Calibre Viewing Behaviour - Built-in Viewer/Reader

Al Adams · 07-05-2017, 08:14 PM

Using calibre 3.2.1 64bit version Same as the calibre 64bit-V2.83.0 - I used before I did the update

This Drop Caps issue Happens ONLY with the Calibre Viewer reader All My other eReader apps show these CSS Pages Correctly, I have No Idea what is Causing This ???

teve Gowdy - Should be Steve Gowdy - the DropCap "S" Appears on the next page. (See Picture) Next Post Shows the Drop Cap "S" on Wrong Page

Al Adams · 07-05-2017, 08:25 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Adams

Using calibre 3.2.1 64bit version Same as the calibre 64bit-V2.83.0 - I used before I did the update

This Drop Caps issue Happens ONLY with the Calibre Viewer reader All My other eReader apps show these CSS Pages Correctly, I have No Idea what is Causing This ???

teve Gowdy - Should be Steve Gowdy - the DropCap "S" Appears on the next page. (See Picture)

The Next Page Looks like this ..

The Last image Shows the Correct Layout in the Calibre eBook Edit Window Viewer Note: Red Lined Circles Showing DropCap View ... ???

Al Adams · 07-05-2017, 08:47 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Al Adams

The Next Page Looks like this ..

The Last image Shows the Correct Layout in the Calibre eBook Edit Window Viewer Note: Red Lined Circles Showing DropCap View ... ???

Last image is without the Red Circle Lines for Better Clarity ... I am Confused ???

Al Adams · 07-05-2017, 08:58 PM

Also: Note This Drop Caps issue ONLY HAPPENS ON Five Chapters, of the 69 Chapters in this eBook ... The Chapters that are affected each and every time the the eBook is loaded into the Calibre Library Are: Chapter Numbers 1, 9, 11, 14, and 22 and only THOSE Chapters Are Affected by this Drop Caps thing ???? Very Strange !!!

theducks · 07-05-2017, 09:35 PM

do all the dropcaps have the same CSS class?
AND
do all the files use the same CSS?
There has to be a style code difference or a(small) error.

Al Adams · 07-07-2017, 06:35 PM

Hi Again: As far as i know Yes They All use the Same Cascading Style Sheet Setup - I will Try and Snap a picture of the CSS Section ... As far as I can see this is Used for All of the Chapters - Will as try to clip one of the Good Chapters & one of the Bad Chapters too ...

Al Adams · 07-07-2017, 06:39 PM

Oh - and Again it looks fine in the editor (calibre editor ) ... ??? See Picture ... Update this is one of the bad Chapter Showing that it works in the editor correctly - Not in the Reader/Viewer ??? Confused ???

Al Adams · 07-07-2017, 07:05 PM

Good Chapter #2 ...

Al Adams · 07-07-2017, 07:13 PM

Bad one Chapter #1 .. the Middle Picture Shows the Missing Cap "S" Correctly Spelling Steve ??? At least in the Editor Mode - but NOT in the Reader/Viewer Mode using the calibre Reader/Viewer ... Still Confused ???

Oh Sorry about the crude Arrows and lettering ---

Al Adams · 07-07-2017, 07:24 PM

This Shows a Copy of Edit View of Chapter #2 as seen by the editor - I see No Difference in the idea of a Small Error You have Talked about ... Very Strange ...

Al Adams · 07-07-2017, 07:35 PM

This Appears to be a BUG in the calibre viewer/reader ??? I am thinking ... Can't Prove it though so I am NOT turning it in as a Bug Report ... At least NOT YET .... Do with this what you feel or desire - It works (the converted eBook) on All of my Tablets, and nook simple touch ... So I Still think it is a Bug of some kind ???

theducks · 07-07-2017, 07:52 PM

do all the dropcaps use the EXACT same style class (dropcaps-1)?

I had some drops that looked fine in Calibre and Sigil, but my K4 did a terrible job. K4's ignore some styles (only uses SOME of the Internal style settings Change font-size. Size works, side-Margins, iffy )

BetterRed · 07-07-2017, 08:11 PM

@Al Adams - I agree, when I compare the snippets in the images, it looks like a 'bug'. But what I can't easily compare is the combined final style. This can be viewed in the editors Live CSS panel (or the Inspector panel).

Rather scattering snippet images in multiple posts, perhaps you should post an obfuscated version of the epub, which you can get via the ScrambleEbook optional plugin.

BR

nabsltd · 07-07-2017, 08:55 PM

I've run into the same issue, and it appears to depend on the length of the first paragraph (the one with the drop cap) and the size of the window.

If the first paragraph is short, then the bottom of the drop cap falls within the next paragraph, and the reader appears to think it belongs with that one, instead of the first one. If your window size is small, then it moves the drop cap it to the next page, along with the next paragraph.

I happen to have that book (Nighthawk), and can get the same behavior to happen by shrinking the size of my reader window.

