TOC Question

phossler · 08-23-2014, 05:27 PM

Am I making work for myself, and more importantly ... is there a better way?

1. Edit epub and mark H1's

2. Generate TOC [T] icon, [Generate TOC From Major Headings] -- So far, so good

3. Edit some more and add more H1's

4. If I repeat #2 I get double TOC entries. I have to select and remove all the TOC entries first

If I edit the H1 text and then #4, I get double entries, and the original and the edited H1 text links are both there

mrmikel · 08-23-2014, 09:25 PM

Just wipe out the previous one and run make TOC again, if am understanding you correctly.

phossler · 08-24-2014, 09:48 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by mrmikel

Just wipe out the previous one and run make TOC again, if am understanding you correctly.

You're understanding correctly and that's what I've been doing (my step #4)

You seem to be confirming that that is the only way to do it.

It just seemed logical (to me at least) that if the user clicked [Generate TOC from .....] that the original would be cleared and rebuilt using the current headings, links, etc. and not have the data appended to what was there before

kovidgoyal · 08-24-2014, 11:05 AM

No you might want to generate a toc from multiple types of items. Why should toc entries from some time of item wipe out existing entries? If you want to replace, select all the deelte the existing entries first.

mrmikel · 08-24-2014, 12:15 PM

Since you can choose to do only some of headings, I guess that is why he didn't automatically delete the TOC when generating a new one.

Beat to the punch by Kovid!

phossler · 08-24-2014, 05:33 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kovidgoyal

No you might want to generate a toc from multiple types of items. Why should toc entries from some time of item wipe out existing entries? If you want to replace, select all the deelte the existing entries first.

I had not thought about a TOC created from different types.

Since 3 clicks of [Generate TOC from major headers] will triple each of the Hx's as entries, I have been deleting the TOC and recreating it each time

kovidgoyal · 08-24-2014, 11:12 PM

I sometimes find myself having to generate tocs from different types of items in inconsistently formatted books.

mrmikel · 08-25-2014, 06:53 AM

This is a reason to make generate TOC your very last thing to do.

08-23-2014, 05:27 PM	#1
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,071 Karma: 412718 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	TOC Question Am I making work for myself, and more importantly ... is there a better way? 1. Edit epub and mark H1's 2. Generate TOC [T] icon, [Generate TOC From Major Headings] -- So far, so good 3. Edit some more and add more H1's 4. If I repeat #2 I get double TOC entries. I have to select and remove all the TOC entries first If I edit the H1 text and then #4, I get double entries, and the original and the edited H1 text links are both there

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08-23-2014, 09:25 PM	#2
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Just wipe out the previous one and run make TOC again, if am understanding you correctly.

08-24-2014, 11:05 AM	#4
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	No you might want to generate a toc from multiple types of items. Why should toc entries from some time of item wipe out existing entries? If you want to replace, select all the deelte the existing entries first.

08-24-2014, 12:15 PM	#5
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	Since you can choose to do only some of headings, I guess that is why he didn't automatically delete the TOC when generating a new one. Beat to the punch by Kovid!

08-24-2014, 11:12 PM	#7
kovidgoyal creator of calibre Posts: 43,856 Karma: 22666666 Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Mumbai, India Device: Various	I sometimes find myself having to generate tocs from different types of items in inconsistently formatted books.

08-25-2014, 06:53 AM	#8
mrmikel Color me gone Posts: 2,089 Karma: 1445295 Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Central Oregon Coast Device: PRS-300	This is a reason to make generate TOC your very last thing to do.