Problems since upgrading to 7.15

[JaneFancher]

I have done several ebook conversions using Calibre and Sigil to create ToCs and embed fonts. I've been very happy. But when I brought Calibre up today, it wanted to upgrade. I allowed it to and went ahead with my most recent conversion. Suddenly, I had two problems. My cover wasn't retaining its aspect ratio and my ToC was duplicating entries. With Sigil's help and a previous book I tracked the problem with the covers to this css code:

What should have been: preserveAspectRatio="xMidYMid meet"

Was: preserveAspectRatio="none"

I changed that and all is well. But why has it suddenly stopped putting that in? I've never changed any default settings in Calibre before...is there some toggle I need to flip now?

As for the ToC...That has me totally puzzled. In the html file, I use a simple "h1" and "h2" instead of "p" in the html code for the paragraph containing the chapter and subchapter headings. Then I call for it in Calibre using either a simple "h1" or "/h1" in the chapter "xpath expression" entry. This has always worked in the past. Now, it's listing the Sections first, then starting over with the ToC as it should, except it's leaving out half the sub-sections after section 1. It's hard to explain, so I've attached a link to a screencap image. As you can see, the "sections" are listed first without their subsections, then the other level one entries begin and the sections are relisted with their associated subsections.

It's not that I can't fix it...simply saving the file in Sigil fixes the ToC problem, but I don't understand why it's happening all of a sudden.

http://www.box.net/shared/p7iylg5lz8

Any insights w/b appreciated.

[jackie_w]

Regarding your cover problem. I think Calibre's default is now to stretch the cover to fill the screen. If you look at the Convert|EPUB Output page there is a 'No SVG cover' option. If you check this box I think you will get back to what you want. If it works for you then you can set it permanently in Preferences|Conversion|EPUB Output.

Regarding TOC. If you're trying to specify <h1> tags in 'Convert|Structure Detection|Detect chapters at' and/or 'Convert|Table of Contents|Level 1 TOC' then the XPath entry should be //h:h1 Is this what you used? I find it easier to use the magic wand wizard button alongside these boxes to construct the correct XPath.

[JaneFancher]

Thanks, jackie.

Re: cover: I figured there must be a toggle. Can't imagine wanting a cover to stretch. Eeeewww!

Re: TOC: I've always used a simple h1 (suggested by someone else early on) and had it work fine...until this most recent upgrade. i'll try it with that code and see what happens.

thanks again for the quick reply.

update! That did it! Both cases. Color me silly.