Conversion of eReader to ePub breaks footnotes

Xenophon · 10-19-2009, 01:45 PM

I've already opened a ticket for this, but I'm hoping that someone can tell me I've simply done something stupid. Anyway...

Start with a DRM-free eReader file (it'll be a .pdb) that includes one or more footnotes.
Import the book into Calibre.
Convert to ePub
Send the ePub to your Sony Reader
Observe that clicking on a footnote link takes you to the beginning of the book, not to the footnote.
Unzip the ePub, and see that the footnote references don't refer to the same links as the anchors that are defined in the footnotes themselves.

Or maybe I made an obvious mistake in the above. I've opened ticket 3806 and have attached a sample pdb file as a source to provoke the bug.

Xenophon

mrmikel · 10-19-2009, 05:01 PM

It seems to be a flaw in the epub firmware. Links do not work correctly. Doesn't matter what the source is. The problem seems to be worse going backward than forward from what I remember. Very aggravating.

Xenophon · 10-20-2009, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by mrmikel

It seems to be a flaw in the epub firmware. Links do not work correctly. Doesn't matter what the source is. The problem seems to be worse going backward than forward from what I remember. Very aggravating.

There may well also be a flaw in the ePub firmware -- I've not gotten that far yet. But when I looked at the underlying XML the links referencing the footnotes did not match the anchors for the footnotes. And that is a problem in the data conversion. Once that is fixed, I'll get to run into the firmware problem next.

Sigh. One bug at a time, I guess.

Xenophon

user_none · 10-20-2009, 05:08 PM

@Xenophon, I'm going to look into and hopefully fix this issue sometime this week.

Pablo · 10-20-2009, 05:29 PM

I converted from HTML to ePub with Calibre. The book had a lot of footnotes, all working OK in my browser. I transferred the resulting ePub to my Sony Reader, and they are not working anymore (always going to the same page).

JSWolf · 10-20-2009, 06:30 PM

Endnotes do work fine in ADE on Sony Readers. I've converted Discworld eBooks over to ePub and the endnotes are fine. Not a problem with the internal links.

user_none · 10-20-2009, 06:41 PM

I was able to reproduce the bug Xenophon reported with the test case that was submitted. I've committed a fix.

Xenophon · 10-20-2009, 10:52 PM

Quote:

I was able to reproduce the bug Xenophon reported with the test case that was submitted. I've committed a fix.

Yaaay!

harpreetdit · 03-24-2010, 06:20 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by user_none

I was able to reproduce the bug Xenophon reported with the test case that was submitted. I've committed a fix.

Hi
i m also facing the same problem for footnote.Its not working. can you help me how to fix this problem.
thanks
harpreet

user_none · 03-24-2010, 06:22 AM

What version of calibre are you using?

harpreetdit · 03-24-2010, 06:28 AM

i m using version calibre 0.6.16

DoctorOhh · 03-24-2010, 07:03 PM

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Originally Posted by harpreetdit

i m using version calibre 0.6.16

Are you really reporting a bug in software that is about 30 versions out of date?

Don't you think you should bring your version current before suggesting that something doesn't work?

10-19-2009, 01:45 PM	#1
Xenophon curmudgeon Posts: 1,481 Karma: 5748190 Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Redwood City, CA USA Device: Kobo Aura HD, (ex)nook, (ex)PRS-700, (ex)PRS-500	Conversion of eReader to ePub breaks footnotes I've already opened a ticket for this, but I'm hoping that someone can tell me I've simply done something stupid. Anyway... Start with a DRM-free eReader file (it'll be a .pdb) that includes one or more footnotes. Import the book into Calibre. Convert to ePub Send the ePub to your Sony Reader Observe that clicking on a footnote link takes you to the beginning of the book, not to the footnote. Unzip the ePub, and see that the footnote references don't refer to the same links as the anchors that are defined in the footnotes themselves. Or maybe I made an obvious mistake in the above. I've opened ticket 3806 and have attached a sample pdb file as a source to provoke the bug. Xenophon

10-19-2009, 05:01 PM	#2
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Links It seems to be a flaw in the epub firmware. Links do not work correctly. Doesn't matter what the source is. The problem seems to be worse going backward than forward from what I remember. Very aggravating.

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10-20-2009, 05:08 PM	#4
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	@Xenophon, I'm going to look into and hopefully fix this issue sometime this week.

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Pablo Guru Posts: 970 Karma: 4999999 Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Rosario, Argentina Device: SONY PRS-505, PRS-T2	I converted from HTML to ePub with Calibre. The book had a lot of footnotes, all working OK in my browser. I transferred the resulting ePub to my Sony Reader, and they are not working anymore (always going to the same page).

10-20-2009, 06:30 PM	#6
JSWolf Resident Curmudgeon Posts: 73,887 Karma: 128597114 Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Roslindale, Massachusetts Device: Kobo Libra 2, Kobo Aura H2O, PRS-650, PRS-T1, nook STR, PW3	Endnotes do work fine in ADE on Sony Readers. I've converted Discworld eBooks over to ePub and the endnotes are fine. Not a problem with the internal links.

10-20-2009, 06:41 PM	#7
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	I was able to reproduce the bug Xenophon reported with the test case that was submitted. I've committed a fix.

03-24-2010, 06:22 AM	#10
user_none Sigil & calibre developer Posts: 2,488 Karma: 1063785 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Florida, USA Device: Nook STR	What version of calibre are you using?

03-24-2010, 06:28 AM	#11
harpreetdit Junior Member Posts: 2 Karma: 10 Join Date: Mar 2010 Device: sony reader	i m using version calibre 0.6.16

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