Section breaks

christineb · 01-18-2009, 09:23 PM

I have several ebooks with blank lines used to denote scene changes within chapters. These blank lines disappear when I convert to LRF or EPUB with Calibre. Ive tried conversion from pdf, html, and rtf and get the same results. Is there any way to keep the blank lines during conversion?

I have found that lit conversions work fine but I have no converter to lit.

kovidgoyal · 01-18-2009, 09:39 PM

post an example HTMl that shows this problem

christineb · 01-18-2009, 11:09 PM

I looked at several html files. Those that lose the spacing just use a line break for it. Another file used a paragraph with nbsp in it and the conversion kept the extra line. The books are not public domain so I'll have to create an example to post.

llasram · 01-18-2009, 11:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by christineb

I looked at several html files. Those that lose the spacing just use a line break for it. Another file used a paragraph with nbsp in it and the conversion kept the extra line. The books are not public domain so I'll have to create an example to post.

Ah, I think I know what this is. XHTML doesn't allow a <br/> element directly inside the <body/>, and AdobeDE will ignore any it finds there. MSReader and Mobipocket Reader render such markup as a blank line, and thus it appears in many LIT and Mobipocket books.

christineb · 01-19-2009, 09:36 PM

So if I'm editing an rtf file, how can I force a line break to be included during Calibre's conversion process?

kovidgoyal · 01-19-2009, 09:44 PM

Top level <br> elements should be handled correctly in 0.4.129

besca147 · 01-20-2009, 04:09 PM

I plucked up the courage to download Calibre and I did my first conversation from an old Gutenberg .txt file I downloaded last year to convert for my PSP.

Anyway, the conversion was brilliant but the document looked disappointing. All of the text just follows line after line. I would like to see new chapters on a brand new page.

I was unable to see a way of editing this in Calibre.

Is there something else I need to be doing or am I missing something?

Many thanks

kovidgoyal · 01-20-2009, 04:33 PM

You should use the HTML version of gutenberg books for better conversion.

besca147 · 01-20-2009, 06:00 PM

My brain's aching.

My computer's zipping the HTML file up - I don't want it to zip up! - so when I try to open it the .html, I get like three folders when I view it: Content (folder) Content (File) metadata (OPF file).

How I get the HTML is right clicking on the page and saving it.

Is that right?

Hang on... uh no, it says firefox document.

How does one get an html file?

kovidgoyal · 01-20-2009, 06:05 PM

Zipped up html is fine. I meant when you download the book from gutenberg use the html version rather than the txt version. Even if the HTML file is in a zip file, you can still add the zip file to calibre.

besca147 · 01-20-2009, 06:37 PM

Ok, I did that and the conversion worked ok. However, the contents page looks like a cheese string and while each chapter starts on a new page, I've got all these diddy page numbers at certain points in the text. It looks like a page in a bible

Is there some way to actually edit those bits prior to a conversion?

kovidgoyal · 01-20-2009, 06:54 PM

There's no easy way to do that, you have to unzip and edit the html manually

01-18-2009, 09:23 PM	#1
christineb Member Posts: 14 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW, iphone 4, ipad 3	Section breaks I have several ebooks with blank lines used to denote scene changes within chapters. These blank lines disappear when I convert to LRF or EPUB with Calibre. Ive tried conversion from pdf, html, and rtf and get the same results. Is there any way to keep the blank lines during conversion? I have found that lit conversions work fine but I have no converter to lit.

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01-18-2009, 09:39 PM	#2
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,556 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	post an example HTMl that shows this problem

01-18-2009, 11:09 PM	#3
christineb Member Posts: 14 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW, iphone 4, ipad 3	I looked at several html files. Those that lose the spacing just use a line break for it. Another file used a paragraph with nbsp in it and the conversion kept the extra line. The books are not public domain so I'll have to create an example to post.

01-19-2009, 09:36 PM	#5
christineb Member Posts: 14 Karma: 100000 Join Date: Jan 2009 Device: Kindle PW, iphone 4, ipad 3	So if I'm editing an rtf file, how can I force a line break to be included during Calibre's conversion process?

01-19-2009, 09:44 PM	#6
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,556 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Top level <br> elements should be handled correctly in 0.4.129

01-20-2009, 04:09 PM	#7
besca147 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505	I plucked up the courage to download Calibre and I did my first conversation from an old Gutenberg .txt file I downloaded last year to convert for my PSP. Anyway, the conversion was brilliant but the document looked disappointing. All of the text just follows line after line. I would like to see new chapters on a brand new page. I was unable to see a way of editing this in Calibre. Is there something else I need to be doing or am I missing something? Many thanks

01-20-2009, 04:33 PM	#8
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,556 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You should use the HTML version of gutenberg books for better conversion.

01-20-2009, 06:00 PM	#9
besca147 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505	My brain's aching. My computer's zipping the HTML file up - I don't want it to zip up! - so when I try to open it the .html, I get like three folders when I view it: Content (folder) Content (File) metadata (OPF file). How I get the HTML is right clicking on the page and saving it. Is that right? Hang on... uh no, it says firefox document. How does one get an html file?

01-20-2009, 06:05 PM	#10
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,556 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	Zipped up html is fine. I meant when you download the book from gutenberg use the html version rather than the txt version. Even if the HTML file is in a zip file, you can still add the zip file to calibre.

01-20-2009, 06:37 PM	#11
besca147 Member Posts: 18 Karma: 10 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: UK Device: Sony PRS-505	Ok, I did that and the conversion worked ok. However, the contents page looks like a cheese string and while each chapter starts on a new page, I've got all these diddy page numbers at certain points in the text. It looks like a page in a bible Is there some way to actually edit those bits prior to a conversion?

01-20-2009, 06:54 PM	#12
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,556 Karma: 24495948 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	There's no easy way to do that, you have to unzip and edit the html manually

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