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philja · 05-09-2024, 04:32 PM

I've upgraded the plugin to 0.4.1 in order to make some tests with the config.xml to see if I can improve on the results I obtained previously (in 2022) with the conversion of lists from the odt to the epub.

On reading the latest "user-manual-Writer2xhtml17.odt" with special reference to anything mentioning lists, I saw the option "list_formatting" with three possible values - ignore_all, convert_labels, convert_all. This is at odds with line 20 in the config.xml supplied with the plugin 0.4.1 which quotes "value=css1"

The footnote (7) in the writer2xhtml17 documentation says that option "list_formatting" is a new option in v17 and replaces a previous option called "list_hack". The option was already called "list_formatting" back in writer2latex v1.4 (page 51) and at that time, a possible value was indeed css1. That value no longer exists so line 20 of config.xml could be updated in the current plugin version.

Incidentally, when updating the plugin in Sigil, I made a rookie error. Using Sigil's gui for Manage Plugins, I removed the old version and installed the new one. And my customised epub.css and config.xml files were lost, replaced by the basic versions in the new zip file. Fortunately, I had ~ backups from which to recover them—a useful reminder to keep copies in a safe place.

05-09-2024, 04:32 PM	#57
philja Zealot Posts: 125 Karma: 10 Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: Europe EEC Device: none	config.xml I've upgraded the plugin to 0.4.1 in order to make some tests with the config.xml to see if I can improve on the results I obtained previously (in 2022) with the conversion of lists from the odt to the epub. On reading the latest "user-manual-Writer2xhtml17.odt" with special reference to anything mentioning lists, I saw the option "list_formatting" with three possible values - ignore_all, convert_labels, convert_all. This is at odds with line 20 in the config.xml supplied with the plugin 0.4.1 which quotes "value=css1" The footnote (7) in the writer2xhtml17 documentation says that option "list_formatting" is a new option in v17 and replaces a previous option called "list_hack". The option was already called "list_formatting" back in writer2latex v1.4 (page 51) and at that time, a possible value was indeed css1. That value no longer exists so line 20 of config.xml could be updated in the current plugin version. Incidentally, when updating the plugin in Sigil, I made a rookie error. Using Sigil's gui for Manage Plugins, I removed the old version and installed the new one. And my customised epub.css and config.xml files were lost, replaced by the basic versions in the new zip file. Fortunately, I had ~ backups from which to recover them—a useful reminder to keep copies in a safe place.