Page Maps and Linked Index: easy way to add anchor points

[verydeepwater]

Setting up a page map or linked index in an ePub requires placing anchor points at the page breaks in the original printed document. The index or page maps can then be linked to these. But placing an anchor point at every page break is an onerous task in a long document. Is there a quick or automated way of doing this?

[Marco77]

Hi verydeepwater, will this sigil plugin help you? https://www.mobileread.com/forums/showthread.php?t=265237

Edit: oops, misread the question.
The fastest way would be to use a regular expression to insert anchors.

[Doitsu]

Originally Posted by Marco77

Edit: oops, misread the question.
The fastest way would be to use a regular expression to insert anchors.

In order to use regular expressions he'd first need to be able to identify the line before the page break. If verydeepwater has access to a pdf copy with page numbers, he could convert it to a text file, use grep (or a GUI tool with grep support) to search for page breaks, pipe the results into a text file, reformat the output so that it can imported as a Saved Search in Sigil or Calibre Editor and then automatically insert the page number targets.

He could also define a generic Sigil Clip/Calibre Snippet that points to page 1, assign it a keyboard shortcut, manually insert it after each page break and use a Calibre function or my Incremental IDs Sigil plugin to add consecutive ids.