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Originally Posted by JimLL
You say Calibre isn't the right tool? That isn't an answer. You're so smart, tell me what IS the right tool?
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For what you want it to do, an ebook authoring program. Perhaps Sigil? The conversion function is better-suited for format shifting from one ebook format to another (e.g. epub to mobi). Since you want to create ebooks from scratch, then yes, you're gonna need to study a bit. Clicking on the button with the magic wand will help you create XPath expressions but it's very basic and will likely require fine tuning.
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Originally Posted by JimLL
When I wrote programs I did my best to make them easy to use. Apparently the folks working on Calibre take great delight in making it hard to use and keeping it that way. Forcing people to struggle. You don't WANT dummies to be able to use it constructively.
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It's not that the devs are purposely making it difficult to use. The problem here is you have badly formed sources and you need relatively advanced AI if you want Calibre to be able to deal with all the different ways chapters are presented. Something that I don't see happening any time soon if at all. If you had just posted a sample source here instead of ranting, you would have already received an XPath expression you can paste in the Calibre preferences.