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ldolse · 07-01-2009, 08:17 AM

Lit files generally don't have a concept of a TOC, so you have to edit the html output before doing a final conversion to epub.

I generally do this (with .6):

Disable Splitting in the conversion dialog - disable split on page breaks and set the max split size to two megabytes
Convert to epub
Unzip the epub
Edit the HTML file, insert line endings as Calibre defaults to no line feeds
Find all the chapters and surround them by H2 or H3 tags
Make any other adjustments merited by taste
Save the HTML
Zip the css file, HTML file, and any embedded images together
Go to the edit metadata dialog for the book, import the zip file as a new format
Open the convert dialog again
Use the zip as the source format
Edit the xpath to match the chapters in the book - change hx if needed to match what you used (h2, h3, h4, etc), edit the regex if needed to match the actual chapters.
set the epub conversion option to split on page breaks
Convert

07-01-2009, 08:17 AM	#2
ldolse Wizard Posts: 1,337 Karma: 123455 Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Malaysia Device: PRS-650, iPhone	Lit files generally don't have a concept of a TOC, so you have to edit the html output before doing a final conversion to epub. I generally do this (with .6): Disable Splitting in the conversion dialog - disable split on page breaks and set the max split size to two megabytes Convert to epub Unzip the epub Edit the HTML file, insert line endings as Calibre defaults to no line feeds Find all the chapters and surround them by H2 or H3 tags Make any other adjustments merited by taste Save the HTML Zip the css file, HTML file, and any embedded images together Go to the edit metadata dialog for the book, import the zip file as a new format Open the convert dialog again Use the zip as the source format Edit the xpath to match the chapters in the book - change hx if needed to match what you used (h2, h3, h4, etc), edit the regex if needed to match the actual chapters. set the epub conversion option to split on page breaks Convert Last edited by ldolse; 07-01-2009 at 11:50 PM.