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Vanguard3000 · 06-06-2023, 01:17 PM

I've got an ebook that uses images for chapter titles, and don't have a "title" parameter. The book has its own table of contents, but they don't point directly to the images (they're just wrapped in <p>'s), and I'm curious if there's a way to have Sigil insert <h> tags at files/positions denoted by the existing table of contents, with the TOC element name as title? For example, I've currently got something like:

Code:

<p><img src="ch04.jpg"/></p>

And would like to get something like:

Code:

<h1 title="CHAPTER 7: MY ELBOW HURTS"/>
<p><img src="ch04.jpg"/></p>

so I could regex it into:

Code:

<h1 title="CHAPTER 7: MY ELBOW HURTS"><img src="ch04.jpg"/></h1>

The closest I can get is the "Create HTML TOC" function, but beyond getting a list of TOC names for copying, it's still not ideal. Is there a way for Sigil to do this and save me a bit of time when this kind of thing shows up? Thanks in advance.

06-06-2023, 01:17 PM	#1
Vanguard3000 Groupie Posts: 169 Karma: 474196 Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Canada Device: Kobo Libra 2	"Reverse" TOC generation - generate <h> tags at TOC points. I've got an ebook that uses images for chapter titles, and don't have a "title" parameter. The book has its own table of contents, but they don't point directly to the images (they're just wrapped in <p>'s), and I'm curious if there's a way to have Sigil insert <h> tags at files/positions denoted by the existing table of contents, with the TOC element name as title? For example, I've currently got something like: Code: <p><img src="ch04.jpg"/></p> And would like to get something like: Code: <h1 title="CHAPTER 7: MY ELBOW HURTS"/> <p><img src="ch04.jpg"/></p> so I could regex it into: Code: <h1 title="CHAPTER 7: MY ELBOW HURTS"><img src="ch04.jpg"/></h1> The closest I can get is the "Create HTML TOC" function, but beyond getting a list of TOC names for copying, it's still not ideal. Is there a way for Sigil to do this and save me a bit of time when this kind of thing shows up? Thanks in advance.