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phossler · 12-10-2013, 10:01 AM

Not sure if it's me or Sigil or the plugin, but when I ePubMerge a group of files the resulting super-epub's html files are not in the expected order when I open in Sigil

Seems to be related to some of the sub-epub file names being duplicated and ePubMerge creating it's own uniquified version names which sort wrong or are in the OFP/NCX wrong. I think that some of the references are also incorrect. The images, fonts, and style sheets are a possible issue also.

It might be worth considering a change to the plug in to make a first pass through each sub-ePub to rename the files and references to something that Sigil could order more better

So if I'm merging 8 files and I've arranged them in order using the plugin, I could get a better starting point in Sigil

Top of my head example:

F01_0001_original nameABC.html
F01_0002_original nameDEF.html
F01_0003_original nameGHJ.html

....

F08_0099_original nameZXC.html
F08_0100_original nameDSA.html
F08_0101_original nameEWQ.html

and

F01_0001_original name.jpg

etc.

I've tried doing that manually and it sort of works some of the time, but not reliability

I would like to use ePub Merge since it seems to be a conveinent way to make a series into a single ePub that I can polish up in Sigil. Each book being a <h1> and the chapters or what not being <h2>

Paul

12-10-2013, 10:01 AM	#121
phossler Wizard Posts: 1,078 Karma: 412718 Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Valley Forge, PA, USA Device: Kindle Paperwhite	[GUI Plugin] ePub Merge not maintaining file order Not sure if it's me or Sigil or the plugin, but when I ePubMerge a group of files the resulting super-epub's html files are not in the expected order when I open in Sigil Seems to be related to some of the sub-epub file names being duplicated and ePubMerge creating it's own uniquified version names which sort wrong or are in the OFP/NCX wrong. I think that some of the references are also incorrect. The images, fonts, and style sheets are a possible issue also. It might be worth considering a change to the plug in to make a first pass through each sub-ePub to rename the files and references to something that Sigil could order more better So if I'm merging 8 files and I've arranged them in order using the plugin, I could get a better starting point in Sigil Top of my head example: F01_0001_original nameABC.html F01_0002_original nameDEF.html F01_0003_original nameGHJ.html .... F08_0099_original nameZXC.html F08_0100_original nameDSA.html F08_0101_original nameEWQ.html and F01_0001_original name.jpg etc. I've tried doing that manually and it sort of works some of the time, but not reliability I would like to use ePub Merge since it seems to be a conveinent way to make a series into a single ePub that I can polish up in Sigil. Each book being a <h1> and the chapters or what not being <h2> Paul Last edited by phossler; 12-10-2013 at 04:38 PM.