Text becomes center-aligned when converting

Alfy · 01-08-2009, 11:28 AM

Hi!

I'm trying to convert a html document with Calibre. When I open the html, whether it's in a browser, in Word or in Dreamweaver, the text is left-aligned, but when Calibre converts it, the text is center aligned.

I was wondering, is there any way I can control this from the gui or the command line?

Cheers,

Alfy.

llasram · 01-08-2009, 11:49 AM

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Originally Posted by Alfy

I'm trying to convert a html document with Calibre. When I open the html, whether it's in a browser, in Word or in Dreamweaver, the text is left-aligned, but when Calibre converts it, the text is center aligned.

If you're converting it to LRF it's probably a problem with the LRF converter's CSS-groking. If you try EPUB output instead it'll probably work.

Alfy · 01-08-2009, 02:33 PM

Ah; but then I'd be stuck with ePub, yes?

Tried it out, and it worked, though. Thanks for the tip.

Is there anyway I can edit the original html to get it to convert properly into LRF? Ichecked the doc in Dreamweaver and it has no CSS. Should I create a new one to ensure it aligns left?

kovidgoyal · 01-08-2009, 02:46 PM

try converting the EPUB to LRF (the conversion to EPUB may have rectified the problem with the original HTML)

Alfy · 01-08-2009, 02:57 PM

No touchdown this time, it's still center-aligned. I'll try to play around with the CSS tomorrow. Thanks for the help.

kovidgoyal · 01-08-2009, 03:23 PM

IIRC this happens when some paragraph is styled as center aligned and then the remaining text is put after that paragraph without any tags of its own. In that case html2lrf assumes that the style for the subsequent text should be the same as for the previous paragraph.

Seabound · 01-08-2009, 09:20 PM

Alfy, can you attach a sample code?

mbagsh55 · 01-08-2009, 10:58 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

IIRC this happens when some paragraph is styled as center aligned and then the remaining text is put after that paragraph without any tags of its own. In that case html2lrf assumes that the style for the subsequent text should be the same as for the previous paragraph.

This is exactly what I have seen with some eReader output converted to HTML. The center aligned tag is followed by a paragraph and then my multiple ugly tags rather than tags with effectively one tag per chapter.

My fix was to correct the HTML with search and replace, but in secondary books I just removed the center align tags.

Regards,
Marcus

Seabound · 01-08-2009, 11:40 PM

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Originally Posted by mbagsh55

This is exactly what I have seen with some eReader output converted to HTML. The center aligned tag is followed by a paragraph and then my multiple ugly tags rather than tags with effectively one tag per chapter.

My fix was to correct the HTML with search and replace, but in secondary books I just removed the center align tags.

Regards,
Marcus

I just looked at one html file converted from ereader, and I see what you mean. Ayayayayay. The file needs serious reformatting. Needless to say, this isn't calibre's problem.

llasram · 01-09-2009, 08:33 AM

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Originally Posted by Seabound

I just looked at one html file converted from ereader, and I see what you mean. Ayayayayay. The file needs serious reformatting. Needless to say, this isn't calibre's problem.

That isn't the eReader book's fault per-se. In eReader PML, paragraphs are delimited by just two newlines, like in Project Gutenberg plain text. The ereader2html tool just translates those newlines into tags, leaving you with what you see.

Seabound · 01-09-2009, 10:37 PM

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Originally Posted by llasram

That isn't the eReader book's fault per-se. In eReader PML, paragraphs are delimited by just two newlines, like in Project Gutenberg plain text. The ereader2html tool just translates those newlines into tags, leaving you with what you see.

I didn't mean to say it was the eReader format's "fault". I had studied the PML format and the conversion script before I made the post and figured out what was going on. The conversion script can be enhanced so that the output html is formatted well.

llasram · 01-09-2009, 10:51 PM

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Originally Posted by Seabound

I didn't mean to say it was the eReader format's "fault". I had studied the PML format and the conversion script before I made the post and figured out what was going on. The conversion script can be enhanced so that the output html is formatted well.

Ah, fair enough then.

mbagsh55 · 01-19-2009, 12:41 AM

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Originally Posted by Seabound

The conversion script can be enhanced so that the output html is formatted well.

Does it mean you have already done the hardwork and can share a modification to ereader2html that improves the HTML output?

01-08-2009, 11:28 AM	#1
Alfy Liseur de Bonne Aventure Posts: 374 Karma: 2176666 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: PRS T1	Text becomes center-aligned when converting Hi! I'm trying to convert a html document with Calibre. When I open the html, whether it's in a browser, in Word or in Dreamweaver, the text is left-aligned, but when Calibre converts it, the text is center aligned. I was wondering, is there any way I can control this from the gui or the command line? Cheers, Alfy.

01-08-2009, 03:23 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,146 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	IIRC this happens when some paragraph is styled as center aligned and then the remaining text is put after that paragraph without any <p> tags of its own. In that case html2lrf assumes that the style for the subsequent text should be the same as for the previous paragraph. Last edited by kovidgoyal; 01-08-2009 at 09:24 PM.

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01-08-2009, 02:33 PM	#3
Alfy Liseur de Bonne Aventure Posts: 374 Karma: 2176666 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: PRS T1	Ah; but then I'd be stuck with ePub, yes? Tried it out, and it worked, though. Thanks for the tip. Is there anyway I can edit the original html to get it to convert properly into LRF? Ichecked the doc in Dreamweaver and it has no CSS. Should I create a new one to ensure it aligns left?

01-08-2009, 02:46 PM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 45,146 Karma: 27110894 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	try converting the EPUB to LRF (the conversion to EPUB may have rectified the problem with the original HTML)

01-08-2009, 02:57 PM	#5
Alfy Liseur de Bonne Aventure Posts: 374 Karma: 2176666 Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Paris, France Device: PRS T1	No touchdown this time, it's still center-aligned. I'll try to play around with the CSS tomorrow. Thanks for the help.

01-08-2009, 09:20 PM	#7
Seabound Steerage Class Posts: 711 Karma: 505995 Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest, USA Device: Won't fit here anymore, see sig for a list of liseuses.	Alfy, can you attach a sample code?

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