ePub to MOBI - losing horizontal rules

StueyNZ · 04-26-2012, 04:44 PM

I'm amusing myself with a little bit of writing and being of a technical bent, I write a raw docbook XML, and have custom stylesheets that give a very good .ePub file.

When using Calibre to convert .ePub to .MOBI for my kindle, the conversion process loses the little horizontal rules I put between paragraphs when there's a timejump. The offending html is

<hr style="width:33%;text-align:center;"/>

Is Calibre likely to be stripping this out? Can I get it to leave it there?

Thanks for any help
Stuart

dwig · 04-26-2012, 06:09 PM

I'm not seeing a problem using calibre 0.8.48 on Windows. Typical of calibre conversions, the widths are narrower that spec'd with 33% yielding something more like 16-20% and with wider vertical spacing (all below the HR on Kindle 3 and evenly distributed on Kindle Fire).

When I convert using KindleGen via Kindle Previewer widths are closer to the percentage spec'd and there is no extra vertical spacing.

I no case, though, am I finding the HRs omitted. I tested with the inline Style you list and with a <STYLE> in the <HEAD> section and both worked.

04-26-2012, 04:44 PM	#1
StueyNZ Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Wairarapa, New Zealand Device: Kindle	ePub to MOBI - losing horizontal rules I'm amusing myself with a little bit of writing and being of a technical bent, I write a raw docbook XML, and have custom stylesheets that give a very good .ePub file. When using Calibre to convert .ePub to .MOBI for my kindle, the conversion process loses the little horizontal rules I put between paragraphs when there's a timejump. The offending html is <hr style="width:33%;text-align:center;"/> Is Calibre likely to be stripping this out? Can I get it to leave it there? Thanks for any help Stuart

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04-26-2012, 06:09 PM	#2
dwig Wizard Posts: 1,613 Karma: 6718541 Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Paradise (Key West, FL) Device: Current:Surface Go & Kindle 3 - Retired: DellV8p, Clie UX50, ...	I'm not seeing a problem using calibre 0.8.48 on Windows. Typical of calibre conversions, the widths are narrower that spec'd with 33% yielding something more like 16-20% and with wider vertical spacing (all below the HR on Kindle 3 and evenly distributed on Kindle Fire). When I convert using KindleGen via Kindle Previewer widths are closer to the percentage spec'd and there is no extra vertical spacing. I no case, though, am I finding the HRs omitted. I tested with the inline Style you list and with a <STYLE> in the <HEAD> section and both worked.

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