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Old 05-14-2013, 08:41 PM   #1
Tomkun
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Table of Contents, nesting and playorder.

Hello there,

First post and I'm afraid it's a beg for help. I am having issues with the TOC editor in Calibre and would like to know where the fault lies; with me, with calibre or with my reader.

First, some background information. I am using Calibre version 0.9.30 on Windows Vista (both 64 bit versions). My reader is an Acer Iconia A500 running FBReader.

Now the problem. I am trying to create a nested table of contents, or rather tweak a nested table of contents. When I first convert the HTML to ePub, the TOC works fine in the reader, nesting and all. It just requires a quick tidy up.

However, when I use calibre's TOC editor, it seems that the playorder is getting messed up, causing it to display strangely in FBreader.

For example, this is how it is straight after conversion and it works:

BOOK 1 (playorder="1")
---->Chapter 1 (playorder="2")
---->Chapter 2 (playorder="3")
---->Chapter 3 (playorder="4")
BOOK 2 (playorder="5")
---->Chapter 1 (playorder="6")
---->Chapter 2 (playorder="7")
---->Chapter 3 (playorder="8")

Here is how it is after conversion and it doesn't:

BOOK 1 (playorder="1")
---->Chapter 1 (playorder="2")
---->Chapter 2 (playorder="3")
---->Chapter 3 (playorder="4")
BOOK 2 (playorder="2")
---->Chapter 1 (playorder="5")
---->Chapter 2 (playorder="6")
---->Chapter 3 (playorder="7")

Now this is just an example based on me examining the TOC files myself. In FBReader at least this fails. Book 1, chapter 1 is missing and all the rest are under book 2. I can fix it by manually changing the playorder myself.

Before I start filing bug reports I would like to know:

Is this a bug in Calibre?
Is this a bug in FBreader?

Thanks, and sorry for such a long first post!
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