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Aurum2836C · 04-08-2018, 08:31 PM

Ah ha. That seems to work but with a bit of weirdness...

The books in question did have the toc.ncx file but this didn't seem to register properly until I edited the TOC & saved them again. Not sure why.

I specifically opened these books in Sigil 0.9.9 & looked at them. They all had a complete toc.ncx file with the entries in the original files but the chapter titles only showed up in my device if I opened the TOC (via Sigil), edited at least 1 entry, saved it then sent it to my device via calibre/Kobo plugin with the "edited" version.

This worked only if the toc.ncx file changed at least once in Sigil via the "edit the TOC" menu option. I essentially changed an entry, checked that it actually changed, then changed it back to the original chapter title, checked that it had changed back, closed the TOC editor, saved the epub, added it back into calibre & sent it to my device in the same manner as before.

I don't know if doing the same with the calibre editor would do the same thing. Also, all the books I have in question have been epub2.

Of note, the original book files did show a TOC in my Kobo Glo HD & their toc.nx files looked proper. But when reading these on my device, the checkmark (via the <-> menu) to show which chapter I was on wasn't accurate which says something wasn't right with the TOC matching to the page turns. I didn't change anything in the books in Sigil beyond doing the edit of the text (& then edit back) of the chapter titles in the TOC. I didn't touch any of the actual tags or links in the books. All of those books had a toc.ncx file to begin with, too, that looked otherwise proper & complete. Just some weird quirk of the coding I suppose.

Thank you. Browsing through the forums I realize many people don't like having any footer (or header) at all but I'm of the group that likes to see which chapter I'm on. Plus, I have a preference for box sets/anthologies & I like to see which book I'm on in the set.

Thanks again.

04-08-2018, 08:31 PM	#5
Aurum2836C Member Posts: 10 Karma: 10 Join Date: Feb 2016 Device: kobo glo hd	Ah ha. That seems to work but with a bit of weirdness... The books in question did have the toc.ncx file but this didn't seem to register properly until I edited the TOC & saved them again. Not sure why. I specifically opened these books in Sigil 0.9.9 & looked at them. They all had a complete toc.ncx file with the entries in the original files but the chapter titles only showed up in my device if I opened the TOC (via Sigil), edited at least 1 entry, saved it then sent it to my device via calibre/Kobo plugin with the "edited" version. This worked only if the toc.ncx file changed at least once in Sigil via the "edit the TOC" menu option. I essentially changed an entry, checked that it actually changed, then changed it back to the original chapter title, checked that it had changed back, closed the TOC editor, saved the epub, added it back into calibre & sent it to my device in the same manner as before. I don't know if doing the same with the calibre editor would do the same thing. Also, all the books I have in question have been epub2. Of note, the original book files did show a TOC in my Kobo Glo HD & their toc.nx files looked proper. But when reading these on my device, the checkmark (via the <-> menu) to show which chapter I was on wasn't accurate which says something wasn't right with the TOC matching to the page turns. I didn't change anything in the books in Sigil beyond doing the edit of the text (& then edit back) of the chapter titles in the TOC. I didn't touch any of the actual tags or links in the books. All of those books had a toc.ncx file to begin with, too, that looked otherwise proper & complete. Just some weird quirk of the coding I suppose. Thank you. Browsing through the forums I realize many people don't like having any footer (or header) at all but I'm of the group that likes to see which chapter I'm on. Plus, I have a preference for box sets/anthologies & I like to see which book I'm on in the set. Thanks again.