I've tried to convert a rtf file to a epub. I've done it several times and on 2 different computers, both Ubuntu Linux 16.04. I'm an occasional user of Calibre, and so far I've not had any problems. Suggestions?
Code:
calibre, version 2.55.0 (linux2, embedded-python: False)
Conversion Error: Failed: Convert book 1 of 1 (THE-ORIGIN-OF-HUMANS-DOES-IT-MATTER-WHAT-YOU-BELIEVE)
Convert book 1 of 1 (THE-ORIGIN-OF-HUMANS-DOES-IT-MATTER-WHAT-YOU-BELIEVE)
Resolved conversion options
calibre version: 2.55.0
{'asciiize': False,
'author_sort': None,
'authors': None,
'base_font_size': 0.0,
'book_producer': None,
'change_justification': u'original',
'chapter': u"//*[((name()='h1' or name()='h2') and re:test(., '\\s*((chapter|book|section|part)\\s+)|((prolog|prologue|epilogue)(\\s+|$))', 'i')) or @class = 'chapter']",
'chapter_mark': u'pagebreak',
'comments': None,
'cover': u'/tmp/calibre_2.55.0_tmp_rQOJWx/WR8fFa.jpeg',
'debug_pipeline': None,
'dehyphenate': True,
'delete_blank_paragraphs': True,
'disable_font_rescaling': False,
'dont_split_on_page_breaks': False,
'duplicate_links_in_toc': False,
'embed_all_fonts': False,
'embed_font_family': None,
'enable_heuristics': False,
'epub_flatten': False,
'epub_inline_toc': False,
'epub_toc_at_end': False,
'expand_css': False,
'extra_css': None,
'extract_to': None,
'filter_css': u'',
'fix_indents': True,
'flow_size': 260,
'font_size_mapping': None,
'format_scene_breaks': True,
'html_unwrap_factor': 0.4,
'ignore_wmf': False,
'input_encoding': None,
'input_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.InputProfile object at 0x7fe490d41910>,
'insert_blank_line': False,
'insert_blank_line_size': 0.5,
'insert_metadata': False,
'isbn': None,
'italicize_common_cases': True,
'keep_ligatures': False,
'language': None,
'level1_toc': None,
'level2_toc': None,
'level3_toc': None,
'line_height': 0.0,
'linearize_tables': False,
'margin_bottom': 5.0,
'margin_left': 5.0,
'margin_right': 5.0,
'margin_top': 5.0,
'markup_chapter_headings': True,
'max_toc_links': 50,
'minimum_line_height': 120.0,
'no_chapters_in_toc': False,
'no_default_epub_cover': False,
'no_inline_navbars': False,
'no_svg_cover': False,
'output_profile': <calibre.customize.profiles.GenericEink object at 0x7fe490d41d10>,
'page_breaks_before': u"//*[name()='h1' or name()='h2']",
'prefer_metadata_cover': False,
'preserve_cover_aspect_ratio': False,
'pretty_print': True,
'pubdate': None,
'publisher': None,
'rating': None,
'read_metadata_from_opf': u'/tmp/calibre_2.55.0_tmp_rQOJWx/vN4cnY.opf',
'remove_fake_margins': True,
'remove_first_image': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing': False,
'remove_paragraph_spacing_indent_size': 1.5,
'renumber_headings': True,
'replace_scene_breaks': u'',
'search_replace': '[]',
'series': None,
'series_index': None,
'smarten_punctuation': False,
'sr1_replace': None,
'sr1_search': None,
'sr2_replace': None,
'sr2_search': None,
'sr3_replace': None,
'sr3_search': None,
'start_reading_at': None,
'subset_embedded_fonts': False,
'tags': None,
'timestamp': None,
'title': None,
'title_sort': None,
'toc_filter': None,
'toc_threshold': 6,
'toc_title': None,
'transform_css_rules': '[]',
'unsmarten_punctuation': False,
'unwrap_lines': True,
'use_auto_toc': False,
'verbose': 2}
InputFormatPlugin: RTF Input running
on /tmp/calibre_2.55.0_tmp_rQOJWx/IpP4f4.rtf
Converting RTF to XML...
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/usr/bin/calibre-parallel", line 20, in <module>
sys.exit(main())
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/utils/ipc/worker.py", line 190, in main
result = func(*args, **kwargs)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 31, in gui_convert_override
override_input_metadata=True)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/gui2/convert/gui_conversion.py", line 25, in gui_convert
plumber.run()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plumber.py", line 1057, in run
accelerators, tdir)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/customize/conversion.py", line 241, in __call__
log, accelerators)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/rtf_input.py", line 256, in convert
xml = self.generate_xml(stream.name)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/conversion/plugins/rtf_input.py", line 113, in generate_xml
parser.parse_rtf()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/ParseRtf.py", line 217, in parse_rtf
tokenize_obj.tokenize()
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/tokenize.py", line 182, in tokenize
tokens = map(self.__unicode_process, tokens)
File "/usr/lib/calibre/calibre/ebooks/rtf2xml/tokenize.py", line 55, in __unicode_process
self.__uc_value.append(self.__uc_value[-1])
IndexError: list index out of range