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XRaySpeX · 10-10-2018, 08:44 PM

I've given up on what I set out to do. From day 1 I was able to produce a full ToC with just the Chapter nos from my .AZW using the Calibre Converter with default settings. But after spending some days on this & trying everything I could see I got no futher forward. It's a crazy program!

I soon discovered that the Converter contains a Search & Replace (S&R) function. So there was no need to use the Editor. But even using that did not replace with the desired code.

For example, your <h3> replacement ended up as:

(Chapter .+?)&nbsp (- .+?)

Also whatever S&R I did the ToC ended up as as empty ToC with just its heading "Table of Contents".
As I said I was able to produce a full ToC with just the Chapter nos from my .AZW containing the code:

(Chapter .+?)(- .+?)

using only default settings but when I attempted to merge the 2 lines Chapter & Title into 1 by S&Ring the above into:

\1&nbsp\2

I ended up with a .MOBI file contaning the code:

(Chapter .+?)&nbsp(-.+?)

but still with an empty ToC. Then when I tried to use the Converter on that .MOBI using only default settings I still ended up with an empty ToC.

How can the Converter produce different results when using only default settings on 2 seemingly similar codes:

(Chapter .+?)(- .+?)
vs.
(Chapter .+?)&nbsp(-.+?)

? It doesn't make sense!
Perhaps the ToC tool needs some manual assistance? Can you suggest a ToC XPath expression to id:

(Chapter .+?)&nbsp(-.+?)

as a Chapter heading?

I've learnt a lot about the Calibre Converter in the last few days thanks to you but it seems I might never put it into use. Thanks

10-10-2018, 08:44 PM	#9
XRaySpeX Member Posts: 19 Karma: 10 Join Date: Dec 2010 Location: Reading, UK Device: Kindle 3 3G	I've given up on what I set out to do. From day 1 I was able to produce a full ToC with just the Chapter nos from my .AZW using the Calibre Converter with default settings. But after spending some days on this & trying everything I could see I got no futher forward. It's a crazy program! I soon discovered that the Converter contains a Search & Replace (S&R) function. So there was no need to use the Editor. But even using that did not replace with the desired code. For example, your <h3> replacement ended up as: <p class="calibre_36"><font size="4"><span class="bold">(Chapter .+?)&nbsp</span></font><br/><font size="4"><span class="bold">(- .+?)</span></font></p> Also whatever S&R I did the ToC ended up as as empty ToC with just its heading "Table of Contents". As I said I was able to produce a full ToC with just the Chapter nos from my .AZW containing the code: <p class="calibre_12"><font size="4"><span class="bold">(Chapter .+?)</span></font></p><p class="calibre_12">(- .+?)</p> using only default settings but when I attempted to merge the 2 lines Chapter & Title into 1 by S&Ring the above into: <p class="calibre_12"><font size="4"><span class="bold">\1&nbsp\2</span></font></p> I ended up with a .MOBI file contaning the code: <p class="calibre_14"><font size="4"><span class="bold">(Chapter .+?)&nbsp(-.+?)</span></font></p> but still with an empty ToC. Then when I tried to use the Converter on that .MOBI using only default settings I still ended up with an empty ToC. How can the Converter produce different results when using only default settings on 2 seemingly similar codes: <p class="calibre_12"><font size="4"><span class="bold">(Chapter .+?)</span></font></p><p class="calibre_12">(- .+?)</p> vs. <p class="calibre_14"><font size="4"><span class="bold">(Chapter .+?)&nbsp(-.+?)</span></font></p> ? It doesn't make sense! Perhaps the ToC tool needs some manual assistance? Can you suggest a ToC XPath expression to id: <p class="calibre_14"><font size="4"><span class="bold">(Chapter .+?)&nbsp(-.+?)</span></font></p> as a Chapter heading? I've learnt a lot about the Calibre Converter in the last few days thanks to you but it seems I might never put it into use. Thanks