07-07-2017, 06:35 PM	#6
Al Adams eBook Reader Nut Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midland, Michigan Device: NookSimple Touch & 5 Android Tablet(s), & Personal Computer...	Hi Again: As far as i know Yes They All use the Same Cascading Style Sheet Setup - I will Try and Snap a picture of the CSS Section ... As far as I can see this is Used for All of the Chapters - Will as try to clip one of the Good Chapters & one of the Bad Chapters too ... Attached Thumbnails

07-07-2017, 06:39 PM	#7
Al Adams eBook Reader Nut Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midland, Michigan Device: NookSimple Touch & 5 Android Tablet(s), & Personal Computer...	Oh - and Again it looks fine in the editor (calibre editor ) ... ??? See Picture ... Update this is one of the bad Chapter Showing that it works in the editor correctly - Not in the Reader/Viewer ??? Confused ??? Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Al Adams; 07-07-2017 at 07:02 PM. Reason: Update this is one of the bad Chap Showing ...

07-07-2017, 07:05 PM	#8
Al Adams eBook Reader Nut Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midland, Michigan Device: NookSimple Touch & 5 Android Tablet(s), & Personal Computer...	Good Chapter #2 ... Attached Thumbnails

07-07-2017, 07:13 PM	#9
Al Adams eBook Reader Nut Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midland, Michigan Device: NookSimple Touch & 5 Android Tablet(s), & Personal Computer...	Bad one Chapter #1 .. the Middle Picture Shows the Missing Cap "S" Correctly Spelling Steve ??? At least in the Editor Mode - but NOT in the Reader/Viewer Mode using the calibre Reader/Viewer ... Still Confused ??? Oh Sorry about the crude Arrows and lettering --- Attached Thumbnails

07-07-2017, 07:24 PM	#10
Al Adams eBook Reader Nut Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midland, Michigan Device: NookSimple Touch & 5 Android Tablet(s), & Personal Computer...	Copy of Edit View of Chapter #2 This Shows a Copy of Edit View of Chapter #2 as seen by the editor - I see No Difference in the idea of a Small Error You have Talked about ... Very Strange ... Attached Thumbnails

07-05-2017, 08:14 PM	#1
Al Adams eBook Reader Nut Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midland, Michigan Device: NookSimple Touch & 5 Android Tablet(s), & Personal Computer...	Calibre Viewing Behaviour - Built-in Viewer/Reader Using calibre 3.2.1 64bit version Same as the calibre 64bit-V2.83.0 - I used before I did the update This Drop Caps issue Happens ONLY with the Calibre Viewer reader All My other eReader apps show these CSS Pages Correctly, I have No Idea what is Causing This ??? teve Gowdy - Should be Steve Gowdy - the DropCap "S" Appears on the next page. (See Picture) Next Post Shows the Drop Cap "S" on Wrong Page Attached Thumbnails Last edited by Al Adams; 07-05-2017 at 08:37 PM. Reason: Next Post Shows the Drop Cap "S" on Wrong Page

07-05-2017, 08:58 PM	#4
Al Adams eBook Reader Nut Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midland, Michigan Device: NookSimple Touch & 5 Android Tablet(s), & Personal Computer...	Also: Note This Drop Caps issue ONLY HAPPENS ON Five Chapters, of the 69 Chapters in this eBook ... The Chapters that are affected each and every time the the eBook is loaded into the Calibre Library Are: Chapter Numbers 1, 9, 11, 14, and 22 and only THOSE Chapters Are Affected by this Drop Caps thing ???? Very Strange !!!

07-05-2017, 09:35 PM	#5
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,957 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	do all the dropcaps have the same CSS class? AND do all the files use the same CSS? There has to be a style code difference or a(small) error.

07-07-2017, 07:35 PM	#11
Al Adams eBook Reader Nut Posts: 34 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jul 2013 Location: Midland, Michigan Device: NookSimple Touch & 5 Android Tablet(s), & Personal Computer...	This Appears to be a BUG in the calibre viewer/reader ??? I am thinking ... Can't Prove it though so I am NOT turning it in as a Bug Report ... At least NOT YET .... Do with this what you feel or desire - It works (the converted eBook) on All of my Tablets, and nook simple touch ... So I Still think it is a Bug of some kind ???

07-07-2017, 07:52 PM	#12
theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,957 Karma: 60358908 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	do all the dropcaps use the EXACT same style class (dropcaps-1)? I had some drops that looked fine in Calibre and Sigil, but my K4 did a terrible job. K4's ignore some styles (only uses SOME of the Internal style settings Change font-size. Size works, side-Margins, iffy )

07-07-2017, 08:11 PM	#13
BetterRed null operator (he/him) Posts: 21,677 Karma: 29711016 Join Date: Mar 2012 Location: Sydney Australia Device: none	@Al Adams - I agree, when I compare the snippets in the images, it looks like a 'bug'. But what I can't easily compare is the combined final style. This can be viewed in the editors Live CSS panel (or the Inspector panel). Rather scattering snippet images in multiple posts, perhaps you should post an obfuscated version of the epub, which you can get via the ScrambleEbook optional plugin. BR

07-07-2017, 08:55 PM	#14
nabsltd Fanatic Posts: 518 Karma: 8500000 Join Date: Aug 2013 Location: Hamden, CT Device: Kindle Paperwhite (11th gen), Scribe, Kindle 4 Touch	I've run into the same issue, and it appears to depend on the length of the first paragraph (the one with the drop cap) and the size of the window. If the first paragraph is short, then the bottom of the drop cap falls within the next paragraph, and the reader appears to think it belongs with that one, instead of the first one. If your window size is small, then it moves the drop cap it to the next page, along with the next paragraph. I happen to have that book (Nighthawk), and can get the same behavior to happen by shrinking the size of my reader window.

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