From 231df586c08b8d155a7996f6b000db65f7b438c3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Kovid Goyal <kovid@kovidgoyal.net>
Date: Wed, 11 May 2011 14:56:10 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] ODT Input: Handle inline special styles defined on
 <text:span> tags. Fixes #780250 (Italic text not converting from ODT source)

---
 src/odf/odf2xhtml.py | 24 ++++++++++++++++++++----
 1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py b/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py
index a04aa48bf7..0ae89b1663 100644
--- a/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py
+++ b/src/odf/odf2xhtml.py
@@ -1415,18 +1415,34 @@ ol, ul { padding-left: 2em; }
         self.writedata()
         c = attrs.get( (TEXTNS,'style-name'), None)
         htmlattrs = {}
+        # Changed by Kovid to handle inline apecial styles defined on <text:span> tags.
+        # Apparently LibreOffice does this.
+        special = 'span'
         if c:
             c = c.replace(".","_")
             special = special_styles.get("S-"+c)
-            if special is None and self.generate_css:
-                htmlattrs['class'] = "S-%s" % c
-        self.opentag('span', htmlattrs)
+            if special is None:
+                special = 'span'
+                if self.generate_css:
+                    htmlattrs['class'] = "S-%s" % c
+
+        self.opentag(special, htmlattrs)
         self.purgedata()
 
     def e_text_span(self, tag, attrs):
         """ End the <text:span> """
         self.writedata()
-        self.closetag('span', False)
+        c = attrs.get( (TEXTNS,'style-name'), None)
+        # Changed by Kovid to handle inline apecial styles defined on <text:span> tags.
+        # Apparently LibreOffice does this.
+        special = 'span'
+        if c:
+            c = c.replace(".","_")
+            special = special_styles.get("S-"+c)
+            if special is None:
+                special = 'span'
+
+        self.closetag(special, False)
         self.purgedata()
 
     def s_text_tab(self, tag, attrs):