatted. You can't reliably include any other HTML formatting tags inside of <PRE> section. When you do, they should be displayed by the browser/reader/viewer.