Hello Robert,

super cool. Thank you very much. This did solve my display problem with the
list.

Best regards, Lars

2011/10/28 Robert Nagle <idiotprogram...@gmail.com>

> this may or may not be related to your issue with mobipocket
> massacring your lists.
>
> One quirk of Docbook is that it adds a P tag into every LI element.
> Mobipocket especially does not like that.
>
> So you should verify that the html code you posted <ul> <li></li>
> </ul> is what actually is in the epub output. My guess is that you
> didn't notice that there was actually another p tag inside each <li>
> tag in the  epub file.
>
> Here was Bob's solution to that -- previously posted on the list -- to
> strip the p tag from the LI element
>
>  <xsl:template match="orderedlist/listitem/para
> [count(preceding-sibling::*) = 0 and count(following-sibling::*) =
> 0]">
> <xsl:apply-templates/>
> </xsl:template>
> <xsl:template match="itemizedlist/listitem/para
> [count(preceding-sibling::*) = 0 and count(following-sibling::*) =
> 0]">
> <xsl:apply-templates/> </xsl:template>
>
> If that is not the problem, I'm guessing that there is some conflict
> in the epub output which is triggering something crazy by kindlegen
> and calibre.  Perhaps you have declared some stylesheet  in paragraph
> spacing or line spacing css which is being incorrectly translated to
> an extra line. YOu can verify that by temporarily changing the css to
> blank and seeing what happens.
>
> But I'm pretty sure the first solution I suggested is right.
>
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>
>
> ***************************************
> ubject: Generated epub to mobi - lists are incorrectly displayed
>
>    From: Lars Vogel <lars.vo...@googlemail.com>
>    To: DocBook Apps <docbook-apps@lists.oasis-open.org>
>    Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2011 16:38:05 +0200
>
> Hello,
>
> this might be the wrong list to ask the following question, if that is
> the case I'm sorry.
>
> I'm generating epubs via Docbook and the epub XSLT stylesheets. If I
> convert them to mobipocket for the Kindle lists are incorrectly
> displayed.
>
> <ul><li> Hello </li> </ul>
>
> The dot is in one line and the text in another. Screenshot attached.
>
> I tried kindlegen and Calibre.
>
> Anyone know how to solve this?
>
> Best regards, Lars
> --
> Lars
> http://www.vogella.de - Eclipse, Android and Java Tutorials
> http://www.twitter.com/vogella - Lars on Twitter
>
> Attachment: epubtomobi_result.png
> Description: PNG image
>



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Lars
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