[cybmole]

i was seeing it on the tablet app. I just sent it ia the kepub plug iin to my Aura HD & ts fine on there, but that is after rebuilding the toc with sigil. so I think I've fixed it, I am jsut not sure what fixed or what was actually wrong in the first place..
I think if I sent it back to the android app it will still be iffy though, [ but I've run out of steam, now ! ]

so maybe that app has an issue with what you call escaped blanks - that would be the %20 stuff ? - or i'ts to do with anchors - that would be the #heading_Id

I do see that after rebuilding the toc in sigil , there are no anchors anymore?

the working ( on Aura HD) code now looks like this:

 <navPoint id="navPoint-17" playOrder="17">
      <navLabel>
        <text>NIGHT TAXI</text>
      </navLabel>
      <content src="Text/Section0017.xhtml"/>
    </navPoint>
    <navPoint id="navPoint-18" playOrder="18">
      <navLabel>
        <text>ANNUNCIATION SHOTGUN</text>
      </navLabel>
      <content src="Text/Julie%20Smith%20-%20New%20Orleans%20Noir_split_006.xhtml"/>
    </navPoint>
    <navPoint id="navPoint-19" playOrder="19">
      <navLabel>
        <text>LOOT</text>
      </navLabel>
      <content src="Text/Section0001.html"/>
    </navPoint>

if that works everywhere except for within the android app then I can live with that !

I can't actually think what else to test it in, because only the kobo app readers does chapter title footers anyway ?