HTML Doc Opens Incompletely

Fabe · 07-05-2010, 08:38 AM

When opening a 16,000 word html document, Sigil only opens the first 6,000 words. I'vechecked the original text document and the html marup document, bith are free of errors or extranious bits. The html document opens complete and in tact in a browser before opening in Sigil. After six attempts to make this work, I thought I'd ask here - What am I missing? Thanks.

P.S. In the past. I've sucessfully opened much larger html documents in Sigil.

Jellby · 07-05-2010, 09:43 AM

Does the HTML pass the HTML validator?

Fabe · 07-05-2010, 11:13 AM

Great question Jellby. I'll test it now...

...FAILED! I fell into the trap of, "it always worked in the past, so I can skip that step." Thanks Jellby for giving be a basic heads up.

---

The error was in the metadata, which I easily fixed and it passed. I then saved the html as an epub in Sigil. I unzipped the new epub and took a look at the html file inside. Lo 'n behold the file was truncated in the same location. hmmm

Valloric · 07-05-2010, 12:08 PM

Create an issue on the tracker and attach the epub. Usually it doesn't matter if the HTML is valid or not, Sigil (Tidy) should be able to fix it.

There were truncation problems caused by unescaped ampersands (& needs to be & in HTML documents), but I fixed that a while ago. Which version of Sigil are you using?

Fabe · 07-06-2010, 07:38 AM

Valloric - The issue was in the html. It took me a while to get all the bits lined up. Interestingly, the last error was an ampersand. "&c" was in the document for etcetera. I changed it to etc. and all went smoothly after that. 100% of the document showed up in Sigil and the epub files were fine. My Sigil version is 0.2.1. I'm looking forward to 2.0.0 :-)

If I run into this issue again, I will attach the epub to the tracker. (Now what the heck is the tracker?)

- Fabe

Valloric · 07-06-2010, 09:12 AM

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Originally Posted by Fabe

(Now what the heck is the tracker?)

Start here.

blak4dr · 07-06-2010, 12:53 PM

I have noticed that sigil does not like html with & in them. Opening an html to discover it was truncated happened to me a few times before I figured this one out. You have to change all the & into & .

Now maybe there are other similar issues, but I only ran into this one.

pietvo · 07-06-2010, 05:09 PM

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Originally Posted by blak4dr

I have noticed that sigil does not like html with & in them. Opening an html to discover it was truncated happened to me a few times before I figured this one out. You have to change all the & into & .

This is standard HTML stuff. It has nothing to do with Sigil. In fact it is standard SGML/XML stuff. However, the parser could have been more forgiving. But it is Webkit that does the parsing, I suppose, so mostly out of Sigil's control.

Valloric · 07-06-2010, 05:28 PM

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Originally Posted by pietvo

But it is Webkit that does the parsing, I suppose, so mostly out of Sigil's control.

QDom does the parsing, and dies on unescaped ampersands. But I added code to work around that a while ago. You shouldn't get this ampersand-related truncation anymore in recent versions of Sigil (if you do, report it).

blak4dr · 07-08-2010, 12:44 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Valloric

QDom does the parsing, and dies on unescaped ampersands. But I added code to work around that a while ago. You shouldn't get this ampersand-related truncation anymore in recent versions of Sigil (if you do, report it).

I report it then. I had it again yesterday with 0.2.3

Oldpilot · 08-09-2010, 09:47 AM

I have the problem of a truncated file. I can find no ampersands except for those in the html entities. It's true that the file ended at one such, which happened to be – but I tried removing that entire phrase and opening the file again. It stopped at about the same place--actually at the beginning of that particularly paragraph.

When I view Code in the truncated file, it ends rather oddly:


</blockquote>
</body>
</html>

What's that /blockquote doing there? Hm.... Okay, I found and removed the extra blockquote tag. Seems unlikely that was the problem, however.

Just to clear up another possibility: there's no such thing as a fully operative paid version of Sigil as opposed to the free download, right?

theducks · 08-09-2010, 11:26 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oldpilot

I have the problem of a truncated file. I can find no ampersands except for those in the html entities. It's true that the file ended at one such, which happened to be – but I tried removing that entire phrase and opening the file again. It stopped at about the same place--actually at the beginning of that particularly paragraph.

When I view Code in the truncated file, it ends rather oddly:


</blockquote>
</body>
</html>

What's that /blockquote doing there? Hm.... Okay, I found and removed the extra blockquote tag. Seems unlikely that was the problem, however.

Just to clear up another possibility: there's no such thing as a fully operative paid version of Sigil as opposed to the free download, right?

Valloric will always accept donations

But it is still the same Sigil

A mis-match blockquote tag?
Were you editing in CV? Did you "indent" the whole (or a big chunk) document? (Setting a style with different margins is probably the better way)

Oldpilot · 08-10-2010, 10:06 AM

Thanks. I was worried that perhaps I had a crippled version of Sigil, and it would only do say 20,000 words of text. If that's not the case, what are the possible reasons for a file's being truncated?

About the blockquote: I found a case midway where <blockquote> appeared twice before an indented section. I eliminated the extra tag and likewise the closing tag at the end of the truncated file. That doesn't seem to have been my problem.

