mobi endnotes

ccosner · 10-26-2010, 06:06 PM

Hello,
I am creating the epub by export from InDesign, then epub-->epub in Calibre. Then creating mobi from Calibre and viewing in Calibre and Kindle Previewer.

In the epub and mobi, the endnotes are hyperlinked.
In epub they go right to the note.
In mobi, they go to the first note, no matter which one is clicked.

The underlying xhtml in the epub looks like this:
reference:
<span class="superscript"><a href="#anchor-65-anchor">3</a></span>
endnote:
<li class="nt-numbered-with-overrides"><a id="anchor-65-anchor"></a>

The endnotes are an ordered list, i.e., <ol>.

Any ideas how to approach this?

Thank you.

ccosner · 10-28-2010, 05:23 PM

In testing I've isolated the problem to the fact that the notes are set up as a list (<ol>).

If I create embedded endnotes in Open Office, export to html, then convert to epub and mobi, it works fine. It works fine if the anchor is a <DIV> or an <A>, whether then NAME attribute or ID is used. If I wrap each note in a <li></li> and the whole thing in <ol></ol>, it fails as described in the first post.

kovidgoyal · 10-28-2010, 06:04 PM

open a ticket and attach a test case and I will take a look at it when I have the time.

ccosner · 11-05-2010, 06:04 PM

Okay, I found a solution pre-Calibre.

To save InDesign cross-references without <ol><li> tags:
In the export dialog: Bullets and Numbers-->Numbers: Convert to Text. (The other two options in this dialog produce ordered lists that fail to link once Calibre converts to mobi.) The resulting links still work when the file is converted to mobi and Kindle.

Note that if you have *real* footnotes in InDesign (not cross-references), there is no problem with the exported file and the above setting has no effect.

Visuddhi · 04-04-2011, 09:35 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

open a ticket and attach a test case and I will take a look at it when I have the time.

This was from a few months ago, I'm having the same problem now,
Just wondering if the ticket was opened or need to open a ticket? (sorry I'm not able to access the calibre site from work to check myself)

ccosner · 04-08-2011, 02:21 PM

Visuddhi,
I didn't open a ticket. It turns out that in the InDesign export to Digital Editions dialog, the setting "Bullets and Numbers-->Numbers: Convert to Text" solves the problem (for my purposes).

Visuddhi · 04-15-2011, 01:38 AM

ok thank, it seems to be a bug though, i guess it would be the same for other links too.

ldolse · 04-15-2011, 06:47 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Visuddhi

ok thank, it seems to be a bug though, i guess it would be the same for other links too.

It most likely is a bug, but someone needs to open one and provide a reproducable test case:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/calibre

Note based on the original post this should only effect links in ordered lists, but it's possible there are related issues.

10-26-2010, 06:06 PM	#1
ccosner Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: All	mobi endnotes Hello, I am creating the epub by export from InDesign, then epub-->epub in Calibre. Then creating mobi from Calibre and viewing in Calibre and Kindle Previewer. In the epub and mobi, the endnotes are hyperlinked. In epub they go right to the note. In mobi, they go to the first note, no matter which one is clicked. The underlying xhtml in the epub looks like this: reference: <span class="superscript"><a href="#anchor-65-anchor">3</a></span> endnote: <li class="nt-numbered-with-overrides"><a id="anchor-65-anchor"></a> The endnotes are an ordered list, i.e., <ol>. Any ideas how to approach this? Thank you.

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10-28-2010, 05:23 PM	#2
ccosner Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: All	In testing I've isolated the problem to the fact that the notes are set up as a list (<ol>). If I create embedded endnotes in Open Office, export to html, then convert to epub and mobi, it works fine. It works fine if the anchor is a <DIV> or an <A>, whether then NAME attribute or ID is used. If I wrap each note in a <li></li> and the whole thing in <ol></ol>, it fails as described in the first post.

10-28-2010, 06:04 PM	#3
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,857 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	open a ticket and attach a test case and I will take a look at it when I have the time.

11-05-2010, 06:04 PM	#4
ccosner Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: All	Okay, I found a solution pre-Calibre. To save InDesign cross-references without <ol><li> tags: In the export dialog: Bullets and Numbers-->Numbers: Convert to Text. (The other two options in this dialog produce ordered lists that fail to link once Calibre converts to mobi.) The resulting links still work when the file is converted to mobi and Kindle. Note that if you have real footnotes in InDesign (not cross-references), there is no problem with the exported file and the above setting has no effect.

04-08-2011, 02:21 PM	#6
ccosner Junior Member Posts: 4 Karma: 10 Join Date: Oct 2010 Device: All	Visuddhi, I didn't open a ticket. It turns out that in the InDesign export to Digital Editions dialog, the setting "Bullets and Numbers-->Numbers: Convert to Text" solves the problem (for my purposes).

04-15-2011, 01:38 AM	#7
Visuddhi Member Posts: 20 Karma: 1204 Join Date: Jan 2011 Device: kindle 3	ok thank, it seems to be a bug though, i guess it would be the same for other links too.