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eschwartz · 11-09-2015, 11:03 AM

I don't think you can, not with ebook-convert or ebook-meta.

ebook-meta is for setting user-facing metadata, like title, series, author, publisher, etc.
You cannot set formatting metadata with it.

As for ebook-convert, it relies on calibre's Input/Output plugins, which do not understand Fixed-Format.
The fact that they sort-of-resemble Fixed-Format books is incidental.

It should be easy to unzip the epub though and insert the right meta tags with awk or sed.
You can also use a vimscript, since if your EDITOR=vim then

Code:

calibre-debug --explode-book $joinedfilename.epub

will open directly with vim.

Now, even if you do that, I'd still want to check the book to make sure it works as expected.

11-09-2015, 11:03 AM	#2
eschwartz Ex-Helpdesk Junkie Posts: 19,421 Karma: 85400180 Join Date: Nov 2012 Location: The Beaten Path, USA, Roundworld, This Side of Infinity Device: Kindle Touch fw5.3.7 (Wifi only)	I don't think you can, not with ebook-convert or ebook-meta. ebook-meta is for setting user-facing metadata, like title, series, author, publisher, etc. You cannot set formatting metadata with it. As for ebook-convert, it relies on calibre's Input/Output plugins, which do not understand Fixed-Format. The fact that they sort-of-resemble Fixed-Format books is incidental. It should be easy to unzip the epub though and insert the right meta tags with awk or sed. You can also use a vimscript, since if your EDITOR=vim then Code: calibre-debug --explode-book $joinedfilename.epub will open directly with vim. Now, even if you do that, I'd still want to check the book to make sure it works as expected.