From 345440b543a72dd8b55e674664123fe935fddabf Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: kthoden <kthoden@mpiwg-berlin.mpg.de>
Date: Tue, 29 Sep 2020 14:48:48 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Strip characters from link text

---
 src/imxml2epub.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/imxml2epub.py b/src/imxml2epub.py
index 1a5ab36..dd2e147 100755
--- a/src/imxml2epub.py
+++ b/src/imxml2epub.py
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env python3
 # -*- coding: utf-8; mode: python -*-
-# Time-stamp: <2020-09-25 14:10:21 (kthoden)>
+# Time-stamp: <2020-09-29 14:48:37 (kthoden)>
 
 """ Convert a customized DocBook XML file into a set of files that
 constitute the contents of an EPUB file.
@@ -1753,7 +1753,7 @@ class FootnoteError(Exception):
         reference_type = xmlReference.get("type")
         if reference_type == "text":
             tmpTail = xmlReference.tail or ""
-            strResult = xmlReference.text
+            strResult = xmlReference.text.strip()
         elif reference_type == "collage":
             tmpTail = xmlReference.tail or ""
             logging.debug("Found reference to a Hyperimage collage.")