Should I validate my xhmtl/html before opening it in Sigil? I don't see any problem where the truncated book ends--all the paragraphs end with etc.

Valloric · 08-10-2010, 11:38 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oldpilot

Thanks. I was worried that perhaps I had a crippled version of Sigil, and it would only do say 20,000 words of text. If that's not the case, what are the possible reasons for a file's being truncated?

Create a new issue on the tracker with the epub file attached. More info here.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oldpilot

Should I validate my xhmtl/html before opening it in Sigil?

That's not necessary. Sigil can usually open even files with severe errors.

Oldpilot · 08-10-2010, 02:12 PM

Thank you. I've uploaded both the truncated epub file and the underlying html document.

07-05-2010, 08:38 AM	#1
Fabe Dylanologist Posts: 200 Karma: 146754 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hanover, New Hampshire, USA Device: none/all/any	HTML Doc Opens Incompletely When opening a 16,000 word html document, Sigil only opens the first 6,000 words. I'vechecked the original text document and the html marup document, bith are free of errors or extranious bits. The html document opens complete and in tact in a browser before opening in Sigil. After six attempts to make this work, I thought I'd ask here - What am I missing? Thanks. P.S. In the past. I've sucessfully opened much larger html documents in Sigil.

07-05-2010, 11:13 AM	#3
Fabe Dylanologist Posts: 200 Karma: 146754 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hanover, New Hampshire, USA Device: none/all/any	Great question Jellby. I'll test it now... ...FAILED! I fell into the trap of, "it always worked in the past, so I can skip that step." Thanks Jellby for giving be a basic heads up. --- The error was in the metadata, which I easily fixed and it passed. I then saved the html as an epub in Sigil. I unzipped the new epub and took a look at the html file inside. Lo 'n behold the file was truncated in the same location. hmmm Last edited by Fabe; 07-05-2010 at 11:24 AM.

08-09-2010, 09:47 AM	#11
Oldpilot Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 2572 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	I have the problem of a truncated file. I can find no ampersands except for those in the html entities. It's true that the file ended at one such, which happened to be – but I tried removing that entire phrase and opening the file again. It stopped at about the same place--actually at the beginning of that particularly paragraph. When I view Code in the truncated file, it ends rather oddly: <p class="sgc-6"></p> </blockquote> </body> </html> What's that /blockquote doing there? Hm.... Okay, I found and removed the extra blockquote tag. Seems unlikely that was the problem, however. Just to clear up another possibility: there's no such thing as a fully operative paid version of Sigil as opposed to the free download, right?

08-10-2010, 10:06 AM	#13
Oldpilot Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 2572 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Thanks. I was worried that perhaps I had a crippled version of Sigil, and it would only do say 20,000 words of text. If that's not the case, what are the possible reasons for a file's being truncated? About the blockquote: I found a case midway where <blockquote> appeared twice before an indented section. I eliminated the extra tag and likewise the closing tag at the end of the truncated file. That doesn't seem to have been my problem. Should I validate my xhmtl/html before opening it in Sigil? I don't see any problem where the truncated book ends--all the paragraphs end with </p> etc.

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07-05-2010, 09:43 AM	#2
Jellby frumious Bandersnatch Posts: 7,543 Karma: 19001583 Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Spaniard in Sweden Device: Cybook Orizon, Kobo Aura	Does the HTML pass the HTML validator?

07-05-2010, 12:08 PM	#4
Valloric Created Sigil, FlightCrew Posts: 1,982 Karma: 350515 Join Date: Feb 2008 Device: Kobo Clara HD	Create an issue on the tracker and attach the epub. Usually it doesn't matter if the HTML is valid or not, Sigil (Tidy) should be able to fix it. There were truncation problems caused by unescaped ampersands (& needs to be & in HTML documents), but I fixed that a while ago. Which version of Sigil are you using?

07-06-2010, 07:38 AM	#5
Fabe Dylanologist Posts: 200 Karma: 146754 Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Hanover, New Hampshire, USA Device: none/all/any	Valloric - The issue was in the html. It took me a while to get all the bits lined up. Interestingly, the last error was an ampersand. "&c" was in the document for etcetera. I changed it to etc. and all went smoothly after that. 100% of the document showed up in Sigil and the epub files were fine. My Sigil version is 0.2.1. I'm looking forward to 2.0.0 :-) If I run into this issue again, I will attach the epub to the tracker. (Now what the heck is the tracker?) - Fabe

07-06-2010, 12:53 PM	#7
blak4dr Zealot Posts: 107 Karma: 396 Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Meuse, France Device: Pocketbook 623, Kobo Glo HD, Aura One,Aura H2O2	I have noticed that sigil does not like html with & in them. Opening an html to discover it was truncated happened to me a few times before I figured this one out. You have to change all the & into & . Now maybe there are other similar issues, but I only ran into this one.

08-10-2010, 02:12 PM	#15
Oldpilot Groupie Posts: 184 Karma: 2572 Join Date: Aug 2010 Device: Kindle	Thank you. I've uploaded both the truncated epub file and the underlying html document.

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