Line numbers mutilated

dan2the6th · 07-23-2024, 05:15 PM

I have a copy of The Iliad, translated by Richmond Lattimore. EPUB format. The text is in verse, and there are line numbers every five lines, as is somewhat common in works like this. The trouble is that once the line numbers reach three digits, they get cut off at the left margin. I've uploaded a screen shot. Those numbers are supposed to be 135, 140, 145, etc. Is there any way I can make this work, or is this book just poorly formatted? Thanks.

JSWolf · 07-23-2024, 09:41 PM

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Originally Posted by dan2the6th

I have a copy of The Iliad, translated by Richmond Lattimore. EPUB format. The text is in verse, and there are line numbers every five lines, as is somewhat common in works like this. The trouble is that once the line numbers reach three digits, they get cut off at the left margin. I've uploaded a screen shot. Those numbers are supposed to be 135, 140, 145, etc. Is there any way I can make this work, or is this book just poorly formatted? Thanks.

It's very poorly formatted. The problem is that you cannot do line numbers line that and not have line breaks in the middle of the paragraph. Also, depending on the text size, the line numbers could be off. So just edit the book to dump the line numbers as they cannot work properly and still be properly formatted. If I needed a large enough font size, the line numbers would be incorrect.

kovidgoyal · 07-23-2024, 09:44 PM

You can probably tweak the CSS of the book to fix it, but cant say how without seeing the actual book.

JSWolf · 07-23-2024, 09:57 PM

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Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

You can probably tweak the CSS of the book to fix it, but cant say how without seeing the actual book.

I cannot see a way to fix it as the line numbers that do not start at the beginning of a paragraph will need to have lines split. That and large enough text will cause the line numbers to be wrong.

theducks · 07-23-2024, 10:56 PM

You might try making the line number font-size smaller (~85%)
You may need to wrap them in a span, with appropriate CSS callout

JSWolf · 07-24-2024, 06:48 AM

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Originally Posted by theducks

You might try making the line number font-size smaller (~85%)
You may need to wrap them in a span, with appropriate CSS callout

Do you see this actually working correctly?

dan2the6th · 07-24-2024, 12:08 PM

I thought of just removing the line numbers, since I don't really care about them, but it looks like it would be one-at-a-time tedious work.

I tried tinkering with the CSS (at which I am NOT an expert) and I kept introducing other problems, so I gave up on that approach.

theducks · 07-24-2024, 02:00 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

Do you see this actually working correctly?

Why not. I don't have a sample of the file to play with.
I am assuming this is just a case of running out of space for the hanging indent.

Years ago, I made my Body font 1.2em and a margin-right:16pt to give room for 3 digits of ADE # on my EZReader

theducks · 07-24-2024, 02:05 PM

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Originally Posted by dan2the6th

I thought of just removing the line numbers, since I don't really care about them, but it looks like it would be one-at-a-time tedious work.

I tried tinkering with the CSS (at which I am NOT an expert) and I kept introducing other problems, so I gave up on that approach.

Regex might work to find the numbers (I assumed the start with a period and end with a space)

Code:

\.\d+\s

But you probably want to then kill the outdent. for that you need to adjust the CSS for that paragraphs class (Hint: paste that part of the CSS and we can suggest)

JSWolf · 07-25-2024, 07:03 AM

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Originally Posted by theducks

Why not. I don't have a sample of the file to play with.
I am assuming this is just a case of running out of space for the hanging indent.

Years ago, I made my Body font 1.2em and a margin-right:16pt to give room for 3 digits of ADE # on my EZReader

Looking at the screen grab from the OP's post, how would you put in 35 without splitting the paragraph?

theducks · 07-25-2024, 12:36 PM

I really need to see the code view .
I suspect these are individual Paragraphs (and not just a normal wrapped line.)

JSWolf · 07-25-2024, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

I really need to see the code view .
I suspect these are individual Paragraphs (and not just a normal wrapped line.)

I'm not asking for you to see how it's done. I'm asking if you can do it.

35 is not the start of a new paragraph. It's in the middle of a paragraph.

theducks · 07-25-2024, 01:27 PM

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Originally Posted by JSWolf

I'm not asking for you to see how it's done. I'm asking if you can do it.

35 is not the start of a new paragraph. It's in the middle of a paragraph.

I was saying the LINE is the paragraph in this case

JSWolf · 07-25-2024, 02:57 PM

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Originally Posted by theducks

I was saying the LINE is the paragraph in this case

Can you duplicate 35 without splitting the paragraph?

Karellen · 07-25-2024, 04:14 PM

Yea, you can see the line numbers are inline with the paragraph text, not a separate paragraph. There is a very slight indent to the text after the number.

07-23-2024, 05:15 PM	#1
dan2the6th Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: iPhone XR	Line numbers mutilated I have a copy of The Iliad, translated by Richmond Lattimore. EPUB format. The text is in verse, and there are line numbers every five lines, as is somewhat common in works like this. The trouble is that once the line numbers reach three digits, they get cut off at the left margin. I've uploaded a screen shot. Those numbers are supposed to be 135, 140, 145, etc. Is there any way I can make this work, or is this book just poorly formatted? Thanks. Attached Thumbnails

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kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 44,520 Karma: 24495784 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	You can probably tweak the CSS of the book to fix it, but cant say how without seeing the actual book.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,442 Karma: 58055868 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	You might try making the line number font-size smaller (~85%) You may need to wrap them in a span, with appropriate CSS callout

07-24-2024, 12:08 PM	#7
dan2the6th Connoisseur Posts: 54 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2014 Device: iPhone XR	I thought of just removing the line numbers, since I don't really care about them, but it looks like it would be one-at-a-time tedious work. I tried tinkering with the CSS (at which I am NOT an expert) and I kept introducing other problems, so I gave up on that approach.

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theducks Well trained by Cats Posts: 30,442 Karma: 58055868 Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: The Central Coast of California Device: Kobo Libra2,Kobo Aura2v1, K4NT(Fixed: New Bat.), Galaxy Tab A	I really need to see the code view . I suspect these are individual Paragraphs (and not just a normal wrapped line.)

07-25-2024, 04:14 PM	#15
Karellen Wizard Posts: 1,353 Karma: 6794938 Join Date: Sep 2021 Location: Australia Device: Kobo Libra 2	Yea, you can see the line numbers are inline with the paragraph text, not a separate paragraph. There is a very slight indent to the text after the number.

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