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hapax legomenon · 10-30-2008, 11:25 PM

I am still not getting this ebook format conversion thing.

I know how to use Mobicreator, less familiar with Calibre, vaguely familiar with Book Creator.

Basically I need to take html files and make TOCs for them. Some sort of gui tool would be nice, or at least some tool that doesn't involve a lot of typing on command line.

here are some scenarios:

1)i have written static html chapters, and I need merely to create a main TOC. Preferably more than one levels and with illustration. these are my own writings, so my goal is clean code and ability to maintain over time.

2)I have used a tool to download recursively some html pages (such as pages from a website). like downloadthemall. The html is messy, has a lot of random code, but the links basically work. I need to create an index page.

3) I have chapters which are actually a bunch of text files generated by random people. would be nice to generate a toc.

4)i have a single html file with internal links/toc, but lots of graphics in a separate directory.

What is the best method for generating TOCs for each scenario?

On another note, is there a utility that gives you the ability to strip out certain kinds of code (javascript, etc) from html files?

10-30-2008, 11:25 PM	#1
hapax legomenon Erotica Writer Posts: 102 Karma: 106 Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Tulsa, OK Device: ipad, Sony Reader PRS 505, Cybook 3	best way to generate TOCs: 4 scenarios? I am still not getting this ebook format conversion thing. I know how to use Mobicreator, less familiar with Calibre, vaguely familiar with Book Creator. Basically I need to take html files and make TOCs for them. Some sort of gui tool would be nice, or at least some tool that doesn't involve a lot of typing on command line. here are some scenarios: 1)i have written static html chapters, and I need merely to create a main TOC. Preferably more than one levels and with illustration. these are my own writings, so my goal is clean code and ability to maintain over time. 2)I have used a tool to download recursively some html pages (such as pages from a website). like downloadthemall. The html is messy, has a lot of random code, but the links basically work. I need to create an index page. 3) I have chapters which are actually a bunch of text files generated by random people. would be nice to generate a toc. 4)i have a single html file with internal links/toc, but lots of graphics in a separate directory. What is the best method for generating TOCs for each scenario? On another note, is there a utility that gives you the ability to strip out certain kinds of code (javascript, etc) from html files? Last edited by hapax legomenon; 10-31-2008 at 01:59 AM.