cannot change caption format

[Fabian188]

By default float's caption setup has format=hang. This means that all lines of the caption text start right of "Figure 3.2: ". This can be changed by
\usepackage[format=plain,indention=.5cm]{caption}
or
\usepackage[format=plain]{caption}
which seems to be ignored for epub.

[michal-h21]

Try the following .cfg file:

\Preamble{xhtml}
% \Css{body{max-width:25em;}}
\Css{div.caption .id, div.caption .content{display: block;text-indent: 0;margin:0;}}
\Css{div.caption .id{float:left;max-width:4em;margin-left:-2em;}}
\Css{div.caption .content{margin-left:5em;}}
\begin{document}
\EndPreamble

I am not sure how the ebook readers will handle it, though. Their CSS support can be poor.

[Fabian188]

That had the wrong effect: It moved the caption block to the left (and eats the beginning of the line) but it still ignores the caption format which shall be plain instead of hang. Is there a log file I can search for a reason?

This is the code: It is a table (hang format)
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<table class="caption"

Abbildung 2.1:

class="content">Der wohl berühmteste Bauwagen von Peter Lustig aus Löwenzahn.
CC-BY 3.0, Matthias Voss, Loewenzahn_Bauwagen.jpeg, wikipedia

I don't know how to escape the code example, therefore also a screenshot

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[Fabian188]

Here is how it works with pdflatex

[Fabian188]

I almost resolved all my other issues? Is there a way to have the table for the caption omitted? Shall I provide more information (e.g. a MWE)? Thanks!

[michal-h21]

Ah, I understood your request incorrectly, I thought that you want to replicate the hang format. I think the plain format is used by tex4ht by default? the only difference from the PDF version I can see is that the bold font is used for caption in the HTML version. Does something like this work for you? :

\Preamble{xhtml}
\Css{div.caption span.id{font-weight: normal;}}
\Css{ div.caption {text-indent:-2em; margin-left:2em; text-align:left;}}
\begin{document}
\EndPreamble

[Fabian188]

For me (tex4ebook v0.2c, newest on openSUSE tumbleweed) the default for cation is hang, even when set to plain via \usepackage[format=plain]{caption} it is ignored by tex4ebook. I attach screenshots for the pdflatex case (there the style is plain), the case with tex4ebook where it is the hang style (ignoring option plain) with tables. When I copy your 5 lines to a config file, the output is corrupt in Apple's Books reader. As there are html tables, I think we cannot do much with css configuration?!. Shall I try to provide a MWE?

pdflatex

tex4ebook without config

tex4ebook with your suggested config